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Autumn, the season that’s not quite what you think
I love Autumn. Not that weird thing people talk about where all the leaves fall off trees. They always say that season starts and ends in the wrong place, and anyway, even where we do have colourful deciduous trees such … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, djeran, indigenous knowledge, local seasons, seasonal changes, seasonal cycle, seasonal tasks
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Heat tolerant vegies
One of the surviving-summer strategies I’m using heavily in my zone 3 gardens is choosing heat-tolerant plants. Heat tolerance is an important thing to select for, but it’s not as obvious as it first seems. For instance, I don’t mean … Continue reading
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Tagged drought-tolerant, firstsummer, heat, heat tolerant, heatwaves, hot climate crops, hot weather vegetables, secondsummer, summer, summer vegetables, vegetables, zone 3
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Firstspring, secondspring, say what?
I’ve used the terms firstspring and secondspring a few times now so I’d better explain. I work with my gardens on the local seasonal pattern, which is a six-season cycle. When I was a wildflower tour guide, the immediate next … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, explainer, local seasons, seasonal changes, seasonal cycle, seasons, weather, wildflowers
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Weedscaping
I thought I’d better bring this up and explain it up front, because I’m going to refer to weedscaping a lot when talking about my own projects. Weedscaping is, simply, using weeds to your advantage and encouraging weeds that are … Continue reading
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Tagged ecological gardening, explainer, low maintenance, soil conditioning, weeds, weedscaping
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