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Growing Oyster Mushrooms on Straw is the Easiest Thing I’ve Ever Done in My Life…

0 Comments 05 February 2010

Seriously. I may be speaking too soon, since I haven’t actually tasted one yet, but I just noticed a bunch of fruit-bodies all around the bag. Some are pretty big. So I opened the tops of the bags to let them do their thing. I started the bags on the 15th, methinks. So, what’s that? Like three weeks. [...]

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How I Plant Tomatoes- First Transplants In The High Tunnel

0 Comments 03 February 2010

I spend the bulk of today transplanting the very first tomatoes I grew from seeds this year into the ground. Here’s the step by step process of what I did to give them a little boost and ensure they’ll have a happy, productive life. I hope? 1. I took a soil test. Soil tests are important. [...]

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Roll Out The Red Carpet- Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes

0 Comments 02 February 2010

Plastic mulch rocks. It warms the soil, keeps weeds pretty much 100% down, protects your drip tape, etc. The only thing that sucks is it’s pretty much not reusable and isn’t excatly sustainable. Rick, on the previous post, mentioned biodegradable plastics made from cornstarch. For the fall season I will defintely be giving these a [...]