Ducks4you for 2022

[ducks4you]

I talk about using cardboard. This is a good article, bc heavens KNOWS you will have a lot of it later this month, and it's a shame to feed the landfills.

How to Reuse Amazon Boxes and Cardboard in the Garden

All that packaging! Don't throw away any of the Amazon boxes and packages that comes through the door. Bubble wrap, polystyrene, and cardboard boxes can all be recycled and put to use right in the garden—and give something back to the Earth—literally!

www.almanac.com

I have asked clerks at box stores for the cardboard that they are stacking up, too.

 

[baymule]

I ordered purple sweet potato slips one year. Not only beautiful dark purple, but delicious too. I bought a couple of Japanese sweet potatoes at the grocery store a few days ago. 1 to eat, if I like it, 1to start slips from.

 

[Phaedra]

I talk about using cardboard. This is a good article, bc heavens KNOWS you will have a lot of it later this month, and it's a shame to feed the landfills.

How to Reuse Amazon Boxes and Cardboard in the Garden

All that packaging! Don't throw away any of the Amazon boxes and packages that comes through the door. Bubble wrap, polystyrene, and cardboard boxes can all be recycled and put to use right in the garden—and give something back to the Earth—literally!

www.almanac.com

I have asked clerks at box stores for the cardboard that they are stacking up, too.

I always keep good cardboard (without shiny layers or colorful printing) and use them between raised beds or where I want to prevent weeds from growing. They will decompose in a couple of months, so collecting some from time to time helps.

 

[ducks4you]

There is nothing that your cat won't possess.

 

[Dahlia]

I talk about using cardboard. This is a good article, bc heavens KNOWS you will have a lot of it later this month, and it's a shame to feed the landfills.

How to Reuse Amazon Boxes and Cardboard in the Garden

All that packaging! Don't throw away any of the Amazon boxes and packages that comes through the door. Bubble wrap, polystyrene, and cardboard boxes can all be recycled and put to use right in the garden—and give something back to the Earth—literally!

www.almanac.com

I have asked clerks at box stores for the cardboard that they are stacking up, too.

I like the idea of adding cardboard to my garden, but not plastics. Plastics take like a million years to decompose.

 

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[ducks4you]

Is Agroforestry the Key to Hardier Row Crops?

The stereotypical picture of American farmland probably looks a lot like this: rolling hills lined with rows upon rows of singular crops, perfectly spaced out for machinery to cultivate, harvest and irrigate the fields. It wasn’t always that way. In fact, historically, trees and crops...

modernfarmer.com

 

[ducks4you]

The Fertilizer Shortage Will Persist in 2023 - Modern Farmer

New year, same shortage of fertilizer. The fertilizer crisis that has been steadily growing since 2021—when the World Bank reported a 66-percent increase

modernfarmer.com

 

[ducks4you]

Where Has All the Mustard Gone? - Modern Farmer

Essential to a traditional vinaigrette and divine when accompanying a piece of ribeye, mustard is one of those condiments often found sitting on French

modernfarmer.com

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

At an estate sale last Saturday, I bought two each, 8 lb jugs of miracle gro granules. Unopened. $1 each. I;ve been accumulating fertilizer for almost a year now.
Yes, I know its more about the big farms, but my soil needs help too....