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Toña’s Garden | The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener
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The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener. April 11, 2016. Way back in 2011 I had a chance to visit an ecovillage called Huehuecoyotl. Near Tepoztlán, Mexico. I stayed with Toña Osher. Who showed me her garden and generously taught me many things about food, sustainability, and politics. Toña lives high on the mountain surrounded by spectacular views. She uses discarded items and plant scraps to build terraces and increase her arable land. Nothing goes to waste. And the traditional practices of the campesinos. And cis...
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Looking Back to the Fall Garden | The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener
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The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener. Looking Back to the Fall Garden. December 31, 2016. In mid-November the garden was still going strong. Thanks to microclimates this pepper plant (photographed earlier) survived light frosts against a south facing wall. I bent leaves around to hide the fruit from frost and hungry raccoons. There were fig trees galore, and a delicious fruit that grew indoors! While I’m fascinated by the relationship between wasps and figs. It‘s another great option for balcony and indoor farmers.
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Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s | The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener
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The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener. Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s. February 16, 2016. Very inspiring from http:/ www.resilience.org. We are being told to eat local and seasonal food, either because other crops have been tranported over long distances, or because they are grown in energy-intensive greenhouses. But it wasn’t always like that. From the sixteenth to the twentieth centu. Source: Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s. February 16, 2016. Looking Back to the Fall Garden. January 27, 2017.
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Winter is Gardening Season | The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener
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The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener. Winter is Gardening Season. March 4, 2016. Sophie came out and supervised my efforts. March 4, 2016. Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s. Toña’s Garden →. One thought on “ Winter is Gardening Season. March 17, 2016 at 9:40 pm. She of course is wondering what’s in it for her…. Liked by 1 person. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. Just a...
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Tangail villages set laudable example of organic farming | The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener
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The Lazy Left-Wing Gardener. Tangail villages set laudable example of organic farming. November 27, 2016. An interesting perspective from a writer with a passion for food security in his native Bangladesh. The whole country is now focused on growing more and more vegetables. There are some specific regions for cultivating vegetables. For example, Dainnya and Krishnapur in Tangail Sadar are famous for growing vegetables. November 27, 2016. Tanzanian farmers face prison for trading seeds. January 27, 2017.
