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What is soil degradation?
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Soil Degradation occurs when soil loses organic equilibrium which can be caused due to many reasons including water availability, climate, local vegetation, animal life and human intervention. Healthy soil builds humous over time. Disruption in humous composition is a cause for soil degradation. -
Feed your soil with compost
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Making compost isn’t difficult at all. Composting requires green leafy material, browns like twigs or rotting wood, food waste and animal manure. Find out how you can enrich your soil. -
How to Grow Bottle Gourds
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Bottle gourds (also Calabash) get their name because of their bottle-like shape. These vegetables are both nutritional and quite easy to grow. If you have ever grown vines, then you're probably aware that most vines can only be grown by germinating from seed. The same goes for Bottle Gourds too. -
What is mulch?
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Possibly derived from the Old English word mylsc, meaning mellow, or from the Middle English word molsh, meaning soft or moist, mulch is a layer of protective material which covers the soil.
Mulch helps the soil stay moist, regulates temperature, protects soil from solar UV rays which has a sterilizing effect, reduces weed growth and slowly improves soil fertility as matter breaks down.
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What is a Food Forest?
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A food forest is an agroforestry or agroecosystem that incorporates fruit or nut trees and shrubs, herb plants, vines, perennial vegetables and even some fungus, into a low cost, self-sustaining, mutually beneficial companion flora layered system, aimed at food production. -
How to grow delicious celery
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Celery is a marshland plant of the Apiaceae family, that has been cultivated as a vegetable since ancient times. The vegetable has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves. The plant's stalks and leaves may be eaten, depending on the variety grown. -
How to grow avocado in your backyard or homestead
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Avocados provide an essential mix of nutrients including about twenty essential vitamins and minerals. A key benefit is that they do not contain an... -
How to grow carrots in your backyard
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Carrots are quite easy to grow. If you know the basic golden rules, you can go through the entire growing process with great ease. Right from sowin... -
How to grow spinach in your garden or farm
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Ready to grow a superfood loaded with tons of minerals and nutrients? Spinach is great for hair, eyes, skin, bone, and brain health. It’s a vegetable packed with vitamins, proteins, and iron. This delicious green vegetable is easy to grow without much of a stretch.
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12 Easy Steps to Grow Broccoli
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Broccoli is a nutrient-dense vegetable that comes in several varieties. It's delicious raw, lightly sautéed, or added to stir-fries, soups, pasta, and rice-based dishes. It's also easy to grow broccoli if you run with a few simple broccoli growing guidelines. -
Grow organic tomatoes for your table or the market
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Tomatoes are considered by many as both fruit and vegetable. Often tomatoes are an essential part of food all across the world. Knowing how to grow them, could add deliciousness to your table, or you could sell them at a local farmer’s market.
