Farm
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How to grow delicious celery
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
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
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
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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What is mulch?
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?
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.