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Dehydrate Your Harvest

Dehydrate Your Harvest! It’s the time of year when everything seems to ripen at once! We have ripe plums, blueberries, apples, and pears right now, and it’s a challenge to…

Leafy Greens To Grow in the Fall

We’re getting our garden ready for winter vegetables. Planning and plotting out what we will grow next season here in zone 10B (San Diego, California) is so much…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Sep, 09, 2023
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Growing Food for the Future of Our Planet

“Growing your own food may be one of the most powerful steps you can take for the health of yourself, your family, and your planet.” ― Lindsay…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Aug, 27, 2023
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Looking for Easy Plants To Grow? Try Growing Herbs!

Fun, useful, and easy to grow, herbs are a great way to begin if you’re new to growing food!

Most herbs grow easily in small spaces—tucked between…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Aug, 06, 2023
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Vertical Gardens: Grow More in a Small Space

We’ve moved to Sweden, and of course, one of the first things we’ve done here is plant our new vegetable garden!

Our new garden differs from our previous…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Jul, 23, 2023
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How To Make Calcium Powder From Eggshells

We grow lots of tomatoes for eating and turning into canned salsa and tomato sauce. The secret to growing healthy tomatoes is calcium powder. Tomatoes rely on calcium…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Jun, 25, 2023
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How To Start Seeds Indoors

It’s finally spring, and time to start seeds indoors for your vegetable garden. Of course seedlings are readily bought from a local nursery, an easy way to start a garden….

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Seeds
Apr, 01, 2023
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