May 2013
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Can you eat Ornamental Black Pearl Pimiento...
For the most part, people online seem to be saying that they are food safe as long as they are grown organically. I googled images of the peppers and they look like those little berries that they warn you not to eat when you’re camping…so now I’m paranoid.
Does anyone know why they are labeled ‘ornamental’?
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GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING - EARTHSHIPS
Earthships: Radically sustainable buildings made with recycled materials
There is one being built in Manitoba! Check out their site - https://sites.google.com/site/earthshipmanitoba/
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April 2013
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Permaculture Media Blog
I just came across the Permaculture Media Blog through the Winnipeg Community Garden Network. Tons of great resources on sustainable living.
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Fungus Gnats are the new Aphids...
… and neither are in style this season.
Thanks to Mr. Knittle’s Whimsies, Plants fear me, Childbearing Hipster, 8-bit Hippie, Erik P Kraft and Sam, the mystery has been solved - Fungus Gnats (hissing and booing at this point is appropriate).
Here are some of the remedy tips that I’ll be trying out tonight:
1- Placing a container filled with a water, soap, and vinegar mixture...
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Tiny little winged creatures (gnats?) are killing...
Winnipeg is not letting go of winter, so all my seedlings and growing fast and are all still inside.
A couple weeks ago, I noticed that in my greenhouse (an aquarium with fluorescent lighting) tiny little bugs that look like fruit flies started showing up. Shortly after, the leaves on both the zinnias and basil plants started to get spotty, lose their bright green colour, then dry up leaf by...
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March 2013
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