Yesterday morning I picked these beauties from my garden! The two varieties of red ones are pretty normal … but I have never seen giant yellow tomatoes before and I have been looking forward to tasting them.
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Mar 19
My Garden Today
After about 5 years of experimenting and practicing, I think I’m finally figuring out how to grow vegetables in the jungle. I have been covering the soil with torn up paper and cardboard to protect it from the torrential rains and the beating sun. And watering regularly with the liquid from my worm farm which […]
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Gardening in the Jungle: Protection
A few years ago the Ix-canaan Women’s Group began a program of Square Foot Gardening under the direction of Rose Lord from Philadelphia. The reasoning behind this program is that many campesino people have poor health, not from lack of protein in their diets, but for lack of fresh vegetables, which are not grown here […]
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