Tag: gardening
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Would You “Bawk” at Chicken-ponics?
Most of us have heard of hydroponics, and many of us have heard of aquaponics, but have you ever heard of chicken-ponics? Hydroponics is the growing of plants with a water-based, nutrient-infused solution, bypassing the need for soil. There are several methods including roots dangling in the nutrient solution from floating pots to hydroton pellets…
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Great Things – Big and Small
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together” Vincent van Gogh A series of small things, now that is something I can relate to. On some days, I can dream of great things and large impacts with grand gestures. On other days, I can not. On those “other days,” I try and find a…
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Process and Progress
A week or so ago, Mahala Love applied for the Slow Food Negroni Week Fund grant. I will start by saying I love writing grants!. I love the freedom to let my mind wander through all the ideas Mahala Love and our partners discuss, the plans that have been created and then attempt to pare…
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South Africa -Spring 2023
The beginning of 2023 has brought many adventures – Getting married being one of them! I am so happy to introduce Sam to the picture here at Mahala Love, not to mention to my life all around! He is funny, organized, and loves to do projects. He is a great asset to ML! We had…
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Be Kind, Grow Things
It’s been pointed out lately that I tend to be, “reductive.” I think that’s code for terse, curt, short or any number of other words meaning not only – “to the point,” but most likely, “ too to the point.” Perhaps it is true. I do like a good basic noun-verb combination to start a…
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Links to Check Out
Hi, There are so many projects and people who are dedicated to making a positive change. I wanted to give you a few links to check out. Stay tuned for some exciting news with Mahala Love and some upcoming projects we have on the horizon. Enjoy! Rodale Institute – on regenerative agriculture Regenerative Families A…
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Time Flies When You’re Having Fun or When You’re Crawling Out of a Pandemic.
Where to begin updating you on Herban Renewal – After a pretty productive lock-down period of installing gardens, trying a few hugelculture beds, testing aquaponics, setting up the vermiculture, getting our chickens set up and starting to lay, we did the next logical thing and decided to sell the Herban Renewal property in town! Yep.…
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The Mulch Patch
May is winding down. The weather has been much cooler than most recent Mays and we have had some really hard rains followed by no rain. The garden beds are slowly taking shape and a variety of experiments, which are completely unscientific, are succeeding, or not. Overall, the growth seems slow and tedious for the…
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South Africa – Thoughts about Small Scale Farmers
Small Scale farmers were faced with uncertainty when the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced the lock down, telling everyone to stay at home and restrict the movement of the people to only allow essential services. The time that the president introduced the Lock Down, it was the exact time of completing the summer…