High Desert Permaculture and Natural Building

Author: Christine

Lettuce, chard and mustard

The chard in the greenhouse came out of nowhere. We have four or five kinds of chard and what you see here is Vulcan, with the red stem.  We also have chards with white and yellow stems, but are not sure what variety they are....

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Jose's hand injury

Back in March Jose cut his hand trying to get a dried paint roller off the paint thingy. He used a 5 in 1 tool and it slipped off the roller and hit his hand. That’s why you should ALWAYS push AWAY from your body! I...

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Grapes, hyssop and our new fence

Last year we lost all the grapes to wind.  They shriveled up into tiny brown things instead of developing into fruit.  So we got some reed fences from the Home Depot and so far the grapes are looking fantastic:     And...

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