Please read carefully this article about how to grow Aloe Vera plants! Aloe Vera can be grown both in the ground and in pots. Aloe Vera is a plant that is presented by some as a plant with almost magical properties and by others as an overrated plant whose use carries some risks. Aloe Vera […]
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In this article I describe how I make homemade olive oil in Greece. The whole process from picking the olives to the olive mill and making homemade olive oil. I hope you find it useful, answer your questions and encourage you to make your own homemade olive oil. You will find that it’s taste is
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Nettle is a useful weed, although very misunderstood. Perhaps because it has been associated when we were children, with the pain and itching caused by the contact with its leaves. Nettles are considered weeds We find them in our fields and in our gardens. Pretty much all of us have been stung by nettles, especially
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Want to learn how to plant trees in your garden? Trees that will produce fruit for years to come! Autumn and Winter are the perfect time to plant new trees in your garden. Do you miss orange trees, apple trees, cherry trees, tangerine trees, pomegranates, quince trees, almond trees, lemon trees, fig trees, etc.? Now
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Today I sowed beetroot seeds in a part of the garden often used by cats to relief themselves. As you all know, cats after they poo, they dig and cover their stool with soil. That is fine, unless they do it in the part of the garden that you have just sow new seeds. To
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Preventive tree spraying is what we can do for our trees to prevent diseases. S.O.S.: We need to know that no matter what we read, no matter what we are told, no matter what we hear, it is good to act in accordance with the agricultural warnings for our area and consult with local agronomists.
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Delicious winter potatoes see the sunlight (14 November 2018) I sowed my potatoes on August 29. I sowed my potatoes at the end of August Potato plants in full growth (30 October 2018) At the end of October, the potato plants were almost ready. Note the following: 10 days later, the picture of the potato
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Let’s talk about sweeteners such as sugar, stevia, aspartame and many others that you may not know about. Are all sweeteners detrimental to our health and what are the alternatives? White sugar has been blamed for a multitude of negative effects on our health. Overconsumption of white sugar (direct and indirect) is responsible for an
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Just because it’s sold as honey, doesn’t mean it’s honey! A survey conducted in the US by Food Safety News (FSN) revealed that 75% of products sold in the US as honey in grocery stores, supermarkets, restaurants, fast food, pharmacies, are simply not honey. The criterion in the survey was the presence or absence of
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We are all familiar with bonsai trees. Many of us have offered them as a gift to our loved ones, or even accepted them with great joy. But what most people don’t know is that the term bonsai is the name of the technique of growing a miniature tree, not the tree itself. But in
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Want to know about growing pear trees in the garden or in pots on the balcony? A useful article about cultivation care, pests, diseases, deficiencies. The production of pears in Greece in the past exceeded 120.000 tons. Figure 2. Pear blossoms. Nowadays there is a shortage of pears in Greece, and our country imports mainly
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Today I will tell you how I make tasty edible homemade olives. At the back of the property, there is a relatively small olive tree. It grows practically by itself without any care. Her olives ripened earlier than the others. This year (I know I’m unforgiving), I looked up and noticed them. Big, fleshy, luscious,
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What happens if you harvest a lettuce by cutting it and don’t uproot it? How do we cut a lettuce from the garden? The classic way to harvest lettuce from the garden is to uproot it. Pull it out of the soil with its root. Cut off the root and consume the delicious lettuce. This
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Artist Steve Cutts captured in a 3.5 minute film the relationship between man and nature and its creatures. He did it so well that no words or translation is needed.
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In 1989, NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA), conducted a study to find plants that could filter and clean the air in the enclosed environment of space stations. The study was submitted by Dr. B.C. Wolverton, Anne Johnson, and Keith Bounds. “Attached at the end of the article, you will find the
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Want to learn how to grow apple trees in the garden or in pots on the balcony in the city? A useful article about apple trees cultivation care, pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies. Apple cultivation, is the fourth most important crop after that of olives, citrus and peach. The apple tree has a rich root system,
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How do I grow spinach? Spinach is an easy-to-grow vegetable. It can be grown in the garden and on the balcony. Spinach is sown from early September to early February. Spinach is a cold-hardy plant. It needs low temperatures to thrive. Spinach is grown in a wide variety of soils, but sandy loam is the
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I have gathered 7 Greek recipes to make homemade olives. Greece, among other great things, is well known for the quality of its olive oil and edible olives. As you can guess there are so many Greek recipes for edible olives. Such as Kalamata’s olives, xidates, throumbes, tsakistes, pikantikes, xaraktes, stafidotes olives. Not many years
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Do you remember the article about building a raised bed with roof tiles with the title “Raised bed made of Roman roof tiles. An alternative and cheap way to build raised beds for your garden” that I wrote in August and the use of wood chips? The finished raised bed with roof tiles and wood
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Which vegetables do we plant and sow for Autumn and Winter? Autumn and Winter are a gardeners paradise. They can grow so many useful and delicious vegetables! This is helped by lots of rain and that there are no hot days like in summer. Most of you know this, so this is a respectful update
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