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MICROFARMING
This year, my love of feral plants that are pointy and slightly dangerous inspired me to try my hand at growing cardoon, a lesserknown relative of the...
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Cardoon's character: It's a challenge to grow and cook, but uniquely tasty, too
Despite their Mediterranean origin, cardoons are demanding plants that require lots of soil nutrition and water. [Barry] and I were on equal ground there - we both fertilized in the spring with organic duck manure and the growing season here in Southern Ontario proved to be perfect for cardoons with ample rain to keep our gardens evenly moist.
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Garden martyrs: Compost crops die so others can live
Soil does not like to stand empty, which is why a garden left unattended and deserted for any stretch of time is quickly covered by the go-getters of the plant world: weeds. Yet many of us have adopted a vegetable gardening method that leaves the soil empty for months at a time.
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MICROFARMING
It's a seasonal ritual: Every year, sometimes twice, we upend the contents of the compost bin onto the garden in an attempt to replace what we took out and improve its productivity. But there's another simple and...
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