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How do you use your greenhouse to extend the growing season?
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How do you use your greenhouse to extend the growing season?

We love our greenhouse! It’s not only an amazing place to chill in our hammock swing on a sunny fall, winter or spring day, but we harvest food from it all year long without using any supplemental heat! We purchased plans for a climate battery from Ceres after reading The Year Round Solar Greenhouse. Then, we worked with Branch Brothers Construction to bring it to life!

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What are these mosquito looking gnats flying around my plants?
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What are these mosquito looking gnats flying around my plants?

The good news is that fungus gnat adults don’t typically harm your plants, but are just really annoying. However, they can carry fungal diseases and their larvae can drain plant roots of their nutrients. We have been fortunate to avoid fungus gnat infestations by practicing good pest and disease prevention. But, recently we had to intervene…

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Super Simple Garden Recipes: Tortellini w/ Beet Sauce  & Microgreens
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Super Simple Garden Recipes: Tortellini w/ Beet Sauce & Microgreens

Abra Berens 2019 book, Ruffage helped liven up this weekend’s meal plan with a beautiful sauce that utilized beets in a way I’d never tried before. I attempted to pass off the vibrant red sauce as a Valentine’s dish/gift. Unfortunately, my husband wasn’t up for a bowl of this on its own, but he did give it a taste. If you are up for a food adventure or are responsible for feeding a little human who enjoys purees, this may be worth a try!

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