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  Still eating 100% homegrown salad leaves! Horn of plenty (fedia cornucopiae / doucette d'alger) entirely self planted from my own previous plants seeds (fairly prolific self seed spreader). Growing in a large pot I was given full of previously collected soil & small bit of peat free compost. Loads of DIY organic salad! Gm free, almost zero effort, almost no expenditure, no supermarket & outdoors in uk climate end oct #foodgrowing #foodgrowinguk #seedsaving #salad #fo...

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  Also adding to my supply of uk homegrown salad leaves in late oct- American land cress (barbarea verna) Wild chickweed (stellaria media). Land cress ( seed saved from previous plants) sown early august in a greenhouse, chickweed self sown (must of been in farm soil I collected). Lots of healthy, tasty, iron! Zero food miles, organic, gm free, tiny cost, not much effort, big autonomy buzz !! Yesss win win win win win!! #seedsaving #organic #organicgardening #growyourown #growyourownfood...

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  Another good thing about the horn of plenty (Doucette d'alger / fedia cornuopiae) is that late oct / early november some of its still in flower providing late season food for insects. Like its name suggests, it's a prolific spreader because of its abundance of seeds. Worth being aware of before introduction #autumnflowers #autumnflowersuk

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  The Garden Decoder: What Is 'Biochar'? - Gardenista https://www.gardenista.com/posts/biochar-soil-amendment-book-jeff-cox/

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  Todays autumn raspberries. Won't be buying any this week, or probably next either #foodsecurity #food #homegrown #foodgrowing #gardening #gardeninguk

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  Chickweed (stellaria media) growing very well in a pot in my garden. Self planted- probably brought it over by accident with some farm / scrub soil I collected. Edible & makes nice wild salad, especially in egg sandwiches #salad #food #wildsalad #wildfood #wildfoodplants #wildfooduk #chickweed #wintergreen #foodgrowinguk

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  Still have lettuce doing well in the greenhouse! Completely organically with no additions of anything to keep competition away & no bugs etc either! Also grown from my own seeds I saved from an earlier lot this year #organic #homegrown #lettuce #autumnlettuce #autumnfoodgrowinguk #seedsaving #food #gmfree

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  You don't like AI, but have the opportunity to be a participant in a videoed research study about AI. You don't know who the researcher is. Do you #AI #aipoll #artificialintelligence #artificialintelligencepoll

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  A few strawberries still in the garden! #gardening #foodgrowing #foodgrowinguk #sustainablefood #gardeninguk

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  Today we have plenty of rain!! Weird for this to be a celebration in the uk. Now thinking about washing my car for the first time this summer. Washing our cars in the rain not only saves loads of water, saves time bothering to wash the bubbles off after and a tiny bit off our big phat water bills #drought #watershortage #watershortages #watershortageintheuk #savewater #water #environment #norain #rain #Poverty #povertyawareness

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  First tomatoes! On a plant I swopped for something

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  Beautiful golden rod, rescued from someone elses garden overspill. I've seen so many different types of insects on here- though theres none in the photo

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  First baby beavers in 400 years born in Scotland’s ‘most beautiful glen’ - Beaver Trust https://beavertrust.org/first-baby-beavers-in-400-years-born-in-scotlands-most-beautiful-glen/

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  The salad seedlings are doing well! Good germination rate! 100% homegrown mixed salad seeds collected & sorted by myself, in small spaces of time. Grown in an old wooden draw, filled with a mix of ordinary garden soil & peat free compost. Israel is a major supplier of commercial seeds. Another reason to buy less of those! #foodgrowing #kitchengarden #gardening #food #homegrown #selfsufficiency #boycottisrael

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  D-I-Y 100%

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  Don't forget to put lifesaving water out for insects, birds & other critters in the drought #drought #weather #heatwave #wildlife #nature #insects #pollenators #climatecrisis