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Neo Peasant Style
English Türkçe The clothing styles of peasants come out of necessity, practicality,frugality, the availability of materials and some beauty. As I’ve been working in the garden year after year, I realized that my…
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Wasp spider
Argiope bruennichi – Wasp spider This is one of the spiders I see a lot around this time. It looks a little bit scary, but their focus is insects rather than…
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Making Fermented Fruit Soda
Fruit soda or fruit kvass is very easy to make and is a healthy refreshment! Simply fill a 1 liter jar with fruit, add 2 tablespoons of honey and top it up…
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A beneficial wild plant : Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum)
With the coming of spring , purple dead nettle pops up all over garden!
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Lemon Tree Guild
English Türkçe Our lemon tree always fell prey to aphids and bark lice. So I created a guild around it with aromatic, flowering and ground covering plants to attract beneficial insects and pollinators,…
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Garden in January
English Türkçe This winter is going quite warm.We had just one night of frost so far. The frequent southwest winds, called Lodos in Turkish, are warming up the weather. On the other hand…
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Volunteer Garlic Sprouts
Türkçe In the first week of December, I noticed some garlic sprouts around our peach tree where I’ve planted some last year. I must have forgotten about them, so they went to sleep…
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Diospyros Lotus (Date Plum)
TR I came across a tall tree laden with berry like fruits and wondered what it may be. I collected some of the seeds of fallen fruit and went home to inspect them!…
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Linden Tree Bast Fibers
A month or two ago I found some pruned linden tree branches on the street and brought them over for extracting the fibers from their inner bark (bast). After peeling the outer…
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Making a Garden Bed Border with Recycled Bottles
If you have a lot of glass bottles at home, you can easily make a garden bed border with them. First of all gather your bottles and place them in a tub full…
