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Growing

Calendula Officinalis (Pot Marigold)

CALENDULA OFFICINALIS After reading about the countless benefits of calendula flowers, last year I sowed a few seeds that I collected from a medicinal garden. They quickly grew and I…

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November 18, 2020
Cooking

Sourdough Apricot Cake

It’s apricot time in Marpha! The one tree in the garden bears so much fruit that we’re constantly processing them into jam, drying them, even making spicy sauces out of…

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July 19, 2017
Crafting

Dyeing Wool with Virginia Creeper

Our front fence is covered with Virginia creeper / Parthenocissus quinquefolia (which I mistakenly thought was hedera helix).Now that it’s fall, we pruned it as it grew vigorously during summer.…

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November 13, 2021
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  • Summer Greens!

    / August 29, 2026

    Did you know that you can eat pumpkin leaves? Here are some of the greens that I discovered over the years that are heat and drought tolerant.

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  • Loquat tree from seed

    / June 4, 2026

    When grown from seed,it takes a bit of time for trees to give fruit.But they become strong,with taproots that can reach deep down and their fruit are unique.Just like other beings,while their pups…

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  • Slugs,Hedgehogs and Dissappearing Mulch

    / March 12, 2026

    The relation of hedgehogs and slugs/snails in the changing habitat of our forest garden.

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  • F I G S ! Different ways to preserve them

    / September 4, 2025

    Making sun dried fruit leather and sugarless jam with figs.

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  • Making Apricot Passata

    / August 12, 2025

    A great way to preserve apricots is to make fruit passata.It can be used just like tomato sauce.

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  • Fermented Elderflower Soda

    / April 29, 2025

    English Türkçe It took nearly 3 years for my elderberry shrub to bloom! Meanwhile I grew many others from cuttings in between the fruit trees. Last year I realized that elders (sambucus nigra…

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  • Natural aphid control : Ladybugs!

    / April 18, 2025

    English Türkçe This year our elderberry bushes are growing incredibly! They put out so many new shoots that on the ones in the inner sections got full of aphids. I didn’t panic and…

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  • Making a Zero Waste Coat

    / January 30, 2025

    Making a winter coat with zero waste sewing pattern and natural materials.

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  • Saving Armenian Cucumber Seeds

    / September 23, 2024

    How and when to save armenian cucumber seeds

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  • Food Forest Garden in Late Summer

    / September 8, 2024

    Some heat loving plants in our food forest!

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