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Gardening journal for September 25, 2026. The hot chilies are dehydrated with solar power. The dehydration process has been relatively safe. Kitchen gloves are required safety equipment. The process of grinding the dehydrated chilies to deploy with a spice shaker is dangerous as tiny chili dust floats in the air. The N95 mask is effective protection. Some of these will be served on spicy popcorn. #MaskUp, #gardening, #minnesota, #nodig, #Zone4b

July 21, 2026 Today’s gardening milestone is the garlic harvest. We harvested about 200 garlic over several mornings. This variety is Estonia! Thank you to the Baltic for the varieties. The roots are fanned out connecting to the black soil. 1. The garlic harvest is complete. 2. All of the varieties have some good garlic heads to use for seed for next growing season. 3. The gardening conditions were pleasant. #threegoodthings, #garlic, #nodig, #minnesota, #gardening, #estonia, #fermentation

I don't know whether to be impressed or annoyed. This bramble has made its way through 2 layers of cardboard and 30cms of mulch. It's almost stopped the convolvulus/hedge bindweed but not this bramble. I have a helpful neighbour who swears by glyphosate and I'm trying to keep him at bay until the weather is cool enough to get out there and do a bit of key hole surgery. #gardening #weeds #nodig #organic

@Broadfork@mastodon.green We are fortunate to have runner ducks in the ecosystem at our home. The runner ducks are the biggest forage animal that fits in with the vegetable gardens and native plantings. They are free ranging homebodies. Their contributions are many, foraging, pest control, manure, zen. #nodig, #ducksofmastadon

April 30, 2026. Gardening journal. Thank you to the soil. The planned garden planting includes beans, beets, and chard. The best of the Hidatsa Shield beans will be planted. The biggest Hidatsa Shield can be sorted by hand and eye. The seeds for the beets, Arikara Yellow bean, and Cherokee Trail of Tears bean are from Seed Savers Exchange. The soil temperature is 11 Celsius. The frost warnings are for two more nights. #minnesota, #nodig , #zone4b, #indigenous, #growyourown, #gardening, #compost

Saturday April 18th. Garden journal notes. The perennial nettle plant is wonderful. This harvest aspired to be steamed with sambal kelapa spiced carrots. This is an early green for southern Minnesota. Also the plant spreads aggressively by shallow runners and deep runners. Also the common name is stinging nettles. #nettles, #growyourown, #nodig, #compost, #minnesota, #Zone4b, #gardening

@Broadfork@mastodon.green And the nodig and compost top dressing methods are sustainable gardening methods! Our compost still has a frozen core. #nodig, #compost.

@LokeMani@homestead.social Congratulations. The garlic sprouting is worthy of a week of celebration. #garlic, #gardening, #nodig

@Broadfork@mastodon.green You are the neighborhood bog witch! Do you have a preferred label for yourself? #compost, #nodig