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Posts tagged: spring
From the Garden: Our Biointensive Brassica Bed
In our annual veggie garden, we incorporate a variety of permaculture methods to increase yields, reduce pests and maintain healthy soil. One such method is biointensive gardening, where a single garden bed is inhabited by a variety of compatible plants for maximum use of space. It has been our experience that plants grow better in a diverse bed rather than a monocrop, so we plant biointensivebeds...
From the Garden: March at the Wild Rose Homestead
Spring has arrived in Southern Oregon! Here's a few scenes from around the homestead over the past month.
This is our second full growing season on the property. The fruit tress we planted last year are looking marvelous - like this Asian Pear exploding in flowers! Maybe we'll get the first fruits this year?
We also planted two-year-old asparagus roots last year on the garden edges. We're starting...
This is our second full growing season on the property. The fruit tress we planted last year are looking marvelous - like this Asian Pear exploding in flowers! Maybe we'll get the first fruits this year?
We also planted two-year-old asparagus roots last year on the garden edges. We're starting...
New Lip Balms for Summer & Spring!
Spring has arrived, along with four new lip balm flavors! Let's meet our new favorites:
In Southern Oregon, the harbinger of Spring is the pear blossom bloom - so we've captured this magical Springtime event in our new Pear Blossom Lip Balm! Sweet and slightly floral, a little Spring for your lips! Enhanced with juicy Organic Pear and Sweet Violet extracts for a delectable, unique lip treat.
Our C...
From the Garden: Recycled Box Seedling Pots
We go through a lot of jars at Wild Rose, which means we go through a lot of jar boxes! Jar boxes are typically small with corrugated partitions to protect jars during shipping. These boxes aren't very useful for storage or garden mulch, so we've started using them for seedlings. We save all of our jar boxes through the busy Winter shopping season for our Spring seedlings, leaving the partitions...
