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How to set up a Bee Water Station in your garden!
-Can use a small bowl or convert bird bath that sits in the yard/garden.
-Add rocks or marbles or crystals of various sizes to create platforms for the bee’s to walk on.
-Fill up the bowl with fresh water so that some rocks are slightly submerged and some are partially above water line. These mini platforms are inportant.
-Check on your new BEE water station weekly to refill & make sure the bee’s have a reliable source of water.
***note Bee’s breathe from their bellies, so if they become submerged they can no longer breathe very shallow water is key.***
If no bee's are visiting the new bee water station, add a couple of lemongrass essential oil drops to the edges of the bowl (not in the water) Lemongrass scent attracts bee’s as it is very similar to their own pheromones.
How are you creating a water resource for your local bees? Share a pic below.
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-Can use a small bowl or convert bird bath that sits in the yard/garden.
-Add rocks or marbles or crystals of various sizes to create platforms for the bee’s to walk on.
-Fill up the bowl with fresh water so that some rocks are slightly submerged and some are partially above water line. These mini platforms are inportant.
-Check on your new BEE water station weekly to refill & make sure the bee’s have a reliable source of water.
***note Bee’s breathe from their bellies, so if they become submerged they can no longer breathe very shallow water is key.***
If no bee's are visiting the new bee water station, add a couple of lemongrass essential oil drops to the edges of the bowl (not in the water) Lemongrass scent attracts bee’s as it is very similar to their own pheromones.
How are you creating a water resource for your local bees? Share a pic below.
@PLANTFORCHANGE #beewater #beewaterstation
https://t.me/plantforchange
(Come Make Change With Us!👆🏼🌱🌿🌳)
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GROWING POTATOES IN A BAG OR POT
-Use large sturdy bag, or pot 8-10 gallons.
-Make a few small holes in the bottom of bag to prevent the bag becoming waterlogged or choose pot with drainage holes.
-Fill the bottom of the bag/pot with 4-5” of compost or soil.
-Plant 2-4 ‘sprouted’ potatoes with eyes (depending on size) evenly spaced in bag/pot.
-Add rest of compost/soil to fill almost to top leaving couple inches.
-Place in a light, bright location balcony/deck/yard and continually water well.
-Water when top 2” is dry and water till excess comes out of base. Do not over water or seed potatoes will rot.
-After aprox 90-110 grow days depending on variety & the potato plant starts to turn yellow/brown and wilt it is HARVEST time!
-Turn over bag/pot and dump onto ground or tarp and dig through for a wonderful potato harvest.
-Enjoy your yield and remember to save a few new potatoes to sprout for another planting round!
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-Use large sturdy bag, or pot 8-10 gallons.
-Make a few small holes in the bottom of bag to prevent the bag becoming waterlogged or choose pot with drainage holes.
-Fill the bottom of the bag/pot with 4-5” of compost or soil.
-Plant 2-4 ‘sprouted’ potatoes with eyes (depending on size) evenly spaced in bag/pot.
-Add rest of compost/soil to fill almost to top leaving couple inches.
-Place in a light, bright location balcony/deck/yard and continually water well.
-Water when top 2” is dry and water till excess comes out of base. Do not over water or seed potatoes will rot.
-After aprox 90-110 grow days depending on variety & the potato plant starts to turn yellow/brown and wilt it is HARVEST time!
-Turn over bag/pot and dump onto ground or tarp and dig through for a wonderful potato harvest.
-Enjoy your yield and remember to save a few new potatoes to sprout for another planting round!
@PLANTFORCHANGE
https://t.me/plantforchange
(Come Make Change With Us!👆🏼🌱🌿🌳)
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3 Ways to Make Shampoo - wikiHow
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Shampoo
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3 Ways to Make Shampoo - wikiHow
Many commercial shampoo and conditioner products contain ingredients such as sulfates, silicones and certain alcohols such as isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) for example that are not very nice to your hair: they can dry out and damage it over...
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3 Ways to Make Toothpaste - wikiHow
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Toothpaste
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Toothpaste
wikiHow
How to Make Toothpaste: 3 Easy DIY Methods
Make your own toothpaste with these recipes Whether you don't like the flavor of commercial toothpaste, or are looking for little ways to cut expenses, making toothpaste can be a fun project for anyone who's into making their own stuff....
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We need to know these FIVE things in my opinion:
*How to make bread
*How to grow veggies/fruit/herbs
*How to make shampoo
*How to make soap
*How to make toothpaste
If you don't have a garden, please do try out grow bags or make your own bags and also see if elderly folk who have gardens or allotments in your area will allow you to grow stuff and take care of their garden/plot in exchange for produce....
*How to make bread
*How to grow veggies/fruit/herbs
*How to make shampoo
*How to make soap
*How to make toothpaste
If you don't have a garden, please do try out grow bags or make your own bags and also see if elderly folk who have gardens or allotments in your area will allow you to grow stuff and take care of their garden/plot in exchange for produce....
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Blueberries and walnuts are excellent for both mental health and physical health. Now during all the stress everybody is undergoing we need good emotional/mental responses and strong immunity.
Artemisia known as wormwood is number one remedy for bronchitis, asthma, covid, all kinds of respiratory tract infections. It grows in hot countries, not sure about the UK but you can get it in infusions...Amazon for example sell wormwood infusion for around £9 or so. It is rather bitter so you may need to sweeten it....
Get ready to "possibly" consume cockroaches, mealworms OR crickets.
An extract of the following link: "From 1 January 2018 came into force Regulation (EU) 2015/2238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, introducing the concept of “novel foods”, including insects and their parts. One of the most commonly used species of insects are: mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), house crickets (Acheta domesticus), cockroaches (Blattodea) and migratory locusts (Locusta migrans). In this context, the unfathomable issue is the role of edible insects in transmitting parasitic diseases in humans"....https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613697/
An extract of the following link: "From 1 January 2018 came into force Regulation (EU) 2015/2238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, introducing the concept of “novel foods”, including insects and their parts. One of the most commonly used species of insects are: mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), house crickets (Acheta domesticus), cockroaches (Blattodea) and migratory locusts (Locusta migrans). In this context, the unfathomable issue is the role of edible insects in transmitting parasitic diseases in humans"....https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613697/
https://youtu.be/4xrXRBcKF3Q
HOW TO GROW CARROTS IN GROW BAGS OR CONTAINERS. IT IS ADVISABLE TO PLANT 2 or 3 ONIONS WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY KEEP A CERTAIN GARDEN PEST AWAY
THAT CARROTS OFTEN GET. I HAVE GROWN THEM IN CONTAINERS MYSELF AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL.🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕
HOW TO GROW CARROTS IN GROW BAGS OR CONTAINERS. IT IS ADVISABLE TO PLANT 2 or 3 ONIONS WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY KEEP A CERTAIN GARDEN PEST AWAY
THAT CARROTS OFTEN GET. I HAVE GROWN THEM IN CONTAINERS MYSELF AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL.🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕
YouTube
How To Grow Carrots In Containers - The Definitive Guide
Container Carrots! Growing Carrots in pots and containers is both fun, easy, and actually sometimes preferable than growing them straight in the ground. Soil, drainage, and spacing issues seem much more manageable!
Join me today as I show you everything…
Join me today as I show you everything…
https://youtu.be/e4VU8onoc9E
A REALLY NICE SOAP RECIPE. I THINK WHEN YOU MAKE SOAP ONCE YOU PROBABLY WONT WANT TO BUY SOAP.
A REALLY NICE SOAP RECIPE. I THINK WHEN YOU MAKE SOAP ONCE YOU PROBABLY WONT WANT TO BUY SOAP.
YouTube
The Best Cold Process Soap Recipe (extra moisture and lots of lather)
This is a great recipe for a bar of soap that everyone in the family can use. It is moisturizing, has lots of lather, and is gentle on the skin.
If you want a printable version of the recipe, grab it here:
https://heartscontentfarmhouse.com/making-cold…
If you want a printable version of the recipe, grab it here:
https://heartscontentfarmhouse.com/making-cold…
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Potato Companion Planting: 13 Plants to Grow With Potatoes - 2022 - MasterClass
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/potato-companion-planting-guide#what-is-companion-planting
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/potato-companion-planting-guide#what-is-companion-planting
MasterClass
Potato Companion Planting: 13 Plants to Grow With Potatoes - 2025 - MasterClass
Potatoes (*Solanum tuberosum*) are starchy tubers that are a great addition to your vegetable garden—you can grow unique varieties of potatoes that you may not find in the store and they keep in the pantry much longer than tender veggies. Companion planting…
I planted runners and carrots as seedlings then I put them with onions in tubs I got from Lidl which I lined with garden fabric and made holes in bottom.
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