100 Acre Wood
78
Our natural habitat
Curated by David Rowing
Follow
Scooped by David Rowing onto 100 Acre Wood
Scoop.it!

Keep Vegetables in the Ground for Winter: Organic Gardening

Keep Vegetables in the Ground for Winter: Organic Gardening | 100 Acre Wood | Scoop.it
Want to preserve your vegetables during the winter? Have you ever considered storing them in the ground. Storing your vegetables in the ground is a great solution for preserving your crops.

 

The days when everyone had an underground cellar full of produce may be gone, but here's a simple technique that will give you sweeter, crisper winter vegetables than any you can buy at the grocery store. This method takes advantage of the fact that some vegetables can survive freezing temperatures and remain fresh, even when buried under a blanket of snow.

 

You can store carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips, celery, rutabagas, cabbages, leeks, kale, and spinach in the garden through winter by using this mulching technique. ...

No comment yet.
David Rowing is also curating
The Glory of the Garden The Barley Mow In Deep Water Insight Europe
Discover Topics David Rowing is following
Content Curation World Upcycled Garden Style Social Media Content Curation Vertical Farm - Food Factory EPIC Infographic World Environment Nature News
and 112 others
Your new post is loading...
Scooped by David Rowing
Scoop.it!

Big Garden Birdwatch - Results 2012

Big Garden Birdwatch - Results 2012 | 100 Acre Wood | Scoop.it

Starlings at all time low.

Sadly, the counts revealed that starling numbers are at an all time low since the survey began more than thirty years ago.

Though still at number two on the results board, starlings were seen in fewer than half the UK's gardens. In the first survey in 1979, the average number of starlings seen in UK gardens was 15. This year, that number fell to its lowest ever with an average of just three starlings seen per garden.

These declines are being mirrored across much of northern Europe too, and because of this drop in numbers, the species is red listed as a bird of high conservation concern.

No comment yet.