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Kvs satishOkra intrigued me as a child. My classmates had never eaten it — betraying our northeastern roots where the plant would have struggled to survive, and the pods weren’t part…
Kvs satishThere are probably few crops as simultaneously valuable and undervalued as the squash. These generous plants grow freely, and feed people through the summer as zucchini and yellow crookneck. Then…
Kvs satishAre you homesteading within city limits where regulations don’t permit raising chickens? Or perhaps, you’re in the beginning stages of homesteading and not yet ready to incorporate chickens? Maybe chickens…
Kvs satish“I grew some luffa!” My friend was holding up a long, cucumber-shaped object. “It looks like a sponge.” I eyed it closely. “Well, it is and it isn’t,” she replied.…
Kvs satishIf you are getting into composting, you’ll find there are a whole bunch of different bins to choose from. Some are extremely cheap (or free) while others can be expensive.…
Kvs satish“What are those? Buttons?” I asked my friend — once again admiring her sprawling gardens. crassula perforata Plant. Photo courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr / Wikimedia Commons “Actually,” she…
Kvs satish“Are you rooting herbs?” I asked my friend — observing multiple plants in jars of water by a sunny kitchen window. “Rooting and growing” was the response. “You don’t need…
Kvs satishLettuce is the most-consumed leaf vegetable (a fact that I find rather sad as I am a cheerleader for greens and believe many of them deserve far more time in…
Kvs satish“The pouch traps insects,” my friend explained as I leaned in to admire her latest orchid. “Bugs have to climb past the staminode to deposit pollinia and fertilize the flower.”…
