Milk and Mildew

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Agriculture, compost, gardening, green tips, Horticulture, milk, Okra, organic, Pests and Diseases, plant, Powdery mildew, Vegetable, vegetable plant

Powdery mildew resembles a light dusting of flour on top of the leaves of the vegetable plant, it is actually caused by a fungus that is airborne. It can occur on just about any vegetable, even some fruits such as sage, tomatoes, beans, watermelons, honeydew, pumpkins and marrows

 

Mildew on Sage

 
What to do?

 

Normal milk will actually control powdery mildew and contains a natural foliar fertilizer, boosting the plant’s immune system in the process. A mixture of at least 10% milk mixed with 90% water will significantly reduce the severity of powdery mildew when sprayed weekly on the infected plant.

 

Powdery mildew, a Biotrophic Fungus (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Companion Plant Guide

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COMPANION GUIDE FOR VEGETABLE CROPS

VEGETABLE	DOES WELL WITH …	DOES BADLY WITH …
Beans (broad)	Carrots, celery, potatoes, summer savoury, baby marrows and most herbs	Onions and garlic
Beans (runner)	Sweet corn and summer savoury	Beetroot and chard
Beetroot	Beans, onions, garlic, parsnips	Runner beans
Cabbage	French beans, beetroot, chard, celery, dill nasturtium, onions, garlic, peas, potatoes	Runner beans, strawberries
Carrots	Chives, leeks, lettuce, onions, garlic, peas, tomatoes	Dill
Celery	Cabbage, beans, leeks, tomatoes
Marrows	Beans, nasturtium, peas, sweet corn	Potatoes
Leeks	Carrots, celery, onions
Lettuce	Carrots, cabbage, radish, strawberries, chervil
Onions, Garlic	Beetroot, chard, lettuce, strawberries, summer savoury, tomatoes	Beans, peas
Peas	Beans, carrots, sweet corn, turnips, potatoes	Onions, garlic
Potatoes	Beans, cabbage, peas, sweet corn	Tomatoes, marrows
Sweet corn	Beans, cabbage, peas, potatoes	Sunflowers
Sweet & Chilli Peppers	Basil	Radishes
Sunflowers	Cabbage, nasturtiums	Potatoes, beans, grass
Tomatoes	Asparagus, basil, carrots, cabbage, onions, garlic, parsley	Potatoes
Turnips, Swedes	Peas

Start an Elemental Organic Veggie garden – Workshop in Stanford

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companion planting, compost, garden, Kitchen garden, Local Food Heroes, plant, soil preparation, Vegetable, vegetable garden, workshop

I have been asked by “Your Local Food Heroes”  to present a  vegetable and herb workshop  in Stanford on 16  November.

The workshop will be intensely practical and fun, teaching you how to start and grow your own vegetable garden covering soil preparation, composting, planning your garden, companion planting, seeds and seedlings.

Photo courtesy of Cath Croxton

Booking is essential as space is limited. Cath Croxton from Your Local Food Heroes can be emailed at croxton@gmail.com for details and bookings

Come along and learn how to put fresh, pesticide free food on your table all year round.

 

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2 years after nuclear disaster, Japan spawns freaky fruits and veggies

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corn cobs, Elephantiasis, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, Korean language, nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Vegetable

Mutated Vegetables

It might be wise to steer clear of vegetables from Japan’s Fukushima area for, oh, say a few hundred years. A Korean website assembled this image collection of produce from towns and villages surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. And they are NOT pretty pictures. From Siamese-twinned corn cobs to what can only be called peaches with elephantiasis, the region’s agriculture appears to have taken a heavy radiation hit from the nuclear disaster in 2011. It’s not clear yet what effect eating the produce might have on the population, but you never know. It could be pretty dangerous, but you never know — in an ideal world, maybe it could give you superpowers

Source : Msm now

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Was Madiba the forerunner of Urban food revolution?

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Drakenstein Correctional Centre, food, johannesburg gauteng, Madiba, Mandela, nature, Nelson Mandela, plants, Pollsmoor Prison, Robben Island, South Africa, types of spices, urban food revolution, Vegetable

English: Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, Gauteng, on 13 May 1998 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pollsmoor prison warder James Gregory recalled in his autobiography: “Eventually, at the height of the growing season, there was a huge variety of plants in the vegetable section: eggplants, cabbage, beans, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, onions, broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes of a number of varieties… and many types of spices.”

By the time Mandela left Pollsmoor, he had created a “far grander” garden than the one developed at Robben Island.

Moved to the deputy governor’s cottage at Victor Verster in 1988, Mandela was given a garden for his sole use during the final two years of his imprisonment. The garden’s perimeter wall was raised to screen his activities, and on the day of his release (February 2, 1990) he showed his family and friends the vegetables and flowers that he had cultivated, before taking his famous walk to freedom.

Source : Cape Argus

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