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moringa oleifera 03/06/2024 Crop Moringa oleifera

Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and used extensively in South and Southeast Asia. Common names include moringa, drumstick tree (from the long, slender, triangular seed-pods), horseradish tree[3] (from the taste of the roots, which resembles horseradish), or malunggay...

03/06/2024 Planting Pigweed

Pigweed is endemic to most of North America. As a relative of spinach and other amaranth species, the leaves can be eaten or cooked. The seeds are edible as well. It usually appears after the first monsoon rain.

Pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons 03/06/2024 Crop Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus palmeri is a species of edible flowering plant in the amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, dioecious amaranth, Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed.

It is native to most of the southern half of North America. Populations in the eastern United States...

Landscaping 03/06/2024 Farm Log Gate post part two

The second gate pole is in (see pictures). 

Planted in the backyard:

  • Moringa seeds (moringa oleifera)
  • Bell pepper seeds
  • Various hot peppers
  • Collard greens

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Gate post 03/05/2024 Farm Log Gate post part one

Today saw the installation of a telephone pole that will serve as a gate post. It's on the north end of the entrance, pictures below. 

I surveyed the cactus field and found that about 70% of the surviving pads are budding out. This is amazing in light...

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