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Garden & Nature

Growing food in a suburban backyard on the Lower Rhine, and the curiosities that catch a scientist’s eye along the way. This is the growing half of preserve-what-you-grow.

Growing your own food

What I plant, how I plant it, and what a no-dig backyard actually yields. Start here if you want the garden to feed the canning shelf.

How I grow more strawberries than we can possibly eat

How I grow more strawberries than we can possibly eat
My suburban backyard vegetable garden: how I grow, what I believe, and what you’ll find here

My suburban backyard vegetable garden: how I grow, what I believe, and what you’ll find here

Nature & other curiosities

The odd, wonderful things the garden turns up, followed down whatever rabbit hole my scientific brain insists on.

What are these large ants with wings? It’s an alate ant nuptial event

What are these large ants with wings? It’s an alate ant nuptial event
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