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How to Make Large Plant Pots to Control Mints Spread
This post is about How to Make Large Plant Pots to Control Mints Spread. Previously I had mint just going wild in my garden area and it took over. This year I removed that mint from the garden area, but I still like my mint for teas and salads. So, I put together these large…
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How to Open a Swimming Pool Diatomaceous Earth (DE) type filter
How to Open a Swimming Pool is about the procedures I use to open the in-ground swimming pool. I did a post and video on how to winterize your pool back in the fall. This process takes you from that point up to the point that your pool is ready to swim in. Great Escape…
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Propagating Raspberries from Primocanes A How To
Propagating Raspberries is a “how to” on propagating raspberries from suckers of the original mother plant, also known as primocanes. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/gef. You can support us for as little as $1.…
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Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 2 -A How To
Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 2 is the second in a multipart series on upgrading my rainwater harvesting system from 1200 gallons to 4500 gallons. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/gef. You can support…
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Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade Another How To
Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade is about my 1200 gallon to 4500 Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade. I’m in the process of moving from four 300-gallon IBC totes to three 1550-gallon water storage tanks. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our…
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Pruning Overgrown Apple Trees – A how to
This video is about pruning overgrown apple trees. This is not the way that you prune an apple orchard yearly. The tree shown here has been pruned once in the last eight years and is quite overgrown. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us,…
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Hardy Banana Spring Preparation – More How To
This video is about Hardy Banana Spring Preparation and what needs to be done to prepare the hardy banana (Musa basjoo) for spring. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/gef Here is What This Video is…
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Hardwood Cutting Propagation | Winter Plant Propagation A How To
Today I’m going to talk about Hardwood Cutting Propagation or Winter Plant Propagation. This is basically a ‘how to’ of rooting cuttings in the winter time with very little effort. But first, let’s talk a little terminology. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us,…
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Propagating Rose of Sharon a How To
This post is about Propagating Rose of Sharon. Here we go over some basics of Rose of Sharon and how to propagate this edible plant. Plant Basics Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) is also known as Althaea, Shrub Althea, and Hardy Hibiscus. The shrub has a tight, upright vase-shaped form, reaching 7–13ft in height and…
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Preparing Elderberries for Recipes A How To
This post is about Preparing Elderberries for Recipes. I originally harvested them and just tossed them in the freezer for future processing. That future processing is what we will cover today. Timeline I harvested my elderberries on September first. I left them on the stem, removed any bugs I found, washed them, put them in…
