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Water you doing? 🌊 5 Hydrating Tips for Your Food Garden

  Photo by  Joshua Pieterse  on  Unsplash Water is a precious resource, and when it comes to your food garden, it's essential to optimize its usage for the benefit of both your crops and the environment. By adopting smart watering techniques, you can ensure that your plants receive adequate moisture while minimizing water waste. In this post, we'll explore some tips and strategies to help you water your food garden easily and in a way that supports optimal growth while being mindful of sustainability. 1. Stay Regular Establish a regular watering schedule to maintain consistent moisture levels in your garden. Watering deeply and infrequently is more effective than frequent shallow watering because it encourages plant roots to grow deeper, making them more resilient to drought conditions. Water early in the morning or late in the evening when temperatures are cooler to minimize water loss due to evaporation.   However, the easiest way to stick to a schedule is to ...

Our mission: the Solarpunk future

Photo by  Christin Noelle  on  Unsplash Solarpunk is a subgenre of science fiction and a movement that envisions a hopeful, sustainable future with renewable energy, ecological harmony, and community-driven societies. It draws inspiration from a variety of sources, including sustainable architecture, permaculture, DIY culture, and alternative energy sources.  Solarpunk is a new movement, but has quickly gained momentum as people became more cognizant of climate change, pollution, and waste and began searching for ways to do better.   In practice, Solarpunk is not just about imagining a utopian future, but about actively working towards it in the present. This can involve making changes to one's lifestyle and advocating for policies that promote sustainability, resilience, and social justice. Here are some examples of how individuals can help bring about the Solarpunk future: Embrace renewable energy : One of the main tenets of Solarpunk is the use of renewable e...