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How to Start Your Own Butterfly Farm

This is a magical activity to do with your kids and now is the perfect season in Israel. Step 1:...
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Landscaping with Builder’s Rubble – Free and Attractive

"Your backpack is so heavy. Have you got rocks inside?" Actually yes. My backpack is full of rocks! How else...
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I’m Featured in Gila Manolson’s New Book

Here in Ramat Beit Shemesh, there aren't too many other farmers. Actually none. I guess you could say that my...
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The No. 1 Vegetable to Plant Right Now

Everyone keeps asking me what to plant now, so I made a list of my favorite summer vegetables to grow....
My bee swarm on its last legs. The only babies are boys - a sure sign of doom!

My 5 Latest Farming Failures

I've posted a bunch of successful projects and people are starting to talk like I'm some sort of farming wunderkind,...
Five Tomatoes, Four Peppers and an eggplant. They're still young. They're gonna get HUGE before the summer's done.

Growing Vegetables in Israel Using Cheap or Free Raised Beds

This post was updated in March 2023 Want to know how I'm growing 47 summer vegetable plants in 8 sq.m.?...
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Birkas Ha’Ilanos Under Lockdown

It's the month of Nissan and we have a special mitzvah to make a bracha over fruit-bearing trees in bloom....
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Keeping Chickens in Israel: A Backyard Guide

In the past week, several people have contacted me to ask where they can buy hens and how to care...
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6 vegetables from your kitchen you can plant and grow

It's spring time! Do you wish you could grow some vegetables - but can't visit the nursery due to lockdown?...

How to Grow Horseradish at Home

Pesach is almost here which means it's the perfect time to plant your Marror - for next year's Seder! This...
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Grow Your Own Sprouts in 4 Easy Steps

When I serve my homegrown sprouts, guests always gawk at me like I'm a farming genius. But truly they are...
I started this sweet potato before Chanukah and soon I will plant the vines in the ground. I twisted them off and left them in water for a while to get them ready. Note how I used toothpicks to prop up the tuber, since the jar was kind of big.

Let’s Grow Sweet Potato Vines from Tubers

Let's plant our own sweet potato vines. Now is the perfect season here in Israel. Step 1: get hold of...
Isn't the jar pretty? I keep it on my counter while it's infusing, alongside all my other fermentation jars.

Homemade Natural All-Purpose Cleaner Recipe

Soon we'll start Pesach cleaning and that means that now's the time to make your natural all-purpose cleaner - made...
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Make liquid fertilizer at home for $0

Most people buy fertilizer at the garden store but you can make it yourself, using Stinging Nettle, a plant that...
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The absolute easiest way to preserve your lemon harvest

Every year in this season, life gives us lemons But how can we preserve the bounty so we can freshly...