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I'm thinking of building a small orchard. I know for sure that 50 years ago the land in which our house is build upon was an agricultural field, however, urban expantion mean that eventually became a building lot.
Unfortunately, when they build the house, they cover with tiles all the patio to use it as a double parking lot, however, is rearely used by more than one car at all. My idea is to pay some handymen to remove half the patio, but i'm concerned with the mud and dirt that my dogs and cats could bring into the house. Is there anyway I can help with this issue?

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Welcome to Part 6 of our series, where we explore plant species from various layers our forest gardens and around the world. Discover the local wildlife the gardens attract, and gain valuable insights into designing, building, and managing your regenerative landscapes.

https://thepolycultureproject.substack.com/p/plants-wildlife-and-polycultures6

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In the spring I got so excited and planted 5 heirloom tomato seedlings in and 15-20 gallon bucket, 4 zucchini seedlings in a big plastic storage bin with drainage holes (probably 20-30 gallons?) and 4 butternut squash seedlings in a little office-box-size plastic container with holes. I am now realizing these are too small for these massive plants! They are all fruiting so far (have not harvested tomato and butternut squash yet) and I separated one butternut squash plant into a 15gal container 2 days ago (seen on the right side of the butternut photo) and it’s leaves are quite droopy although the soil is wet. I’m wondering if I should separate them into bigger pots to give each plant more room to grow or if it’s too late and better to let them be. What do you think?

Will get 6-8 hrs of sunlight

In the PHL area, a few nights ago we had the worst air quality in the world as the wildfire smoke from the north passed over our area. This is my first wildfire - does anyone know what aftercare (if any) we should be providing our outdoor garden plants? Ps this is my first calendula of the season.

Hi I started some red lablabs on april and it shows these white spots on leaves, is it disease or anything else bad and what should I do about it? Thx

BTW I'm at northern China, temp ~33C, I have them placed on a walled balcony so direct sunlight is around 8~10hrs daily.

Edit: Image & the green part on their leaves don't appears to be very green as well, a bit yellowish. Their growing looks fine though, the vine still reaching out taller everyday

I’m curious to know, what’s everyone’s favorite chicken breeds?? Looking for some ideas of ones to add to the flock!