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    Mercury from fish - tainting soil?

    Typically the longer a fish lives the more mercury it accumulates. Younger fish and or species lower on the food chain have less mercury because it is attained by eating other fish. Large pelagic fish species often have some of the highest levels of mercury. Eating dolphins in Japan led to a...
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    Mercury from fish - tainting soil?

    As a fisherman I have access to plenty of fish carcasses and the idea of not using these for the garden is terrible but I'm worried about mercury tainting my soil. Whats the general consensus here? Thanks.
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    Shade cloth and chemical leech??

    What about a wood frame with 2x4’s across the top but leave a 4” gap between each 2x4? This should be the same as a 50% shade cloth right?
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    Shade cloth and chemical leech??

    Looking to add some shade cloth to my garden over the summer months here in Florida and noticed most varieties are some sort of plastic. Does anyone else worry about chemicals leeching from the cloth into your garden? BPA and other nasties?
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    Gardening Passion Fruit Soil

    Thanks for answering my question Mark! I love your videos and you are an inspiration to us all. Happy harvests!
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    Question Anyone else self sufficient with red meat through hunting?

    Gotta love fresh fish!
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    21 Herbs and Spices You Should ALWAYS Grow

    I love cilantro and am growing tired of always having to plant it constantly as it bolts very quickly here. I found out about culantro so I bought a bag of seeds, which never came up. Surprisingly I came across a culantro plant for sale at home depot which I bought and placed in my garden. I’m...
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    Organic feed?

    Anyone shelling (lol) out the extra $$ for organic chicken feed?
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    Fess Up .......

    Fruit trees lol
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    21 Herbs and Spices You Should ALWAYS Grow

    Thai basil, rosemary, flat leaf parsley, “regular” basil (lol), oregano, lemongrass, dill (2 types), cilantro, culantro, and mint. I really want to grow curry though, because of marks success.
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    Question Anyone else self sufficient with red meat through hunting?

    Although firearms access is quite easy down here I still choose to bow hunt almost exclusively. Hunting is not only about food but also the experience and to me nothing beats bow hunting!
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    New from NE FL USA

    Sometimes I smoke small snapper or flounder fillets to make fish dip but never for preserving. Fishing is very good here year round so I have no real need to store it. Thanks, those two fish can easily serve a family of four!
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    New from NE FL USA

    Thanks. We mostly eat fish fresh but do freeze it for storage when necessary.
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    Squash vine borers

    Anyone else have to battle these guys? Anyone have success? BT injection? Tin foil? Something else?
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    Question Anyone else self sufficient with red meat through hunting?

    Here in the states we are fortunate enough to be allowed to hunt wild game in order to provide fresh, organic, free range, and sustainable meat for our families. After being self sufficient as far as fish meat is considered for almost a decade this is the first year I was able to become...
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    Question Chickens and cats

    Anyone have experience (good or bad) with cats and chickens. I would like to free range my chickens unattended but am worried about feral cats i the neighborhood (not to mention my personal kitty who is a psycho lizard killer). Thanks!
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    Gardening Passion Fruit Soil

    To Mark or anyone with personal experience: I am getting ready to plant my first passion fruit plants (purple variety) and noticed in Marks video that it does not look as if he planted his passion fruit in raised beds but rather his native soil. I am a raised bed gardener but if passion fruit...
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    New from NE FL USA

    Gotta love Mark’s YouTube channel! His channel is my number one go to for gardening knowledge as there is not a real great garden community here locally that I have found. Anyway I’m Jesse and I call NE FL home. It’s a great climate to garden in and an even greater place to catch a ton of fish!
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