Halfmoon Farm

06/10/2025

🏡 We can build towns and cities to be part of the natural world, rather than separate from it. We can live in harmony with the natural world, rather than exploit it.

🪴 We can have shared gardens, strengthen our communities, waste less, preserve more, re-green our neighbourhoods with native plants, increase biodiversity, cover roofs with solar panels, and just make our neighbourhoods WAY better to live in!

🌱 We will come together and grow our movement for a world that values people and planet, community and natural world, over profits and growth.

✊🏼 This movement is growing every day, and it’s damn exciting to see.

Love this art work by joan_de_art 🎨🌿 ( #📷 .systems )

05/31/2025

Researchers from Tarleton State University in Texas have discovered that plant-based extracts, particularly from okra, fenugreek, tamarind, and cactus, can significantly remove microplastics from wastewater.

Key highlights:

Okra and fenugreek mucilage (plant-based goo) work by acting as a natural coagulant.

When combined in the right ratios, they can remove up to 90% of microplastics from water.

Unlike synthetic coagulants (like polyacrylamide), these natural alternatives are non-toxic and environmentally friendly.

The study is part of an effort to find sustainable solutions to the growing problem of microplastic contamination in water bodies.

The extracts are especially effective when removing microplastics from ocean and freshwater sources.

The lead researcher, Dr. Rajani Srinivasan, emphasized that this approach could make wastewater treatment safer and more eco-friendly, especially in areas lacking access to expensive treatment technology.

Source: American Chemical Society (ACS Spring 2023 conference)

05/07/2025

Nice idea.

05/04/2025

Heirloom in all senses!

In Kazakhstan's majestic Tian Shan mountains lies the birthplace of every apple you've ever eaten. These ancient forests are home to Malus sieversii, the wild ancestor of all modern apple varieties. 🍎

Long before the Silk Road connected East and West, bears and birds spread apple seeds throughout these pristine mountain ranges. When traders eventually discovered these sweet mountain fruits, they carried them across continents, leading to natural hybridization with other wild species.

The legacy of these ancient apples lives on in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, whose name literally means "Father of Apples." But time hasn't been kind to these precious forests - today, only 1% of the original wild apple forests remain in their ancestral home.

These hardy mountain trees gave rise to the thousands of apple varieties we enjoy today - from the crisp Honeycrisp to the tart Granny Smith. Their genetic diversity holds the key to developing disease-resistant and climate-adaptable apples for future generations. 🌳

Sources: Research by Soviet scientist Nikolai Vavilov (1929), Kazakh geneticist Aimak Dzangaliev's studies, The Royal Horticultural Society

04/02/2025

Low Maintenance, Sustainable, Non-GMO - Grown in USA

04/02/2025

Most don’t know this..
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03/31/2025

I used milk crates to grow potatoes.
It was easy to remove the layers one by one as we went along. The straw keeps the soil in place and helps maintain humidity. I watered them about once a month. I did not cut the bottom of the boxes. I assembled them all at once and stacked them. As the plants grow, they emerge from the sides and top of the boxes. Once all the plants have died back, the potatoes are ready to harvest. No chemical substances are used.
See more: https://mideas.co/PkUXn

03/08/2025

Good news!

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains west of Mexico City rebounded this year, doubling the area they covered in 2024 despite the stresses of climate change and habitat loss,…

03/03/2025

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02/16/2025

Beats grass.

12/18/2024