So you’ve decided to fill your garden with joyful chickens…Here are a few tips on raising chickens naturally…Happy healthy chickens make for healthy eggs and less hassle. Shelter: Chickens will need adequate shelter. This will depend on your climate and predators. Chickens will need a draft-free dry coop with adequate ventilation. If your climate is cold a heat source should be available for winter. A solid concrete floor or a raised coop are ideal as this will ma...
If you’re not ready to run out and buy seed envelopes, make your own beautiful seed envelopes by recycling that xmas papper…Great fun on a stormy evening for the whole family. Beautiful christmas paper should not end up in the landfill. It is always exciting to see the lovely handmade envelopes that get sent to me when trading seeds. I sketched up a diagram on how you can make your own simple self-closing seed pocket. Enjoy!
This was a good year for tomatoes here . Off to a slow start with cold and snow, it recovered in June and has been warm and sunny for the remainder of the summer right up into September.We have had little rain which caused a bit of over watering and splitting of some fruit but other than that, it was a wonderful year from both quantity and quality
Feb 16/10 In case anyone is interested, I thought I’d show how I created my garden plans. There are many ways of doing things and this may not be the simplest but it’s how I do it. 1. SCREENSHOT: I use a photo of my property taken from Google Earth. I’m pretty sure there is no copyright issues around this as long as you give Google Earth credit. So—credit to Google Earth :)To take the photo I use the screen print option. (on the Mac it is shift-control-3). I then...
A discussion took place, over at HomeRefurbers.com re: the awards of making homemade bread – without a breadmaker machine. I said that I would post my Pumpernickel recipe here. Yeast 3 packages of yeast (6 3/4 tsp) 1 1/2 c. warm water.Note: the make-up of the rye flour kills off the yeast, I guess, and so you need lots of yeast to make it rise. Next: Once “the yeast has riz”, add 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp caraway seed (oooh it smells so yummy) 2 tbsp shortening...
Well, I’d been sharing the “winners” with you all on recipes that have been drop dead wonderful, so I thought I’d send over the latest few. This one is for Red Tomato Relish.. It’s everything I was hoping the green tomato ketchup would have been. 1 bucket tomatoes (2 gallons) 1 C of 90 grain vinegar 2 C sugar 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp allspice 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp cloves 1/2 tsp chili powder 4 green peppers 4 small onions Scald t...
I have used this method and thought that others might enjoy it too. http://www.robsplants.com/seed/baggy.php
I have gone to these sites to get answers to many a plant question: http://webgarden.osu.edu/ Ohio State Universary http://www.learn2grow.com/ Free Weekly Newsletter http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/ United Kingdom-More gardening tips http://www.gardenguides.com/ Nice place as well http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG6594.html About Roses in the North...
There are many reasons to save seeds from your garden. Aside from biotechnology arguments that are making the news and the fact it can save money; the bottom line for saving seeds is because you have a plant you love and want to grow it again or share it with others. Seed catalogs offer limited seeds. Saving and sharing seeds from around the world gives you a better opportunity to find unusual varieties. Seed saving is not only simple and rewarding; it gives you something to do du...
Cabbage Rolls We had an abundant crop of Chinese cabbage this year and I made a few pans of cabbage rolls for the freezer. It’s nice to dig into them from time to time and still reap the benefits of our garden with some warm cabbage rolls in the winter. 1 6×8 pan6 large cabbage leaves blanched in salt water and patted dry4 cups cooked rice½ lb of ground meat, mushrooms or tofu1 small onion minced1 clove of minced fresh garlic (optional)Dash each of marjoram, thyme, chopped fre...
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