Easy Starts for Celery and Romaine – A Tutorial
Want to grow celery and romaine in your garden? Well, hopefully this experiment will prove successful and we’ll all be able to do that more easily and quickly. The above is the end of a celery stalk...
View ArticleGarbage Smoothie Anyone? – cold composting, a tutorial
Compost piles are a wonderful thing and they make great compost if you actually maintain them…. or you wait 2 or 3 years. Well, I currently have no place to let a compost pile sit unnoticed for 2 or 3...
View ArticleSeed Starting – Tips and Tricks
Or Learn From My Mistakes… One of the glories of spring – watching those little green bits poke out of the soil, transforming from a hard little pebble into something that may well be able to feed you....
View ArticleYou Say Potato…
So I’ve never grown potatoes before. Why? I don’t know. Truth is I’ve not grown much in the way of root vegetables until the last few years. Sort of a basic mistrust of what may or may not be going on...
View ArticleBok Choy & Ginger and Broccoli – Oh My!
One of the staples around here is stir fry. It comes out a little different each time because my approach is similar to that of refrigerator soup. Refrigerator soup is when you have a carcass with...
View ArticleBugs Taste Less with Garlic and Chili Pepper
That got your attention didn’t it? Who can deny that garlic (and for most people) chili pepper makes things taste better? Garden pests, that’s who. They do not like it. They have a very limited...
View ArticleCrunchy Lunchy
The last time I tried sprouts was MANY years ago, when they were only available in the health food store, and the health food store was a small, locally owned affair with hand painted murals on the...
View ArticleFree Tea – And Great Slaw
Isn’t summer grand? After my strawberry post (the doe has not yet returned, by the way), I got to thinking about how amazing it is that you can plant something in the ground, give it some water, and...
View ArticleBellywarming American Black Bean Soup
Have I mentioned that I LOVE soup? What could be better on these increasingly chilly days than a big bowl of warm and delicious? While I’ve shared quite a few soups with you (you’ll see they have their...
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