My I-have-to-do-something realization (re-realization!) of Friday blotted out any thought of Bread No. 6, which was good because it was really no good. Even at the right oven temperature it failed to rise. It was worse than Bread No.5 because I baked it in a pan – which is what the recipe suggests – and …
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Plans for the Weekend
The weather turned “normal” again: hovering above freezing at night, in the 50s during the day. This weekend is going to be sunny, too. Last chance to really make a difference in the garden! get more horse manure finish other side of hotbox transplant seedlings into finished part of hotbox plant garlic and Egyptian onion …
Leaf Pile
Gold is falling from the sky. Over the weekend, which is promising to be nice, we’ll pile it all up and shred it. Amie thinks the wind is made by the trees. Here she is admonishing the trees to STOP BLOWING HER LEAF PILE!
Fertilizing a Garden Bed, Horse Play, and Daily Bread No.3
This bed in the back of the garden (to the West, underneath the trees)Â is a new one. I added it this Spring. I wasn’t happy with what grew in it this season. The reason could be the lack of sunlight, or poor soil. About the sunlight there is not much I can do at …
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Brussels Sprout Soup without the Sprouts
{Four posts in one day, must be a record!} Like most kids, I despised Brussels Sprouts. Now I love them, that burst of flavor, and even the mild bitterness. Bitter is a big gap in our diet, which is unfortunate, since bitter foods are important for our digestive systems. So I grew Brussels Sprouts from …
Video: Emilia Hazelip
Emilia Hazelip: Synergistic Permaculture Interesting information about leguminous plants. Oh, I wish I had a large patch of sun like that! Now I’m off to get some horse manure.
Winter Beds and Goldenrod
All the seedlings were transplanted into the Winter beds – the beds that will be under the hoop house once we move it from its Summer position, after the tomatoes, peppers and basil are done. These are all under one layer of row cover now (Agribon, from Johnnie’s). A third bed is loaded with kale …
Hoop House Fall Garden / Overwintering Peppers and Herbs
My Fall Garden? I guess most of it looks like my Summer Garden, only inside the hoop house (where it was a balmy 85 F today, contrasting with the 56 F outside). eggplants in hoop house Yesterday I moved most of the (sweet and hot) pepper plants from the outside beds into pots and then …
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Tool Shed (in Progress) and Hoop House Doors
Taking advantage of a beautiful Sunday morning some weeks ago, DH and I started building our garden tool shed. We both love this project because (1) it will collect my tools right next to my garden and (2) it makes room for a functional workshop for DH in our old and more “serious” shed – …
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Dandelion Tincture (Part 1) and Today’s Harvest
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Tincture wash leaves and roots chop put in jar with its menstruum or solvent, 100 proof alcohol (for the record, I had only 80 proof available, but that should be do) blend to expose more surface are to the solvent wipe ridge of jar, put wax paper over top (as a gasket), …
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