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 …
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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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Dandelion Harvest, Defensive Bees and Garden Blankets
I was bummed to find that there are not a lot of dandelions on our property. One of the first exercises in one of my herbal medicine books is a dandelion tincture. I had to skip it because I couldn’t find any at hand. Today I went to Amie’s kindergarten school to pull the weeds …
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Last Big Harvests and Potting Up
last husk cherries hoop house tomatoes and peppers, and some rhubarb celery and parsley drying (yeah, they got mixed up) other drying herbs (safe, rosemary, marjoram, thyme, lovage) destined for the Excalibur potted up herbs, Amie and DH the Freecycle chipper now works! (just needed some oil and the eviction of a mouse)
Missed Window of Opportunity
solar drying celery leaves before they go into the dehydrator (stalks went into mirepoix) Well, we had a gorgeous weekend. DH and my parents put the roof up onto our toolshed. It only needs a tarp now as an enclosure and we’ll fix it up nicely with a floor and siding come Spring. DH and …
Struggling
As you can see I am alive and doing things, like playing around with my new dehydrator. Let me tell you, it was a bad idea to keep the apple skins on, and to start the process at 4 pm. Live and learn! I’m waiting for the rain to stop so I can put my …
Compost Compost Compost, 1 – 2 – 3
I’ll just come right out and say it: of all the garden work, I love turning and sifting compost most! Yesterday was Amie’s first extended day at Kindergarten and the weather was glorious to boot. That left me with five (5) whole hours in the garden. I filled milk bottles with rain water as biomass …
Note to Husband: *This* is What I Was Saving Them For
Hoop house biomass The one surviving cabbage: enough for Sauerkraut? Today’s harvest Next month’s harvest
Fall Coming On
It may still, officially, be Summer, but the day I put on my woolen socks is, to me, the first day of Fall. That was yesterday. Last night the temperature dropped to 47 F and my mind races to what we need to get done before the frosts come. Give our hoop house a “spine” …
Back in the Garden
We’re back from a week at the Cape. We stayed in a little salt box cottage among the stunted pines, under the constant screep of the mating (and molting) cicadas. We saw the Perseids, built castles in the sand, went looking for beaches with waves not too intimidating for a four-year-old and a six-year-old. It …