Category Archives: Garden
How to use the Baggy Method to Start Seeds
The Baggy Seed Starting Method is very easy to do and its very worth it! All home harvested seeds and older seeds should be given a germination test using this method NOW! in seed ordering season. I can not stress … Continue reading
How to reduce Potato Issue “Hollow Heart”
We have all done it, harvested our fall winter storage potato’s and they are looking really good. You get them out on time, you cure them properly and then you find this when you start to use them. Hollow Heart … Continue reading
How to make Blueberry Scrub Drink
Ah Scrub’s, those old fashion vinegar based drinks. In a time before fridges and pop, there was the Scrub. What is a Scrub Drink? It’s a mix of either Fruit or Herb Juice that is mixed with both sweetness and … Continue reading
World Soil Day Dec 5th 2018
Today is officially World Soil Day! Its only the fourth such day, I find that amazing that it was only in 2014 that we as a collective around the world decided that soil was important enough that it needed its … Continue reading
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Tagged creating soil, Growing soil, losing topsoil, Soil on the farm, World Soil Day, World Soil Day 2018
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Why you should keeping a Garden Journal
Why you should keep a garden journal from year to year. Its so important to your garden and your knowledge on what you planted, what you got in return. Now if you want to go with a fancy app that … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden journal, Garden planning, Garden Tracking, Keeping a garden Journal
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Spider Plants “repotting”
Spider Plant “Chlorophytum comosum” It’s a favorite plant of mine, I have always liked this ribbon striped grass like plant since I was a child. It is easy to care for and very hard to kill to be honest. … Continue reading
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Tagged Growing a Spider plant, Re-potting a fast growing spider plant, Spider Plants
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Nicotiana Rustica – Aztec Tabacco
I have ordered in a new kind of tobacco to me, it’s often called the Aztec Tobacco and it has a crazy high rate of nicotine. The average tobacco has 1 to 3 percent, this plant on average has 9 … Continue reading
Starting the garden planning for 2019
It might seem early for it but I am starting to garden plan for 2019.. Normally my first thing I do is seeds.. I love seeds, I love buying heritage seeds, I love buying from little company’s and I adore … Continue reading
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Fall Round Up -Ground Cherry Mincemeat Tart Recipe
Apple-Ground Cherry Mincemeat Recipe 6 cups of peeled, cored and coarsely chopped fresh fall apples (I used Spartan) 2 cups of husk removed Ground Cherries 2 cups of golden raisins 1/8 of a cup of finely diced dried ginger 1 … Continue reading
Fresh Creamy Horseradish Sauce
It the perfect time of year to head out and dig out some fresh new horseradish root. The first year root is still so young, smaller flexible, and much less heat than second year roots will be. Do you … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 