Category Archives: gardens
Know your land -Asparagus Planting..
As you know I was lead on a community plant group buy of different plants, just one more folks to get their plants and everyone will have had their plants delivered at this point and we are getting busy putting our … Continue reading
Just a bit of Garden overview
I have been playing it careful this year, its been a odd spring and my hunch was that we would have late frosts and a longer fall, I have the row covers and more to make that end season longer … Continue reading
Rhurab Goals for 2015 – 300 pounds
I have set goals for a number of the bigger crops in terms of poundage, it would not make sense to do so without having a idea of what things produce. otherwise I will have little to no way to meet … Continue reading
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Wild Mustard Greens with Pasta
This is a lovely patch of self-seeded mustard greens, and its a big one, we snipped of 3 cups of fresh baby mustard greens, they are on their second or third set of true leaves. I cooked up some pasta, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby Mustard Greens, Self-seeding plants, Using Greens with Pasta, Wild Mustard
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Wild Violet Jelly
Wild Violet Jelly My Basic Flower Syrup, pick your flowers and use only good quality fresh flowers, and into the jar they go, covered with boiling water, let steep for a full 24 hours, then strain and measure, I personally … Continue reading
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Tagged boiling water, flower water, fresh flowers, sugar syrup, Wild Violet Jelly
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Growing Melons in a Hugelculture Mound
Minnesota Midget (1948) Developed by the University of Minnesota in 1948 and introduced by Farmer Seed Company. This fantastic variety is perfect for short season climates and small gardens. The short vines only reach 3′ long and are perfect for … Continue reading
Carouby De Maussane Snow Peas
https://www.seeds.ca/ https://www.seeds.ca/organic-seeds/seed-grower-network Part of my garden space this year is growing a number of different things testing this and that.. the great landrace squash growout, the pumpkins and so much more.. This one is very special to me, our little … Continue reading
A Delightful Side Dish- Corn, Bacon and Dandelion Greens
As a lovely side dish it just does not get any more pretty and tasty.. but its also a amazing way to introduce the wonderful slightly bitter free growing green the Dandelion to those that are unsure.. Corn, Bacon and … Continue reading
Elderberry Cuttings
This is a interesting little project, part working rooting cuttings, part community project and part growing for the food forest production. By this I mean that I need to learn how to produce more baby plants, I tend to lean … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 