Tag Archives: Gardening
Saving Seeds
Sir has found the importance of saving seeds, especially heirloom seeds. Most of our garden is heirloom. He wanted to share what we have managed to save so far, especially with our peppers and tomatoes which we have several varieties of each. However, his time is fairly limited, and so he has taken to making …
Heavy Duty Tomato Cages
Hello. This is the Mrs. Sir, has been making heavy duty tomato cages. The store ones just aren’t sturdy enough, and don’t hold up well for us. He bought a roll of remesh and has been making 12″ and 18″ cages with them. They are working great. In fact, we even sold a few to …
We Now Have a YouTube Channel!
Sir has decided that we need to do videos… he’s been coming up with all these ideas of things we should take videos on. So today was the day! I took a video of him and shortcake making paper pots with the paper pot makers we sell on Ebay: Click Here to See the Video …
Let Canning Begin!
Hello All! Sir has encouraged me to contribute to the blog, so here I am. This morning we went to one of our local farms. They have pick your own strawberries on certain days, and boy was I excited to get my hands on those sweet, red pieces of fruit. They had eight rows of strawberries …
Update: 15 May 16
Well, things around the homestead are about as busy as they can get. We’ve just finished a 2+ week of rainy days. That doesn’t help much when you’ve got a garden to get in. I’m way behind on that but this week looks to be half-way decent. All of my seedlings (The tomatoes are full …
“So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it.”
It’s hard to believe that we are already two weeks into spring. I’m so behind schedule. But isn’t everybody. One of the things that I’ve learned from personal experience and the experience of others is that there is never enough time to get everything done that you need to do. And if you’re going to …
Potatoes from seed
So I’ve been on the hunt for potato seeds. Not seed potatoes but actual potato seeds. It really surprised me just how challenging it would be to find them. There are a few people that have successfully grown potatoes from seed. It seems that potatoes grown from seed don’t usually get as big as potatoes …
Spring is only 76 Days away.
So as one who likes to grow stuff. Just the legal kind of stuff. I grew the other kind of stuff many eons ago and my cat ate it. True story. Anyway, those of you that have a garden know that once the first seed catalog arrives (mine came the beginning of December) it’s time …
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