Happy Wednesday all! We have sunshine and the hens are happy, I have the house clean, and am planning on giving myself a treat by baking bread...
Again, this isn't about a recipe, but about the tools we use to prepare a recipe. What kitchen tools are absolutely essential for you? I have...
Mart, we lost a yellow rumped warbler and three robins. All the others ate seed and suet, and we made sure there was open water for the birds. We...
Oh yes, tarragon!!! Here in Texas we grow the Mexican tarragon (tagetes lucida) because the French tarragon just curls up and dies in our heat....
I may have Googled too often and ended up with googley eyes.
May I suggest marjoram? It tastes like a milder form of oregano, and is used in many Mediterranean dishes. It is also perennial, so you can let...
Eileen, Rowan tree (or carounn in Scots gaelic) seeds. Rowan trees repel witches . . . . It's common name is Mountain Ash, which is why witches...
[IMG] Ah, would that I could . . . .
Clay, we are the same with sunshine, above freezing temperatures, and melting snow and icicles. My husband was able to go out and replenish the...
We have more and more birds coming to get the scratch off our porch steps and patio (I can only toss it so far!). I think the word is out about...
Sorry about your favorite tool, but at least you have the ability and skill to fix it. When my favorite trowel broke after about 20 years of use,...
Happy Friday, all! We have 26 degrees with sunshine :like:! The icicles are beginning to drip and the glare off the snow is almost blinding, but...
Chicken scratch is ground corn, millet, barley, oats and sometimes sunflower seeds. It contains no ground oyster shell for calcium, and is cheaper...
Hummer, I'm so glad you are healing and are recovering. This is a good wish for you, and for all of us here at the Stew because you have been...
We filled a small plastic bag with chicken scratch, and have been tossing out a bit at a time in the back yard. There is still suet in the...
As a non-native Texan from the north who moved here about 23 years ago, I can tell you we did NOT laugh at the weather forecast, and made as many...
Clay and Netty, you are both doing so much good by introducing children to gardening, nature, and how things work!
We are coping--the cats are in the guest bedroom, we lit the wood stove, and have plenty of wine. Electricity is intermittent and now we have low...
Bunny, as always Sjoerd is too kind. There are fantastic gardeners here, and they can be trusted to give you the best advice and direction they...
Do you have a 5 gal. bucket? If you poke a few holes on the sides about 1" from the bottom and fill it with good soil, your cherry tomato will be...
