Nitram, your loaves are beautiful, and likely tasted even better than they look! You have not lost your baker's touch:sete_005:. I love baking...
A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and...
Brian, start your seedlings about six weeks before putting them outside. I'm starting our basil, thyme, oregano, marjoram, and parsley at the end...
Brian, basil--one plant per one gallon pot, and harvest often. Dill is best grown directly in the ground since it has a pretty extensive root...
Sjoerd, we have shifting soil here, and my husband built a frame that looked like two H's joined together. The hives were placed on top of the...
Good heavens, why would anyone do that to sycamores? I thought Texas had the market cornered on torturing trees (Crepe Myrtle murder, "topping",...
The bright sunny warm day predicted hasn't arrived, and likely won't. We have fog, drizzle, and chill. I unloaded 100 lbs. of chicken feed in the...
Bless Rube Goldberg--he invented a still!
Welcome! We lived in upstate New York for years, and visited Canada often--lovely people, lovely scenery, and very enjoyable. Do let us know...
Sjoerd, I so enjoyed your conversation! We, too, have dank, dreary, drippy weather today, and I've been anxious to get out and prepare raised...
Almost missed this post, so please accept a somewhat belated Happy Birthday!
Sojerd, I went out this morning to pick lettuce, and on the way down the path saw a paperwhite (variety of narcissus) in bud. Mother Nature has a...
My husband (hereafter referred to as "a god") went to the feed store today, and they had just got in their onion sets--some not even out of the...
Yes, it is a warbler--a Tennessee Warbler! Thanks to Sjoerd, Mart, and Toni for helping. We ended up sending a picture to an ornithologist at...
We will be reporting our birds to Cornell this week, but this one showed up at the suet feeder and we can't identify it. Any help would be greatly...
I just went through my stash of seeds from last fall (our local hardware store realizes local gardeners put in a fall garden, and the store has a...
Good morning! Today is house cleaning, baking some cheese rolls, picking lettuce and cutting broccoli, and hoping the rain holds off until I get...
Ah, yes, epizoochory. When we lived in town and were involved in several gardening/providing for nature/tree hugging activities, we got dragged...
Nitram, thanks for reviving this discussion--I hadn't looked at it for a while. My one unbreakable rule is when I am cooking, no one else is in...
Tonight is Brunswick stew, Sally Lunn bread, and cranberry chutney. We love Brunswick stew (chicken, lima beans, potatoes, corn, and tomatoes with...
