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...
BunnysGarden, carrots are best direct seeded where they will grow. Root vegetables don't transplant well, as a rule.
Sjoerd, I'm glad people were enjoying skating and parasailing on the icy canal. I don't understand it, wouldn't do it, and think they might want...
It is in the 20's here, with single digits and snow predicted for later this afternoon and all night. Church service canceled, schools announcing...
[IMG] Oranges are so expensive. Lemons, not so much.
Mart, if men want to run around in short pants and play with a ball, why not women? I really don't enjoy any sports except rodeo, especially bull...
We are having pasta tonight, spaghetti carbonara and French bread, with a few fresh veggies cut up and marinated in an olive oil/balsamic vinegar...
Sjoerd, we were watching Penn and Teller last night--a magic show featuring new magicians, and the experts Penn and Teller figure out how the...
Oh my, what beautiful photos! In my opinion, your bride's photo ranks right up there with your friend Karl's pictures. You live in such a lovely...
Eileen, the seedlings don't even have their second set of leaves. These are tiny, tiny seedlings! If I don't thin, we will lose most of them. I...
Netty, wish your grandson a very happy birthday from all of us on the Stew. After all, his grandmama is one our favorite people, and our family is...
This is the one part of gardening I do not like, not even a little bit--thinning seedlings. The basil and marjoram seedlings came up thickly,...
[IMG] And I ain't kiddin'!
