hey all!
i totally misread the instructions that came with my fruit trees from last year's sale - 2 apple, 1 fig, and 1 peach, all 5 gallons. i didn't give them any fertilizer at all, all year. they're all doing alright - with the exception of the…
Most any bird will slow cook or stew well and become tender. It is just whether there is any flavor left by the time you get there. The neutrients and flavor will leach out and you will have a wonderful Chicken DemiGlace.
Hope no kids are watching.…
I think this is a great idea. I think you would want to say away from the garbage bags as noted they will puncture. Many types are also designed to deteriorate over time so that they will eventually break down in the landfill. The Pond liner is defi…
I think that Pullet may be more a culinary reference to a younger chicken dating back to the use in french cuisine. YOu would probably rather be eating a pullet than an old tough hen.....
Of course one of my degrees is culinary so I'm probably a bi…
hey! i'm in a similar situation - ten days away from a wedding with tons of weeds to get rid of. i've started spending 15-30 minutes a day focusing on the really big suckers, before they go to seed, and it's actually a nice way to relax. i can also…
although that might not be fair, since Chris is obviously a larg black dog, and the lack of opposable thumbs might make give Rachel an unfair advantage...
So I cooked the first of the rabbits we processed last week. Fried it like chicken. What went wrong is I have never fried chicken and I cooked it too long resulting in rubber rabbit so I popped it into the crockpot for three hours and it was divine…
I was just reviewing John Jeavon's book How to Grow More Vegetables and in it he mentions planting Mexican marigold (Tagetes minuta) for controlling nematodes.
Hi Brittany,
Now is sure the time to be making Kombucha since it's been gone off the shelves for a few months now. I so miss it! I hope and pray that the issues get resolved and it comes back.
I've had some really good success with making Kombucha…
Hi Chris - I don't have a PH tester. I've always just added bagged composted mulch, steer manuer and Starbucks grounds to my existing AZ soil to ammend. Some years my spring tomatoes are really good and sometimes not so good. Is there anything in ad…
Thanks for the heads up. When should transplants go in? It's so stinking hot out there! I have an area preparred and ready to go but dragging my feet in fear of the heat.
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