Recent content by mooman

Just an update, I will be planting the wildflowers this year. The millet, sunflowers and buckwheat did well last year. I am in fact turning about 1/3 of the area into a small orchard. Mostly blueberries as they are supposed to be bulletproof around here.

Planning on installing a 7,000 sq ft wildflower meadow this year. I knew the seed would cost some money, but it seems like the prices are somewhat variabe depending on the company. Anybody have a company they were pleased with?

Ohh I almost forgot, look around and you can find tabasco pepper transplants now. they make very good sauce (good without mash, awesome with a little jelapeno mash). The tabasos are the last peppers to mature and grow into huge (for peppers) bushy plants.

I've been making hot sauce from my peppers for a couple years now. You will find tons of recipes on the internet (from very simple to very complex). After you read a bunch and try a few you will get a nack for tweeking them to your own taste (I always add garlic). You will find different...

Is it a BLACK walnut tree? I know tomatoes and peppers will not grow within about 50ft of black walnuts because of thier allelopathic effect. I cannot find whether or not pumkins are afffected by it. here's a link

If his visit coincides with thier arrival your in luck...otherwise you'll have to do it. Once they show up, they will eat entire plants in days. there is no waiting a week with those #@%*&#!

I'm looking to put in a drip irrigation system for the garden (about 2,000 feet of drip tape). There are several products out there. I'm looking at something called "T-tape" specifically. Anybody used it or a similar product? What were the results?

I have cleared out around them. The big first year canes are still straight up and down. I will bend them over and let them root toward the end of the season. I don't think tasting the berries before using them in a pie will be a problem ;) Could you imagine picking berries and NOT tasting...

I have a section of my land that is kind of marshy brush. There are a few scattered blackbery canes, and lots of honeysuckle. How can I encourage the blackberries to expand? Clear ground around them? Fertilize? Will berries planded in ground germinate or do they have to go through a birds...

well, the neighbor has let me use his tractor to plow the site as well as the strip further up slope from this area. It was all compacted subsoil with patchy weeds. 1/4 acre total. I did the best i could to rake it out a little and have planted brown top millet, sunflowers and buckwheat...

Great ideas guys. I was planning on making it nice looking. I figure the jars cost about a buck, and the labels and recipes might be some change plus the peppers. I figure I'll start them out at $3.00 (small batch hot sauce costs $4-5.00 in a store) If they don't sell I can always lower the...

Anybody dry anything else? I was thinking about what you could dry and then bag to make a nice quick vegetable soup? You know, just throw a mix of dryed veggies in quart bags, dump them in water with some beef cubes or onion soup mix. Maybe a way to get rid of the huge excess of squash...

Hot Sauce Kit Basically it will include: A 1/2 pint mason jar Enough Fresh Peppers to make the recipe (usually around 4 or 5) Detailed instructions and recipe Kind of a gimmick I know, but before I started growing my own peppers I would always go to markets and see peppers bunched. I would...

What are some good ways to "bunch" produce? I will be attending a saturday market this year. Main crops will be peppers (bell and hot), tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, and cantaloupe (fingers crossed). I imagine I can sell toms cucs and bell peppers seperately, but the green beans and hot...

How long have they been in the ground? Mine always do that during that time before they settle in and actually start growing (actually doing it right now). I've read that it can be caused by "physiological stress" aka transplaning into alien soil and erratic outdoor temps as opposed to the...