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Thought others here might be interested, I just posted details on how to make sun-dried tomatoes in the oven here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/09/11/homemade-sun-dried-tomatoes-oven-dried-really/ It's a great way to preserve some of the tomatoes coming from the garden without...

Well, you could turn them into sun-dried tomatoes - I make them in the oven and it's an easy way to preserve lots of tomatoes, details are posted here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/09/11/homemade-sun-dried-tomatoes-oven-dried-really/

So glad to learn that you don't have to sell your animals, hope things continue on the right path for you :hugs

:thumbsup This looks good, I think I'll give it a try! Thanks

The letting it "happen" at the nursery wasn't getting the results I wanted fast enough I guess, so I thought a more structured approach would help. But I haven't gone as far as your sister's approach!

So I just wrote a blog post on a new process I was following to try and help me build better looking mixed (foliage and flower) borders (it's here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/08/10/building-beautiful-garden-borders/ ) and it made me wonder...

I finally made up my fall planting schedule, and thought I'd share - it always shocks me - I just got the garden in, and now I need to turn around and be planting for fall already! Anyone else feel that way? Anyway, here's what my fall planting schedule looks like to beat the cold weather...

I like your grouping, particularly the black petunias and parrots beak. I'd like to use them in some of my containers - as you say, it will be really great when the parrots beak has "spilled" a little more! Those black petunias are so dramatic........

Kohlrabi - homely? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - I love kohlrabi! Wish mine was that far - your veggies look terrific.

That sounds beautiful, how about pics? We'd love to see :D

I love the lobelia's too but they do appreciate some shade adn I know what you mean about the spikes, they are pretty predictable and boring. Ornamental millet and Eugenia Topiary's sound interesting, what is Eugenia Topiary's?

That combo does sound great, can't wait to see the pics! Especially the BLACK petunias - those I've not seen yet.

I've used the "thriller, filler, and spiller" concept for creating container plantings for a long time (just did a post on how the concept works here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/06/26/creating-beautiful-container-plantings-thrillers-fillers-spillers/ ) and wondered what other...

We grow ours on wire fencing held up by t-posts too - works great and can be moved around from year to year as needed. If you scroll down a bit there are pictures of peas growing on our fencing set-up here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/06/15/growing-sugar-snap-peas/ Those pictures...

We're getting lots of sugar snap peas right now, so here's and easy and good variation on raw sugar snaps: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/06/22/sesame-sugar-snaps/ But I was wondering what everyone else does when they have lots of sugar snaps? Suggestions please!

We grow eggplant just so we can make Moussaka (recipe here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/08/18/moussaka/ Although not the simplest recipe to make, it tastes wonderful, and I freeze individual portions so we can pull them out and feast on this all winter long - love it.

Our snap peas are in bloom, and producing too! This year I planted both sugar ann (dwarf type) and sugar snap (tall type) together and it's working out great. Pictures and about growing them here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/06/15/growing-sugar-snap-peas/ The sugar anns are...

I just bumped an old thread with lots of good rhubarb recipes, it's here: http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=28325 If you look through it you should get lots of ideas.

I see that folks are looking for rhubarb recipes again, so I thought maybe getting this thread running again this year might be worthwhile - there are lots of yummy recipes in here! :clap

Didn't think of trying over at sufficient.com on the mangel beet questions, thanks I'll try there. :D