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Hi Kim! Nice to see you :D

Poison Ivy and Poison oak both do have the same oil with pretty much the same reaction though it varies from person to person. Personally I am not reactive to either of them. I can handle them freely and never get a rash. My son however breaks out just being within breathing distance. The...

I have used this recipe on chile's since it came out in 2004! --- Courtesy of: Jacqueline Higuera McMahan contributer to the San Francisco Chronicle How to smoke a chipotle I like to use fruitwood because it produces a sweet, warm smoke. These chiles will not be completely dry, but soft and...

Under Landscape Supply will almost always be a supplier of topsoils/compost/mulch. Hope that helps your search! I really like the idea of burning out those little boogers before you fill the bed.

Exactly how large is the area?

When you lift and turn the soil, what happens is that you are tearing apart the pedons, or the way the soil is put together. This affects the way the soil holds water and drains. When it gets tilled, or churned too much it eventually loses most of its structure and it's pretty difficult to get...

3 knee high plants, no idea what color they are. They need to go as they are toxic to the animals I'll be getting soon. Willamette Valley, Oregon - can deliver south to Eugene, east to Lebanon, west to Alsea, north as far as Salem.

I love planting potatoes. I have a tire program that doesn't use up much space and I had going even when I had an apartment. I got a fantastic amount of blue potatoes last year, 25 to 30 pounds per stack of tires! My stacks reached 4 to 5 tires high. This was only for blue potatoes, I will be...

Sounds like it's on its way to me! When blossoms start coming it, it will be absolutely heavenly. :D

Cabbage relish and cabbage and beet relish go so perfectly with grilled pork! :D I love it!

It sounds like a floating row cover would do you some good! http://henryfields.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_2005 This is just an example, it is a cloth cover that allows sunlight in, but keeps moisture and heat from dissipating. They are fairly cheap and very easy to use! A small fertilization of...

Round up will work, for awhile. But unfortunately it does become useless after using them on the same weeds time after time. Remember that though Glyphosate may break down, it takes time and this gives the weeds time to adapt to the properties that remain where they are in the soil profile. Not...

You can use the flowers as a tea for cholesterol yes, this works, but do not expect results right away. 15 to 20 drops of the extract were used for lowering cholesterol in the studies, which showed results within 2 months. An extract is far more concentrated than a tea. I would check with your...

I have a rainbow quinoa from Gathering Together here in Oregon, but I'd like to try some other types from around the country and non traditional grains and pseudo grains if anyone has any!

Oh how absolutely wonderful! Those blossoms look heavenly :D Thanks for the pics!

Achillea millefolium Lowers blood pressure, helps cholesterol levels, assists with pain due to inflammatory conditions. In clinical trials significant decreases in cholesterol levels were observed with the extract as well as decrease in blood pressure for those with stage 1 hypertension...

I recommend a burning. Check with some of the local small farms, Gathering Together or Persephone may be able to help you find/tell you where to rent this: There is a specific piece of equipment, a propane burner that burns the grass and weeds to the root level. For the grass it burns the crown...

In general, if they are fresh trimmings and are chopped up, then they will do fine in the compost heap as long as the heap is getting hot enough. Remember that the more surface area that is exposed to the heat, the easier the branches will break down so try to get them chopped up as well as you...

Summertime is my tomato drying time. I have large screens (screen doors) which I bought new from a home improvement store. I lay out all the sliced tomatoes on the screens, make sure there is an empty screen on top, and after clamping all the screens together (7 to 8 screens), they go out onto...

I just finished getting out my plug trays! I am very late for this area, especially when some farmers already have their first lettuce and mustard crops finished! Tomorrow the baby tomatoes get plug planted as well as the first lettuces and mustard. Baby watermelons and flowers are next after...