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Well, reading these threads about worms made me kick myself and get started! My worms arrived today:D My SO thinks I'm crazy, but they are now nicely at home in their bin- they burrowed right in and I covered them with leaves and mulch. I keep wanting to open the lid and look for them even...

Ooooh. Kale chips:D My SO is half Portuguese- there are all kinds of debates in the family whether the Aunt's recipe (with beef and pork) is better- or more authentic- than grandma's recipe with just pork, but with beans added. They're both great!

I love Portuguese kale soup- I am freezing my kale this year so I can have soup this winter. Last year I actually got sick of eating kale, and I wanted soup in the worst way in Feb! Kale is very un-fussy and grows well into the fall up here.

As I age I look for easier ways to do stuff;)

I have a line of pallets tied to trees- more of a backstop than anything, so I can turn the pile with the tractor bucket. Old stuff gets turned and moved down the line, medium stuff gets turned and moved down the line and the end is for new stuff. Much faster than turning by hand. It is also my...

It is WAY too cold to garden nekkid up here. Until at least June.

I'd love worm bin, but it would have to stay inside in the winter. I'm not sure SO would go for that.;) The bought bins are also a bit pricey, I think, from the ones I could find online. I was considering starting small with the two bucket with holes in one type- I have plenty of buckets. How...

Thanks for the help- pepper type area of the garden it is. I got here from the BYC board and I guess I assumed my data followed me:P Doh. I'm in Vermont, so I'm just now starting seeds to put plants out in June. I only saw two types of eggplant seeds in Agway- the traditional ones and a lighter...

Personally, I hate eggplant. But, I have gotten a special request from my SO for eggplant. So, I need some advice- how does it grow? Bush like tomato? Runner like squash? They sort of look like squash. Full sun? Tolerate shade? (I have both areas) Will they grow in a short growing season like we...

Thanks! I will go put them in tonight- it is due to rain this weekend. Probably not the whole 100, though.

I looked in the feed store this morning for runner beans for drying- the one variety they had (in a basket with the generic label "agricultural beans" :rolleyes:whatever that means) looks a bit like a small kidney bean but is a bush bean. The only runner beans they had were for eating fresh...

That sounds great for in my sun room next winter. I have thought about it, but never done it- any links for where to buy them? I've never actually seen them for sale around here.

So, I have never grown onions, but our feed store this morning had a bag of sets of red onions- 100 for $4 or so. Sounds like a deal, but will they be able to be harvested this fall? Can I put them in now up here (the risk of snow isn't entirely over and it is frost in the mornings still). I...

How do you get your garlic bulbs to sprout? Mine just dry out and get brown if I store them too long. I like the idea of potting some up and using the greens like chives. If I put the cloves somewhere damper will they sprout?

I love bean soup in the winter- it is my comfort food when it is dark and snowy. (and I think we might as well own stock in Yankee Candle:D) We are always looking for hummingbird treats- we get several families up here every summer that we put out hummer feeders for, and plant perennials for...

I like the idea of the bleach solution! My butternut lasted in our basement until Feb- and even then, I could cut off the soft end and it was OK. Well, except for one that a mouse burrowed into :sick I had so much left over last year that at the end of the season I decided to just experiment...

I have never really grown beans, so I have no feeling for how well they do. But, I want to dry some for bean soups this coming winter. How many plants should I put it? What various types of beans? I am thinking red kidney, pinto beans, and what are the big white sort of lima bean shaped ones...

I love free! I actually didn't put a front on my pallets last year- it was easier to shovel the dirt in (although, since I didn't do it right, it didn't work well). I just left it 3-sided. I can't WAIT for the permafrost to go away and for it to stay above freezing at night so I can start the...

So that's what I have been doing wrong! I have tried the cover the plant and build the tower up method, but never got very much in the way of potatoes, and the plants didn't like it. I've been waiting too long to add the dirt and stem was forming! Woo Hoo! Going to try again this year. My tower...

Thank you:D Now I know why the recipe says start with 45 pounds of tomatoes though! I am going with sauced tomatoes instead of whole and boy, do they cook down. I think I am going to get a quart of paste:/ I think I am going to freeze tomatoes until I can do a bigger batch next time.