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@baymule, do you grow a garden?

Before it started raining today; i “hilled” the potatoes that were up. I go at this a little differently. First of all, i plant the seed 6-7 inches deep then on emergence my hilling is just the addition of my Compost. This might happen twice then i just leave them till fall. Never a shortage of...

From roughly 4000 miles away; it looks like Cockleburr. Right up there with sticker burrs and snakes of things I don’t miss from Texas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthium

The last couple days were “mostly sunny” giving us a Thank you Lord gathering this morning! Our season’s/weather are so ‘all over the place’; making nothing really predictable but when we do get a run of favorable weather great things happen - quickly! Right now I’m keeping 6 families in...

While your reading, give the “ALBRIGHT PAPERS’ a look. A little more current and relevant. This stuff’s from when i was a kid; and between the Rodales, Albright and Elaine Ingham they published numerous helpful articles, still relevant today if you are into NON CHEMICAL! There’s a cost...

Thanks, won 4 different classes at the state fair a couple years ago!

Kind of off track but not really; years ago I “recycled this well drilling bit; some turbine blades, a couple horse shoes and a couple engine connecting rods into this Goose; which is the guardian of the greenhouse! Nothing practical or really useful but a great conversation starter!

This afternoon this 2nd batch (for this season) of Compost tea will be ripe and ready to apply. I’ve gone over this at length previously and wont bore you with every jot and tittle; but this come’s as close to a “golden bullet” as your likely to get from a gardening standpoint. Done properly it...

Yea, we been on the earthing sheet’s for a good number of years. I cant say it has been a “cure all” for anything but i guess all the little efforts probably have a cumulative effect? On the subject of “grounding”; in the spring i really enjoy being able to sit out, bare foot and massage the sod...

Today I sat down with a couple of my star performers to discuss our production strategy going forward. The overwhelming response was; We’d like a little more Sun! I assured them “it’s on the way”. They were looking kind of skeptical so we adjourned for the day and I delivered the Whiney ones to...

We have slept on “earthing sheets” for years; kinda opposite principals though. We do remember earlier years while the Magnet thing was in vogue; don’t hear too much about it now days.

Jurassic bean plants! The Seychelles look great this year, leaves approaching dinner plate size. I’m hoping the bean wall with produce 20 or more vac bags of frozen beans. We’re starting the 4th bag currently. Today i went over all bed surfaces (for the 2nd time) with beneficial nematodes...

Some of us are having some luck keeping Slugs at bay, using electroculture, as detailed elsewhere.

No; we’ve read about the “edible flowers” and did add some squash flowers to a stir fry recently; meh!

Our’s typically reach 18-20 inches and will produce flowers till frost. The photo i posted is a plant roughly 12 inches now. Seed saving from these has been spotty so i just bought a half oz of seed several years ago, ending the “oh crap” we may not have many Calendula’s this year! We’ve tried...

“Sand lance” ~ the little worms that pop up from the Ocean floor.😊 Many times our troll caught King Salmon would be full of them.

Nice haul today! The Asparagus will he added to yesterday's and eaten at supper; the Squash and Beans will be frozen then vacuum sealed and stored. We‘re a little bit like the Squirrels at this time of year, freezing and storing the overage for Winter.😉

We are fond of the “bon-bon” as well; grow it every year!

‘My phone” says it’s Hedge-nettle, the largest member of the mint family. I grow comfrey (knit-bone) and have a couple dozen plants. I use it a number of different ways; fresh its good forage for my rabbits and after drying and crushing to remove bulk it’s a valuable element in my compost tea...

Broccoli became a lot easier when we tried “gypsy” (johnny’s). Of course, 50 miles down the road they’ll tell you “xyz” is their favorite.