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That would have been about a week before i turned 8 but i still came to appreciate the music of those early bands, and still do! So much so that i named my 55gal compost tea brewer “the Big Bopper” due to the rhythmic beat it emits when brewing a batch. Powered by a large regenerative blower...

Cattle panels, i use them for everything including trellis but also for fencing, and on end they make a great mini greenhouse. In the spring i’ll butt a couple up against the greenhouse and cover it with poly. With some saw horses to hold up some long boards it becomes a “hardening off” shelter...

Ive grown them on a trellis before however it takes a little doing. The vines dont make tendrils that would help them “hold on” so some tying and weaving was necessary to keep them up. The fruit was easily suspended in panty hose legs or other loose stretchy netting, “Hammock style”. But like...

We’re rolling now! I gave this pot of Chocolate mint a “bowl cut” 3 weeks ago where i trimmed everything from the pot rim out, both to the top and down the side and it looks like i should do it again. The output of the ExHale bag is increasing and I'm not sure what effect it had on these 3...

This ole girl and her twin calves from last year have been hanging out on the property for the last week or so. Today i watched her heading around the back of the house so i went to a back bedroom and “intercepted her” just as she was looking in my bedroom window. 10 pictures later i pecked on...

The “ExHale” co2 bag showed up today and i hung it and it’s monitor in the cuke hootch. After activation it should take a week or so to reach it’s maximum output and continue there for 6 months. The goal is 1300ppm. Time will tell? About the time i start feeling like a real “space cowboy” i...

They respond to a 12ga pretty well.

40 here today! And a couple young Moose enjoying a break! Mike

Well heck; i’ll just throw in here that i invented a word one time! “Scrotium-mutinate” ; i tell people, when you roll a can, jar or package over in the grocery store to read the ingredients; all them words you can’t pronounce are “scrotium-mutinate”. And yes; im fully aware, im not the...

My little “seed starting and production laboratory” 🤓will be kicking off real soon now! Updated my seed start time sheet and got one taped up for referance. Then on the top shelf; sitting on the heat mat is the start of a Lacto bacillus serum culture which when done will see several uses...

I know better than to gloat over others in situations like a lot of you are seeing “down in America”. From time to time i do like to roll out my “sorry you live in such a hostile environment line”. We were talking about this yesterday, with family/friends thru-out we get plenty of “first hand”...

That looks good! Those years we had the ocean boat spot prawns were a regular thing and we’d do a stir fry/scampi pretty regular. One day on a whim i grated about an 1/8th teaspoon of fresh nutmeg into the pan and discovered something really wonderful. It was equally good when we’d do them in a...

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this previously; the number one thing I tell folks who are looking for an “easy garden” is to learn how to make good compost tea! It won’t solve ALL of your garden woes but it will prevent a lot of future issues while strengthening your soil’s microbe numbers. I won’t get...

Sorry you guys live in such hostile environments!!🫣 Mike

Rube Goldberg co2 bag! While exploring “the ingredients” and coming to understand the very simple process i gathered up some raw compost; heavy on the rabbit poop, and doused it with an inoculant to get things going, and used enough liquid humic to moisten the Mycos. The bag is sealed and...

Due to the relative “tightness” of this hootch, im putting together a little experiment. I’ve added a jug of sugar/yeast/water and have a real co2 bag headed this way along with a small monitor to let me see what actually develops? I say relative tightness knowing co2 is heavier than air so...

Today i set up the last new lights, adding another pair to the Cucumbers. So far i’ve got Mint, Comfrey and these cukes under them and everything is thriving with them dimmed to 50%. And almost non mentionable heat. Im especially fond of how light these things are, making them very easy to...

And, only folks who don't use chemicals can reap the benifits they provide! “Microbes function by way of teammates with one member unlocking another's potential” Jeff Lowenfells excellent book “teaming with microbes” is very good reading for anyone serious about upping your garden game. Of...

The dam is about to burst! And i’m pretty sure they’ll carry us thru till spring now! Mike

No, never; mostly pull apart with a fork. However, none are ever frozen at the start. Using this cooker, which we've had for years. Im not sure why i bought such a big one, probably for some lesser quantity canning? None the less; its become a “staple’ seeing use several times a week...