Here’s some garden fun. Baby plants! Almost as cute as baby animals, but not quite. I can hear you all ooo-ing and aaaahh-ing already. Radishes. The section planted with Hometown Seeds’ radishes are doing better than mine as far as germination rate, which I suspected would happen since I don’t think my seeds matured enough, […]
Saturday Progress and the Ham/Bean Soup I Grew
Saturday came with some really nice weather, so we headed out to accomplish some things in the yard. The kids and I shoveled a bunch of manure from the edge of the neighbor’s horse corrals and wheelbarrowed it over to the garden beds. If you’re going this route, try to get the old stuff that’s […]
Got Seeds in the Dirt
Finally the snow has melted and the garden dirt is workable, so yesterday I planted some of the cold crop seeds out there. I put in two varieties of peas. One of them strictly from the seeds I collected last year. We’ll see how they do. I’m actually relatively confident they’ll be fine because as […]
The Beginnings of the Garden–Onions are Sprouting
I put a bunch of seeds in peat pots last week and the onions are up already. It’s always amazing to watch plants grow. We’ve had some warmer weather lately which has melted all the snow off the garden and left me with a bunch of mud. We’ll get cold weather plants in as soon […]
Seeds!
Hooray for Spring! Friday is the official first day of spring even if there is still snow on the ground. I’ve been collecting seeds to plant in the garden this year. I got some I collected from last year’s garden I want to try out, some from Hometown Seeds, some fun varieties from Baker Creek […]
Fabulous Homemade Canned Salsa
I was going to write something fantabulous about Christmas or winter or something, but to be honest, my brain’s about done, so I’m pulling out the Salsa post I’ve been wanting to write. It’s kind of Christmasy because some people I love are getting some of my salsa as gifts this year. There you go. […]
Freezing and Dehydrating Corn: Choose Your Own Adventure
You know I could post this as two posts, but the only difference between freezing and dehydrating corn is the last step, so for simplicity I’m just doing one post with two possible endings. Kind of like the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. You read those didn’t you? I really liked the original #8 if […]
Growing and Harvesting Dry Beans
Here’s a post I put up on Utah Preppers about Growing and Harvesting Dry Beans. Check it out. Maybe you’ll want to give it a try in your garden next year. :) Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to my email newsletter for updates and special deals. Please be sure to follow
Hot Peppers Part 2: The Saga Continues . . .
Our poor chickens need a house. They had a house that we borrowed from a neighbor, but it was really too small and had no nest boxes and no good access to the interior except through the chicken door which is a bit small and nasty for adults, and although not too small, it’s just […]
Super Short Check In and Garden Update
I am not a super gardener. I am happy when things grow that don’t require a lot of effort on my part. I suppose when my kids are grown and I need something to nurture, my garden will get the effort it really needs. Anyway, the garden is still alive, and here’s a few things […]