Recent content by Daisy8s

Raro, we lead parallel lives! I'm a former special ed teacher for emotionally disturbed children...a class of all boys, then the one girl, the fist fight, the "safe" room, throwing chairs, the "chill out" area...I could relate to everything you were saying! I agree with you that these real life...

Sure, it's funny now, Bee, but it sure wasn't then!! :D

I am part way through reading Eliot Coleman's book, "The Winter Harvest Handbook" which is about producing winter crops in unheated greenhouses. It's pretty amazing. Essentially, there are two principles to his process. First, the latest date he starts seed is Nov 1. He says that you must have...

I store my potatoes in large covered plastic buckets in my basement, but I use lots of sand in between every potato. This seems to help keep them fresh as they age. I intentionally use sand that is very dry and I layer it over and between every potato. Makes for a darn heavy bucket to carry...

I don't really know exactly how fresh the manure was--but it was from the front of the pile so I guess it was pretty new! My expert analysis of features of freshness says it was less than a week old for sure. (We're getting it from a neighbor so I didn't do the cleaning of stalls myself.) One...

We just finished our greenhouse this week so I cannot tell you how our heating methods will work...I can only share what I learned from others and have implemented to try out. 1. I spray painted several large tubs black on the outside and then filled them with water. These will be both heat...