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It's more the have to be careful about having carpet strewn in my front yard - gardens are okay (the kids can help), but knowing the paranoia around officially agencies, I suspect they would tell me there is some reason or other that I couldn't do it that way. I was considering the idea of...

Thanks for all the really great ideas everyone. I run a daycare, so I have be very careful how I deal with my front yard as my chickens have made it so I can't use the back yard for the children to play in. My main plan was to plant a lot of quinoa. It is drought resistant, so not so much...

So my front lawn has been destroyed. European Chafer Beetles invaded and the crows are kindly doing what they can to take care of the larvae. Unfortunately, this involves them digging up my lawn in clumps. Add to this, dandelions are everywhere. Feller and I discussed the front and...

Yay for BC. I'm in Vancouver. 3 (almost legal) chickens, 2 cats and a dog. Looking forward to when we get to move onto a little piece of land out of the city.

I just discovered this site (went googling after the crockpot yoghurt thread) http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

This is my local gelato place, they have 218 flavours (including some pretty strange ones like wasabi) http://www.lacasagelato.com/index.htm I don't really like icecream, but they make fabulous sorbetto. My 2 faves are pink grapfruit and raspberry/passionfruit. Just what I need on a really...

I get mail. Apparently, my username causes the odd smile. Is it possible to add a title to convert those smiles into giggles?

congratulations on your very cute new additions, Pat. I'm thinking maybe you might need to change your name to patandchickensandsheep. :P

Thank you all for your kind words. I think one of the hardest parts of this was watching my adult sons cry. I had to remind myself that Mr. Q had been around since they were 5 and 7. The worst of it was having to convince my younger son that anything Mr. Q had that could be treated would...

10 is old enough to run the vacuum or fold and put away laundry (not sheets or maybe towels, but certainly clothes). 6 is a good age for matching and folding socks. They are both big enough to set and clear the table for meals. 10 is also big enough to help with dinner. Helping to plan...

We had to put down my cat last night. He had a good life. I encountered him on one of our many outings to the SPCA. We used to go regularly in the summer as an activity to keep the kids occupied. I had no intention of bringing home another cat (we already had 1 cat and 2 dogs). There was...

My brother was diagnosed celiac at the age of 47! They thought he had stomach cancer. Thankfully, they discovered he was just celiac. Then we all had to get tested as apparently 1st degree relatives have a 20% chance of being celiac. It's amazing how much food has gluten either naturallly...

You have a hubby AND a boyfriend? ;)

So does this mean I should plant them in a place where they will get sun for part of the day and shade for most - if so, what part of the day should they get the most sun? Gosh, can ya tell this is my very first attempt at potatoes?

I have a bucket with more composted poop and sawdust. I could just put unused pellets in and dampen enough to break down to dust. Do taters perfer sun or shade? I figure I need to set them up in the right spot before the container gets full and heavy.

Okay, more potato questions. So the MEN article states one can use sawdust to grow the taters in. I use sawdust pellets for my henhouse and run and was wondering if I can use bedding from the run (which is infused with chicken poop) to top up as the shoots grow taller. I know that too much...

I have a large padded mailing envelope in which most of my loose recipes reside - in particular the ones that are not standard printer paper size. It is very old (about 17 years) and getting ratty enough to need replacing, but it has been sturdy. The rest of my loose recipes (most of these...

Hey OFG, It's good to be here. I am planning to grow my taters in a big plastic garbage can as suggested in this Mother Earth News Article

I bought some seeds and want to plant an experimental crop around the perimeter of my front yard fence - I have about 80 ft, so I figured about 80 plants can reasonably fit. I live in Vancouver, BC, so the weather is similar to that of Seattle. My front yard is in full sun for most of the day...

Thank you so much for the speedy reply. I know what I will be doing this weekend.