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Cannot find this locally and would love to try growing my own. Will gladly send postage or will work out a trade, if I have anything of interest. Thanks! Dawn

I posted about killing my garden fork (yesterday) over in my journal and decided to post about it here, too, in hopes of being able to save it. :fl Been using this for nearly 15 years and am hoping "she" can be rescued/rebuilt/remedied. Doc brought me home a new one last night but it has a...

I talk quite a bit about our 2 aquariums over in our journal but thought it be cool to start a thread for aquarium enthusiasts to share pix of their tanks and to share experiences and knowledge. I also hope that members who are interested in the hobby, but don't have a tank yet, will also join...

Wanted to post this so everyone would have a bit of an idea of what's going on, drought-wise, in the States this year. Current U.S. Drought Monitor

I've started harvesting my fall '11 planted garlic and am ashamed at the size of my bulbs. :hide I know a lot had to do with lack of soil fertility plus shoddy weather extremes. My question is: Should I continue to harvest the bulbs or would it be feasable to leave them in the ground and...

Earlier this year I did a seed swap over at BYC and had received seeds for Charentais melon (aka True French Cantaloupe). I was very excited about trying this variety after doing some research on it since I'm the olny one who likes it in this household and the locally grown Cantaloupes...

I posted about our new gem, in my journal, but wanted to post about it here also! About a month ago, one of docs' buddies from work told him about a neat lard press he'd seen at one of the antique malls which is local to us. We broke down last week and went to see if it was still around and if...

Since I started them in the shed, in mini greenhouse flats, they didn't get enough light but after two failed attempts, I finally got the seeds to germinate. My question is: Since they are in the same family as tomatoes, can I pot them deeper which will add soil around the stems up towards the...

1. Entry deadline is May 21st, 2012. 2. IF YOU DO NOT SEND A BUBBLE ENVELOPE YOU WILL NOT RECIEVE ONE IN RETURN, this is the only way anyone will not get one back. I'm the hostess but will also be swapping with you. 3. Each person is to send 6 packets of seeds. Be creative and have...

Just got this link in one of my gardening news letters and wanted to share. 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Was undecided where to post this question so I opted for here since it concerns a kitchen "gadget". While working on dinner last night, I was heating up a jar of cheese sauce (lid off) in the microwave, only to hear a "whomp!". :th So I start looking around (not far to look in a 22' camper)...

I'm not sure what it is about living differently than we were used to ("normal home" as opposed to our "22' camper home") but Doc and I have really gotten into homebrewing since we've moved to our new life. Guess it's mostly the challenge posed by others of what they think we can't do. We...

I'm starting this because I managed to hijack a thread that I didn't mean to but want to keep the conversation going. FarmerChick, I'd love to hear more about your DH's plot's! Had doc_gonzo/hubby buy me a game cam as a birthday/annivesary/Christmas gift after we had a pred hitting our...

I recently came upon this tonic recipe and wanted to share it with y'all: Fire Cider! Quoted from the above link: I've got almost all of my ingredients together and will hopefully get my horseradish root and cayenne pepper tomorrow. If I can't find the fresh cayenne peppers (or another type...

I am in the process of reclaiming the hill that I have my herbs planted in/on and am at a point where I need to dig up 2 year old, blooming-sized blackberry plants. I would like to offer these for postage as I'm just going to eventually throw them into the fire pit if no one wants them. I won't...

One of the things that doc_gonzo and I love most about our new home is that we no longer have a dozen security lights from the neighbors intruding our night-sight so we can actually see the stars out here. It has been priceless, to us. We came home late last night from my mom's and could...

Doc and I had an old, wooden handled post hole digger that was on it's last leg and wasn't going to be any help out here with our rocky soil. We set it off to the side as we just knew we'd find a use for it eventually. During our first winter here (2009), we were going through our stack of old...

Besides pic requests...I'd like to see a bit more subdivision...for lack of another term: Meat for the Homestead/or some title like that...meat rabbits and other meats. I plan on deer hunting here and really surprised my other half! :D Anyone else....? Just my ideas since being back! Dawn...

Hi All! :frow Doc and I have spent about the past 15 years together dreamin' -n- schemin' about having our own little slice of rural heaven. We really hoped to find a raw piece of land that we could use as a blank canvas, to be able to paint our own picture on, of those dreams and schemes. On...