What did you do in your garden today?

[akroberts]

Got 2 of the feed buckets filled 1 has corn and green beans and the other one has basil lettuce and tomato.

 

[Rillowen]

Mom has really got into lentils now. She didn't realize they stabilized blood sugars. I'm glad because it's so much better than the medicinal herbs she wanted to try.

She was "you were holding out on me". I thought she knew

Cinnamon, oats, and bananas also stabilize bs. I make no fat, tiny honey sweetener banana oat bread for a diabetic friend, it always helps him.

 

[Hinotori]

Cinnamon, oats, and bananas also stabilize bs. I make no fat, tiny honey sweetener banana oat bread for a diabetic friend, it always helps him.

No oats for them. Skyrockets sugars for hours. Endocrinologist told them to avoid mostly. Both her and dad. I can tolerate oats but corn spikes me. Shredded wheat also gets me bad. Sugar doesn't for some dumb reason

I got her some nice true ceylon cinnamon for tea because cassia (whats sold as cinnamon in US) doesn't actually help much and has too much coumarin.

I've been talking mom out trying to kill herself lately. She has a wheat allergy. She wants to try barley. 50/50 chance of her reacting to it. She really wants to try a barley lentil bread. Told her to sub the oat flour because it won't kill her.

 

[Rillowen]

No oats for them. Skyrockets sugars for hours. Endocrinologist told them to avoid mostly. Both her and dad. I can tolerate oats but corn spikes me. Shredded wheat also gets me bad. Sugar doesn't for some dumb reason

I got her some nice true ceylon cinnamon for tea because cassia (whats sold as cinnamon in US) doesn't actually help much and has too much coumarin.

I've been talking mom out trying to kill herself lately. She has a wheat allergy. She wants to try barley. 50/50 chance of her reacting to it. She really wants to try a barley lentil bread. Told her to sub the oat flour because it won't kill her.

Wow! I must have my info wrong on oats, sorry and thank you!
I'm impressed on the true cinnamon, I knew that but its so expensive and hard to find.

Wheat allergy is rough. What about rye? MiL developed a wheat allergy, and tried every grain she could find, finally had no problem with sprouted rye. The sprouted barley that was fermented first was the closest before that though I believe. The sprouting/fermenting really seemed to make a difference.

 

[Rillowen]

I have all/ most of my herbs, tomatoes, cucmbers, squash, corn, melons and beans in the ground now, and about 1/3 of the peppers. The melons have all sprouted a few days ago and are looking glorious. I still have the sweet potatoes and sunflowers to go.

As a side, for the perennials we got our first ever strawberries this week! Yes.. I know .... you are supposed to pinch the blossoms the first year. I did most of them, but we were so excited to try! I only left about 6, out of 12 plants. They are already sending our runners, im so excited! My asperigus is blooming too!
The mulberry tree is covered in green fruit, and my horseradish has a thriving bush of leaves. The blue berries though..... anyone have any tips for homemade acidic compost? Peat moss is so expensive, i cant keep buying it every year. I have been using orange peel, coffee grounds, and pine needles. But i also give them a shot of acidic water laced with yogurt whey, maybe old coffee, and kombucha once a week or so. 2 of the 3 are looking good, but the 3rd is struggling hard.

 

[Rillowen]

I couldn't find the old LDS document that listed suggested storage amounts for staples per person, but I found this

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Wow... that's alot more bean plants than I have room for. Here i was thinking I'd done good because I planted 100....
7 person family, plus chickens which can eat about 10 lbs a week.... i could have our entire 1/2 acre devoted to beans and not grow enough!

 

[Hinotori]

Wow! I must have my info wrong on oats, sorry and thank you!
I'm impressed on the true cinnamon, I knew that but its so expensive and hard to find.

Wheat allergy is rough. What about rye? MiL developed a wheat allergy, and tried every grain she could find, finally had no problem with sprouted rye. The sprouted barley that was fermented first was the closest before that though I believe. The sprouting/fermenting really seemed to make a difference.

Its more that it seems every diabetic has specific issues on grains and no one is the same. Have to count carbs for insulin. Lentils are low glycemic index. Their endocrinologist really hates oats, though. Said too many of her patients have issues with them moreso than wheat or rice. I can eat oats without huge spikes.

Mom reacts to rye. Too closely related to wheat. They can cross (triticale).

She has a general grass allergy on allergy tests so Dad has to mow before the lawn flowers. They live in Eastern Oregon farm country. Wheat harvest almost kills her.

The wheat is the only food allergy at least. At first it was thought to be celiac with her symptoms. It kept getting worse as time passed, though. Adult onset in her 30s

 

[flowerbug]

...The blue berries though..... anyone have any tips for homemade acidic compost? Peat moss is so expensive, i cant keep buying it every year. I have been using orange peel, coffee grounds, and pine needles. But i also give them a shot of acidic water laced with yogurt whey, maybe old coffee, and kombucha once a week or so. 2 of the 3 are looking good, but the 3rd is struggling hard.

i'm not sure where you are located or what your soils are like there, but to keep acidic soil loving plants going in tougher places you can plant on mounds of amended soils to help keep the plants happier, but that also means you have to make sure they get enough moisture and yet not too much because you don't want all your efforts to get leached away...

using pieces of bark and any other organic materials is helpful.

you can usually find elemental sulfur in various forms and compounds at places that carry fertilizers and other lawn/plant nutrients. the fastest acting will be the powdered forms. it will help acidify the soil and is also a useful trace nutrient in itself. however, be very careful with the dust (don't breathe it in!) and also use it only a little at a time and see how the plant responds. how much you need to use is dependent upon what type of soil you have.

this is only one article among many that you can check out for more information:

6 Best Elemental Sulfur Fertilizers For Acidic Soil - FarmstandApp

Struggling with high pH levels? Discover the 6 best elemental sulfur fertilizers for acidic soil to optimize your garden's nutrient uptake. Read our guide now.

www.farmstandapp.com

 

[Rillowen]

i'm not sure where you are located or what your soils are like there, but to keep acidic soil loving plants going in tougher places you can plant on mounds of amended soils to help keep the plants happier, but that also means you have to make sure they get enough moisture and yet not too much because you don't want all your efforts to get leached away...

using pieces of bark and any other organic materials is helpful.

you can usually find elemental sulfur in various forms and compounds at places that carry fertilizers and other lawn/plant nutrients. the fastest acting will be the powdered forms. it will help acidify the soil and is also a useful trace nutrient in itself. however, be very careful with the dust (don't breathe it in!) and also use it only a little at a time and see how the plant responds. how much you need to use is dependent upon what type of soil you have.

this is only one article among many that you can check out for more information:

6 Best Elemental Sulfur Fertilizers For Acidic Soil - FarmstandApp

Struggling with high pH levels? Discover the 6 best elemental sulfur fertilizers for acidic soil to optimize your garden's nutrient uptake. Read our guide now.

www.farmstandapp.com

I did plant them in 2×2 hole of nothing but pine mulch, peat moss, and orangepeel and coffee compost. It smelled sharp and stung my cuts so I figured it was acidic enough! Lol. But that was last spring, they never grew much last year but thats expected of the first year of transplant. I watered with lightly acidic water, and I kept an eye on the leaves and if they started turning red gave them more acidic water and compost. After a bit I started doing this after every rainstorm since the rain just seemed to wash the acid away. One is definitely struggling though, and the confusing part is its the first one I planted, the one that ended up with the most peat moss! We have red clay soil here, so its already a bit acidic, so im pretty frustrated.

 

[Grandmas Porch]

Monday i had to take my green bean teepee down,, the limbs were sprouting roots
so I used some cattle panel parts and slapped together a new one, its hard to see, but its at the edge of the garden between the leeks

Its lightly raining, so nothing outside