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Save money on “green” dishwashing liquid by buying in bulk and using it as a general purpose liquid cleaner 28 Apr 2012 | 03:39 am
A few days ago, I posted about my homemade spray and wipe cleaner, which is simply just a squirt of regular dish-washing liquid in water. But I want to go a step further and talk about where to buy di...
I found cilantro self-seeded in my garden yesterday 25 Apr 2012 | 10:35 am
Yesterday I was out hacking down weeds and noticed mass areas of some sort of plant coming up. When I inspected it closely, I was very happy to discover that it is cilantro, self-sown from the plants ...
Now THIS is a chitted potato plant! 24 Apr 2012 | 03:56 am
If you are not familiar with the term, to “chit” plants means to start them early. Most often this term refers to potatoes. Many gardeners purposely put their potato seed out into the light to get the...
Have you ever had kale on your pizza? 23 Apr 2012 | 09:58 am
If not you should! Kale on pizza is pretty good. We make pizza pretty frequently here. The dough recipe that we use is out of The Joy of Cooking. The kale plants here at my house are saying sayonara ...
The easier and cheaper homemade spray and wipe cleaner 20 Apr 2012 | 04:49 am
I used to love love love a spray and wipe cleaner that I got at a local Trader Joe’s. But, that spray and wipe cleaner costs $3. Recently I sat down and read through the ingredients to see if I could ...
The root cause of ALL food-borne illness outbreaks and a basic food-safety primer 18 Apr 2012 | 04:47 am
There are two new raw milk outbreaks, and a new massive lettuce recall because of salmonella contamination. These two new outbreaks compelled me to write this piece, which I consider a primer on basic...
Why I grow Black Mitla Tepary Beans every year 17 Apr 2012 | 03:30 am
I’m stocking up on my supply of beans, and I thought I would write a short post about this variety for you all. This is a dry bean, just like other black beans. It grows prolifically, and is drought ...
My purple sprouting broccoli is coming on! 15 Apr 2012 | 11:50 am
Isn’t this purple-sprouting broccoli pretty? It’s just now coming on, and I will be eating it over the next couple of weeks. Actually, these plants were highly neglected. Had I kept them well-watered,...
Hey home gardeners: is that potato you are growing an indeterminate or determinate variety? Why you should care… 14 Apr 2012 | 04:58 am
Some time ago I noticed that some of the growth characteristics of my potato plants behaved differently than others. In this post, from two seasons ago, I noted that one variety (labelled as “yukon go...
Frugal living tip: buy coffee cheap online 13 Apr 2012 | 07:25 am
I’ve been asked by friends to send them a link to the offee that they drink while they are visiting me at my house, because it is really good and are surprised to learn how cheap it is. The coffee tha...
