Last year I kept myself happy with just three tomato plants, some peppers (five sweet bells and two different chiles).
That went alright, and this year I'm going all-out: three types o...
For the squirrels, the best thing I found is that if you put out some corn, they're much happier with that than your veggies. Try a hardware store to get the corn-- I think the brand I had was call...
I think the best thing I've recieved that wasn't a thing was tickets to a conference on Conscious Discipline (it's an educational methodology based on brain research, now being used in Head Start p...
I'm trying... But I consider myself more of a budding urban homesteader. This year I had a considerably large herb garden, but my vegetable haul was pretty sad. That being said, I've started gettin...
I've been piling them into my flower/garden beds. So far, I've raked about four times, and none of the beds are quite covered, but with seven trees in the back yard and two gigantor maple trees in ...
On the list for our winter projects are 1: stripping off ninety years' worth of layers of paint from the cabinets, which also involves all new hinges and catches (which wouldn't be a big deal if I ...
Kitty Kat seems to love textbooks (currently, the child growth and development is her favorite), any random paper, the kitchen chairs, and the top of the dryer... And, lately, the back of the toile...
We make one trip a week to stock up on essentials... But I work at a grocery store, so I'm constantly grabbing what's on special, or markdown, or whatever we've run out of the night before.
This was my first year to have actual garden space, so I started small. All I have is hot peppers (serranos and Anaheims), bell peppers, and tomatoes, along with some herbs.
The tomat...
I haven't tried catnip oil yet, but have been using a mixture of 30 drops lavender essential oil to two tablespoons carrier oil (I used grapeseed this time), with great results.
I use a combination of cedarwood/lavender essential oils in a base of sunflower oil, and that seems to be every bit as effective as anything containing DEET.
People are paying $5.00/lb for lamb's quarter?
I'm in the wrong business.
But then again, I'm amazed that people in my area will pay $5.00 for a pint of blackberries whil...
I'm experimenting this year--What I have down for mulch is two layers of paper bags (I work at a grocery store, so that part was easy) followed by cotton-seed hulls. So far, the plants are happy an...
If you grow determinate types of tomatoes, you can use a plastic milk jug... but you would probably want to create some kind of cover for it just so you're not looking at a milk jug all the time.
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looks like a mulberry to me.
I still use them, but in moderation. I don't feel too bad, though, because those we do use end up in the compost pile rather than the trash.
You can do the same thing with oregano, basil, or lavender, as well.
Last year I kept myself happy with just three tomato plants, some peppers (five sweet bells and two different chiles). That went alright, and this year I'm going all-out: three types o...
For the squirrels, the best thing I found is that if you put out some corn, they're much happier with that than your veggies. Try a hardware store to get the corn-- I think the brand I had was call...
I think the best thing I've recieved that wasn't a thing was tickets to a conference on Conscious Discipline (it's an educational methodology based on brain research, now being used in Head Start p...
I'm trying... But I consider myself more of a budding urban homesteader. This year I had a considerably large herb garden, but my vegetable haul was pretty sad. That being said, I've started gettin...
I've been piling them into my flower/garden beds. So far, I've raked about four times, and none of the beds are quite covered, but with seven trees in the back yard and two gigantor maple trees in ...
Couldn't you spray paint them, or use some sealer to prevent rust?
I'm in love with the metal-panel privacy fence... Why didn't I see this before we got ours all the way built? ugh.
On the list for our winter projects are 1: stripping off ninety years' worth of layers of paint from the cabinets, which also involves all new hinges and catches (which wouldn't be a big deal if I ...
Kitty Kat seems to love textbooks (currently, the child growth and development is her favorite), any random paper, the kitchen chairs, and the top of the dryer... And, lately, the back of the toile...
We make one trip a week to stock up on essentials... But I work at a grocery store, so I'm constantly grabbing what's on special, or markdown, or whatever we've run out of the night before.
This was my first year to have actual garden space, so I started small. All I have is hot peppers (serranos and Anaheims), bell peppers, and tomatoes, along with some herbs. The tomat...
I haven't tried catnip oil yet, but have been using a mixture of 30 drops lavender essential oil to two tablespoons carrier oil (I used grapeseed this time), with great results.
Ball also makes plastic freezer jars, which is what I've been using. They work really well and so far have had no freezer burn issues.
I use a combination of cedarwood/lavender essential oils in a base of sunflower oil, and that seems to be every bit as effective as anything containing DEET.
People are paying $5.00/lb for lamb's quarter? I'm in the wrong business. But then again, I'm amazed that people in my area will pay $5.00 for a pint of blackberries whil...
I'm experimenting this year--What I have down for mulch is two layers of paper bags (I work at a grocery store, so that part was easy) followed by cotton-seed hulls. So far, the plants are happy an...
If you grow determinate types of tomatoes, you can use a plastic milk jug... but you would probably want to create some kind of cover for it just so you're not looking at a milk jug all the time.