I did not expect nearly all of the 250 seeds I planted in my project to take hold.
I have spent the past two days scrambling to get them transplanted and come up with a plan for them to get enough sun as there is no way for them all to fit on the light table at once.
Stay tuned!
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OMG– the springlings are taking over my house!
Perception is nine-tenths of the Problem
How we look at things can make all the difference in the world. Our own personal world *bubble* as well as the big picture.
I was sitting in my car, stopped due to road works, just outside the high school in my town recently. I was being a good doobie and had not blocked the car parks exit. I was happily waving folks out who couldn’t see to pull out and head down the other way, feeling all my karma points racking up when bliss turned to confusion.
A male adult, sitting in his new Toyota was lightening his cigarette with a match and tossed the spent match out onto the pavement. [...]
Putting Food By
Which means preserving fresh food to have at a later date and can consist of any of the following; freezing, canning, drying and root cellaring.
The CSA and Orchard Share programs I joined this year have given me plenty of opportunities to do just that.
I have kept it mostly simple as that is what works for me. For instance, instead of spending an entire day preparing, cooking and canning tomato sauces I washed and froze whole Roma tomatoes in small batches after bagging them in my FoodSaver. I was given a tip a couple months back that if you intend on cooking with the tomatoes, freezing them whole allows the skipped step [...]