Saturday Tweets: Garden Yeti!

February 21, 2015

...sing Impact Wheat Sensitivity http://t.co/qD9ECgX125 #crumbshot #glutenfree #wheat — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 19, 2015 Move Over Man Caves – There’s a New Trend on the Rise: Bar Sheds http://t.co/aLTmfcHdSS via @sharethis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 18, 2015 Videos on the fine art of Japanese Joinery: http://t.co/hAApRrRbB1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) February 16, 2015 Once again, LA officials have it backwards: Little Free Libr...

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Garden Fish

Mr. Homegrown

April 28, 2015

Gardening

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...We’ve ranted before about the sorry state of most affordable garden art. Which is why I’m pleased, for a change, to point to these beautiful and affordable “garden fish.”...

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How to make hot sauce

Mrs. Homegrown

May 12, 2015

Fermentation, Food, Recipes

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...lt, and it is fermented to bring out the flavor. I don’t subscribe to any particular school of sauce, but this is the easiest sauce to make for my purposes. The outcome of the recipe depends mostly on your choice of pepper, but also a bit on how much vinegar you put in it, and what type of vinegar, and whether you strain it or leave it chunky. We used fresh red peppers labeled Anaheim peppers (kind of like a red New Mexico chile), which are mild,...

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The Wonder of Worms

Mrs. Homegrown

May 21, 2015

Back to the Garden, Gardening, Vermiculture

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...he worms might be having some detrimental effects in those areas. See this article from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for the basics. (This is interesting, too.) The Minnesota folks seem mostly concerned about people tossing their extra bait worms into the woods. They do mention that they believe compost worms can’t survive the long winters, so are unlikely to be a big problem. But they’re not 100% sure on that, so if your property...

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Extreme Measures: Squirrel Proofing Your Fruit Trees

Mr. Homegrown

May 27, 2015

Fruit Trees, Gardening, Pests

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...on top of the situation this year. Squirrel stew. I just don’t have the heart for this option. Robert Irwin, “Two Running Violet V Forms, UCSD” photo by Tktktk – Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. I think there’s a way to make aesthetically pleasing fruit tree cages. Crazy idea: what if they were as carefully crafted as Robert Irwin’s running fence piece at UC San Diego? It’s too late to fence the trees in our own garden, b...

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