Search Results for: label/garden design/page/4/2011/04/making-it/2010/06/the-urban-homestead

1297 results

Skunks, are they edible?

Avatar photo
Gardening, Pests
30 Comments
Skunk issues in the garden this winter have led to murderous thoughts. Those thoughts, in turn, caused an intemperate Google search which turned up the following gem from the March 1959 issue of Boy’s Life: Incidentally, skunks are edible. The Indians ate skunk and so has many a trapper. I tried it, rolling pieces of cleanly-skinned carcass in flour and browning and steaming them in a skillet. The meat is light in color and well flavored. It is b...

Read…

What’s Your Personal Food Policy?

Avatar photo
Food, Thoughtstylings
13 Comments
...grow all of our greens, but other times bugs/bad soil/forgetfulness in the garden sends us on a trip to our local discount Armenian supermarket. Other times we’re so busy that we pick up prepared crap at Trader Joes. And frankly, my personal food policy, started to sound a bit holier than thou. As Rumi says, Spiritual arrogance is the ugliest of all things. It’s like a day that’s cold and snowy, and your clothes are wet too! One issue, however, th...

Read…

Bird Netting as a Cabbage Leaf Caterpillar Barrier

Avatar photo
Gardening, Pests, Vegetable Gardening
19 Comments
...The best way to do this is by planting arches of wire or tubing over your garden bed, and stretching the cover material over those arches– like a covered wagon. Netting has advantages over row cover: you can see and water through it and it’s more readily available. I’m curious what you, our dear readers, think of the idea? Mrs. Homegrown chimes in: I’ll add that in the past readers have said they use tulle material as an insect barrier– you know,...

Read…