Life on 5 Acres in Wyoming
Asparagus beans, bush beans, pole beans, bush shell beans, pole shell beans, lima beans, lentils, fava beans, runner beans, soybeans or edame, oh my, the choices there are. But wait, it isn't me which chooses. It's our weather that decides. Nestled up against the mountains, the towering peaks abbreviate the sunset, snatching the sun from …
Do you have garden dreams? Not the the nighttime ones where vines reach out to grab you. The daydreams where vegetables reach for the sky and weeds, especially thistle, don't feel comfortable coming in. You know the picture perfect scene where your soil is dark, rick, and heaped high in wide beds with permanent walking …
My two small apple trees produced 14, 4-gallon buckets of medium sized apples this last fall. The UPS delivery man, a former farm boy, travels the countryside year after year and he said he'd never seen the likes. But how did I do it? I didn't know until now - just now. I was acting …
Some would call a dandelion a weed and others cultivate it for consumption. I've seen seed sites where you can buy different types to grow in your garden. It is said to be the most nutritious plant in your yard whether you want it there or not. The only thing I know for sure is …
Is organic really organic? If it means no use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, or genetically modified organisms purposely placed on the crops that year, then yes. If your meat, eggs, and dairy products don't have antibiotics or growth hormones and that is your standard for organic, then yes. But don't think that it …
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I am working on becoming more self-reliant in regard to spices and herbs. They are what really makes a dish come alive and I'd hate to have to do without them. This is a project that I've been working on for a few years now. First I quit using store spice mixes and found that …
Cucumbers, squash, watermelons, muskmelons, summer squash, winter squash which includes pumpkins, and gourds are all in the Cucurbitaceae family so: Can a cucumber cross with a pumpkin? Can my summer squash cross with pumpkins? Can my watermelon cross with my muskmelon? With such a huge family of related plants, how does one keep them from …
