Life on 5 Acres in Wyoming
After four years of trying to get broccoli mature enough to save seed from, I gave up. I did not even check the seeded broccoli plants at last summer's end to see if any were mature enough to save. I just could not keep up and so disheartened was I, I just moved on. Challenges …
Had a hankering to grow a couple nut bushes and researched what kinds would be possible in Wyoming. A couple looked pretty promising and should produce in a few years. Before I ordered I went to talk to the head man at the local nursery to ‘pick his brain’ as we say. Yes, an American …
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I thought some of the ideas Ben Falk advised in his book, The Resilient Farm and Homestead did not seem to apply to me in our arid climate. Boy was I wrong. Just because he lives in Vermont and precipitation comparisons between Vermont and Wyoming leaves a huge gaping hole, I should have paid attention …
"Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match, find me find, catch me a catch." I've got you singing now too, don't I? I love that movie, "Fiddler on the Roof" I want to be a garden Yente in the garden, minus the gossip, don't have time for that. I've pollinated tomatoes which are a cinch and …
Do you get confused when you look at seed catalogues and see that the same thing is called a pumpkin in one and a squash in another? I use to until I learned that pumpkins are squash. They all belong to the cucurbitaceae family. What does this matter? It doesn't unless you are interested in …
Been staring at my cherry bushes and trees. Loving the Nankin cherry bushes. The sour cherry trees not so much. They are not reliable so far. One died the year we moved in and the other last summer. Planted by the previous owner, I have no idea what kind they are. They are already the …
Groups follow set patterns of behavior. If they are doing this, they will do this next. In the scriptures the Lord tells us he has given us patterns so we can predict what will happen. To warn us of things to come. We are on a path similar to pre WWII. It's why I've studied …
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