Posted on 02/09/2009 12:36:11 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny
I’ve really got to try this! Sounds so easy and inexpensive.
This past Christmas my sister-in-law gave me some “Friendship Bread” starter. I followed the directions but it just didn’t come out right.
Is this the same principle as the Friendship Bread starter?
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Never knew about hot water canners. Deep in my mind I knew cast iron wouldn’t work but thought there might be some way to “improvise.”
I miss my gas stove. :(
Grammy here can you pick me up some stuff at the gun store on your way home from semb-eleben?
I be waitin..........
roflmao
***Hope you’ve stopped laughing. Now, tell me in English what you’re talking about.***
LOL
You may be new here, but I just gotta say I like your style!!!
Wouldn’t expect anything less from a fellow NRA member!
Thank you! I can’t figure out what she was trying to say.
Maybe she’ll answer...
My husband was the one who encouraged me to join. He’s been a member for years. Made me feel good to join such a worthwhile organization. Gotta be prepared on all fronts. Scarey times we live in.
Just driving by to say I HAVE TOMATO SEEDLINGS UP!!! They’re my first ever tomato seeds to actually sprout!!!! and i think i have a couple of pepper sprouts too but i had to come in the house to get my reading glasses so i can tell.
You’ve got that right! Sometimes, just a small word of encouragement goes a long way! :-)
I'm glad your hubby encouraged you here too. I am very glad to have seen your posts. Welcome!
Well bless you! You have a good head on your shoulders. If we had a nation full of citizens like you we wouldn’t be in this current mess.
Strawberries did beautifully, in blossom and loaded with small fruit. Of course this appeared to be an ideal way to grow 500 Strawberry plants in just a 10 X 30 sq. ft. area.
Best of all, the berries would be nice and clean, and I could pick them mostly standing up.
Neighbors were commenting on how neat it looked and how great an idea...
I could almost taste the strawberry shortcake - the hours of drilling, fitting and building the towers faded into history.
Then,
One Sunday morning...
I went out to check on those berries with hopes that a couple of them had turned red - the sweetness was in my mouth even before I went out the door.........
Oh, NO!
Our dear dairy goat was in goat heaven - she was standing on her hind legs finishing off some of the berries on the top layers and the sight was sickening.... How did she get out THIS time...
Here is what I had...
Roots dried out and 80% of the berry plants shot!
This is how I then moved on and started planting on the groundcover for other crops.
As I have stated in another post, 200 tomato plants this past year and hundreds and hundreds of pounds of tomatoes. Canned a whole lot of them, dried a bunch ate all I could, gave family, friends and neighbors all they wanted.
So, I guess the cardinal rule in gardening is try, try again.
This year I will be expanding this considerably - no tilling, NO WEEDING, earlier planting - Life is good again. :-)
Bump to self to read later!
Just saw your post and am soooo jealous that you’ve got tomato seedlings up! I’m out here in the Phoenix, AZ area on 1 1/2 acres that are plauged by prairie dogs that have wrecked my garden. I asked “granny” a few days ago when I joined this thread if she had suggestions. They dig tunnels all over and fencing doesn’t keep them out.
I’ve got one lonely tomato plant in a pot that I treat like gold. It’s producing pretty well and boy are they good! At least I can move it when we have a threat of frost...like tonight.
BTW...enjoyed your profile page. Beautiful family.
Sourdough, but same principle. Have to keep it warm and fed.
I use cast iron and my pressure canner on my flat top. I’m just very careful. :) If it dies, it dies.
That looks like a great idea—minus the goat of course! LOL
Goats have rubber feet and they’re smarter than the average bear, BooBoo. :)
Grass takes over a strawberry patch here before you can blink.
You might try raised beds and put down some rat wire, or hardware cloth, first. It won’t help if they come out of the ground and crawl over, but it will keep them from tunneling under and up.
Do you think this starter would work for anything other than sourdough? I love sourdough and will give this a try.
Maybe someday I’ll try the cast iron on the flat top when it’s older and scratched!
What are “naked oats”? I work at a feed/seed/garden center. We have feed oats and a lot of the guys plant them for deer/ wildlife. They grow just fine. If they’re ok for human consumption, it might provide a source for some of the posters. They only come in 50# bags, though. LOL
We’ve tried that and it didn’t work. These are Harvard educated prairie dogs. For whatever reason, if I have the veggies in big pots (like the tomatoes) they’re untouched.
I just miss having a “real” garden.
Thank you for the suggestion.
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