Custom bent to fit the user and sharpened like a knife. Also sharpened on the sides. The little bat wing hoe is cool but the source he mentions wants over $100 for one. I'll make my own for that price.
Go medieval on them weeds.
Posted on 03/26/2022 7:19:11 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Thank you Liz! I will have to try the Land O Lakes Mini Moos! If I have it around her perhaps the Nutpods shelf stable creamer!
When I run out of 1/2 and 1/2 or Cream I turn to Evaporated milk. No, not the same, but it does the job!
(If you are making a soup that calls for Cream, you might try substituting an equvalent amount of Evaporated Milk. Works pretty well!)
Thanks, Liz!
That fan trick works well. I brush my hand over the tomato seedlings a few times a day once they are up and have a few leaves.
Your pictures make me so anxious for SPRING to reach me! We’re back in a cold spell again. Grrrr!
You’re so handy! Glad the greenhouse is working well for you. It’s hit and miss for me this spring; our temps are fluctuating wildly!
I can’t LIVE without my coffee creamer, but in an effort to cut calories where I won’t really notice it, I have been buying Zero Sugar liquid flavored creamer, then mixing it with a quart of Hal & Ha;f. Keep refrigerated.
I’m cutting calories, it still tastes good to me, half & half only has 1 gram of Carbs, no carbs in the Zero Sugar creamer.
I’ll keep dialing it down until I’m liking just the half & half with my coffee.
It’s The Little Things in life that keep me going, LOL!
Jess from ‘Roots and Refuge’ Farm has a frank discussion about the predicted upcoming food shortages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7V8QYzZV6c
I did shiitake once before but started late and gave up too soon. I didn’t realize at the time that you could get multiple years out of the logs. I happened to stick two of them on the back bumper of a camper trailer and that end faced North so they were shaded. A few months went by and they started producing. I didn’t do enough research that first time. There’s more information out there these days too.
I’ve got a valley on my property that’s pretty well shaded and tends to stay moister but I’ll probably still need some shade cloth or similar. I’ve got a roll of window screen that might do the trick. My little valley is far away from a water or electric source so things will have to be moved. Bring the logs up to drill and inoculate, then bring back to the woods and then bring a tank of water down there as needed for soaking/misting.
To make them fruit, you’re supposed to use cold water so I can’t leave a tank down there for that but I can for keeping them moist. I’ll have to bring some cold water down or bring a few logs up to do the cold water soak. Probably the latter and just make s spot up here where 2-3 can fruit. Our little house is up on poles, pole barn style. Underneath it would probably be great for that.
Custom bent to fit the user and sharpened like a knife. Also sharpened on the sides. The little bat wing hoe is cool but the source he mentions wants over $100 for one. I'll make my own for that price.
Go medieval on them weeds.
How big a pice of fencing do you cut?
You said 3 feet, which I’m guessing is the length of the tunnel.
What about the width, the circumference, if you will?
I know chicken and turkey wire like to stay rolled up. Flattening them out is a real chore, so they would work well for the frame of a tunnel. Not curling them into a tunnel shape by hand.
So how many feet do you cut off the roll for a tunnel that size?
My favorite hoe, aside from the one my Grandpa left me, is the Korean Hand Plow. ('Ho-Mi') Comes in short and long handled versions. Goes through the toughest of soil like buttah!
M.M.
I used garden fence big enough to exclude full sized rabbits. It is 3 ft high. The fencing has 2” x 4” openings. something that was coated with green paint or plastic to prevent rust. ( I was tired of galvanized that fell apart after 2 years and I want this to last as long as possible.)
I used nail nippers (a carpenters tool, not manicure tool) to cut the fencing. The middle of the first section was already cut down the middle leaving protuding 1” wire stubs or ears.
I counted out 23 openings and cut down the middle of the 24th section, an approximately 48” length of fencing. (This became the curved section.) I did what I could to form the curve to fit in my raised bed sections.
I used insect barrier that was, I think 86” wide and 50” long. IIRC I cut my sections 54” or 55” long by 43” wide. I folded over the edges of the 43” section making a double layer of fabric. I situated it on the fencing, and pushed the row of wire ends through the double folded row cover fabric from one side to the other. Because you have extra fabric- put 6” at one end and 2” at the other. The 6” can be gathered and used to partially close off your low tunnel. I turned it over and did it on the other 36” side and tried to pull the fabric so that it was tensioned before i pushed the wire through the fabric.
To keep the fencing from curling up and messing up your plants, I put some stakes just inside the wooden frame (See picture I used some broken up bamboo.) The 36 inch sides sit between the stakes and the outside of the raised bed frame.
I put this on before we got 3 inches of rain about a week ago and after planting radishes turnips beets and peas. Radishes and turnips are starting to come up. Not quite warm enough for the peas yet.
Thanks for the info.
I will pass it on to mr. mm to show him what I’m looking for.
Y/V/W
Good deal! Garmin! Local company in Olathe KS. (About 8-9 miles from here.) Its about 4 miles from a Bass Pro shop in Lenexa KS.
(I don’t think you are using that in your perch pond!)
I will probably start zucchini and cucumbers next week for set out around April 20. (They like your green house!)
Ohhhhhh..... you meant that kind of companion planting.
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LOL!!
Looking for suggestions. Any ideas welcome.
How many years can I plant tomatoes in the same soil?
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We don’t use the same ground more than 2 years, then move to a new spot. This helps reduce diseases and pest establishment. One tip: if you plant potatoes, be sure to get certified stock. Otherwise you run an almost certain risk of transferring blight to your tomato plants. Potatoes that have been ‘saved’ from kitchen stock are notorious blight vectors.
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