Posted on 01/10/2014 12:20:06 PM PST by greeneyes
I have thought about using egg cartons, but never save any up.
I have about 5 or 6 jiffy starting trays that I bought a bunch of years ago and usually use them. This year I am only going to start about 35 seeds, so I bought a box of 5oz Dixie cups to use. They will have a little more soil around them than in the trays, less root bound at 6 weeks.
I do not have a plan yet for growing any hot peppers, but may grow some for kicks. I thought about a Texas prepper green house just for peppers, where I can raise them up to a height that I can reach, rather than ground level.
As I age, the ground just gets farther away. I need a raised bed, raised about 24”-30”
/johnny
I found a recipe for an artisan bread that you can bake in a crock-pot. When the bread bin gets low on the store bought stuff, I may just try it out.
I have a bunch of egg cartons, but I’d rather use the 5 oz dixie cups, since they allow more growing space before transplanting.
/johnny
I am usually kinda leaning toward the old faithful recipes of my Granny, but crockpot is one of my main fix it and forget it methods. Now and again, I get adventurous with it.LOL
Here’s a link for various locations in Ohio from Victory Seeds. It also has some other useful info:
http://www.victoryseeds.com/frost/oh.html
Very lovely loaf.
34 here presently and 31 at the airport. Supposed to get to 70 today, long way to go.
Got to get out in this cold to go to lab at dr’s office. Yuck.
I need to start seeds in the next few days, but I dont have my incubator set up yet, and no other way to keep them warm. Guess I got to get busy.
It’s 41 here now. We really went into cold from where it was yesterday as that as sunny and warm.
57 warm and sunny outside at 12:20. Gotta get out and enjoy it or get something done, too nice to stay in the cabin.
You won't get amy restraint from this quarter! Go get'm! :)
Tim's Asian Market.
I love Tim's! I bought some frozen durian there one time just to freak out the neighbors! I usually get my kimchee base there too.
Rainbow Gardens on Rte 16 (Bandera Rd) by Tezel/Prue has a lot of seeds and some of the hardier plants like rosemary and creeping onion. They should be receiving more in the middle of March.
That’s where I bought the Ghost Pepper seeds that I posted about upthread.
Pretty popular! :)
Daughter gave me her old tablet, and I'm thinking about writing a garden application for Android.
I wonder how many freeper gardeners have Android tablets?
/johnny
Do you mind sharing your crockpot bread recipe? With my work schedule, I live out of my crockpot.
“I’m thinking about writing a garden application for Android.”
I’ve forgotten which planet Andrioid is from. :o)
It’s not my recipe. I ran across it on the web. Here’s the link for the crockpot instructions. Down the page there is a link for their standard recipe, as well as links to books for sale.
http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/2012/05/29/crock-pot-bread-baking-fast-bread-in-a-slow-cooker
We had a nice day today. Sunshine, and high 40’s most of the day. Now down to freezing again.
Went out to get in the car to go to town, and the new battery was deader than a doornail. I checked all the lights and doors, and couldn’t find anything that was left on. Hubby is going to take a look tomorrow.
He actually got to pour some concrete today, so he didn’t get home till after dark.
All I have is my dinasaur computer from Dell/Walmart. I am techno challenged.lol
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