Any recommendations on a chain saw? Looking for a cordless, 14” is big enough. Skil and Kobalt look good.
Homemade Amaretto and Dilly Beans will get us through the winter, LOL!
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This year I neglected the garden caring for my mother in her last illness.
Red mustard and arugula self-sowed and gave spring crops as they always do. Red-eyed Fall Beans took on all attackers as they always do, and I saved seeds.
Here’s to the tough land races. My mother was a tough one too, God rest her. It’s an under-rated virtue but it’s bedrock.
As a non gardener I noticed that the shrubs Rosa Rugosa and white Daiseys flourish close to the ocean.
Right now as the Rosa rugosa fades after being in bloom all summer, the white daisies in the fall come into, and are still in bloom.
Two shrubs a gardener near the Ocean might want to plant to keep the bloom going. -Tom
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Ghost apple
A cloud that looks like a fireball
All over but the Fall cleanup & tilling. Finally got a hard freeze, after a few frosts.
Mrs. AR, after sorting & doing the initial cleaning last night, has the beginnings of a big pot of cock-a-leekie soup on the stove; she also has a batch of leeks ready to sauté & freeze. Meanwhile, also last night, I used the rest of them to fill 4 Excalibur trays to dry overnight.
We also dug the rutabagas, and will be working on them later this weekend.
Early in the week we received 1.5” of rain, which the wheat really appreciated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLbDeEd77Ss&list=PLsARD-eD2Q8t6YPPfgBmwvN0PMDTEROIv&index=1
“Resistance is Fertile” by John Moody
Part of a playlist called “County before Country” from a group of speakers at East River Church in Ohio, the general subject of which is rebuilding our local Christian communities.
One comment: This is a great message about thinking about our food supply lines and growing one’s own food, as well as embracing the blessing of children.
We got 3”+ of badly needed rainfall over the past week here in Central Missouri. The only part of it that ran off was what fell on roof or road. The ground sucked it right up.
Not much going on in the garden due to the wet conditions. I did pull a few weeds out of a row of beets yesterday, but other than weeding I’m just looking at it until it dries up a bit. The fall crops are all doing well. The dwarf okra is blooming like crazy but none of the pods are surviving.
I was able to get to Home Depot last week. There was a huge amount of beautiful looking pansy and ‘mum plants. I bought quite a few of both. After planting the newbies, I discovered to my delight there is still room for more plants! So I’m off to another greenhouse to get more. The daffy bulbs I ordered online have arrived and will be planted as soon as it is cold enough. I discovered something strange when pulling up the tuberous begonias. There were small leaves but no sight of the bulbs! I know I planted them but have no idea what happened to the bulbs! It’s like last fall. I know I planted the daffy and grape hyacinth bulbs but nothing grew
Food/prepper experiment. Trying to cook 10+ year old black beans. Gonna try two hours under pressure in the instant pot and see if they’ll soften up.
I had a Sam’s Club membership years ago when I got into prepping. Also didn’t have kids at the time so we had money to spare. We bought a bunch of stuff including however many pounds of black beans it takes to fill a 3 1/2 gallon bucket.
I’ve also got a 3 1/2 gallon bucket of salt somewhere. It would have to be chipped/scraped off of it and run through the coffee bean grinder now as it’s hard as a rock. Salt doesn’t really go bad though.
I had forgotten about the baking soda trick and the IP just pressurized so it’s too late.
https://readysquirrel.com/9-ways-to-cook-old-dried-beans/
Reading the comments on one blog post about the old bean subject and some people wondered about nutrition level. All I can say to that is that a few years ago, I tossed some white beans out in the yard that were purchased at the same time as the black beans and they sprouted. I’d venture to say that if they were still viable as seed, they probably still had nutrition. I’ll have to try tossing some of these black beans on the ground and see if they’ll sprout.