Posted on 10/23/2021 6:18:54 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Good idea regarding the parsley! (I have a small wasteland filled with it!)
I do not have the large puffballs here! Just the little ones in bare spots in the lawn. Yours is impressive! Bet it would be good on top of steak!
Me too - developing those skill sets. Just experimented with making GHEE using the crockpot. Worked pretty good.
Nice looking doggy.
I’m sharing this here because it mentions a lot of DIY and home-gardening tips; things we all seem to be ‘into’ whether we are Cheapskates or not! ;) I’ve always lived below my means, so much of this is already in play for me, BUT I can always do more, and/or learn a new trick or tip. :)
63 Practical Ways to Live a Frugal Life without Looking Like a Cheapskate
https://morningchores.com/frugal-living/
(I’m ignoring all the ‘affiliate links’ to Amazon, but the Homesteader that wrote this needs to make a living off-grid, so I get it.)
Have any of you tried trench composting? Composting in a bin was nothing but trouble. All it did was attract insects. I switched over to simply burying food scraps and yard waste and it’s GREAT! It all becomes soil in just a few weeks with no weird bugs crawling around. The ground is hungry!
Current garden status: No freeze yet. Tomatoes have slowed down but are still growing. Bell peppers still coming in.
Well, it’s been a gorgeous fall but it looks like the party is over.
The forecast is for rain this week. A LOT of it.
And cooler temperatures.
Thank you! We raise Treeing Walker Coon Hounds and Plott Hounds for fun and little profit. :)
I have a compost bin for the kitchen stuff. But if I have bones I bury them and roll a log on top of that. The log is about 50 lbs and about 18” diameter. I can barely budge it.
So the dogs that are not supposed to be running loose, but do run around all the time- can’t get to them.
Trench composting works great for those that have the space. At my other farm, I had a set of large compost bins, but I’d also bury things along the edges of my raised beds until things froze solid - then it all got tilled in come Spring.
Worked great. And you’re right - things DO break down quicker when there is soil involved. Gotta love all those microbes and enzymes and earthworms and such. So efficient!
I have one small and one large bin now; there’s just the two of us so not nearly the garden/produce waste I used to deal with back when I had a houseful to care for.
(Husband, BIL, Me, Step-Son & two Nephews, a 1/4 acre garden and orchard and chickens.)
Missouri is holding its first bear hunt this week...
LOL
Are these "Rose Hips"; that also grow on Rosa Rugosa; that look like miniature tomatoes, and are about the size of a dime?
Also do people actually eat them, and how do they cook them? - Tom
I have generally just used mine for tea, but I have some recipes printed off - just never got around to trying them. Here’s a few articles:
https://www.walkerland.ca/rosa-rugosa-recipes-for-culinary-beauty/
I was recently asked about the roses that we grow on our homestead and was glad to spend some time sharing some Rosa Rugosa Recipes and tips on caring for and harvesting rose petals and rose hips. I was quite delighted really because they are one of my favorite ingredients to use in the kitchen, the soap room, the apothecary and anywhere else I ...
Rose Hips Foraging and 25+ Recipes - Montana Homesteader
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You can use the rose hips whole in some of the recipes listed above in the post. The only time you need to remove the inner seeds is if you plan to use the rose hips chopped up. ... Rugosa roses are wonderful for hips, and the petals are good for rose-petal recipes. The plants are tough and make a fantastic hedge. Reply. JM. May 27, 2018 at 11 ...
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Rugosa Roses produce large, delicious hips. The best thing these rugosa roses do is produce the most large and luscious hips you’ve ever seen on a rose. Plus, the rugosa rose hips are very sweet. The hips ripen at the end of fall and there are subtle differences amongst the varieties. Some hips are bright red when ready to harvest and some ...
Rose Hip Jam Recipe | Old Farmer’s Almanac
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The tart, reddish-orange hips of Rugosa Roses make a wonderful jam! See how to make this tangy jam—which is also loaded with vitamin C when fresh. Rose hip jam is a delicious spread on toast, in yogurt, with game meat, on ice cream, with oatmeal, in pancakes, and on a cheese sandwich! What are rose hips? They are seed pods of roses! If you leave the spent flowers on your rose
Easy Rose Hip Syrup Recipe for High Dose Vitamin C - The ...
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Rose hips are red to orange in color, oblong or round in shape, depending on what type of rose bush they’re growing on. The rose hips themselves often apear to have small wisps of “hair” protruding from the bottom. The ones pictured abouve are rosa rugosa or more commonly called beach roses.
Raw Rosehip Syrup: How to Make and Use - Woodland Trust
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Rosehips are produced by all sorts of rose bushes but the common dog rose (Rosa canina) makes the best syrup. It’s abundant in the countryside, growing in woods, copses, scrub and hedges throughout Britain, up to altitudes of 550 metres. Around towns you might also encounter hedgehog rose (Rosa rugosa) which is often planted for hedging.
Speaking of a post-apocalyptic skill set, I was thinking of reviving the part of my SHTF database that dealt with gardening and homesteading but nothing else. But then i thought about how we advertised for months in this weekly thread and not one person was interested. Now I don’t know what I’ll do. Even though it isn’t much work it’s still a waste of time if it’s all for naught.
Wow! I’m surprised it’s taken so long to open a bear season in your state. Too much opposition from the Animal Rights Gang, or were bears not much of a problem until now?
I have an abundance of rose hips that I wasn’t expecting this season, so I am clipping them off today and will most likely make a Rose Hip Jelly in the coming weeks.
Can you post a link to pertinent articles, or post some articles here?
Thanks, will have to check that out. I try and live an intense frugal life. Frugality is a virtue.
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