I LOVE blueberry jam! For several years I’ve wanted to try making my own but never tried- until now. Every year when fresh blueberries are in season I’ll buy ten pounds of fresh Michigan blueberries. In past years I’ve either eaten them fresh or froze them for the long-cold winter. This year is different. Not only have I dehydrated them…
Here’s the weekly vlog update for 18 July 2010 … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaOv5ZUeLdE
Just a quick post to announce that I’ve officially launched my new blog site https://enjoytimeoutdoors.com . It is still in its infancy but will continue to expand in the very near future. I will continue to post at both sites for the foreseeable future.
I finally shot a video update of the container garden and posted it on YouTube. I’ve been adding new containers almost weekly and plan to continue through the growing season. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcD0kqO3nV8&feature=player_embedded
It’s been a while since an update… Strawberries and raspberries are ripening about a combined (small) handful per week. Just enough for a nice snack every now and then. The blueberries are growing but not producing, but I didn’t really expect anything this year. The lettuce blend is doing great. We’ve harvested salads for two…
I’m back to flats- after a failed clipless experiment. First off, let me state- I’m no pro MTB rider, nor do I claim to be. I’m a weekend trail rider who, up until the last few weeks, didn’t do much core/ interval or mountain bike skill training, other than occasional trail or road riding. I always had a bad habit of…
The Ambient Weather WS-1080 weather station has been operational and gathering data for several days now. So far I’ve been very pleased with the unit. Living several miles north of Fort Wayne, we often have slightly different temperatures and weather conditions than those reported by the television stations and weather websites like weather.com or wunderground.com. It’s…
For the last month the weather here has been unseasonably warm and sunny. This has given the berries a great running start. While watering the containers today, after another fine day in the mid eighties, I had a few exciting surprises waiting for me… 1.) The strawberry blossoms are starting already. There are only four, so far, but…
With the spring cleanup of the landscape underway, I’ve realized that there is an abundance of good fire starting tinder all around. The river birch out front drops a lot of small twigs all winter (actually year round). It also provides an amble supply of loose birch bark which I can save for months worth…
After a long, cold. snowy winter, the indoor-outdoor carpet on the screen porch was looking pretty bad. We’ve discussed replacing this carpet several times throughout the last year. From the looks of it this spring we knew we wanted to do it before summer. We considered ceramic and porcelain tile options but had concerns about the tiles…