On cold winter days, long after the summer garden has been put to rest for the year, it’s always nice to have some of your own home grown peppers ready to use in your favorite recipes. Yes, you could always buy some fresh peppers at crazy winter prices, but why when you can just grab some…
With the garden restoration project complete, I wanted to try to continue the heirloom strain of garlic that we inherited in our fallow mess of a garden. Last fall, after the small but healthy wild garlic died back, I harvested several very small cloves to plant for the next season (the 2016 harvest). In addition…
Living on a small no-gas motor lake, there are essentially three options for powering our small pontoon- wind, electric (battery) trolling motor, or good ol’ human power. While this is not a sail boat, the first option is out, and unlike our kayaks, the third option is out, we are left with the second option-…
Here it is Labor Day Weekend already and the seasons are about to change. As summer winds down time to write magically appears, once again! When I transitioned from our previous website hosting company to the current (Hostgator) I decided to start anew and didn’t bring over any of the old articles. On the old…
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
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…
I’ve got the first round of seeds started for the 2010 container garden. The first set of seed starts includes several variety of tomatos, sweet and hot peppers, salad green blends, green beans, and zucchini. I’ll be planting some ever-bearing strawberries in hanging strawberry planters very soon. I made the starter pots out of toilet paper rolls. …
This week the postman delivered the most recent addition to my Survival/ Preparedness/Homesteading library. It’s a 1999 reprint of William S. Wicks’ book “Log Cabins and Cottages- How to Build and Furnish Them”. My copy is a nice little fabric covered hard bound 1999 version. The original was published in 1920. The book covers some basic…
On the way home from doing some last minute Christmas shopping this evening, I came upon a roadside situation that at first appeared to be an accident. Fortunately, it was not an accident. A college kid apparently slid through an icy intersection. His car was hanging over the snow banked berm, just a few feet…