It was my husband’s idea. I had never heard of anyone growing sweet potatoes in Idaho. To inspire me, he found videos about growing sweet potatoes for us to watch together in our home dinner theater (aka watching from the comfortable couches in the living room). The southern accents and plant life in the videos […]
Dealing with Allergies from Weeding Blooming Kochia
Usually my allergies are skin allergies. I get intense irritation from even the slightest rubbing of things like sunflower leaves. I have had extreme skin breakdown from tea tree oil. I am very careful about what I put on my skin. However, this year I discovered blooming kochia will give me a full-blown upper respiratory […]
Flambo Bean and Ham Bone Pumpkin Instant Pot Soup
What are flambo beans, anyway? I grew the flambo beans and pumpkin in my garden, but not this year. That is, those ingredients that I put in the soup were not this year’s crop, which is part of why I am so thrilled with how well it turned out. The flambo beans are dry beans, […]
Blue Dye for Keeping Track of Weed Spraying
Why a backpack sprayer works best for an acre I have been spraying weeds for many, many years with my Solo backpack sprayer. It is the most convenient and efficient method for dealing with an acre. An acre is too large to deal with using a hand held sprayer, where you have to constantly squeeze […]
The Pros and Cons of Free Mulch from Chip Drop
There is no mulch like the present – Laura Blodgett The art of using mulch in your garden or landscape is more free-form than you might think. It depends on what is available, how you use it, and what your climate is. That may sound like there is some mathematical formula to figure out what […]
