Garden Happiness(es)

Garden Happiness(es)

The sweet corn in the back yard seems to be confused...it's not even 3 feet tall, but it's starting to try to produce corn...weird!The German Butterball Potatoes  are getting ready to flower!The Butternut Squash is getting some color texture!Bush Beans, Pole Beans and Snap PeasMystery tomatoes coming along.  I transplanted this guy and forgot to write down what he was!!!…
August 3, 2011
How to Make Yarn Out of Plastic Bags

How to Make Yarn Out of Plastic Bags

Alright...I have wanted to try crocheting using plastic bags for a while now, I just haven't gotten around to it until now.  I won't even try to make excuses. Now, how the heck do you make yarn out of plastic bags?Start by laying your bag out flat on any flat surface.  I used the kitchen table.Then, carefully cut off both…
August 3, 2011
Newbie Eggs?

Newbie Eggs?

Last year, when our 5 Ameracaunas first started laying, we were greeted each day with a weird, shell-less, goopy thing that looked like it wanted to be an egg, but just wasn't quite sure how to get there.  This lasted for about 2 eggs per chicken and was real fun to clean up.Needless to say, I was not looking forward…
August 3, 2011
Hilling Up Corn

Hilling Up Corn

Apparently, hilling up your corn will strengthen it against the wind, allowing it to grow more roots than it would otherwise.  To date, our corn has done just fine without messing with it.  But then again, we have never grown blue corn before.Our blue corn (which is in the front yard) has gotten really, really tall.  One in particular has…
August 2, 2011
Harvest Monday!!!

Harvest Monday!!!

Happy Monday, everyone!This week brought more tomatoes (thank goodness), the last of (the second round of) spinach, a couple of carrots and a few more snap peas......and the very first summer squash of the year!!!Yay for a little variety (even though I didn't get pictures of everything)!!! This weeks totals:Snap Peas = 4 ouncesTomatoes = 14 ouncesCarrots = 2 ouncesSpinach…
August 1, 2011
Distraction Crops

Distraction Crops

A couple of days ago I was talking to Alex over at Spotty Dog Farm about distraction crops (AKA trap crops).  They can be weeds or plants that come up accidently or that are planted on purpose (think companion planting) and will either distract the bad bugs with their scent and their yumminess or will attract other (good) bugs that…
August 1, 2011