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I envy your greenhouse! Long time ago I lived in western NC and think you could probably get away with not planting garlic until Christmas. Are you planting hard neck or soft neck varieties? This also might play into planting time. Up north they both were planted the same time, but in your...

Sometimes I have planted garlic as late as Jan and it still does well, but usually I plant about the time that one would plant Tulips. Early to mid November up north, Dec down here. I often will mulch the beds with leaves, or whatever I have on hand, to keep the temps as stable as possible to...

Yes!! Kiddo is a celiac, but through that I learned so much about heavy grain based diets and also realized I'm gluten intolerant...always have been. And like you those were just the beginnings of a food discovery journey. Most people have no idea how what they put in their mouths affects the...

I love using those pellets! For lots of stuff!! :D Especially as the base layer when I'm building a deep litter stall/pen for the winter. I use them sometimes for the horses, and when I had other livestock, but those bags of pellets are awesome!

Well, I would think the roots of perennials would go much deeper so the mulch would have a lesser effect. Also, all mulch is not the same. Aged mulch vs rough fresh stuff. and such. Some veggies are deep rooted, but, at least for what I grow, the roots are more in the shallow zone. However...

I'll probably do the typical cool lovers...lettuces, spinach, more broccoli, cauliflowers, sugar snap peas, swiss chard, maybe some carrots. Of course I'll do the fall planting of garlics too.

This is exactly what started me on raising and growing our own food so many years ago. Everything made my child sick and subs or safe foods weren't readily available at all. A few of the allergies were grown out of, but Celiac and the major ones are going to be life long. It wasn't at RK, but...

I have. And I've used mulch mulch and straw too. I think the problem though is that using shavings or mulch (high carbons) pulls nutrients like nitrogen from the soil in the attempt to break down the mulch. I've also used shredded paper (not pretty) and also thin layers of dried grass...

Ditto! I have the 9 shelf one. 15 years old and runs like a champ!

Thinner food and herbs can be placed between to furnace filters and those can be strapped to a box fan. Leave on low until dry. I have not tried this so can not say how well it works. Some foods can be dried on cookie sheets in a slow (low heat) oven too. I haven't tried this either but have at...

In a pinch, try Tractor Supply or Rural King. Not the least expensive place to find supplies, but I've always seen jars and a few supplies at all the TSCs I've been to. Usually I wait until canning season is over and stock up on the mark downs, and put them up for the following season. I can...

I don't peel mine. When I do make something, like a meal, I just grab out whatever peels I can after it's cooked because by in large they don't bother me enough to go through the whole peeling process that most people do. If I am making a sauce or puree, the hand blender stick I use has slots...

Since I got a later star this year I'm just now starting to get something beyond tasty greens and lettuces. The garlic is curing on the porch and I've been getting green and yellow zucchinis and a nice amount of roma beans. While I like traditional bush and pole beans, the flat Italians are my...

Somehow I forgot to comment on the tomato seeds in compost... When I lived in zone 5a I learned that many tomato seeds that landed on the ground in the garden and stayed there, tended to spout up the following year without my doing anything but forgetting to pick the mushy mess up at the time...

These are just averages-

It's my understanding the dates on the little packeta are the year they are targeted for, ie: "Packed For 2020" though they were actually processed and packaged in 2019.

Most all seeds will last longer than the package is dated for. Somewhere I have a chart (or you can google the chart) that lists typical seeds and how long you can expect them to last under ordinary storage conditions, like on a shelf in a temp controlled house. Of course germination rates do...

My chicks love clover and I usually start giving them bits of it and grass copped up around a week old. I've actually got a dish of clover in the house right now because I've been nursing a neurological 3 1/2 wk old chick since yesterday afternoon. She's getting better and I've been using clover...

All of my good canning books are still packed in a box, but I found the ball site really helpful. You used to be able to search by fruit or veggie type and get all those recipes at a time, but it appears to look different now. However I've found good info here...

I've seen where people have burned away the bedding material on a box spring mattress and used the frame and springs for a trellis.