What did you do in the garden today?

[gtaus]

That's what I found. I dropped by a little Ace hardware store, and HomeDepot. Both told me they returned the seeds. There was one rack of seeds at HD, but they were all full price. No thanks!

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I also checked Ace Hardware, but all their seeds were already returned.

And I didn't look for any cull lumber. After spending $2700 on my well, I'm trying to spend as little as possible these days.

Check out the pallet projects on the thread: Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

If you have access to some pallets, you might find a project that you could build for free that would interest you.

If you have an Aubuchon Hardware store near you check with them for seeds. They usually keep selling their seeds after the other small hardware stores have returned them.

Never heard on an Aubuchon Hardware store. But thanks for the suggstion.

This is for everyone. I learned that you can cut the greens off of carrots and put them in a bowl of water and grow more greens. You can also cut the onion, celery and beets at the end with the root on it and do the same thing. You will only get the greens which is awesome especially considering if it's green it's edible and tasty.

I have done that with green onions. Worked pretty good, too. I might set up some kind of in-house planter this winter to try to grow some stuff. I wonder if celery would regrow under proper lights? Swiss Chard?

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I’m hoping @Sueby is ok. There’s tornadoes blowing into Connecticut and Rhode Island right now.
There are some in Southern Massachusetts now as well.

 

[Sally PB]

Throwing this out... Anyone want starts for Egyptian Walking Onions? I have lots (LOTS-LOTS) of the topset bulbs, so plenty to share. PM me your address. PO Box is fine, as I'll send them out 1st class mail.

I should have cut topsets before we had a day of rain. We were forecast to get <1/8"'; got over an inch! I'll cut them tomorrow and let them dry a bit so they don't rot.

 

[akroberts1085]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I also checked Ace Hardware, but all their seeds were already returned.



Check out the pallet projects on the thread: Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

If you have access to some pallets, you might find a project that you could build for free that would interest you.



Never heard on an Aubuchon Hardware store. But thanks for the suggstion.



I have done that with green onions. Worked pretty good, too. I might set up some kind of in-house planter this winter to try to grow some stuff. I wonder if celery would regrow under proper lights? Swiss Chard?

The celery will give you greens with a small stalk and the onion will give the greens. It's nice when you want a baked potato with chives.

 

[akroberts1085]

I’m hoping @Sueby is ok. There’s tornadoes blowing into Connecticut and Rhode Island right now.
There are some in Southern Massachusetts now as well.

We can all pray for everyone in those states.

 

[WthrLady]

Carrot greens are edible. You can make pesto with them. I too was fortunate to have home economics in public school. I learned the basics of cooking and baking, how to prepare for a tea party, and how to sew. Aside from the tea party these were basic skills everyone should know entering adulthood. DD did not have any of that training in her school but I made sure she knew how to cook, bake, basic sewing skills and the importance of basic nutrition and reading food labels when grocery shopping. She also learned basic home repair, plumbing and carpentry skills from me as well. If the schools don’t teach it anymore, parents need to step up and prepare their kids for life as an adult.

My son as well.
Although he was home schooled in high school, so I suppose he DID have those courses. It was called living here. LOL. (although he did have an online finance course and personal life course, which were both brilliant.)
He is now a brilliant cook and baker and loves it as well and can equally fix, plan, mend or create.
Still working on the mounting for the new barn square.
The painting on it is done, and am working on clear coating it atm. One more coat before bed and then it can cure over night. Tomorrow I'll clear coat the back. Then it needs a 48 hour cure before I hang it up.
I did manage to set the new post and the cross brackets today and get those stained, just to tone down the color of new wood.
Ready for this impromptu project to be finished.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

On a side note, it’s raining again and we’re under a flood watch again. Wah!

Why is it, that in the last few years either it doesn’t rain at all, or when it does, it rains way too much

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I taught my oldest son ( first kid) how to cook and a little bit of baking, guess who is cooking, now that he is married and has a kid of his own my oldest daughter can also cook and bake , but I must admit, the twins are only consumers my youngest son wanted to learn now ( 23) how to cook simple meals, but my hip has kind of put a damper on that, when I come home, it should be ideal, cos then he can learn under my watchful eye

 

[Smokerbill]

Why is it, that in the last few years either it doesn’t rain at all, or when it does, it rains way too much

Whether it's a natural cycle or human influenced, the world climate is changing for the worse as far as humans are concerned.

 

[fuzzi]

I did not know that you could eat carrot greens. I will have to try that if/when I ever grow some carrots.

Speaking of eating greens, why is it that we buy carrots, and radishes, in the store with the tops cut off if we can eat the greens? Probably other veggies too, like beets. Until fairly recently, I always thought those greens could not be eaten.

Why is it that in my old age I only now become aware of how much good food is wasted when we should be eating all parts of some plants? Maybe it's just my basic lack of food and nutrition background. When I was growing up, boys had shop class and girls had home economics. Never the two should mix when I went to school. But here I am, at 63 years old, and hearing for the first time in my life that you can eat carrot greens. Thank you for the info, but it really makes me feel that I had a poor food education growing up.

BTW, last year I watched a documentary on the way the French people teach their children about eating and nutrition. Their lunch hour is actually an hour long and they are taught about food like a regular class. They had a head school Chef (male, in the movie) who planned out all the meals and had assistants (male and female) who helped. Compare that to my school experience where we packed down as much food as we could in 10 minutes and then went to the gym to play. Our cooks were local mothers from the community. You never, ever, saw a male in the school kitchen. I hope that has changed.

I've never eaten carrot greens, but when I harvested my carrots the chickens got the greens, and it was no-holds-barred for a few minutes.