What is hydroponics? The easy answer is growing plants without soil in a nutrient rich solution. There are several ways to set up a hydroponic system but each have a few things in common. They must allow enough room for…
Category: The Garden
Ugly Storms Rip Across the Midwest on Tuesday
Google Search results: midwest storm on Tuesday (My story starts below) Huge storm trundles across Midwest, South – MSNBC Oct 27, 2010 … As it howled across the Midwest and South on Tuesday, the storm packed wind gusts of up…
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Fire Department Allows a Man's House to Burn Down over $75
‘No pay, no spray’ case: Firefighters ‘threatened’ A rural Tennessee fire chief says Obion County firefighters are being unduly demonized for letting a man’s home burn because he hadn’t paid a $75 municipal fee. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39535911/from/toolbar Over the weekend we saw…
Is The Pendulum About To Swing Back?
Before the Industrial Revolution the majority of families lived on farms and produced their own foods. They had their own cows, goats, sheep, pigs and chicken. They grew their own vegetable gardens. They had orchards. There was no such thing…
Making the Most of Your Herb Garden
Eating fresh herbs from your garden is wonderful when they are in season. The bounty can be almost too much for a single family to eat at any one time. It is such a shame to see the plant with…
Hot Fun in the Summertime
It is sweltering hot outside. Through the windows it looks nice, but it feels like walking into a sauna when u open the door. I had to check on the garden and the girls have been outside to play in…
Cold Weather In, Fresh Veggies Out???
Does winter mean we have to forgo the pleasure of eating fresh vegetables? If you live in the Midwest US like I do getting those fresh veggies from your garden ended a couple of months ago (unless you have shelter…
Vicious Winter Storm
Our first snow of the season and it has to be a yucky one. Monday morning it started snowing and it left about an inch on the roads. Tuesday it was more of the same until about 6 PM. Wet,…
Gratifying Harvest
It is so gratifying to be able to make meals with vegetables and herbs harvested from your own garden. Yesterday I made a mushroom soup that called for a mixture of herbs like sage, thyme, marjoram and rosemary. I had…
