Posted on 12/12/2014 1:37:49 PM PST by greeneyes
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Me too. Thanks.
It’s still that warm there you can plant and grow things? Wow! I am out here on the East Coast Freezing!
Ah yes, beef barley. I haven’t had any for a while. I’ll have to add some ingredients to the grocery list.
Regarding your corn and beans. I’d suggest squash-can’t go wrong with the 3 sisters. LOL
Not sure about weeds. I rarely mulch and rarely have weeds. I plant everything so close together, the weeds just don’t have a chance. In the winter I sow rye or winter wheat or just cover up the space with cardboard.
It seems that I did read that steaming hot vinegar water can take care of weeds, but your area may be too big to tackle that way.
All three are winners!
Thanks about the hot steaming vinegar weed killer, I can use that at home. Tomorrow I’ll be making some beef barley soup, as we’re supposed to receive a gully washer from Mother Nature.
Thanks for sharing tubebender. I envy your gardens. Mine look like something went wrong in them. What do you have in your long raised garden?
Good for Lady tubebender. Gotta keep those joints moving. I do 1/2 in the morning before breakfast and another 1/2 in late afternoon, before my martini.
Thanks for the ping. Prayers up.
“ready a lot quicker”
No, don’t let me mislead.
it’s a delicious but VERY mild kraut at 3 to 4 weeks.
It’s a great side-dish for pork, “out of this world” with Carolina style bbq IMO.
It can be made easily most any time of the year too.
Had corn and potatoes in most of the long bed. We are only growing about a third of what we used to grow for veggies so wife unit is planting more annual flowers...
One of my favorite ways is one my Dad came up with more than 50 years ago. Brown some thick pork chops until barely done and set them aside. If there is not much fat in the pan add a bit of oil. Add rinsed and well drained kraut and some sliced thin onions. A good amount of fresh ground pepper. Brown the kraut, you have to stir up regularly as the liquid cooks off (hence the well drained). The kraut will dry and brown and get sweeter. When it looks good (you’ll know) add the pork chops on top, turn off the heat and I cover with a glass lid and let sit for about 15 minutes. Yum Yum Yum
Curing country hams is super easy. Let me know if you decide to give it a try and I’ll help you out.
A wood frame covered with glass or multi-wall polycarbonate glazing would be great for a sun room. Greenhouse vents or other automatic venting might also be added, if sunny days contribute too much. FPSF (frost-protected shallow foundations) are also good to look into for many kinds of projects when budgets allow (thermal mass). Even gravel areas can be surrounded by supported (maybe with treated wood) board insulation.
Do you deliver to the left coast?
USPS delivers almost everywhere.
We sent a sack of homemade deer jerky to our daughter in Japan last week.
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