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Daikon Radishes
Yesterday, the weather was calling for our coldest temp so far (23F), so I thought it would be a good time to harvest some of our daikon radishes that are growing in the garden. I had not expected this … Continue reading
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Tagged garden, hugelkultur, daikon, radish, wood chips, kim chi
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Mushrooms in the orchard – Nov 2012
November has been a cool and rainy month for us this year. This kind of weather certainly brings out the mushrooms! There are a lot of “old friends” popping up everywhere in the orchard, inky caps, fairy cups and clumps … Continue reading
Asparagus Berries/Seed
While traveling past one of the Harry & David pear orchards a week or so back, the family noticed a bunch of red berries on a plant growing along the roadside. After stopping to look, it was obvious that it … Continue reading
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Tagged asparagus, asparagus officinalis, berry, seed
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Water Chestnuts – Harvest Day
The water chestnut experiment was completed today. Overall, I would say that the experiment to see if water chestnuts could be grown in southern Oregon was a success. However, the total yield was very small (~2 lbs) from the 16 … Continue reading
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Tagged eleocharis dulcis, water chestnuts
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Homestead Construction #6 – Walls are up!
The masonry walls are complete! It has taken two weeks, but the external walls of the house and two internal masonry walls are fully up and filled. With the walls up, it is really starting to seem like a house. … Continue reading
Starting Black Locust from Seed
I planted a dozen or so Black Locust seedling trees around our property last year.. and the deer found them delicious! They didn’t even get a chance to settle in before getting completely chomped. The trees were not big enough … Continue reading
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Tagged black locust, robinia pseudoacacia, seed, sprout
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Homestead Construction #5 – Foundation Complete!
We have wrapped up the foundation part of the construction this week. It’s only taken a few weeks, but it seems like it was a lot longer! Once the minor plumbing issues were resolved, it was just time to wait … Continue reading
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Tagged boom pump, concrete, drain field, foundation, homestead
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Saving Seeds
We’re working on processing and packaging some seed from the vegetable garden today, so I thought I would post pics of some of the seed we have put aside this year. Good seed production from the carrots! The swiss chard … Continue reading
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Tagged carrot, collard, napa, saved seed, swiss chard, wong bok
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