There is a clump of what looks to me like oats growing in the garden. Does anyone know? Only one clump; don't know how it got there - birds? No squirrels around and deer don't come into the back yard.
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- Family Happiness - Laurie Colwin
- Food Not Lawns - H.C.Flores
- Happy All the Time - Laurie Colwin
- Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life - Jenna Woginrich
- Rose Wilder Lane: Her Story - Rose Wilder Lane & Roger MacBride
- Surprised by Joy - C. S. Lewis
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- The Screwtape Letters - C. S. Lewis
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at easy answers, half-truths,
and superficial relationships
so that you may live deep
within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
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and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for justice,
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rejection, hunger, and war,
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2009 From the Garden
Below I'm listing what I've gathered from the garden this year for stocking up; does not include everything that has already been consumed, e.g., radishes, lettuces, spinach, tomatoes, etc.
2009 for Storing
- Potatoes
- Wheat (very small amt)
- Onions
- Garlic
2009 Canning (Water Bath)
- Applesauce
- Bread & Butter Pickles
- Apple Pectin
- Peaches
- Tomato Salsa
- Sweet Dill Pickles
- Tomatillo Salsa
- Dilled Green Beans
2009 Into the Freezer
- Tomatoes
- Tomato Sauce
- Turnips
- Kohlrabi
- Crookneck/Yellow Squash
- Zucchini
- Freezer Pickles
- Wax/Yellow Beans
- Green Beans
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Strawberries & Strawberry Jam
- Rhubarb
2009 Dried
- Jalapeno Peppers
- Thyme
- Coriander (Cilantro Seeds)
- Chamomile Flowers
- Bee Balm Leaves
- Basil
- Oregano
- Flat-Leaf Parsley
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Goals for 2009
- Conduct a whole house inventory - started
- Construct an annual/seasonal chore calendar- started
- Create a mission statement for my "new" life - will probably wait til my'new life' actually starts, or gets closer...
- Finalize bug-out bag contents - almost done
- Learn to make yogurt
- Learn to use pressure canner
- Learn to use tiller - or sell it!
- Organize a household notebook - started
- √Decide what to do about health insurance after job ends!
- √Do a seed inventory
- √Make a garden plan
- √Re-learn hot water bath canning
4 comments:
Thanks, Chile - I just look up photos of both on the Internet - I will agree with you. Hey, I'm growing wheat!
Carla
Wow! How totally cool that you've got wheat. Homemade, homegrown bread here you come.
Okay, GB - I'm not sure how big this clump looks in the photo, but I'm not sure I'll get enough grains to be able to grind enough for flour for bread. Maybe enough to replant AND share with blog-friends...?
Carla
My first guess was wheat...carla, this is from kukull! While traveling by car from WA. to Mn. Dad would make us guess what type of grain was growing as we passed the fields in WA, Montana and North Dakota. got to be pretty good at guessing! love you site!
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