A blog about creating a homestead with gardening and home crafts.
A tough winter had left my once healthy and productive lime plant looking sad and pretty battered (I was even on the verge of chopping it down and composting it, but my husband convinced me to keep it.). After 2 months of following a consistent care regimen detailed here, my lime plant is looking so... Continue Reading →
Greenhouse knitting chat! https://youtu.be/gKhFFgpPWp0
At the start of Spring, I began seeing a lot of wasps in my garden. I understand that all things have the right to live and understand that wasps are an integral part of the garden as they are pollinators and feast on plant pests such as aphids. I have a few early-blooming flowers in... Continue Reading →
Following on from Step 1 in preparing the beds for spring, here is a quick summary and video showing what I did to set up the second phase of preparation.
Wasabi is a member of the Brassicaceae family and it is very similar to horseradish. It grows from a rhizome in the earth similar to ginger or turmeric and is commonly eaten and grown in the wetlands of Japan.
Blocking is the penultimate step in garment knitting. (The last step is usually weaving in ends.) Blocking is the act of submerging a knitted garment in water or steaming it, to get the required form of the garment and to "relax" the stitches in order to get the best fit possible. This helps the garment mesh together to construct cohesive fabric. It is like a spa treatment for your hand knits.
Time to read 2 minutes Recreation is pretty important in our home. My husband and I love competitive games and we had a few dead zones on our property which was not suitable for planting in, which would be my first choice but we managed to create a few additional areas where we can play... Continue Reading →
Time to read 9 minutes As we near to winter's close, it is the perfect time to reflect on what worked well in the garden and what needs improvement as we look towards this year’s growing season. At the end of January in USDA Plant Hardiness zone of 9a, UK, and before the garden wakes... Continue Reading →
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