Dehydrate Produce for Year Round Thrifty Vegetables
June 16, 2010 by Katelyn
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I got a new dehydrator for my birthday, which was awesome because I wore the old one out! Around here, even the hundredth zucchini is warmly welcomed to the world because we can grate and dehydrate it to use in chocolate zucchini bread, soups and other delicious goodies all winter long. I don’t know how [...]
A Covey of Quail Babies and Garden News
June 13, 2010 by Katelyn
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We were hoping we’d get at least a few babies from our Coturnix quail egg incubation project. Boy, were we surprised to hatch out 28 babies! Sadly, one of them ran into the brooder wall at full force and we now have 27. We had marbles in the water dish so they wouldn’t drown, a [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Shaking Things Up
June 9, 2010 by Katelyn
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Guess what happened today? I was fussing with the brooder to get it all ready for the quail eggs, which I was hoping were fertile and were going to hatch tomorrow or Friday. Well, I heard a small racket coming from the incubator, went and looked in and some of my eggs are shaking and [...]
Why Do I Want to Be Self-Sustainable?
June 4, 2010 by Katelyn
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I’ve had a lot of people ask why I care about self-sustainability or emergency preparedness. I have already talked about emergency preparedness a few times – the government recommends it and so do all the aid organizations like Red Cross. Seeing what happened to people in Hurricane Katrina made me a believer. I don’t want [...]
Follow Friday – Zazzle Stars
June 4, 2010 by Katelyn
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Oh dear me. Where does the time go? It was just Monday yesterday wasn’t it? That short week syndrome always gets me when there is a Monday holiday! Well, ready or not, Friday is here. I thought it would be nice to revive Follow Friday now that the garden is mostly in and I have [...]
Summer of Swag Starting June 7
June 3, 2010 by Katelyn
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If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that I’m a big fan of Swagbucks, which is a great way to earn Amazon gift cards. They sent me a heads up about a new Summer of Swag program starting on Monday: AT LEAST 5 different codes will be coming your way on Monday! That’s not [...]
A Quick Garden Update and Cheap Garden Amendment Ideas
May 30, 2010 by Katelyn
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I popped a few more things in the garden. I’m not sure if the kids will eat them, but I put Kohlrabi seeds in the new raised bed anyway. They are fun for kids to watch as they grow. I also put in amaranth seeds and a few hills of snow peas. (I had a [...]
Cautious Canning Baby Steps, Quail Eggs and an Apple Peeler
May 28, 2010 by Katelyn
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I’ll start off by saying today was not very thrifty. We spent $117.70! And the hardware store looked so innocent and harmless, too. I needed canning supplies, though, because I never bought my own and am planning to do enough canning to make it worthwhile. First there were all the produce bacteria problems and then [...]
Not So Wordless Wednesday – Recycled Seed Starting Greenhouse
May 26, 2010 by Katelyn
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You can buy a seed starting greenhouse for $4 or more to start seeds in. Or you can buy rolls in a plastic container, rinse out the container when you are done with it and start seeds in it for free. I put seed starting mix in this container, moistened it, planted the seeds and [...]
Quail Eggs and Garden Update
May 24, 2010 by Katelyn
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Oh, dear. I meant to transfer my journal notes to my blog, but I kept forgetting. I’m not going to go back a month to bore you with updates that seemed tremendously exciting at the time, but I will give you a quick recap. In the ground right now, I have: Radishes Peas Bush beans [...]