Saturday, December 28, 2024

Tag: gardening

Strawberry Blackberry Jam Recipe

A easy strawberry blackberry jam recipe that can be modified for any type of soft fruit. Last year we had a huge strawberry harvest and I decided to make some preserves with some left...

Homemade Blackberry Wine

There is nothing better than homemade blackberry wine. We have a very large patch on our property and last year we had a abundance of fruit. Time to make some nectar of the gods! I...

Square Foot Garden : How to prepare your beds for planting

We decided to get our Square Foot Garden ready for planting yesterday, we figured better sooner than later.  A couple of weeks ago my wife and I had set up a cheap cold frame...

Our Earth Sheltered Greenhouse

Here is how we built a earth sheltered greenhouse. After our fiasco with our pit greenhouse my wife and I were looking for a plan B. My wife's father had spent several weeks with...

Raised Beds 201 Part A

So our first year with raised beds were somewhat of a success. We did a test run that year to see how long we could extend the season and planted everything straight from seed...