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The Hardy Greens Seed Kit and Course
Hi everyone! Please use this thread to share your journey of growing winter greens! The TGN team will also be participating...so, come back and share your experience or follow along with everyone's journey! If you haven't purchased your kit yet, you can grab one for a huge 75% discount now through September 14, 2023.…
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PLEASE READ: Forum Rules
The Grow Network Forum Use Policies Thank you for being a part of the Grow Network Forum Community. We are so excited that you have decided to join us. The forums are an exciting place for us to grow together through communication. We thrive on the ability to share our experiences with you and hope that you are just as…
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Weeds indicate soil quality
I am curious what you know about what weeds indicate for soil conditions, & what it indicates for nutrients, whether lacking or abundant. If there is stinging nettle, for example, it should indicate rich & acidic soil, but also dampness in the soil. What can you name for me? Here are a few weeds to kickstart the thought…
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I just geeked out on chicken math
I bought 8 pure silkies (4 pullets, 4 cockerels) @ $15 ea. I'm keeping 1 cockerel. It cost me $30 for the keepers. A breeder in my province is selling pullets at $55 each. I'm going kinda low & assuming cockerels are at $20 each. So, I hope to sell the extras at $20/cockerel & $55 for the one pullet. If that's successful,…
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A canning issue
I canned dilly beans today. While they came out fine, I ran into an issue that has come up before. The canning directions say to cut the beans slightly shorter than the jar height, and stack them vertically. But that is impossible to do without a great deal of waste, because your beans aren't going to be exactly 1X, 2X,…
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Candy thermometers for canning jellies
I use a candy thermometer to make apple jelly. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of the usual process of dripping jelly off of a wooden spoon, trying to tell when the jelly is ready to be poured into the jars to set. You just keep boiling, reducing the heat when the temperature starts to creep above 100C/212F (indicating…
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Anyone have a good beard oil recipe?
I don't need it for my beard. 🤫😝 In addition to this, do you know would it be any different from hair oil for women?
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Onions and how on earth can I grow them!
This year again I tried bunching onions and shallots. I planted them near each other and to tell you the truth I have no idea if they are in amongst the greens or not. I need to get out tomorrow and get the greens picked. Last year I planted onions and nothing happened. Do I need to prepare the soil differently
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Show 152: Field Parsley and Sauce Picant
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What have you been preserving?
I froze 2 flats of Strawberries and 10 pounds of blueberries so far this year. I have green beans (2 different varieties) coming in strong. I have been picking for a week. I did two plantings. I planted peas this morning with another planting going in next week. The greens, carrots etc are not doing as well as expected.…
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AI and foraging books
This showed up in a group on Facebook that I am in. Thought it was worth sharing for our protection... Important foraging alert! In the unending dystopian nightmare that is AI, there are now AI generated foraging books that include incredibly unsafe advice including recommending consuming toxic plants. Below is a…
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Still worried.
Sorry I've been gone from here for several weeks. My husband had a major health scare. I'm still reeling from it. He is on the mend, but whether he'll completely recover is questionable. In the middle of all this, he celebrated his 80th birthday and all of our kids and grandkids came from around the country to help us…
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Meet our (TWO) highland×jersey calves!
One of our milk cows recently had her calf! And we are waiting on another.
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Chance of frost tonight
Our temperature will be going down to 4°C tonight, so possibly our first frost of the season. We've been busy getting freezers ready lately, and today we've been getting herbs cleaned & hanging. I've also been assessing the rest of the garden. We'll be bringing out the sheets, etc., to cover what we can. Of course, what we…
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Have you ever dried Blueberries?
I bought a new food dryer this year. I thought I could just rinse the blueberries and put them into the food dryer. The instructions say to put them into boiling water until the skins open. Does anyone else do this? I have already frozen over 10 pounds of them. I make a no grain granola and would like to dry some…
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Bury 55 gal barrel for food storage or storage of lithium battery.
I finally stopped talking about it, and I did it… I put underground a 55 gal barrel, and I added a wifi temp monitor so I can now get good data of what the temps are in the barrel. My hope is I can store grain in vacuum sealed food saver bags in this for long term storage. My main concerns is moisture, so I will be…
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Silphium, often called asafetida (or devil’s dung) makes a comeback?
Silphium, often called asafetida (or devil’s dung) was an important medicinal and culinary herb in ancient Rome. It was believed to have been harvested to extinction, due to its supposed aphrodisiac properties. What we now know as the spice, asafetida, is really more of a substitute. It seems to have been rediscovered in…
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Recipe request: make-ahead apple pie filling
I have a glut of apples roughly every other year. I'd like to find more uses for them. One idea I had is a pie filling that is made fresh and canned, or possibly frozen. Then in midwinter, I would open the pie filling can, dump it in a pie crust, and make fresh pie. Does anyone have a recipe they can share for a cannable…
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(video) A Friend came by with some tree gifts - I think I liked the pots the most!
Some fun footage of my new homestead in Puerto Rico
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Yes, those bodies are aliens... Mexician Congress was shown them.
Well we have all known that aliens exist - haven't we? Now the bodies of two of them have been revealed to the Mexian Congress. So it's officially going public. The mainstream media is trying thier best to play it down of course. "Puported", "supposedly", "claims", etc. And I suppose they should be cautious. But if you go…
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Resend: Show 151: Ragweed and Shrimp (or anything else) Creole
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Insane Weather!
Wow, it is almost April and we got a severe thunderstorm warning around 10 am and now we just got a tornado warning for central San Diego! That is crazy! While I was typing this another severe thunderstorm warning came over for Coranado and downtown San Diego! Is anyone seeing unusual weather this year?
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Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines: Elaeagnus, Autumn Olive or Oleaster
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Freeze Dryer - Anyone have experience
A friend of mine is buying a freeze dryer. Very expensive unit. I'm sure it will come with instructions and recipes but I was wondering if anyone has any experience with a unit like this. Tips? Suggestions? Recipes? Do's and Don'ts?
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Too much overgrown zucchini? Try this!
I saw this post just today & thought it might be wise to pass it along to all of you swimming in zucchini or had it gifted on your doorstep or in your car.
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Cucumbers! Who woulda thought!
I found this on a FaceBook post and it said to share, so here it is. I knew about a few of these but not all. Looking forward to trying #4! 1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium,…
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Are you a good cook?
Do you consider yourself a good home chef?
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Coolest plant tag ever! Easy to make - and from recycled cans
If you are like me, you are absolutely certain you will remember that plants name as you are putting it in the ground. And then two weeks later. Or it might even be the next day.... Uh, what was that again? A friend, Joe Jarvis who is a writer for Sovereign Man, came by the other day with some gift trees. And oh yes, I…
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Another "not for sale" piece, just for fun
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Healing Kitchen- Let Food Be Thy Medicine- Nick Polizzi
Has anyone in the TGN family been watching this free webinar series? It’s very good & right up our alley! I put my name down for so many of these webinars, only to find I run out of time & hardly get to view any. This one is different & has me up to date thus far. Highly recommended.
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I forgot to collect eggs, and this happened!
I have so much food growing! Serious abundance. I got busy with projects.... forgot to collect eggs for a few weeks (the chickens were well fed though), and this is what happened!
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Liquid Amber buds, are they medicinal?
It’s spring here in Australia & a lot of the deciduous trees are starting to ‘bud up’ & break leaf. I’ve collected a handful of Liquid Amber buds & wondering if they have medicinal properties like poplars (cottonwoods) etc. Can anyone help with some information please?
