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I'm a stay-at-home mom learning about all manners of the self-sufficient lifestyle: vegetable and fruit gardening, pest control (especially slugs) keeping livestock (chickens, goats, ducks, rabbits), parenting, inexpensive and responsible living.Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006817958555301605.post-14653665589096163252011-07-04T18:16:00.001-07:002011-07-04T18:16:25.701-07:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"><param name="src" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/612a36ee-ae12-4417-a43e-6e097e88340b.MP4"><param name="qtsrc" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/612a36ee-ae12-4417-a43e-6e097e88340b.MP4"><param name="href" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/612a36ee-ae12-4417-a43e-6e097e88340b.MP4"><param name="autoplay" value="false"><param name="loop" 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/></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/livinoutsithe-20"><strong>Shop my Amazon Store </strong></a></div>Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006817958555301605.post-59398992746647725092011-07-04T16:08:00.001-07:002011-07-04T16:08:22.576-07:00My baby Summer<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"><param name="src" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ed0014c8-87b7-47f9-91c1-80af833143f4.MP4"><param name="qtsrc" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ed0014c8-87b7-47f9-91c1-80af833143f4.MP4"><param name="href" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ed0014c8-87b7-47f9-91c1-80af833143f4.MP4"><param name="autoplay" value="false"><param name="loop" value="false"><param name="controller" value="true"><param name="scale" value="aspect"><param name="width" value="336"><param name="height" value="336"><embed src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ed0014c8-87b7-47f9-91c1-80af833143f4.MP4" qtsrc="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ed0014c8-87b7-47f9-91c1-80af833143f4.MP4" href="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ed0014c8-87b7-47f9-91c1-80af833143f4.MP4" autoplay="false" loop="false" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/" scale="aspect" width="336" height="336"></embed></object><br /><p>Baby Summer in the isolette. </p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/livinoutsithe-20"><strong>Shop my Amazon Store </strong></a></div>Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006817958555301605.post-45396157190652778392011-04-16T08:08:00.001-07:002011-04-16T08:08:27.345-07:00Guy playing bowling on Kinect<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><object 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/></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/livinoutsithe-20"><strong>Shop my Amazon Store </strong></a></div>Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006817958555301605.post-6402917031878051962011-04-16T07:51:00.001-07:002011-04-16T07:51:14.352-07:00Guy as a burrito<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"><param name="src" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/24501313-8f6f-4ec2-b88a-c0385463a0bc.MP4"><param name="qtsrc" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/24501313-8f6f-4ec2-b88a-c0385463a0bc.MP4"><param name="href" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/24501313-8f6f-4ec2-b88a-c0385463a0bc.MP4"><param name="autoplay" value="false"><param name="loop" value="false"><param name="controller" value="true"><param name="scale" value="aspect"><param 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/></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/livinoutsithe-20"><strong>Shop my Amazon Store </strong></a></div>Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006817958555301605.post-41072630922942184042011-04-16T06:50:00.001-07:002011-04-16T06:50:16.225-07:00My son Guy with his funny laugh<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"><param name="src" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/5f44767d-98be-48ac-814c-d62ae4f41f35.MP4"><param name="qtsrc" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/5f44767d-98be-48ac-814c-d62ae4f41f35.MP4"><param name="href" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/5f44767d-98be-48ac-814c-d62ae4f41f35.MP4"><param name="autoplay" value="false"><param name="loop" value="false"><param name="controller" value="true"><param name="scale" 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/><p>This are my three goats. Falcon, the white goat, is my milker. She's a lamancha/alpine mix. Then I have Betsy, a brown Nubian, and Billy Hendrix, a spotted Nubian. Stop by my homesteading website to learn more. www.MySuburbanHomestead.com</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/livinoutsithe-20"><strong>Shop my Amazon Store </strong></a></div>Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006817958555301605.post-31506384897486679922010-11-25T23:28:00.001-08:002010-11-25T23:28:23.574-08:00Silly goat with a bucket stuck on her head<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"><param name="src" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/714f4b3b-b947-4c25-b0f7-fd855c8991a7.MOV"><param name="qtsrc" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/714f4b3b-b947-4c25-b0f7-fd855c8991a7.MOV"><param name="href" value="http://static.pixelpipe.com/714f4b3b-b947-4c25-b0f7-fd855c8991a7.MOV"><param name="autoplay" value="false"><param name="loop" value="false"><param name="controller" value="true"><param name="scale" value="aspect"><param name="width" value="336"><param name="height" value="336"><embed src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/714f4b3b-b947-4c25-b0f7-fd855c8991a7.MOV" qtsrc="http://static.pixelpipe.com/714f4b3b-b947-4c25-b0f7-fd855c8991a7.MOV" href="http://static.pixelpipe.com/714f4b3b-b947-4c25-b0f7-fd855c8991a7.MOV" autoplay="false" loop="false" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/" scale="aspect" width="336" height="336"></embed></object><br /><p>One of our silly goats. <br /><br />www.MySuburbanHomestead.com</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/livinoutsithe-20"><strong>Shop my Amazon Store </strong></a></div>Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006817958555301605.post-46877713063868245322010-10-22T19:02:00.000-07:002010-10-22T19:02:46.038-07:00I'm moving this blog to www.MySuburbanHomestead.comSadly, this will be my last post on blogger. I'm running into errors that cannot be fixed. The content here will eventually be moved.<br />
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So, come and check out my new headquarters at: www.MySuburbanHomestead.com<br />
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My first post is<a href="http://www.mysuburbanhomestead.com/?p=125"> a picture tutorial on making a simple ketchup</a>.<br />
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But hey, look at this beautiful morning glory.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peach tree</td></tr>
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No, that isn't the varietal name. It's another tree that I dug up from my old yard and brought with me. I know its a dwarf, self-fertile, and peach leaf curl resistant. I've had a few peaches so far and they are good.<br />
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I'm concerned about the way that it is growing though. It is forming a Y shape rather than having a central leader. It's quite top heavy and we needed to add a t-post to hold it up. It almost looks like I could prune off the branch on the right, creating more of a central leader. Or should I just prune a bunch of the branches from both?<br />
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See what else is <a href="http://www.mysuburbanhomestead.com/2010/10/whats-growing-in-my-garden.html">growing in my garden. </a><br />
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</tbody></table>I picked out this variety as it says it ripens earliest in the season and I wanted to have a companion for my <a href="http://www.mysuburbanhomestead.com/2010/10/lapins-cherry-tree.html">Lapins</a> tree which is self-fertile but noted to perform better with a pollinizer.<br />
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I haven't gotten any fruit from this plant yet. I was hoping for my own cranberries for cranberry sauce and dried cranberries. Does anyone know if this differs from the fruit that one would find at the grocery store? If so how?<br />
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</tbody></table>This is another one that I dug up and brought with me from the old house. It is two years old and has yet to produce.<br />
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Unfortunately this is the only bush that still has its tag. I have five or six other blueberry bushes, but they aren't labeled so I don't know. So that means I can't analyze which flavors I like or how each variety is performing or when each variety is supposed to mature. I know that I have <a href="http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/productdetails.cfm?ProductID=E208">Brigitta</a>, <a href="http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/productdetails.cfm?ProductID=E2604">North Sky</a>, and <a href="http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/productdetails.cfm?ProductID=E285">Sunshine</a>, but don't remember the rest. Many of these are evergreen shrubs that I planted when we lived in the city and I was trying to screen out my neighbors, then moved, dug them up and took them with me.<br />
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Anybody have any blueberry variety recommendations? I would really like to make sure I am growing a bush with heavy yields and large, sweet, fresh eating berries.<br />
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I was pretty excited about these because they are said to ripen before strawberries, which pretty much means the first opportunity for fresh fruit. And they're supposed to be blueberry like in flavor.<br />
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Anybody out there have experience with this?<br />
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Other than the obvious reasons, I am looking forward to the rooting that pigs are notorious for. We've fenced off an area that has horrible overgrown ivy, Himalayan blackberries (ouch)... it's a jungle. But it has the best sunlight on our property I will need more room for the vegetable gardens.<br />
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I also hear they like to eat <a href="http://www.mysuburbanhomestead.com/2010/09/slugs.html">slugs</a>. Hehe. Revenge.<br />
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I have no idea what breed it is, but don't really care because we don't intend on breeding him. Considering how much meat we eat around here, well, the supply will probably last us years.<br />
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For New Year's, my resolution will be to buy no outside dairy products, including cheese and butter. I plan on replacing much of our butter with olive oil and lard, because it has a lower cholesterol, lower saturated fat, and one of the only foods containing vitamin D. I'm not really sure why lard gets such a bad rap.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's a cute fella, about 30 pounds. Boy is he skittish. Feral--that's what I would call his behavior. <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/livinoutsithe-20/detail/1570615535">Carla Emery's</a> book says that's pretty normal when they are first transferred to their new home. Maybe I will try to get a video of him tomorrow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table>I went out just a little while ago, and saw that the cauliflower appears to be recovering, as the wilting went away. The books I consulted said that the effected plants will generally wilt in the hottest part of the days. Had I not known that the cauliflower's roots were probably infected, I would have ignored the problem.<br />
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But, I pulled up the plant and inspected the root. There it was, an ugly maggot.<br />
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</tbody></table>I consulted <a href="http://www.mysuburbanhomestead.com/2010/09/steve-solomons-gardening-books.html">Steve Solomon's Gardening When it Counts </a>Book mentions that root maggots are a huge problem here in Cascadia. He says that we can delay planting in the until late may through July when the flies are least active. I'm assuming that this also means that sowing seeds prior to that time under protection (row covers and tunnel cloches, etc.) will protect the seedlings from flies (but not from maggots already present in the soil.<br />
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Some varieties of brassicas are resistant to the root maggot. He did not say which in this book. Perhaps he mentions the varieties in his other book, which I cannot seem to find at the moment.<br />
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In addition he mentioned the work of a man named Blair Adams, who found that wood ashes placed around the plants will actually attract maggots to the soil. But, what does work (even better than traditional barrier methods, he says) is a ring of fresh sawdust placed around the plants, and hilling the soil a little around the plants so that the roots are buried a little deeper.<br />
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Evidently parasitic nematodes work well, as long as the nematodes are fresh and haven't been sitting around.<br />
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The smell of the flowering trees is truly lovely.<br />
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Oh, and the goats like to eat citrus too. So several of the fruits on this tree were munched off. Looks like I have a whitefly or something too. Darn.<br />
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