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If you have really long arms, a 5 foot wide bed is fine. Personally (being rather vertically challenged), I prefer to keep mine no more than 4 feet wide. That way I can reach to the center from each side and never have to actually walk in the garden, which compacts the soil. As the others...

I never thought about rendering it...would there be a use for it?

I'll be attempting peas for the first time this year...I hope to get enough to can a few pints. We're in 5a here, and I'd LOVE any advice y'all are willing to offer :)

LOL, Marshall! Congrats, Ninny! It's so exciting. Can't wait to see pix. We went to a show last weekend, and I saw Angoras for the first time...omgosh they're adorable! Don't think I'd want the responsibility of all that hair myself. We have dogs that drive us nuts with the hair already...

You certainly are NOT! That's what good cooks do...combine ingredients in different ways. And a good AND frugal cook, does that and also ensures that nothing useful goes to waste. I keep a zipper bag in the freezer and as I come across things like bones, slightly wilted or blemished...

We tried this a couple of years ago and it went very well for a month or so. Then one day...all the plants were dead. We finally sussed out that they had "cooked" :( At about 5000 ft altitude, the sun here is very strong and with the roots raised, the soil just got so hot that we believe it...

I second the notion of starting with some things that can be water bath canned...jams/jellies, or high acid foods. After a few batches of those, you'll get a feel for whether you like it and want to pursue it. You can do this with what you likely already have in your kitchen and without a big...

Since they're only 10 inches long, I doubt they'd work for a wattle fence, which is too bad :( They'd be great! You could make very nice place mats from them...glue them on to a cheap plastic mat for flexibility.

A mystery! One of the lovely joys of gardening :)

I have to agree, Steve...a good breakfast or brunch is awesome! I'm usually not up for eating right at first but after two or three hours, bring it on! When we have company I like to make a sort of buffet...I make a sausage egg and cheese casserole that's easy in the extreme and easily...

The issues with straw bales is that they usually have a LOT of weed seeds which will definitely sprout and grow given a chance. Are your rabbits outside or in? Either way, they really don't need "bedding". You can just let the "stuff" drop through the wire into a bin if inside or on the...

I always liked driving around to see the lights too. We never did lights since we were out in the boonies all by ourselves...a few decorations around the house and the tree was about it. When I moved out on my own into the city, we did put up lights for several years. Then it just got too...

Welcome! You'll find the folk here extraordinarily friendly and helpful; I have :) Hubby is from OH as well, but we live in Colorado. We only have about a quarter acre, but if it's done well, it's amazing what you can grow. We got our chickens last July and are planning rabbits for the...

You're right Steve, the young 'uns like things to stay the same, and I think it provides a sense of continuity throughout one's life. As an adult, I always wanted to capture and re-create the same feeling Christmas had when I was a child. I scoured thrift stores looking to find decorations...

I saw one on pinterest yesterday. It looked quite interesting. You can apparently use sticks to stack them on, or run string or wire through them. Quite labor intensive, but certainly inexpensive!

I've used cloth for the tops as well as labels...folks seem to not care too much...it's what's inside that counts...literally! I find an inexpensive set of plastic bowls with lids and use them as the "basket"...that way they have something useful when it's empty. I also pick up some...

Same here, so lucky. I tell ya, my next stove's going to be gas for sure!!

I use mine on my glass top electric with no trouble except that it's so tall I have to move the stove out to make it fit under the range hood, LOL. In the hot weather, I use a propane camp stove out on the deck.

The ones I actually cook food in are stainless steel; my canner is aluminum. I think some folk may be more susceptible to aluminum than others. My grandmother had all aluminum cookware for her whole married life. Grandpa passed at 90 and she went at 95...and both were sharp as tacks. Of...

Thanks so much for the link, Chickie's...definitely going to check that out! I just can't imagine having wild black raspberries...I'd be in heaven! LOL I think you're right...the extra acid in the soil likely did them a world of good. We've got some spruce trees in the front yard; whatever I...