How To Make Mustard
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vfem
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I really need to get you a subscription to Mother Earth... I LOVE MINE!!!
Man, I could sit and reread the last 2 years worth just for the heck of it. Always good stuff!!!
Man, I could sit and reread the last 2 years worth just for the heck of it. Always good stuff!!!
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boggybranch
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v...... I've thought about suscribing but they have soooo many articles on stuff like solar power, wind power (you know...."green" stuff), that's good stuff to consider but is, just, too "unreachable" to/for me. Just seems like there are more articles that don't appeal to me, than do.vfem said:
Still......it's a great magazine, though.
vfem
Garden Addicted
You'd be shocked more then 50% is gardening every month. They have great articles on baking, cooking and canning as well all the time.boggybranch said:
The eco-living stuff, probably about 1-2 articles total a month. Which I usually skip over anyways. My husband likes to glance though on occasion. As he's a carpenter, he wants to see what is 'in' at the moment, and what new trends in building are coming into liking. He likes to be ahead of the game in his field if we could ever get him back to work.
I think its WELL worth it, since most of the gardening stuff is great to have in case you need to grab an older copy from last season, to prepare for this season.
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boggybranch
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Well, then, I'll have to pick up the next copy and check it out. That "eco" stuff is fine, in moderation, but shouldn't be the main theme. Sounds like it's getting back like it was pre-eco age. I have always wished that they would take all those "green" articles and put them in a sister publication and get the magazine back on the basic (what ANYBODY can accomplish) homesteading track.
MuranoFarms
Attractive To Bees
I agree completely boggy. All the 'off the grid living' articles are just too much for me. I will never live without electricity and I won't be building my own 'green' home. The Dec/Jan issue was pretty good....lots of stuff we can use and an article on growing asparagus....which I want to attempt this season. If I didn't have a subscription, I would pick and choose the issues to buy. I wont renew though.boggybranch said:
digitS'
Garden Master
Making mustard!?
. . . . I wonder . . .
Now, this is bok choy seed but I also save a little radish seed . . . and some mustard seed . . .
That 1st book cited in the MEN article, I've asked to have it sent to my local branch library
. Thanks, BoggyB!
Steve
. . . . I wonder . . .
Now, this is bok choy seed but I also save a little radish seed . . . and some mustard seed . . .
That 1st book cited in the MEN article, I've asked to have it sent to my local branch library
. Thanks, BoggyB!Steve
vfem
Garden Addicted
How much do you need to plant Steve to get 1-2 lbs of mustard seed? I am thinking about added various mustards to my already huge inventory of jams. I love mustard (not a mayo girl) and this would be a great thing to make space far.
Holachicka
Deeply Rooted
Can you beleive that I actually have TMEN's first magazine through the 45th? Even now going through those old magazines gives such a wealth of information!!vfem said:
digitS'
Garden Master
Oops! I remember starting to try to find an answer for you, V!vfem said:
Let's see, commercial production of mustard (did you know that I live where mustard and canola are grown commercially?
) - - yield is about 1500 pounds / acre, according to one source.43,560 square feet in an acre so . . . 1.5 pounds could be grown in 43.5 square feet.
Keep in mind that I don't know of any of these acres that are irrigated. My mustard plants certainly are larger and lusher than what I see where fields are planted - so, I think you could probably grow 1.5 lbs in about 25 sq ft, or so.
Steve
no, i didn't try that recipe . . . can't get thru the jars i get in those gift packs nor the darn French's that DW keeps buying at the soopermarket!
