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Plants For A Bright Shade Patio

I moved recently. Said goodbye to the food forest I had for almost twenty years and went somewhere smaller that I didn’t have to worry about the upkeep of a 1/4 acre. I now have a beautiful shaded patio, and I do something I never did with my large garden: sit and enjoy it. I spend hours every morning out here watching hummingbirds, anole lizards and toads doing their thing. I’m actually grateful…

#Patio gardening

It's Yogurt Making Time!

If you aren’t making yogurt today, you aren’t eating enough yogurt! It’s time for me to start another batch. I hope you keep up with me and start your probiotic journey in earnest! I have never felt better health wise, and I have had a lot of health issues. Probiotics are pretty magical. I’ve lost 30 lbs in the last 8 months (a lot of that was stress changes. I called it my “divorce diet”. But…

#probiotics #yogurt

Today's Probiotics

Are you living your best probiotic life? If you do a little prep work, probiotics can be an easy delicious addition to every meal. My breakfast of crushed strawberries (I crush them in a bowl with sugar and the top of a glass. This actually crushes the strawberry in chunks and it juices it at the same time. The sugar mixes in and it is a delightful topping. I keep mine in a jar in the fridge.)…

#Fermented foods #how to eat more fermented food #kimchi #shrubs #Sourkraut #wine #yogurt

Homemade Tomato Cage From The Dollar Store

All you need is at the dollar store. Starting this out: would I do this again? Well, no. But I’m going to give you directions because this is cheap and if you have some time this is totally achievable. This is done with things you can pick up at your local dollar store. Thick 36 inch bamboo skewers. (I don’t know what these are for officially. My mom thinks marshmallow sticks, I’ll go with…

#biodegradable vine support #cheap flowering vine support #homemade vine support

My TARDIS Has Arrived

I have had some fun blog achievements in the past couple of months! I wasn’t expecting this one. Although I knew I had been viewed in a lot of countries over the years. This was a pretty cool accomplishment. It’s my thirteenth year on WordPress. Last year I didn’t miss a single day of blogging. I had a rough year this year, but I’m much better now. Angry little men are no longer problems in my…

#13 years of blogging #how to successfully blog #how to write a longterm blog

What Can I Put In Sourkraut?

Ginger, two Granny Smith apples and a pear. Tamper link So have you ever really thought about the world of probiotics? Homegrown, like grandma (or great-grandma) whipped up every fall when the cabbages came in? Salt, cabbage and pounding the heck out of the cabbage with a tamper. I make a lot of probiotic ferments. I make refrigerator pickles, 36 hour yogurt, kimchi, wine and sourkraut. The…

#apple pear mango ginger orange sourkraut recipe #recipes #Sourkraut #what can I put in sourkraut

Finishing The Vegetable Beds

Soil has been added to my vegetable beds. The bananas have been fertilized. Bird baths have been scrubbed. I added water crystals to the beds this year because the bags of composted manure have a ton of sand in them and water runs right out of the beds, without something to absorb it. Pvc marking an unplanted corner of the potato bed. And yes, I did all of this in my trusty flip flops. The…

Hugelkulter High Density Fruit Tree Bed (Or Heather's Humor Odyssey)

Here’s a spring journey you can experience now. I don’t freeze until about Thanksgiving so I still have a little while until I shut down my garden: “Soooo, what have you been up to, you crazy little gardener?” Well. Actually, I’ve been very, very busy. Busy, busy, busy. Mainly, because I don’t know how not to be. I fill my free time with projects and experiments. Once I get these ideas for…

#backyard hugelkultur #fruit high density

Reflections

It’s hard to catch a still pond right now because there’s birds on it. Every time I notice the ponds are completely still, I start walking towards them and I spook the geese and I get ripples. This is the upper pond. There’s a Canadian geese couple up here and some malard ducks. It’s still a beautiful picture even if the reflection isn’t perfect!

Hmmm

If you are a Doctor Who fan. I found some psychotic potato dwarf scat. I heard they can actually grow from it. Sorry. Inside joke.

Closest Thing To Water Sprites

Sun kissed waves. Closest thing to Water Sprites or Fairies. Sparkling and beautiful. I tell you what. Colorado is a healing place.

Solar Powered Chicken

Bwahaha! That’s the first thing I thought of when I saw all of the hens scooting around with the shields on to keep the roosters off their backs. OK. Maybe only I see weird concepts like that. But I thought it was hilarious.

One Good Horse...

There’s an old cowboy saying: “You only get one good horse, one good dog and one good woman in your life. Don’t f’ it up.” Still waiting for my one good man. I’ve already checked the other boxes. Maybe it would be easier to understand these days to say an exceptional dog, and an exceptional horse since most of us have pets and not working animals. But even lowering the bar to a decent man… I…

Non Astringent, Asian Persimmon In South Texas

I’m in San Antonio. I grow Asian persimmons and have done so for about twelve years. The first tree was a dud (that’s what the picture above is.) It was an astringent persimmon, a Saijo. It was fantastically sweet, but had the texture of a water balloon filled with snot. Varying degrees of ripeness from the Saijo. Saijo was always a big producer, even if it was hot and dry. I knew my problem…

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Sunset

When a filter is truly optional in a sunset photo, you know you are in the Rocky Mountains!

Release The Ducks!

We went and picked up my mom’s ducks from the “fowl whisperer” who was caring for her chickens and ducks while she was down in Texas helping me. Duckies ready for their season on the pond. They have to share with Canadian geese. We’re hoping there’s no duck murdering by the wild birds. Ducks enjoying their first dip in the pond. Always enjoyable watching the stark white ducks float around on…

As Above, So Below.

I love reflections on the pond on still days!

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