Lettuce as a Complex Environment

I have been harvesting lettuce seed recently. Usually I just put a palm below one of the dandelion like flowers and with the finger tips of the other hand, massage the ripe seeds from the flower. The ripe seeds fall right out, along with a bunch of chaff.

As a child, I used to go […]

July 2nd, 2008 | Category: Flowers, Gardening, Seed Saving, Speculation | Leave a comment

Using water effectively

Here is how I conserve water in my garden,

The water is controlled and adjustable in each pot. The runoff from the pot, then supports the pear tree planted behind.

Here it is in early spring. The pond on the left catches water, but is allowed to dry out during the summer.

The […]

June 30th, 2008 | Category: Gardening, Husbandry, Pond | 3 comments

In Memory

This is a flower that my recently departed father hybridized.

It is the Lousiana Iris, Ruffled Honey.

Bob

June 23rd, 2008 | Category: Flowers, Pond | 2 comments

Aponogeton

This is water hawthorn. The scent is better than vanilla. An amazing plant that likes cold weather. It will bloom through the ice.

Bob

June 19th, 2008 | Category: Flowers, Pond | 3 comments

Chicken Feeders

I made a few chicken feeders so that I could be gone for a couple of days and have the chickens kept in good shape.

Here is a close up on the watering bucket;

Here is a close up on the food;

Here is a pair of them ready for action!

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June 10th, 2008 | Category: Chickens, Power Tools | 32 comments
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