OLLAS
Ollas Consistent watering is needed for a healthy garden. Setting up an irrigation system can be time-consuming and expensive, but it is worth it. I hope to set up a self-sustaining drip irrigation system this summer; it is one of my pet projects. If you…
Apple Squash Leather
Squash is an inexpensive vegetable that is easy to grow. During the fall season, I often find myself with a lot of squash, and I like to look for other ways of using it besides roasting it. This fruit leather was easy to make, and…
VERTICAL GARDENING
Vertical Gardening When I read about growing a pumpkin vertically, on a trellis, in Mel Bartholomews’ All New Square Foot Garden Book, I fell in love with the idea. I had a plot at the community garden, and I thought a big pumpkin growing on…
HOW TO GROW SWEET POTATO SLIPS
Sweet potato slips are expensive if you order them from a garden supply store. This project is worth the effort if you want to grow sweet potatoes. Buy an organic sweet potato. Organic is better because non-organic sweet potatoes have a chemical that prevents them…
HOMEOPATHY FOR EAR INFECTIONS
Pulsatilla Pulsatilla 30C is the first remedy to consider for ear infections that develop after a cold; it has a broad sphere of action and covers a lot of symptoms associated with congestion and mucus. A child who needs Pulsatilla may be whiny, clingy, thirstless,…
KOMBUCHA
Kombucha, also called tea kvass, is a sour-tasting fermented beverage of Russian origin made by fermenting sweetened tea with a SCOBY. SCOBY is an acronym that stands for Symbiotic Colony of Yeast and Bacteria. The probiotic bacteria and yeast ferment the sugar and tea, and…
WATER KEFIR
Making water kefir is very easy. If you feed the grains regularly, they will stay alive for months or years. Kefir grains are a type of SCOBY(symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast). They are probiotic organisms (aka the good bacteria and yeast). I do not…
