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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Improvised Dinner Tastes Like Thanksgiving?

Monday, September 29, 2008

I got home from work last night grumpy and hungry.  Giving the fridge the once over, I determined we have nothing to eat in the house.  That’s when we get creative.  Thus the Cream of Chicken Stuffing and Vegetables Hot Dish was born. First, I boiled 2 cups of water in a pan.  I added [...]

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Adventures in Soil-less Gardening

Monday, September 22, 2008

Even though outdoor gardening is coming to an end soon, I did a quick experiment with 4/5 coco coir and 1/5 worm castings. It is watered with half-strength CNS17 nutrients every other watering when the pot gets light. This marigold is incredibly happy in this soil-less mixture. There are a couple of advantages over regular [...]

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It’s Grape Harvest Time!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

I was gifted 10 gallons of concord grapes. I couldn’t quite figure out how to juice them, so I ended up stomping on them. They ended up giving me about 4 gallons of juice for wine. I pitched my champagne yeast and put it in the basement to ferment. I have never had good concord [...]

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Serious Beer Brats

Thursday, September 18, 2008

I love me some beer brats. I don’t think you understand. They are easy to prepare, but absolutely delicious. Here’s the recipe. First, we put 2 cans of beer, a handful of chopped onions, 5-6 brats, and salt and pepper to taste in a pan. They are boiled for a half hour. Then they are [...]

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Hydro Garden Update

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Grodan was kind enough to send me tons of rockwool for my indoor garden.  Updates are coming soon!

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Great Hydroponic Blogs

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

I have searched far and wide for hydroponic blogs. Although there are usually other things in these blogs, they are great resources of information. The General Hydroponics blog is great! Ann’s Air Gardens is a big more specific to Aerogardens, but is updated fairly regularly. Max’s Weblog is about general gardening, but he did a [...]

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How to Make a Compost Pile

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

I love compost. You can practically use as much as you want as a fertilizer in the garden and it won’t burn your plants. I am going to show you how to make a simple and odorless compost pile. First we start with a large tupperware. Then we fill it with wet shredded newspaper and [...]

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