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greenhouse boxes are cooking

24 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Dusty Lynn Baker in Uncategorized

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boxes, bricks, fire pit, gardening, grass, greenhouse, limestone, parachute cord, perennials, seeds, sunroom, tiller, weeds, wood chips

Got two 3′ x 3′ greenhouse boxes set up just outside of the sunroom door.  I purchased these and am concerned that they’re a bit lightweight so I’ve staked them down (inside) and, I’ve placed bricks with parachute cord over the lids to hopefully keep the wind from taking them until I find a better strapping option for the lids.  (Suggestions greatly appreciated!)  I have a feeling, that later this year or next spring I’ll be building more permanent ones with wood and recycled windows.

Greenhouse boxes

Before placing the boxes, I tilled the ground under them and in the walkway between.  I then placed newspaper over the soil inside of the greenhouses to block the sunlight and kill the existing grass and any weed seeds that I stirred up with the tiller.  The walkway is lined with newspaper also and then topped with wood chips from our property.  With newspaper and chips in place, I then soaked the area in and around the boxes to settle the soil and pack down the chips and paper.

Since this is the beginning of a pathway to our fire pit, I plan to continue the wood chips in a T-shape around the boxes so that I won’t have to worry about mud when working on the sides opposite the sidewalk.  I’ll then add perennials along the future pathway and line the edges with limestone rocks gathered from our property.

 

 

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love tip #7: identifying edible wild garlic

18 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by Dusty Lynn Baker in love tips

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bulb, edible weeds, education, flavor, hollow stem, identification, plants, salad, stem, taste, weeds, wild garlic, wild onion, yard grass

It’s that time of year.  The wild garlic has sprouted up in my yard in what seems like overnight and I’m ready to start using it in my recipes.  But, how do I know if it’s edible?  And how can I tell if it’s wild onions or wild garlic popping up?

Wild garlic growing in the woods by my house.  It looks like grass at first glance, but closer up it reveals its similarity to green onions or chives.  It is also far outpacing the yard grass in this cool weather.

Wild garlic growing in the woods by my house. It looks like grass at first glance, but closer up it reveals its similarity to green onions or chives. It is also far outpacing the yard grass in this cool weather.

A full wild garlic bulb with stem pulled from the back, left of the clump in the above picture.

A full wild garlic bulb with stem pulled from the back, left of the clump in the above picture.

Wild garlic is identified from wild onion due to it's hollow stem.

Wild garlic is identified by its garlic/onion odor and hollow stem.  Wild onions have a flattened stem.

How the wild garlic bulb looks when split open.  Very difficult to differentiate from a wild onion.  Luckily, both are edible and good tasting!

How the wild garlic bulb looks when split open. Although difficult to differentiate from a wild onion, both are edible and good tasting!

And the taste?  Today’s sample had a wonderfully strong flavor of garlic with the slight heat you would expect from a standard onion.  Yum!

Remember that while both are edible, I don’t recommend randomly going out and tasting your yard greens without proper education!  You could get a rotten tummy or even poisoned by popping the wrong yard greens into your salads.  So please, take my info at heart, and if you have any question as to plant identification: Stop!  Don’t eat it!  Learn from an expert!

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