Bidens rebuttal

November 8, 2016

...read already has me wanting to tincture some of it for its antibacterial properties. Unfortunately we’ve just pulled all of it from our yard and sent the plants away in the green bin, but little baby Bidens are popping up already, so I think I’ll let a few of those grow out. I have the feeling that Bidens is going to be a new permanent resident in our yard....

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Citified Parched Corn

Mrs. Homegrown

March 18, 2013

Food, Food Preservation, How-to, Recipes

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...Then I put the nibblets in our fancy electric dehydrator. I dried a bag of baby green peas while I was at it, because I thought they might parch nicely, too. Fresh frozen corn is, obviously, very different than dried-on-the-cob corn. The fresh kernels are sliced off the cob, so they are open ended. They are missing the white part, the germ. Whole dried corn kernels will look more like popcorn kernels. And as they are whole, they act a little like...

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The problem with polar fleece: it’s in the ocean, it’s in sea creatures, it’s on our plates

Mrs. Homegrown

August 17, 2016

Domesticus

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...ap fleece goods have become ubiquitous at chain stores, in everything from baby clothing to home decoration. As a result, at this point, only the most militant lentil eating do-gooder, the most pure of the pure, do not have at least one polar fleece (polyester fleece) pullover in their wardrobe or blanket on their bed. I have a few polar fleece items, and as with all artificial fibers, I knew when I bought them that these things will never decompo...

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Garden Update Part II: The Good the Bad and a Lot of Ugly

Mr. Homegrown

March 4, 2019

Gardening

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...re under all that vegetation. A close look will also reveal a whole lot of baby fennel that, unless something called “weeding” is done, will take over the yard by summer. A greater threat is the asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus) on the right, a vile and invasive plant that is proof of the fallen nature of this vale of tears. The plant in the center is from Annie’s annuals and I can’t remember the name of it. Kelly knows what it’s called but s...

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Saturday Tweets: Passover/Holy Saturday Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 31, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...n) https://t.co/ICOjnBmWNw — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 27, 2018 Good urbanism. Kamakura, Japan. Continually inhabited since 8000 B.C. pic.twitter.com/bokyhj8wY3 — Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 31, 2018 The best climbers for shade | Alys Fowler https://t.co/mSGg4x4zCD pic.twitter.com/37z1Qx4zDW — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) March 31, 2018 Virginia opossums are the only marsupials native to North America. Just like the offspring...

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