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So in my last post I believe I mentioned I didn’t think one soaker hose going down the middle of the bales would be efficient enough to water the plants . . . I just upgraded!!
A simple “y” fitting, another 100′ of soaker hose, a coupler and I’m satisfied!…
Things are moving along slowly but it is still cooler temps here in MT and raining. Also since I have so many bales to water at once I’m just using my well water which is cold. During the conditioning process it mentions to use warm water to help break down the straw faster.…
Today was windy & cold but sunny so I spent the whole day outside in the garden.
I broke open my first bag of organic nitrogen “Milorganite” to start the conditioning process of the straw bales.
I am using the conditioning guidelines from the milorganite website…
Day One to Six
On day one, spread fertilizer over the top of the bale.…
So this year I’m going to try straw bale gardening on the outside of my fenced in garden. I’m going to grow the bigger plants hoping the deer can’t eat all of them. Like broccoli, cauliflower, radish all my winter and summer squash, carrots, melons, potatoes Etc.…
It was a great day today to do some gardening. I cleared out all the garden beds and I was going to use woodchips to lay in the isles of the garden but I decide to use straw instead. I bought three bales from Spur Line today, thinking that would be enough but I should’ve got four bales.…
Morning Friends! This morning I am going to make another frittata for breakfast in my Solavore Solar Sport Oven. I am so enjoying harvesting the suns energy to cook my family meals. I set my solar oven outside at about 8am to preheat with the reflectors, since it is early morning time and the rays are not very hot at the moment.…
Here is an easy tip for composting egg shells. Egg shells compost better if they are broken up. Place your egg shells in a bag and then crush them. You might want to use a small plate to crush the shells.…
I had chicken in the freezer & bacon to use up. Checked out Solavore’s recipes for a chicken recipe. I found Coq au Vin. I basically had everything but the red wine. Cooked in 4.5 hrs. I did run into a rain cloud for about 10-15m & I doubled the recipe and filled both pots up with food to solar cook.…
I bought myself a solar oven for my birthday! I just made red pepper kale frittata for breakfast. Took 1hr and 25m in the solar oven. So cool.
I just put dinner in the solar oven. Black bean chili! Can’t wait!…
