Author Archives: Slocum's Creak

So anyways the gist of this entry, assuming I can ever finish. My 3 year old helper was pointing out the many, many grammatical mistakes while sitting on my lap and asking if he can fix them while reaching for my key pad. Lol Starting again on this post, it’s been nearly two years sinceContinue reading “Time for a cold frame?”

Like many I have limited storage space. So I’ve been moving more towards dehydrating  and vacuum packing. There’s advantages in both space saving and longer term storage of produce that would spoil rather quickly in comparison to fresh.   Early on I posted a little about dehydrating, while I had used a dehydrator for yearsContinue reading “Dehydrated Food revisited.”

I’m a bit premature with this one for sure but I’m gearing up to start my seedlings. I waited last season until I was supposed to have. However much of what I started last season from seed failed to produce. We had a pretty toasty Summer and it just got too hot too fast, soContinue reading “Starting seeds”

  I have often seen others questioning how they can best recycle or repurpose their old tin cans. Some of the cans that processed foods come in are aluminum and shouldn’t be a problem to recycle. Though that may depend on the salvage yard you have access to.   The one that is local toContinue reading “Recycling tin cans”

  Last year went out with a bang, or perhaps more of a whimper. Spent the last two weeks of 2022 being sick.   I finally broke down and went to the doctor, still having issues breathing but feeling better.   I’m starting out the new year with the dehydrator filled to capacity. I foundContinue reading “New year new beginnings.”

We’ve all seen the srories about re growing plants from left over pieces of produce. But does it work? I personally have had limited succes trying it, in fact unti only recently I’d had nothing but failures. But then I found part of a forgotten cabbage way back in the back of the fridge stillContinue reading “Growing plants from scraps?”

What do sweat potato leaves have to do with anything, your probably thinking. This is the first year I’ve grown sweat potatoes and I’m learning as much as I can about them. I have them growing in a few places around the yard. As those who have been following along for awhile knows, I’m workingContinue reading “Sweat potato leaves”

It seems everytime I commit to writting more I suffer from writters block. I struggle with what to write about, I tend to prefer writting specifically about things I am doing or have done. I feel I do a better job writting about what I already know. However I have decided that I can alsoContinue reading “Fences”

Where I am located I have now had four seperate compost piles. The last two being the best, the first was moved and I planted rhubarb in it’s place. If you look closely you can still some organic materials towards the back. What remained of the first was mixed in with a bale of hayContinue reading “Compost pile”

Well, okay, not really. I almost bet you heard Woody from Toy Story saying it though, I know I did! Lol So anyways, last week the oldest boy came to the shop where I work, he was breathless. He had peddled his bike as fast as he could for the short distance it takes toContinue reading “There’s a snake in my boot!”