Author Archives: Slocum's Creak

I’m working on posting more frequently and in some sort of scheduled fashion. I’m also considering offering items for sale. I have of course been told by countless people that I can’t do that! You have to sell on Amazon or Ebay I am told, I think most people who can not figure out howContinue reading “More frequent posting”

Many will say saving seeds isn’t a great idea or that whatever you’re saving seeds from has to be over ripe or dried out. I haven’t found either of these statements to be true, I’ll go on record and say I’m not an expert though! I once, just for grins and giggles took a coupleContinue reading “Saving seeds.”

  Seems a daunting task at best and one I find I desperately need to figure out and soon. Like many others I now find myself living from paycheck to paycheck. It’s frustrating at best!   I had planned on selling starter plants for gardeners this Spring but that fell through when mice found myContinue reading “Making extra money from the homestead.”

  Got a small strawberry patch put it, planted 100 onion sets. Moved some garlic that wasn’t doing so well where I’d planted it. Also started another batch of cucumbers fermenting and started my first batch of jalapenos.   Went and picked up my antique wheel hoe, to be honest I hadn’t touched it inContinue reading “Semi productive weekend.”

As fate would have it wood handles on yard/garden tools can degrade fairly quickly if left out or not properly maintained. I kind of hate to admit it but this is the handle on one of my shovels. This week I’m reworking all my wooden handles getting them ready for the upcoming gardening season. HandleContinue reading “Wood handle tool rescue.”

Been awhile since the last post, life’s been a little hectic to say the least. Seems no matter how well I plan there’s always some reason why I can’t get something done as quickly or in the fashion I intended. With three littles underfoot time is hardly easy to come by it seems but I/weContinue reading “Handy plant starting pots”

  I recently decided to buy a small, fairly inexpensive green house. It’s 12’X6.6’X6.6. I believe this will be good enough for a start and not a major investment in something that will be left behind in the event I find a larger property. Need to finish putting it together. The picture is what itContinue reading “Greenhouse and seed starting.”

  I’ve recently started working on growing sprouts and found I’m also interested in micro greens as well.   I’m always looking for new things to eat and ways to grow them. Growing sprouts to add into salads seems like a great idea to me and if I chose I can pluck a few sproutsContinue reading “Sprouts and Micro Greens.”

  I’ve always hated thinning out plants in the garden. I always wondered if I’m plucking out the right seedling or if it could have ended up being the better plant.   My solution, seed tapes. I looked into buying some once and found I didn’t really like the price so much. It was someContinue reading “Seed Tapes”

I may be starting a little early but when it’s time to plant the garden I want to have decent sized plants to put out. And I have lots of new plants to try this year. Along with a regular garden I am working on building up a food forest, which is taking me longerContinue reading “Seed starting.”