Author Archives: Slocum's Creak

  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!”

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.”