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The Obsessive Gardener: Green and Cheap Plant Starters
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Monday, April 09, 2012. Green and Cheap Plant Starters. I have been experimenting with making seed starters and planters using materials I would otherwise throw out. I wanted it to be something that would be disposable, as I am getting tired of finding space for all my plastic containers. I also wanted it to be something that I could possibly just plant in the ground with the plant. Here are a few of my creations. A small plant starter! And although these I wouldn't plant directly into the ground, this w...
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The Obsessive Gardener: Making Cultured Buttermilk
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Monday, February 20, 2012. Continuing on my "living like a peasant" kick, as my son calls it, I have tried my hand at making cultured buttermilk. Buttermilk runs about $2 a quart and milk is $4 a gallon. It just makes sense to make it myself. I was a little nervous about leaving dairy out for that long, but the website I was visiting. Created by a chemist, assured me that it would work and that he had done it for years. So I poured a little buttermilk in a quart jar and filled the rest with 2% milk (...
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The Obsessive Gardener: Simple Pleasure
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012. I like to hide happy meal toys around my garden so that when I'm weeding I get a happy surprise. Posted by Sylvana at 1:22 PM. Subscribe to Post Comments [ Atom. Wisconsin, United States. Born and raised in Wisconsin. Despite the rumors, I am not a trained Master Gardener or Chef. View my complete profile. Soil Type: medium to clay loam. The Obsessive Gardener's Tulip Index. World Planting Zone Maps. Understanding Your Soil Type. Intensive Gardening Growing Guide. Rosemary Basi...
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The Obsessive Gardener: I Love Bread
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012. I have been working on developing my bread making skills over the last few months and it is starting to pay off. My Very Own Yeast. I had always wanted to start my own wild yeast culture, but had never been successful. It always seemed to get to a stage where it was smelling wonderful, and then the next day or two it went completely wrong and kept going more wrong. Then I found this great recipe. 1/2 ground rye grain. See how fluffy the dough gets! Chewy, Crusty Bread. Baguet...
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The Obsessive Gardener: Planning Big for Next Year
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Monday, November 28, 2011. Planning Big for Next Year. I mean tall and wide. I want to increase the amount of perennial fruit that I have growing so that I can put up more preserves for the winter - and even have some to give away or sell. My blackberries were not very good this year. Tart and not very blackberry. I'm hoping that they will be better next year as this was still only their second year. But if they don't drastically improve, I may be having a give-away on this blog! I really couldn't ask mo...
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The Obsessive Gardener: I Am Not Myself...
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Monday, February 06, 2012. I Am Not Myself. I have no idea what has come over me, but I have become obsessed with tea cups! So I went back the next day and bought it and two others, since there are three of us in the family. Then I started trawling eBay sneaking peaks at other tea cup and saucer sets. You know, just to see if I got good ones. But then before you know it, I had placed bids on 5 sets! Agh, what was I thinking? Here are the three I bought from the thrift store - the last one is my favorite.
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The Obsessive Gardener: No New Tulips?!
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Monday, December 19, 2011. I just realized that it is now nearly the end of the year and I did not plant any new tulips! This is a first in 14 years. The fall bulb buying season just sneaked past me. That's OK though. I still have at least a hundred bulbs in pots that I didn't get around to actually getting into the ground this spring. That will still give me lots to do in the flower garden next spring. Posted by Sylvana at 7:06 PM. This reminds me that I havent either! Thanks for the reminder! When you ...
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The Obsessive Gardener: A Strange Coincidence
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Sunday, December 11, 2011. For this weekend, I had on my "to do" list obtaining a piece of 4" piping to extend my downspouts since I had taken down the full length of downspout and installed shorter pieces to accommodate the rain barrels I had purchased a few years back. I usually take the short pieces off and reinstall the normal lengths, but I thought it might be easier to just get extenders. My husband and I had made plans to go shopping on Saturday for the material. I can't believe my luck! My mother...
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The Obsessive Gardener: Electric Mower
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Saturday, July 30, 2011. We had tried out a reel mower for nearly a whole season. I love how quiet it is and that it is always ready to go with no start-up, but if your yard is uneven, or your grass gets too tall between mowings, the reel mower can be quite difficult to use. The mower that we got was a Task Force 12A mower. We got it on sale at Lowes for $170, and a 100' cord for $17. It came with a 2 year warranty. Things I loved about the mower:. I didn't get vibration arm. Posted by Sylvana at 2:45 PM.
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The Obsessive Gardener: Like the Gardening Season Never Happened
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Monday, October 17, 2011. Like the Gardening Season Never Happened. I lost nearly the whole growing season. I've been more than a bit preoccupied with other things this year. But I still managed to do some things. My raspberries produced two batches of berries this year. And I thought planting them in November would kill them :) I have been able to make two jars of jam from them so far. The berries have a very good flavor and produce a lot. I have no idea what variety they are. But only have electric hoo...
