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July 3, 2009
Justin alerted me to this article
Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard
CONCORD, N.H. – Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
Late blight — the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s — occurs sporadically in the Northeast, but this year’s outbreak is more severe for two reasons: infected plants have been widely distributed by big-box retail stores and rainy weather has hastened the spores’ airborne spread.
How are your veggies fairing this growing season? Better, same or worse than last year?
Coming soon, we tally up our June Harvest - what about you - care to weigh in? Because of the cooler than normal June I am suspecting the tally will be on the low side.
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July 1, 2009
Plant Pottery that Works
Ollas this season have been flying off the shelves (virtually speaking) Good news is that the 1.5 and 1 gallons are back in stock so stock up while supplies last. What’s even better is we are getting returning customers who are wanting more for their garden and they have nothing but good reviews over using clay pot irrigation in their garden.
Other hot items are the soil blocks, hanging solar food dryers and the canning kits (temporarily out of stock and we’ll be getting another batch at the end of June and just in time for your preservation efforts)
Order $50 and get a chance to win a 3 DVD collection of HOMESTEAD BLESSINGS (one more drawing to go!)
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June 30, 2009
In ancient Rome, roses were often added to celebratory cuisine, and Middle Eastern fare still includes roses in numerous desserts. In America, candied rose petals were a favorite during the Victorian era.
It’s been a good year for roses. Not only are the fragrant flowers useful (we like to make rose petal syrup to flavor lemonade — which is a favorite and desserts) but our goats love the roses too. We get a kick watching the goats eat roses - thorns and all. Yeah, ouch I say! But they could care less about the thorns and munch happily on one of their favorite treats.
Now with the peaches coming in season, going to try mixing flowers and fruit!
Nothing goes to waste here on the urban homestead; if it’s not consumed by people or by our animals then the worms get the rest.
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Tags: Goats, rose petal syrup
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June 29, 2009
It’s fruit season here on the urban homestead! Our dwarf trees are loaded with fruit. Coming up next– apple butter, apricot syrup and peach preserves…..
Oh and the blueberries are ripening as fast as we can pick em. We picked over 1 lb - which is a lot of little fruit! YUM.
The June gloom seemed to delay our fruit from ripening. The apricots are 1/2 and 1/2 Though the apricot fruit is slightly green, we ended picking them anyways because, over the weekend, the temperature is supposed to spike into the 90’s and we don’t want the fruit to crack (some are already slightly cracked) Besides, there’s a pesky little squirrel!
What’s fruiting in on your homestead?
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Tags: backyard fruit, fruit, the urban homestead, Urban Homestead
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June 26, 2009
Here on the urban homestead we grow some quite odd/unusual fruit. This year our tropical cherry bushes (aka surinam cherry) bushes are loaded with a decent harvest.
A decent harvest is when we get more than a (one) handful so that means asking “grandma google” (ask Jordanne has so rightfully dubbed this search engine) for advice on using these fruit.
We tried out this recipe (I didn’t bother adding canned cherries, just increased the amount of surinam cherries instead) which turned out quite good. So, the recipe’s a keeper and it goes into my every growing collection of recipes.
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Tags: the urban homestead, Urban Homestead
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