Comments on: WEEK WRAP UP http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/ One family's journey towards a sustainable, more self sufficient life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:32:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anaishttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10264 Anais Thu, 08 May 2008 17:28:55 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-10264 ALL: Thanks for everyone's concern. Great to be a part of such a wonderful online community. Glad we can keep connecting and inspring.CAROLYN: The loquats will be made into jam and frozen to use in the future (good in cobblers, strudle as an "apple subsitute")KRISTI: Glad you are enjoying your solar oven. The ovens are really neat to use aren't they?EMILY: We don't have to worry about fruit flies for awhile. July-August are the worst time for fruit flies here on the urban homestead since there's loads of peaches that seem to attract their attention.NICK: We are strawberry hoggers. Yep, we keep most of the strawberries to ourselves - freezing, canning, eating fresh. We don't have much trouble with animals eating them (for the moment); however, our two goats like to sneek a few!The variety that we are growing are SEASCAPE ALL: Thanks for everyone's concern. Great to be a part of such a wonderful online community. Glad we can keep connecting and inspring.

CAROLYN: The loquats will be made into jam and frozen to use in the future (good in cobblers, strudle as an "apple subsitute")

KRISTI: Glad you are enjoying your solar oven. The ovens are really neat to use aren't they?

EMILY: We don't have to worry about fruit flies for awhile. July-August are the worst time for fruit flies here on the urban homestead since there's loads of peaches that seem to attract their attention.

NICK: We are strawberry hoggers. Yep, we keep most of the strawberries to ourselves - freezing, canning, eating fresh. We don't have much trouble with animals eating them (for the moment); however, our two goats like to sneek a few!

The variety that we are growing are SEASCAPE

]]> By: Susanhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9929 Susan Mon, 05 May 2008 09:50:53 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9929 Can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy reading your posts. The pictures are wonderful........how envious I am!! I live in Northern Michigan. We can't even THINK of gardens yet! Thanks so much for your website! Susan Schmitz Can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy reading your posts. The pictures are wonderful........how envious I am!! I live in Northern Michigan. We can't even THINK of gardens yet! Thanks so much for your website!
Susan Schmitz

]]> By: Dagny McKinleyhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9894 Dagny McKinley Sun, 04 May 2008 17:00:48 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9894 We also had extreme weather this week. Went from sixties to a snow storm. The ski mountain isn't even showing brown patches yet. That usually happens in March. Pics of the gardens look amazing.Dagny McKinleyorganic apparel We also had extreme weather this week. Went from sixties to a snow storm. The ski mountain isn't even showing brown patches yet. That usually happens in March. Pics of the gardens look amazing.

Dagny McKinley

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]]> By: Carolynhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9893 Carolyn Sun, 04 May 2008 15:41:16 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9893 How will you be preserving your loquats? Canning, or made into jams and jellies? Do you share recipes? Thank you for a wonderful site. It makes my day. How will you be preserving your loquats? Canning, or made into jams and jellies? Do you share recipes?
Thank you for a wonderful site. It makes my day.

]]> By: amyhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9878 amy Sun, 04 May 2008 02:16:46 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9878 Love all the photos of what you have growing everywhere. I can't wait for warmer weather here in WA. I also am loving your driveway that's planted too it's great! Most people seem to use their driveway to park their cars because their garages are too full of "stuff." Very inspiring to see plants where gas guzzling cars are usually parked in other's homes. :) Thanks for all the continuing inspiration. Love all the photos of what you have growing everywhere. I can't wait for warmer weather here in WA. I also am loving your driveway that's planted too it's great! Most people seem to use their driveway to park their cars because their garages are too full of "stuff." Very inspiring to see plants where gas guzzling cars are usually parked in other's homes. :) Thanks for all the continuing inspiration.

]]> By: Kristihttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9872 Kristi Sat, 03 May 2008 20:31:10 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9872 Hi again, I love cooking in my solar overn. I recently enlarged my front garden by putting down cardboard and pine straw mulch. I'm liberating my yard a little at a time!I love your gatherings that you have. Are they impromtu? or is this part of a regular thing? It must be so much fun to share with people who appreciate what you are doing. I wouldn't mind doing something like that myself.Kristi Hi again, I love cooking in my solar overn. I recently enlarged my front garden by putting down cardboard and pine straw mulch. I'm liberating my yard a little at a time!

I love your gatherings that you have. Are they impromtu? or is this part of a regular thing? It must be so much fun to share with people who appreciate what you are doing. I wouldn't mind doing something like that myself.

Kristi

]]> By: Ginnyhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9866 Ginny Sat, 03 May 2008 16:12:00 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9866 Wow! Great post. It is nice to know what's happening around there and have such good pictures to look at and be inspired by. I have my boxes and I am going to build my first solar oven, soon. Thanks!In Christ,Ginny http://randvfarmstead.blogspot.com Wow! Great post. It is nice to know what's happening around there and have such good pictures to look at and be inspired by. I have my boxes and I am going to build my first solar oven, soon. Thanks!

In Christ,

Ginny
http://randvfarmstead.blogspot.com

]]> By: Koryhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9861 Kory Sat, 03 May 2008 13:59:52 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9861 those potatoes need a little new york salt potatoe treatment!fill that pot with water and 1 cup of salt, let them cook up until tender and drizzle a little melted butter when they come out.Those delicious looking new potatoes deserve no less, now if you'll excuse me, I have my own potatoes to plant. those potatoes need a little new york salt potatoe treatment!

fill that pot with water and 1 cup of salt, let them cook up until tender and drizzle a little melted butter when they come out.

Those delicious looking new potatoes deserve no less, now if you'll excuse me, I have my own potatoes to plant.

]]> By: Nickhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9837 Nick Sat, 03 May 2008 06:44:53 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9837 What variety of strawberries do you grow, and do you need to net them to keep birds, possums, etc from eating them? Also, are any of the strawberries sold to restaurants or do you eat them all yourselves? I rarely buy them in the supermarkets nowadays because they are usually almost tasteless.Nick (fellow Pasadenan) What variety of strawberries do you grow, and do you need to net them to keep birds, possums, etc from eating them? Also, are any of the strawberries sold to restaurants or do you eat them all yourselves? I rarely buy them in the supermarkets nowadays because they are usually almost tasteless.

Nick (fellow Pasadenan)

]]> By: Emily Bhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/05/02/week-wrap-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9827 Emily B Sat, 03 May 2008 03:10:59 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/?p=4798#comment-9827 How interesting you have had tempertures so high when we have had temps so unusally low for this time of year in oz. We had frosts in april, a first in years! Just a quick question why do you leave the leaves on your loquats? I usually just pick off the fruit and then cook it up, are you storing it? Is it to stop it bruising or to keep it from going brown (buggers aren't they how quickly they go brown!) You have me wondering. Also do you have fruit flys? Our guavas, loquats and any stone fruit are servely infested with them, but I have never seen you mention them. Thanks as always, for your great information and inspiration, Emily B How interesting you have had tempertures so high when we have had temps so unusally low for this time of year in oz. We had frosts in april, a first in years!
Just a quick question why do you leave the leaves on your loquats? I usually just pick off the fruit and then cook it up, are you storing it? Is it to stop it bruising or to keep it from going brown (buggers aren't they how quickly they go brown!) You have me wondering.
Also do you have fruit flys? Our guavas, loquats and any stone fruit are servely infested with them, but I have never seen you mention them.
Thanks as always, for your great information and inspiration, Emily B

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