As promised, tonight I bring to you the heart-breaking saga of the second Squash Vine Borer (hereafter known as SVB) attack on my beloved b-nut squash.
After neglecting to meticulously inspect my butternut squash vines due to reading somewhere that the dreaded SVB ceases attacking after August, I was horrified to find one Sunday morning three [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Attack of the Squash Vine Borer 2
Posted in Container Gardening, tagged Butternut Squash, Garden Pests, Gardening, Squash Vine Borer on October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Chia-Brown Rice Bread At Last!
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Food, tagged Baking, Bread, Gluten-free, Quick Bread, Wheat-free on October 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okey-dokey, after some experimenting, I think I finally came up with a pretty good chia-brown rice bread. I got the idea when I came across Nuchiafoods.com, which sells a chia-brown rice flour product for wheat-free baking. ‘Course, they don’t tell you the ratio of chia to brown rice flour they use, so I had to [...]
Grow Yer Own? Thoughts on Salon.com’s Article
Posted in Container Gardening, Self-Sufficiency, Square Foot Gardening, tagged Container Gardening, Hydroponics, Lasagna Gardening, Mittleider Gardening, Salon.com, Self-Sufficiency, Square Foot Gardening on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, whilst beginning my day at ye olde soul-sucking job, I was, of course, cruising the Internet instead of working (“Bad Zippy, Bad Girl!”). Salon.com happens to be one of the sites I visit throughout the day, even though I often get annoyed by much of Salon’s whiny intellectuals skeptical over any damn thing [...]
