Month: November 2018

Gardening Post

Gardening

Good Day and welcome to our Gardening Section! Gardening is something we take seriously here. The purpose of this Blog is to share information as well as concepts so that everyone can and hopefully will benefit in the pursuit of growing and maintaining a healthy as well as sustainable garden for the enrichment of life. I must confess though, it was never something I ever gave any serious thought or inclination to. My brother in Law Charles, won a raffle  and asked us if we would be interested in the prize instead, for a “Permablitz” which was a prize in[…]

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Baking Post

Baking

Hello There! This is our Baking section of our Gardening Blog. Since we have been growing a lot of our food now for the last nine years I have decided to add baking our own bread as well to the list. Baking bread is now a cornerstone in our everyday life. We bake our own bread and love to experiment with baking differing styles of bread as well as differing approaches (techniques). It is my hope that this can be a place where like minded folks can come to in regards to the art and science of baking artisan breads[…]

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Wheelchair Accessible Planters

Accessible Gardening

Gardening

I am getting more and more interested in accessible gardening, not just because we’re getting older, but in keeping with permaculture principles, making our garden maintenance less effort. Grassroots Garden of Buffalo has published a guide for making community gardens accessible. There are so many aspects to accessibility – walkability, accessibility to water, planters, railings, doorways and much more! One should not think of accessibility as a burden. The majority of these enhancements benefit everyone in the long run!

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Farmhouse Pulley Planter

DIY Pulley Planters

Gardening

As we’ve gotten older (and creakier), bending down to garden has become a burden. It’s hard on the back and knees too! As we consider removing our pool, we hope to have a really nice space to design that will also serve to expand our garden and development of habitat for critters. I became intrigued with the concept of vertical gardens, not just for accessibility, but growing things vertically means you have more space to use and produce more garden goodness! The pulley planters are a fascinating idea! You can purchase retractable pulley planters or you can DIY using recycled[…]

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Homemade Bread

Let’s Get Started! Recipe: No-Knead Bread

Baking, Recipes

This recipe opened the doors of artisan bread baking for me. It was simple recipe from Jim Layhey that was featured in Times online edition. and easy to do. As a result, when it comes to novices, I generally recommend this as a starting point because it is so hard to mess this one up. It will require that you have a Dutch Oven available as this is really the secret to it all. if you don’t have one take the time and find one on eBay it will serve you for sometime on. Note: This will probably be the[…]

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