May 2009

Companion Planting Made Easy-ish: Part 3 of 3

Free Plans & Printables

As we’ve said before, companion planting is like seating your guests at the wedding reception. 1. Members of the same family shouldn’t be seated together. 2. Hatfields and McCoys must be kept across the room from each other. Today, we cover Rule 3: Sometimes, somebody dated someone else’s sister and it ended very badly, so [...]

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Companion Planting Made Easy-ish: Part 2 of 3

Free Plans & Printables

We’ve already covered Rule One: Separate Family Members. If you missed that one, you’ll have no idea what I’m talking about when I mention a particular plant family. So go back now. Learning this stuff for each and every species will make your ears bleed. Seriously. In this part we cover Rule Two: Separate Hatfields [...]

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Companion Planting Made Easy-ish: Part 1 of 3

Free Plans & Printables

When I was describing all of this to TL, she made a wise remark. Companion planting is just like planning the seating at your wedding reception. 1. Too many members of the same family shouldn’t be seated together. 2. Hatfields and McCoys must be kept across the room from each other. 3. Sometimes somebody dated [...]

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Easy Homemade Sour Cream

Dairy Foods

1. Put 4 tbsp cultured buttermilk in a bowl (introduces protective, delicious, lacto-bacteria found naturally in all unpasteurized milk.) 2. “Splash in” 2 cups half and half. 3. Cover and leave out 12-48 hrs to achieve desired thickness and sourness. FOR THE LOVE OF PETE DON’T STIR IT!!! 4. Refrigerate to stop lacto-bacteria growth and [...]

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No-Measure Whole Grain Pancakes

Breakfast

Technically, yes, you have to measure, but they are the kind of measurements I can hang with–approximate. I make these all the time because I don’t have to get a cookbook or recipe card out. I just scoop, dump and stir. The measurements are approximate and that’s the beauty of ‘em. No measuring spoons or [...]

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