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I'm all about not using a clothes dryer anymore. my setup is inside with a portable clothes rack with a flat mesh top. I flat and hang dry almost everything on that. Assisted by a floor fan. It also helps that my washer has a high-speed spin. My clothes smell wonderful.
Great reasons here. The one that resonates most is the adaptability of the seeds year after year to our soil type. I live in a dry area and the soil is very clayey (if that's even a word). And I notice that seeds often struggle to grow. Perhaps if I harvest the seeds of the plants that do grow well, I can save myself a lot of disappointment.
I Just realized i had these in my yard! I’ve lived in this house for a few years now and never noticed until yesterday! I’m definitely gonna be eating some!
We have a runt she is full of life and drama i hope she doesnt die she is so odd from the rest all the chickens just do there chicken stuff while the runt hen always wants to play hide n seek with me its funny and loves the attention i even take her in the house put her on a pirch i made bc she has huge feet for her tiny body ever morning she pecks at my ear to wake me up and she flutters to my shoulder and i go about my day she has such a big personality as im making food she always wants to taste test it first before i do
I was raising them for food but i don't know i can do that i didnt realize how much fun they can be and such big personality i might just raise the rest of the hens for eggs but this runt one she gonna be my compainion i have dogs too but there getting old and back and fourth to the vet
Lambsquarter (aka wild spinach) is a spinach relative and likewise very high in oxalic acid/oxalates. Right up there with spinach, chard and beets. You can still eat it but a) rotate with other low oxalic greens such as any cabbage family plants, b) serve with a rich source of calcium like cheese or sour cream so it binds in your digestive system & moves on out, and c) cook in water and draining that off will substantially reduce the oxalic content before adding it to other dishes.
Seems like a full time job to forage, with risks hirer than most jobs allow, that doesnt even meet returns 1/10th of minimum wage... why not just plant stuff?
So it is toxic and non edible when it starts to get tall? And what about if there is poison ivy close by? I have the ivy growing up a pine tree in my yard and the poke weed is very close to it.
I had the stuff growing in my backyard and I thought it was chives because the greenery growing from it tasted like onion, so I dug it up and planted it! Now it's flowering and it turns out it was wild field garlic! Cool!
OMG. Memories. I'm generation X and our mom would feed us this stuff in a form of a sour meat stew we would eat with rice. You can use any kind of meat for the stew. We also liked it with fish. It helped us stretch our meat budget so we didn't consume so much meat too fast. We were strong and lean kids back in the day. Probably because it prevented constipation. Our neighbor's kids didn't touch the stuff and they were fat and grouchy. It's sour because of the Oxalic acid and Vitamin C. If eaten raw, you use it in salads for a little tangy taste. Mom saved a lot of money foraging for this plant instead of buying kale or other leafy greens at the supermarket. We were also sure it did not have insecticides on it. It takes a lot of water to process it because you will be washing the bugs and dirt off of it before consuming. You will also want to boil some water and blanch it a couple times before putting into into your stew in order to leach out the oxalic acid and to kill any hidden critters like spiders and aphids. Save the water in a big tub and soak all your rusty engine parts in it. It removes rust.
I ate a bunch of raw acorns when I was a kid, I ended up in the hospital for about a week. I was unaware of what tannens were and how they can effect the body if you don't roast or boil them out
I’ve been safe and seats for years. I have never been able to figure out how to do. Cabbage broccoli cauliflower. I live in the state of Pennsylvania zone five. I read that they were by annual. I’m not sure how you get them to make seeds.
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I expected a discussion about the "legality" of planting seeds because seed sellers restrict the practice of saving seeds. Yes, it's not really enforceable for home owners, but it's an issue that should be discussed.
@@JenM.5387 That sounds right, but I think there's a what if scenario where a commercial plant can cross with your plants. Now, you're saving seeds that contain "their" property. It's ridiculous, but I've heard it come up on other gardening/homesteading videos.
@@chrisdonovan8795 we've heard of that as well, not sure how common it is for small/medium scale growers to face legal action and it's not the focus of this video, but might be a good topic to potentially cover in the future. 👍
@@chrisdonovan8795 this is mainly an issue for commercial growers, and only if a patented transgene is identified in their field. I've heard of it happening with Roundup-ready varieties. Seems sketchy even then. (You could equally well argue that the Monsanto pollen contaminated their field.) As you say, it would be unenforceable for a small grower or gardener.
@@JenM.5387 That sounds right. I watched an excellent video that spoke of the relatively recent shift of promoting seed sharing (even by the government!) to this draconian ownership of seed varieties. I'm not an alarmist, but this is potentially scary stuff.
Plantain pronounced plan-tin like captain. Some types that are native to America are Plantago virginica (Virginia plantain or Dwarf plantain), Plantago rhodosperma (Redseed plantain), and Plantago rugelii (Rugel’s plantain) Also Plantago cordata (Heartleaf plantain) is listed as endangered in Canada.
What gets me is the people who hate being in an HOA because they don't want anyone dictating to them what they can put in their front yards. Then they turn around and chide people who want lawns. Talk about being hypocritical! You say there's no good reason to have a lawn? There are actually several good reasons, including lowering the ambient temperature. But the biggest reason for me is the beauty. There are drought-tolerant varieties that require less maintenance too. To each their own, but beautiful lawns are part of my healthy and gorgeous landscape. So you do you and I'll do me and we can both be happy.
One year when I was gathering acorns and the guy who lived in the house next to the tree tree asked me what the Frick I was doing, and I was like I am stealing your acorns and he’s like 0h 1second came back with a rake help me gather all the acorns and then thanked me for cleaning up the acorns😹 I get a acorns he doesn’t have to clean them up win-win
Why destroy your own land? What is the reason Humanure is dedicated land for no animals and no human-animal food LEGALLY for 100 years??? Please delete from your otherwise wise sharing. #asiflifeonEarthMatters #insteading
Great Video! It would be helpful though if the Azure folks would know what type of grains they're selling. Before I ordered I asked if the hard red wheat was winter or spring and got the answer of "we don't know. All it says is hard red wheat". The grain is still good and works in my sourdough; but I still would like more info as to type (Red Fife? Yecora rojo? Rouge de Bordeaux? Turkey Red? Spring or Winter?)
