So a story came out of a simple request from Walker. A certain little 6-year-old, this Spring, saw us transferring 25 pound bags of Soft White Wheat berries and wanted to know....could he plant them in his garden bed, and would they grow? Well, I had no clue. So we told him he could have… Continue reading Urban Homesteading: Growing Wheat
Tag: Suburban Homesteading
Urban Homesteading: Building New Garden Beds
It all started with the removal of 3 very ugly contractor grade special trees: Good riddance. They blocked sun oddly, were not healthy, and poisoned the ground around them. The problem is...people put them in when small, then they grow quickly, and they are never shaped, and just go crazy in a few years. And… Continue reading Urban Homesteading: Building New Garden Beds
Urban Homesteading: March In The Garden
February left very rainy, and rain came right in as well in March, in the first half. One of our wettest winters on record, which after last year's drought, I will take. March was also considerably colder after how warm January and February were (so basically it was normal temperatures in March!) Still, the garden… Continue reading Urban Homesteading: March In The Garden
Wheat Sandwich Bread
A few years back Kirk replaced my nearly worn out Breadman bread machine with a Zojirushi Home Bakery Supreme machine. While it takes longer to produce a loaf of bread with it than a standard machine (think 3 hours 45 minutes and up), the bread is 2 pounds (many machines don't go that big) and… Continue reading Wheat Sandwich Bread