Recap on Winter

   During the winter months the weather can turn from bad to worse. Like this winter, where "texas was colder than alaska". But why was I the only one not sick in our house? I think it's because I made a tea with some of our fresh perennial herbs, lemons, and honey. Here I'll show you how to make it:

Ingredients:
>Scented Geranium
>Mint
>I tbsp of honey
>A lemon
>1 cup of Water


Tools:
>Knife
>Cutting board
>Microwave
>MIcrowave safe teacup

Step 1: Gather the mint and wash it completley

Step 2: Remove the stalks and stems and put them in the compost bin

Step 3: Put the leaves in the cup

Step 4: Gather the scented geranium and wash it
Step 5: Put the leaves in the cup

Step 6: Get a lemon and cut it in half

Step 7: Squezze the whole lemon into the cup

Step 8: Measure out 1 tablespoon of honey

Step 9: Pour the honey in the cup and stir

Step 10: Put the cup in the microwave (without the spoon) and press 1 minute

Step 11: Let it cool for a few seconds and enjoy

It's Been a While

The last time I had strawberries were May 21, 2011, but they're back! See:

They're red, they're small, they're sweet, they're homegrown strawberries!

Today's (soon to be) Fresh Food from the Garden

   These are just SOME of the hundreds of tomatoes on this one plant:

   This Variety is called Lemon boy, and this plant is over 35 pounds (16 kg), and is 5 ft high (1.5 m), in only three months!

Rise My Creation, RISE!

   After a week soaking in water, I finially planted the Painted Mountain Corn seeds two days ago and I think they ALREADY sprouted:

That was quick, I just hope the squirrels or birds don't get them as fast as they sprouted.

Seed Arival

My order of seeds just came to my house! Check It out:

   I got all of this from a site called Sustainable Seed. This is going to be interesting garden year. And here's the url of the site I ordered it from:

   http://www.sustainableseed.com/

And here are some other sites for gardening:

   http://www.localharvest.com/

Fire in Lake Elsinore

So yesterday there was a fire in Downtown Lake Elsinore. Here are some images:

  And you can protect your farm or garden from fire by making sure that there isn't a lot of dry stuff laying near areas of fire.

Wheat

My Cereal Grains are grown and ready to grind up and make into bread:

Corn Update

   So my corn, the one that only two sprouted in. I have decided to restart with a new hybrid called Painted Mountain Corn. I have never planted this kind of corn before and am testing it out this year. It was developed by a Corn grower in Montana in 2007. It's an all purpose variety, it is great feed for livestock, excellent for corn flour, and tasty as corn on the cob (or so I'm told). It grows only four feet tall, making it excellent for small plots, is ready to harvest in less than three months, drought tolerant for a week in good temperatures like 75. F - 85. F, and heat tolerant up to 100. F for three days solid without water. And it has a 15% protein level in each kernel, making it highly nutritious. And I will report on this blog about my results.


 And here's the link to Dave, the guy who developed this kind of corn:
   http://www.seedweneed.com/

Tornado Watch

WARNING: An issued warning to Tornado Alley that tornados are everywhere this time of year. Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, even California! One Way to cut back the wind effect on soil known as "soil erosion" is to plant a belt of trees around your lot. My favorite is Ponderosa Pine (Pinus Ponderosa)  because it grows pretty fast, grows natively everywhere in the U.S, and it serves as a home for wild life like bugs, bees, birds and (unfortunately) squirrels.