Tag: Irish cobbler potatoes

• What Happened to My Garden? (Nov. 28/ 22)

  

  Dear Friend of Half-Acre Homestead, Every year, fall seems to arrive too soon. I get busy harvesting and processing the herbs and vegetables, and then all of a sudden, that first hard frost is here. And every year, I look over what has been a major focus of my work and sweat for several months…

  Colette

  23rd Apr 2023

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  chicory root, fall season extension, Gardening, gardening philosophy, homesteading, Irish cobbler potatoes, medicinal roots, milkweed root, natural headache remedy, organic gardening, pinto beans, roasted chicory root, row covers, Russian Mammoth Sunflower, season extension, yellow dock root

• Spring Triumphs and Trials on the Half-Acre (July 8/22)

  

  Dear Friends of Half-Acre Homestead, The photo you see above is of my beautiful heritage corn seedlings. What a blessing my corn crop has been! This past spring, getting my garden in seemed more difficult than past years. However, I persisted and now feel things are back on track. In this post, I will share…

  Colette

  23rd Apr 2023

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  carrot seed losses, difficulties with carrot germination, Gardening, gardening challenges, gardening philosophy, growing indigenous corn variety, hand grinding heirloom corn, heirloom corn, homesteading, Irish cobbler potatoes, making corn pones, organic gardening, saving and using seed potatoes, seedling losses, seedlings stalling, vermin in the garden