30 Edible Flowers You Can Eat Right Out Of Your Garden - Rural …
WEBJan 24, 2020 · Like pansies, violas and violets have a mild and slightly sweet flavour. Again, the whole flower can be used in salads or sandwiches. Candied violets also make an excellent cake decoration. 4. Hostas. Hostas are an incredibly useful edible ornamental. You can eat the flowers and, in fact, the whole plant is edible.
15 Reasons To Grow Borage + Ways To Use It - Rural Sprout
WEBMay 11, 2020 · 1. Borage is an Edible Crop. One of the main reasons to grow borage in your garden is as an edible crop. You can eat the leaves, raw or cooked, and the flowers, raw, as a garnish or in drinks. The dried stems can also be used for flavouring, and the seeds yield an oil that is particularly high in gamma-linolenic acid.
How to Set Up a Rainwater Collection System & 8 DIY Ideas
WEBMar 26, 2021 · 1. Garbage Can Rain Barrel. Perhaps the cheapest and easiest way to get started, this uncomplicated setup requires a 32 gallon plastic trash can with lid, a brass faucet with two threaded washers, and a flexible gutter downspout. Get the tutorial here.
Harvesting Walnuts – Collecting, Drying and Storing - Rural Sprout
WEBOct 5, 2019 · Alternatively, your attic, garage, porch or any clean, semi-outdoor space is ideal. Point is to keep excess moisture off and stir them often to promote drying. In perfect circumstances, a week of drying should suffice. Just to be sure, go ahead and give them two weeks before storing in a breathable sack.
23 Common Apple Tree Problems & How To Fix Them - Rural Sprout
WEBSep 22, 2020 · Prune out any infected wood and remove leaf litter and mummified fruit from branches in late fall. 15. The tree branches are turning brown, dying back, and forming “shepherd’s crook” shapes. Fire blight on an apple branch. Your tree has fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease that is challenging to control.
Tomato Blight: How to Spot, Treat & Prevent 3 Types of Blight
WEBApr 8, 2021 · A bullseye or tree ring shape makes early blight easy to identify. Bullseye – early blight has a very distinct rotting pattern on the leaves, stems, and fruit of the plant, which looks like a bullseye or a tree’s rings.; Yellow Ring – the very outer edge of the spots may have a yellow ring around them.; Leaves Fall – infected leaves may fall off the plant …
21 Green Tomato Recipes For Using Unripe Tomatoes - Rural Sprout
WEBSep 30, 2019 · 17. Green Tomato Frittata. Another delightfully easy light lunch or mid-week meal to make with your green tomatoes is a light and airy frittata. Combine the eggs (from your own free rangers if you have some) with green tomatoes and pretty much whatever other herbs and veggies you have to hand.
Homemade Quick Pickled Hot Peppers - No Canning Required!
WEBSep 9, 2019 · Instructions. Thoroughly wash and scrub all the peppers under cool running water. Clean and sterilize your quart sized jar. Using a sharp knife, remove and compost the pepper hulls, then slice all the peppers into rings. Set 1/2 cup of filtered water to boil, either in a tea kettle or a saucepan.
8 Ways To Make Your Soil More Acidic (& 5 Things Not To Do)
WEBDec 2, 2020 · 2. Add Compost to Your Soil. To slowly make an alkaline soil more neutral, adding compost is a simple yet effective measure that will very gently and very slowly balance soil pH over time. Simply add compost as a topdressing and soil life will manage the work of integrating it into your soil.
26 Ways To Preserve A Bounty Of Tomatoes - Rural Sprout
WEBMay 26, 2020 · A pressure canner or water bath canner is necessary for safely preserving tomatoes. 2. Diced tomatoes. If you like to have control over what ingredients that go in your food, or perhaps more importantly how they are stored, home canning is …
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