Active Users:503 Time:23/02/2025 01:00:49 PM
Yes. Avendesora Send a noteboard - 17/01/2013 12:57:08 AM

I have hated gardening ever since I was a kid and my dad made me do it, but there are times that I'd like to take a small patch and grow sunflowers and learn how to harvest them right and make better-tasting seeds and sunflower oil than what I can buy in stores. I've gutted/cleaned fish before, but never a chicken. Best of luck on that! :P


Extracting oil can be challenging, but it sounds neat. Let me know how it works for you, if you try it. You can grow lots of stuff in containers. One project we did with my after school youth was a spaghetti sauce garden in a 5-gallon bucket. It had soil, tomato plant, bell pepper, basil and oregano plants. Seeds planted were: onion (3 bulbs), and zucchini. The kids took the buckets home for the summer. Some had more success than their parents had! We invited some of the kids back to the office over the summer for a food prep/nutrition lesson. We made spaghetti sauce from the stuff we planted in the buckets. The first week of school, we did the food prep again for those who didn't do it earlier. By "we" I mean that the kids did most of the chopping and cooking. Slap choppers came in really handy for this!

This year, I am going to try potatoes in Rubbermaid totes. Directions say you can just toss a little straw on top of the roots instead of hillng the plants. If needed, you can tip the tote on its side and keep covering with straw. To harvest you dump the bucket. Can't wait to try it!
*MySmiley*

I believe all news and research that supports my opinion, and dismiss the rest as conspiracy and lies.
Reply to message
After the US election, I decided to take two months off from posting here - 07/01/2013 05:56:18 PM 1627 Views
Okay, how about this..... - 07/01/2013 06:04:03 PM 1137 Views
That is wonderful - 07/01/2013 06:13:17 PM 1091 Views
And a lot of peek-a-boo games! - 07/01/2013 10:01:24 PM 1019 Views
Congratulations man, good luck. *NM* - 07/01/2013 06:34:46 PM 618 Views
Ha, cool *NM* - 07/01/2013 07:13:36 PM 642 Views
Oh, that's lovely. - 07/01/2013 08:37:14 PM 1029 Views
Congrats and good luck. *NM* - 11/01/2013 12:52:51 PM 595 Views
I suspect anything I'd be willing to talk about I already have - 07/01/2013 08:34:51 PM 1204 Views
I didn't know any of this - 07/01/2013 09:24:31 PM 1061 Views
My wife talked me into getting a dog that promptly had puppies. - 07/01/2013 08:53:27 PM 1272 Views
I went through that when I was 7-8 - 07/01/2013 09:28:12 PM 986 Views
I like squirrels - 07/01/2013 11:11:57 PM 1072 Views
It is wise to like squirrels - 15/01/2013 08:35:15 AM 1029 Views
I confessed to the Yankee - 20/01/2013 05:14:43 PM 1217 Views
I like squirrels - 07/01/2013 11:12:10 PM 940 Views
damn double post. *NM* - 07/01/2013 11:13:22 PM 687 Views
Uh, I'm in England now? - 08/01/2013 11:34:30 AM 1076 Views
Are you driving on the left side now? *NM* - 08/01/2013 04:25:12 PM 623 Views
i think you meant to say "wrong" side *NM* - 08/01/2013 05:21:07 PM 601 Views
You're correct either way; I am driving on ALL the sides. - 08/01/2013 05:26:44 PM 1047 Views
I'm sorry? - 15/01/2013 08:38:20 AM 1044 Views
i took two weeks off from posting but not because of the election - 08/01/2013 05:20:28 PM 1031 Views
You just don't have good taste in commercials then! - 15/01/2013 08:43:20 AM 1097 Views
I've acted on stage. - 08/01/2013 06:32:28 PM 984 Views
I did that in HS (not Shakespeare, though) - 15/01/2013 08:43:58 AM 1003 Views
Hey Larry - 09/01/2013 06:31:05 AM 1031 Views
Hey John - 15/01/2013 08:46:23 AM 1151 Views
Well, let's see: - 09/01/2013 02:23:04 PM 1057 Views
How time flies! - 15/01/2013 08:50:49 AM 985 Views
I've started the job hunt. - 09/01/2013 06:02:32 PM 1027 Views
I've done that off-and-on for 13 months now. It sucks - 15/01/2013 08:51:59 AM 944 Views
Re: I've done that off-and-on for 13 months now. It sucks - 15/01/2013 03:21:23 PM 1079 Views
Yes, but I hear they are now using kazoos in place of the flute - 17/01/2013 05:16:05 AM 928 Views
People on Facebook know this stuff already, but... - 10/01/2013 05:03:55 PM 1086 Views
There's something about working with your hands and close to the earth that's rewarding, no? - 15/01/2013 08:54:00 AM 1025 Views
Yes. - 17/01/2013 12:57:08 AM 1018 Views
Yeah, I don't know if I'll try it this year - 17/01/2013 05:15:09 AM 974 Views
Cleaning chickens is even less fun than it sounds - 16/01/2013 12:58:51 PM 972 Views
Gonna try... - 16/01/2013 11:24:21 PM 1069 Views
We always dunked them in boiling water and it does stink - 19/01/2013 10:15:42 PM 970 Views
Yes. I have a cone. - 23/01/2013 12:28:52 AM 1077 Views
I keep trying to grow a beard so I don't look like a child - 12/01/2013 08:11:06 PM 990 Views
When you're older, you might be thankful you didn't - 15/01/2013 08:56:30 AM 944 Views
When you're older, you might be thankful you didn't - 15/01/2013 08:56:31 AM 975 Views
Contentment and hard work - 16/01/2013 12:29:12 AM 1261 Views
Sometimes the best things are the hardest to sum up - 17/01/2013 05:17:19 AM 1131 Views
My new job has me starring at a computer screen about ten hours a day - 16/01/2013 01:00:36 PM 947 Views
Yeah, I've noticed your absence - 17/01/2013 05:18:35 AM 957 Views
He is playing in Dallas next month and I think we will go see him *NM* - 18/01/2013 01:07:09 PM 585 Views
I am doing improv theater - 17/01/2013 08:32:17 PM 1038 Views
Congrats! - 19/01/2013 11:40:00 AM 1042 Views
I hate kids. - 22/01/2013 04:36:30 AM 1096 Views
Yes we can. We have smiley for it. - 22/01/2013 02:11:42 PM 1363 Views

Reply to Message