the pumpkin should be ripe. It will sound hollow when slapped, and if you push your thumbnail into the skin it should dent but not puncture it. Of course, you should also have an idea of when the pumpkin is mature by counting back the “days to maturity” on the...
For many years, pigs were the “fail-safe”. If a crop had a bad harvest one year, families would always have pigs to sell to make ends meet. Butcher Weight & Hanging Weight Most heritage pigs are butchered when they weigh around 180-250 lbs live. This will result in a hanging weig...
Brad Lancaster:Turns out, in the average neighborhood in Tucson, there's over a million gallons of rain falling on each one-mile length of neighborhood street. So that's enough rain falling on that one mile stretch of street to irrigate over 400 native food-bearing trees and many understory...
depending on whether you're making larger dill pickles or smaller sweet pickles. You can safely plant the seeds outdoors about three to four weeks after the last frost in your area. When planting directly in the garden, make hills for the seeds. Plant the seeds 1 inch deep in seed...
many restaurants seems limited to stodge and cheese – risottos, pasta dishes with cheese, or a green salad. Or, there’s one veg option and every single cafe does it. I got tired – within about a week – of rocket salad with roast pumpkin, pine nuts and feta. It’s a shame, ...
You’ll have to make sure your goat hasmineralsto make sure and supply him/her with those necessary nutrients. Some people also like to feed their goatsblack oil sunflower seedsandpumpkin seedsto help boost their health & reduce intestinal parasites. ...
Watermelon seeds are planted in mounds about 1 foot high which are spaced 8 to 12 feet apart. The vines become quite long and require all the space allowed them. The melons grow best in hot, humid conditions and in sandy soil.
Before every gardening season it’s a good idea to wash, rinse and disinfect your seed starting pots. There are many very good reasons for this, all boiling down to: “avoid giving your baby plants a dirt disease.” Confession time: it’s been probably four years since I’ve given my ...
Whenever you're in the mood for dinner, if duck with sauteed baby spinach, pumpkin seeds, raisins and passion fruit oil sound sounds enticing, you'll find it at Mobil Two-Star Cafe Atlantico (405 8th St, NW).©2006 The National Zoo is among the few places in the country where you ...
For each scenario, we calculated the approximate total and per capita necessary land consumption of pastureland and cropland. The current and SSD 100% scenarios aimed to answer RQ 1 (How many animals would be necessary to satisfy the demand for regional animal products (meat, dairy and eggs) ...