This is what I worked on last night, a coconut palm frond basket. I still need to trim up the ends, but I’m very happy with the results. I’ve always been intrigued by baskets, since they are like a portable pocket, and nothing is handier than a pocket! (Wow, say “pocket” five times…what a funny […]
Random Edibles #1: Sorrel
Spinach Dock is another name for Common or Garden Sorrel and Narrow-leaved Dock. Sorrel is has a lemon-like sour flavor. The bright green, oblong leaves of this sorrel variety grow atop long, narrow stems with a habit similar to spinach. Sorrel is easy to grow in cool months, and it tends to spread. Sorrel has […]
No post today….unless you count this
Long day at work prevented me from getting anything IMPORTANT done. As much as I try not to be a slave to the dollar, once in a while (a couple days this week, it seems) I have to knuckle down and put in a long day. I got home so late Tuesday night (almost 8pm), […]
Low egg production, or An After-Easter Egg hunt
My four adult chickens have been giving us an average of 3.75 eggs a day for the last month or so, which is the normal rate for roughly March until about September. About two weeks ago, I noticed the egg production was tapering off, with one or two eggs a day becoming routine. Being early […]
Thinking about Raising Coturnix or Pharoah Quail?
Here is one reason why – eggs! Yes, they are smaller. Yes the shell is thick when compared to the egg size. Yes they are difficult to open without busting up the shell and getting pieces of the shell into the egg. However, they are tasty, make the perfect pickled eggs, and have a higher […]
My edible trees
per·ma·cul·ture/ˈpərməˌkəlCHər/ Noun: The development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient. With no frost (sub-tropical, even), and adequate rainfall here, things grow. And grow. And, well you get the point. If I can only
Updates 12 Apr 12
Updated the Gardening and Rabbits pages. I don’t always mention when I do, so check back often. Gardens are doing well and spring is well on its way. The mango tree is looking like it will be another bumper crop, as long as we don’t get any nasty wind like we did two years ago. […]
They come out after dark
Every evening, I go out to my chicken coop to shut the chickens and ducks in (and the predators out). I also check the rest of my animals, their water supply, and look over my
Pineapples (for freeeeeee?!)
Yesterday was coconut, today is the other non-alcohol half of the piña colada, and another plant that grows well here, the pineapple. In fact, it grows so well here, at one time, Jensen Beach was considered the “Pineapple Capital of the World”.
How to open green coconuts for water
One of the safest sources of both food and water found across most of the tropics is the coconut. Living along the coast in zone 9b, I am well into the growing area for the multipurpose trees. I will try to