Rosemary Seeds

    We have a rosemary plant and the seed pods have finally come out, they came out green, though, but I am ready to dry them for planting. .  The problem is, is that taking out rosemary seeds from the pods takes a very VERY long time.  But, it all is worth it after you get the product, because with rosemary, you have unstoppable uses.  I just got barely 1 stem and I have over 50 seeds.  The seeds do have a very low germination rate unfortunately, but that's okay.   I have been doing some seed trades lately with my rosemary seeds and have been getting new plants and seeds

        We have had a rosemary plant for a pretty long time now.  We had fresh rosemary to marinate our meat, and boy is that good, it's so much better than dried herbs.   Also rosemary contains carnosol which is supposed to be a cancer repellent.  If you are interested in rosemary I recommend you get some!

Potato Growing 101

    As you know, I have been planting potatoes, and they sprouted not too long ago.  I decided, well, if they were so easy to grow, mine as well grow some more and give a tutorial video on how to plant potatoes so you could grow a bountiful crop of your own.

      So, first go to your local grocery store and buy a potato with a lot of eyes such as the one on the right.  All you have to do is make some marks where your eyes are and make some lines to cut it up to grow more plants. Like on the right =====>>

     Then use your lines to cut up the potato in shapes, and make sure your eyes aren't cut.  Then with your shapes, just plant a 3-4 inch hole and stick them in and cover it up with dirt and in 5-6 days you will start to see it sprout!  

     This is just to show that you don't need any dumb ol' seed potato.  Just buy a potato from Safeway with a bunch of eyes and use that as your seed.

Garlic Sprout

      A few days ago, was cooking with some garlic and when I went to get a garlic it was sprouting, so I just threw it out into my compost bin.  Little did I know that it started to root and grow to a garlic plant hoping to be grown to produce me a full bulb.  It grew kinda lop-sided though, probably because it was trying to reach the sun to photosynthesize.  I planted it this morning and it is growing pretty well.  If you are wondering why my garlic just grew out of nowhere, it's because first of all it sprouted, and I threw it in my compost bin where it has all the key factors for growing conditions, humidity, like a greenhouse, moisture, and heat.  This also works with bird seeds, that's how I got the seedling for my Seedlings In Eggshells post.  With the right factors you can sprout basically any type of seed!

         Clearly, garlic is a very easy plant to grow but they take almost half a year to grow which isn't the best thing for impatient people like me.  I have my fingers crossed!  I hope that I can get some fresh garlic before my chickens dig them up.  If you are interested in growing some garlic, I have provided some helpful links on the side!  Just click for more information!  The have great garlic bulbs that are cheap and there are some very helpful books that I bought myself!

Sprouting Potatoes

   As you all should know from reading Pots For Root Vegetables 6 I am growing potatoes.  Not too long ago they finally sprouted.  I am hoping to be able to dig them up in about 1-2 weeks, trying to get some "high quality" potatoes, which is basically your tubers.   Before I even get started about getting my potatoes, I have to cross my fingers before my Evil Chickens get there, and destroy it.  I am most likely to not harvest all the potatoes and let the life cycle of potatoes to keep growing.  Here's how the life cycle of a potato works.  First, I plant it, it grows, I harvest some of them, I eat them and while I am eating they start to scream in terror realizing the skin of Joe (for you guys that are named Joe just use Fred and vice versa) is their fertilizer and immediately tries to reproduce and while they are reproducing I am waiting for another season for harvesting.  Anyways, my potato is about ready to harvest.  Keep up and follow!

Adorable Breakfast

       If you guys have eaten pancakes, which I am sure you all have, you know that you can shape them.  Well, today we had pancakes and that's what I just did, shaped them, but not your regular old mickey mouse but your abnormal chicken that lays sunny side up egg.   I let my kids make their own eggs and my son got this cute idea.  He decided to make a chicken with the pancake batter.  Then, my daughter thought it would be even better if the chicken laid an egg, and thus this was born, the adorable breakfast.  This is a great way to start your day.  Please comment about your most interesting breakfasts!