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Peppers
Feb 1- Winter sowed a jug of Sweet Red bell pepper, and one jug Long Pepper Blend (2022). Apr 17- Bought one Gypsy Sweet in a 2qt pot (hoping to get peppers earlier) and a six cell flat of Sweet Rainbow Mix Bell Peppers. They were all planted in the…
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Grafting
When we arrived on the property, the last folks had done some grafting the spring before we moved in (we moved in that fall). He used a cleft graft and wrapped them in flagging tape. The flagging tape got left on too long so some of them are mis shaped…
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Brussels Sprouts
Apr 11- Transplanted 3 starts from winter sowing (started Feb 6). The milk jugs didn’t sprout, only the clear jug sprouted.
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Cauliflower
Apr 11- Transplanted 11 starts from winter sowing (started Feb 9). Plants were four per jug and 4-6” tall.
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Broccoli
Feb 1- Planted one square foot with four spots of Gemini F1 (2023 Territorial Seed). And one milk jug with four seeds for winter sowing. Feb 9- planted two milk jugs with Gemini for winter sowing. Mar 13- Three of the four have sprouted. Apr 1- Planted five Gemini F1…
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Kale
Siberian Improved Aug 2021 Notes from 2022: On Jan 14 I direct winter sowed Nero Tuscana (heirloom 2021) and Siberian Improved (2020) under cups. As of Feb 8, they had not sprouted and if I recall correctly, they never did. Planted Nero T and Siberian I. in seed trays in…
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YouTube Channel Update
Hey guys! Just wanted to let y’all know that I’m changing things up a bit on YouTube. I’m moving all of our videos from our current YouTube channel over to our old channel, previously known as The Leaton Vlogs. I’m changing the name to match all of my other new…
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How to Make Homemade Tallow For Skincare (+ basic balm recipe)
Tallow: noun a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat. Rendered beef fat. If you had told my younger self that beefy lotion would be a normal part of my skincare routine, I would’ve called you crazy. Hard pass. Yet here I am, so determined to slather myself and my family…
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