tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post5728942900064996628..comments2024-03-29T21:11:37.724+10:00Comments on down to earth: Gardening your way towards self relianceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-47480899239930101252011-09-29T15:55:15.570+10:002011-09-29T15:55:15.570+10:00The quality of life looks pretty good I would say....The quality of life looks pretty good I would say. Thanks.Michelle Training at Homehttp://www.skillscorp.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-85639830506577696322010-06-23T03:46:15.700+10:002010-06-23T03:46:15.700+10:00I love your lifestyle my hubby and I are working t...I love your lifestyle my hubby and I are working towards a lot of the same goals, needed some guidance thanks for your wonderful posts!Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355418492075195689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-77600265594359688042009-08-26T02:49:34.828+10:002009-08-26T02:49:34.828+10:00Cool! Good blog! I'll mention it in my next bl...Cool! Good blog! I'll mention it in my next blogpost and it'll turn up on my new blogroll.Indoor grow lightshttp://www.led-grow-lights.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-579740913303900262009-08-25T03:20:15.491+10:002009-08-25T03:20:15.491+10:00Such an abundant garden. This is my first year gar...Such an abundant garden. This is my first year gardening and have so much to learn--that's why i love your blog, it inspires me!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696349282379608085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-76039469379015520472009-08-20T13:57:37.451+10:002009-08-20T13:57:37.451+10:00Looks like you'll need to put in a post about ...Looks like you'll need to put in a post about succession planting, Rhonda! I have a little chart at home where I worked out how many of what I would need to plant to cover our needs in a year. For example, we wouldn't get through more than a cabbage a month, so I only plant a few at a time (allowing for losses and variations in growth).Chookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230973711859964063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-84448832218068458092009-08-20T01:13:57.041+10:002009-08-20T01:13:57.041+10:00Thank you so much for the encouragement! It gets a...Thank you so much for the encouragement! It gets a little tough sometimes when I hear comments such as "Why not just buy it from the store?" and people look at me as if I've grown another head. <br />Your garden looks beautiful! Mine isn't going to be as big as that to start with, but still a good size to put by food for the winter. I just love the feeling of knowing we don't have to rely on the government, stores, etc. to live. I'm not far along on the path of self-reliance but I'm getting there! :D<br />Courtneybookflutterbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12426712911284917236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-78284081358121405062009-08-19T13:32:43.035+10:002009-08-19T13:32:43.035+10:00Thank you so much for the info and encouragement a...Thank you so much for the info and encouragement about swiss chard. I think I let it go too long before eating it and then ate the larger older leaves mostly. We love eating lots of greens so will try swiss chard again and eat it earlier this time! :) JodyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-55079872365558196882009-08-19T06:15:16.592+10:002009-08-19T06:15:16.592+10:00I'm going to repeat someone else's questio...I'm going to repeat someone else's question. What do you do with all of your leafy green vegetables? I have a few recipes for Kale (I freeze it, but I may try some smallish cans this year too), but more ideas would be great. And swiss chard is producing like crazy, so more ideas for that would be great too. <br /><br />My bok choy bolted so quickly that it didn't ever look like yours. Is that just excessive heat that does that?Evelyn in Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273654056979750579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-72705962506972710492009-08-19T02:29:33.871+10:002009-08-19T02:29:33.871+10:00Hi Rhonda,
I really enjoy your blog and have been...Hi Rhonda, <br />I really enjoy your blog and have been here pretty much daily since I found it.. I think someone posted the link on homesteadbloggers.. We have two hens like your Heater running around our yard...Did you find them hard to raise from chicks? We bought 5 and 3 didnt make it.. This was very upsetting to me since I had never lost chicks before, I have raise quite a few..The place we got them told me they were very hard to get past the first few weeks..did you find this to be true as well... Thanks again for sharing so much information... I think DH will cut me off here.. now I want bees lol:> I really always have:>Trinahttp://www.homesteadblogger.com/Trina/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-70277436814341818002009-08-19T02:03:30.064+10:002009-08-19T02:03:30.064+10:00Rhonda and Hanno,
I just love to look at your ga...Rhonda and Hanno,<br /><br /> I just love to look at your garden, it is so neat and peaceful. It looks esp nice just lately.<br /><br />You probably have mentioned it before but is the size of your beds? They seem a good size to reach from both sides easily.<br /><br />KarynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-51170051177269422542009-08-19T01:47:04.369+10:002009-08-19T01:47:04.369+10:00Just when I'm starting to feel discouraged abo...Just when I'm starting to feel discouraged about all the things in our garden that haven't worked great this year, I see your gorgeous photos. I'm feeling renewed inspiration that we can so do this! Sure there will be setbacks along the way, but we keep learning--and no doubt next year's harvest will be better, just as this year's was better than last. thanks!jmdemartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14072095691895614673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-87793874367039419172009-08-18T23:39:51.050+10:002009-08-18T23:39:51.050+10:00Wonderful!!! Your garden is very beautiful. It tak...Wonderful!!! Your garden is very beautiful. It takes a lot of effort to have that kind of garden. I admire your work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless!!!online learninghttp://www.aot.edu.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-17523428525235894162009-08-18T21:42:13.551+10:002009-08-18T21:42:13.551+10:00What's a bush house?What's a bush house?Lindahttps://www.gardeningnotebook.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-26860064527446515662009-08-18T21:12:09.532+10:002009-08-18T21:12:09.532+10:00Hi! Rhonda,thank you so much for your inspiration....Hi! Rhonda,thank you so much for your inspiration.We are thinking to turn a large-ish piece of ground into vege gardens. The blocks ?bessers, did you/Hanno till the original ground first then block and fill with soil etc or is the height of the blocks sufficient?Thanks again :))Avalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347282669521838243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-89019288214042510112009-08-18T20:25:49.932+10:002009-08-18T20:25:49.932+10:00Hi Rhonda,
another great post! When you say the k...Hi Rhonda, <br />another great post! When you say the kale will soon be gone, to make way for tomatoes, what do you actually do? Will you wait til you have naturally picked all the kale then plant tomatoes or lift all the kale at once in order to make way for tomatoes? If so, what do you do with the kale, how do you use it all up, do you store it? If so how? I am at the end of my first summer of growing and the harvesting confuses me!!! Whilst I have countless ways to use tomatoes I have no idea what to do with my acres of swiss chard which did exceedingly well ( and the caterpillars are now eating!!)<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />Maxine<br />http://slowingdownwiththejones.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175747752387425591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-65805813317700100212009-08-18T19:02:45.394+10:002009-08-18T19:02:45.394+10:00Thank you for another informative and thought prov...Thank you for another informative and thought provoking post!<br />One thing I'd like to know, though. You refer to putting your overabundant produce in the freezer. I'm trying to quit using disposables in my kitchen. I'd love to know how you package produce for the freezer, if you wouldn't mind sharing? Thanks!<br /><br />~ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-26813743872810959412009-08-18T17:02:19.103+10:002009-08-18T17:02:19.103+10:00The garden is looking wonderful Rhonda.
I notice...The garden is looking wonderful Rhonda. <br /><br />I notice you use a mulch on some of your beds - what do you use? I've tried using straw in the past, but unfortunately there were still bits of wheat attached and I spent the last few months yanking out germinating seeds from my veg beds!<br /><br />Also, do you bottle any of your produce? I've been bottling a lot of my plums and greengages for the first time lately and I'm not convinced I'm doing it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-21983050013595171682009-08-18T15:23:59.492+10:002009-08-18T15:23:59.492+10:00Love your blog and your garden, and wish we had a ...Love your blog and your garden, and wish we had a bit more space, but we're working on some containers for next year as well.<br /><br />A question - what do you do with your extra produce? Obviously a lot can be preserved, but what about things like lettuce? There's only so much salads I can eat ;)slackermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041022910937298281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-34017072877629532062009-08-18T13:51:41.546+10:002009-08-18T13:51:41.546+10:00Hi Rhonda...
I have just visited your blog for th...Hi Rhonda...<br /><br />I have just visited your blog for the first time and ABSOLUTELY love your veggie garden! I'm a stay-at-home mum of 3 young children and have wanted to grow my own veggie garden for such a long time. We're renting so digging up a garden is not an option but my husband and I are looking into getting some large troughs to grow veggies in instead. Your garden inspires me to start planting NOW! Thank you.<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing more blogs!<br /><br />KateKate's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860710988284583325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-80914513052176534272009-08-18T12:27:21.157+10:002009-08-18T12:27:21.157+10:00The garden looks amazing! I love the lettuce patch...The garden looks amazing! I love the lettuce patch. And Heather is beautiful...her coloring is so pretty. Thank you for the encouragement...you are an inspiration!Michelle @ Give a Girl a Fighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020971191511530538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-85290648901958460902009-08-18T11:16:12.354+10:002009-08-18T11:16:12.354+10:00Thank you for sharing the photos of your garden! I...Thank you for sharing the photos of your garden! It is helping to give me inspiration.<br />Your posts on how to convince others certainly helped me, I think the most important thing that I took in was that to change others you have to change yourself first. Yes I see that is the way, it is working for me inside my house, by keeping parts clean during the day the rest of the family is starting to volunteer to do things without even being asked, it is wonderful when I came home from visiting my friend to find one daughter had vacuamed the lounge and the other had done the dishes (something that never would have happened in the past without world war 3 developing)<br />I can see then that this will slowly happen if I lead by example without making a big deal of it, just letting it slowly happen.<br />Thank you for sharingKatrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549293426495736514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-39148322516298817792009-08-18T10:14:25.266+10:002009-08-18T10:14:25.266+10:00Hello Rhonda
Wow, your lettuces, cabbages etc loo...Hello Rhonda<br /><br />Wow, your lettuces, cabbages etc look fantastic - like they are jumping out of the ground with goodness! I have taken to eating Cos lettuce as at the moment, store bought iceberg lettuces are so heavy and tasteless. I'll be putting in a few lettuces and tomatoes once spring arrives down here.<br /><br />Cheers - JoolzJoolzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490462580345458546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-50117448716822136242009-08-18T09:11:58.487+10:002009-08-18T09:11:58.487+10:00Good morning Rhonda. Your garden is looking great ...Good morning Rhonda. Your garden is looking great especially the silverbeet. I made a lovely silverbeet & bacon quiche last night using this customisable recipe http://berlinswhimsy.typepad.com/<br />berlins_whimsy/2009/04/doitup-quiche.htmlRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751315680374413649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-73059380056244639152009-08-18T07:25:28.477+10:002009-08-18T07:25:28.477+10:00Hello Rhonda,
It dawned on me that while walki...Hello Rhonda, <br /> <br />It dawned on me that while walking thru your garden I am on my 4th season of doing so. I am always inspired by yours's and Hanno's garden. <br /><br />Heather sure is a beautiful hen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-69424460438969103432009-08-18T07:00:10.140+10:002009-08-18T07:00:10.140+10:00I've had a small garden the past few years, bu...I've had a small garden the past few years, but this year was the first year that I planted a larger garden in the idea of actually living off of it. It was a learning year, of course, and things didn't go GREAT, but pretty o.k. I planted zucchini, onions, peas (that didn't make it) green beans, broccoli, lots of tomatoes (for making tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, salsa, veggie relish, etc.), basil, oregano, parsley and cilantro. Next week, we are planting kale and spinach and lettuce. <br /><br />Anything else, I've tried to get at our local farmer's market. <br /><br />Thank you for your blog. It has really helped on my journey towards simple living.<br /><br />Andie <br />http://simplelandl.blogspot.comAndieFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08490178638065617274noreply@blogger.com