30 Edible Flowers You Can Eat Right Out Of Your Garden - Rural …
WEBJan 24, 2020 · Like pansies, violas and violets have a mild and slightly sweet flavour. Again, the whole flower can be used in salads or sandwiches. Candied violets also make an excellent cake decoration. 4. Hostas. Hostas are an incredibly useful edible ornamental. You can eat the flowers and, in fact, the whole plant is edible.
15 Reasons To Grow Borage + Ways To Use It - Rural Sprout
WEBMay 11, 2020 · 1. Borage is an Edible Crop. One of the main reasons to grow borage in your garden is as an edible crop. You can eat the leaves, raw or cooked, and the flowers, raw, as a garnish or in drinks. The dried stems can also be used for flavouring, and the seeds yield an oil that is particularly high in gamma-linolenic acid.
8 Ways To Make Your Soil More Acidic (& 5 Things Not To Do)
WEBDec 2, 2020 · 2. Add Compost to Your Soil. To slowly make an alkaline soil more neutral, adding compost is a simple yet effective measure that will very gently and very slowly balance soil pH over time. Simply add compost as a topdressing and soil life will manage the work of integrating it into your soil.
3 Easy Ways To Dry Hot Peppers - Rural Sprout
WEBOct 15, 2019 · Step 3 – Poke a hole at the base of the stem and pull the thread through, making sure to tie a knot around the lowest hanging pepper stem. Step 4 – Continue to thread all peppers, one by one. Tie a knot at the top and make a loop to hang the string of peppers. Step 5 – Hang the peppers in the sun by day, bring them in at night to prevent ...
40 Nitrogen Fixing Plants To Grow In Your Garden - Rural Sprout
WEBMay 29, 2020 · Nitrogen fixing bacteria take atmospheric nitrogen (N2) and convert it to Ammonium. Nitrifying bacteria then convert this to NO2 and then NO3 (nitrates). These nitrates can then be taken up by plants. When plants die, fungi and other bacteria in the soil help to decompose the material and return the nitrogen to the soil system.
23 Common Apple Tree Problems & How To Fix Them - Rural Sprout
WEBSep 22, 2020 · Prune out any infected wood and remove leaf litter and mummified fruit from branches in late fall. 15. The tree branches are turning brown, dying back, and forming “shepherd’s crook” shapes. Fire blight on an apple branch. Your tree has fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease that is challenging to control.
How To Render Tallow & 20+ Ways To Use It - Rural Sprout
WEBNov 30, 2020 · Step 2: Cooking down the tallow. Add the beef fat to your cooking pot and begin to melt it down over low heat. After 15-20 minutes the fat will start changing from pink to light brown. You can also add 1 cup of water at the very beginning to prevent the mass from burning on the bottom of the pot.
10 Most Productive Egg Laying Chickens - 300+ Eggs Per Year
WEBFeb 18, 2020 · 9. Ameraucanas & Easter Eggers. These two breeds are different but similar enough that we’re including them both in the same category. These breeds lay up to 300 eggs per year, and as a bonus, they’re colorful. Ameraucanas lay bright blue eggs, and Easter Eggers can lay blue, green, cream, or even pink eggs.
Hot Composting - Turn Food Waste Into Compost In Record Time
WEBApr 26, 2021 · In a hot composting system, we’re looking to achieve temperatures between 141°F and 155°F inside the heap or bin. It’s right in the name – hot composting is hot. There are a number of different techniques that can be used. But all hot composting involves making sure these high temperatures are achieved and sustained.
17 Easiest Fruits & Vegetables ANY Gardener Can Grow - Rural …
WEBJan 23, 2020 · Gooseberries. Another wonderful berry bush to add to the garden is gooseberry. Gooseberries are self-pollinating, so you only need to plant one bush, not 3 or 4, to experience a generous harvest. They grow to a height of about 5 feet, and they are easy to prune. Surprisingly they can be grown in large containers too.