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How Do You Store Sweet Potato's
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We finally dug the sweet potato's from the garden on Wednesday, we have at least twenty pounds. My question is how do I store them so they can be used over a period of a couple of weeks? I don't…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ellen Peavey Dec 12, 2012.

Snakes in the hen house
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How do you keep snakes out of the hen house they are eating my eggs?? I have tried moth balls and it worked for about six days. Today I was putting more moth balls around inside the coop looked down…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ellen Peavey May 26, 2011.

No Dig Potatoes
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Is there any that knows how this works and have you tried it? I have read many articles on this method and want to try it. I have been saving newspaper and have save eight bales of straw for the top…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ellen Peavey Jan 10.

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Ellen Peavey commented on Ellen Peavey's photo

May 2nd grapes coming on

"Hi Jennifer they are Concord grapes, my son in law has done all the work on the grapes planting them and building the trellis. I have been down in the garden it sits right below the grapes and blueberries.I like planting and watching them grow…"

May 28

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May 23

Ellen Peavey replied to Lizz's discussion 'Chicken Eggs'

" I keep the new eggs in the bottom of the fridge and the old ones at the top, I have 8 hens that are laying and 1 duck. In April of…"

May 16

Ellen Peavey replied to HOMEGROWN.org's discussion 'Raised Beds 101'

" I have four long raised beds that I took everything out and started over this year, last year was a flop with the raised beds too many bugs took it all. Started with newspaper 3 inches then bags of…"

May 9

Ellen Peavey commented on HOMEGROWN.org's album

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" Hi Jennifer thanks, I'm still trying to get everything out of the greenhouse we have had rain all weekend. This morning I transplanted 5 winter squash and 5 Annam's melons still have about 30 more plants to move out. I will be…"

Apr 29

Ellen Peavey commented on HOMEGROWN.org's album

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" The garden is in full swing trying to get all the plants out of the greenhouse into the garden, only three more trays of plants to go. It's the end of April and we are having warm days so I'm trying to get it all out in the…"

Apr 26

Ellen Peavey replied to Ellen Peavey's discussion 'No Dig Potatoes'

"I tried the lasagna method, and I tried the method where you cut the bottom of the bucket off. I used a five gallon bucket then put the seed potato's in and covered with some straw. I have since seen a method with chicken wire and using straw,…"

Jan 10

Travis Stinnett replied to Ellen Peavey's discussion 'No Dig Potatoes'

"I don't know what the no dig potato method your talking about is but I am doing some no dig potatos this year. I am planting mine in barrels. Cut holes in the sides of the barrels and stick your potatoes in. The plants will grow out the sides…"

Jan 10

Ellen Peavey replied to Ellen Peavey's discussion 'How Do You Store Sweet Potato's'

"Hi Sue I baked the sweet potato's mashed them then used the food saver and they are in the freezer. I will be using some for Christmas dinner. Thanks for the information, wish I had a root cellar that is a dream of…"

Dec 12, 2012

Sue Gee replied to Ellen Peavey's discussion 'How Do You Store Sweet Potato's'

"You really don't want to store them at temperatures below 50 degrees. If they get too cold they won't keep well. "

Dec 12, 2012

Ellen Peavey commented on Pete and Izzy's Mom's group 'Backyard Chickens'

"Hi Mary Elizabeth You might think of the Black Jersey Giant also, I like the RIR had a big rooster and a hen they are surely big and plump, she laid a big brown egg. So are you going…"

Dec 12, 2012

HOMEGROWN.org replied to Ellen Peavey's discussion 'How Do You Store Sweet Potato's'

"And some comments from HOMEGROWN's Facebook page: Kenneth Wayne Bliss Freshly harvested sweet potatoes must be cured for a couple of weeks in a very warm room. Over 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Yesterday at 9:54am Lucy Owsley-Goodman You can…"

Dec 12, 2012

Ellen Peavey commented on Pete and Izzy's Mom's group 'Backyard Chickens'

"Hi Mary Elizabeth, I like the white leg horn because they lay the big white egg, but I'm going to try some Red Star in the spring. My good friend gave me the 7 white leg horn hens, plus 8 chicks. I lost most of my chickens in…"

Dec 10, 2012

Ellen Peavey commented on Pete and Izzy's Mom's group 'Backyard Chickens'

"Hi Mary Elizabeth, I have some better pictures of the chicken tractor ready for the winter. These are the hens and the duck that stay in the tractor every night, the wind and the rain is kept off of them. This is a temporary shelter until…"

Dec 8, 2012

Ellen Peavey commented on Pete and Izzy's Mom's group 'Backyard Chickens'

"Hi Mary Elizabeth we have slopping area also and have a chicken tractor out in the front have made it into a permanent shelter until the coop can be built. The chicken tractor works really well in the summer and spring and even fall. I have…"

Dec 8, 2012

Ellen Peavey replied to Ellen Peavey's discussion 'How Do You Store Sweet Potato's'

"Hi Sue Gee I did leave them in the house for two days but the temperature didn't reach 85 more like 75. Thanks for the information. Ellen from Georgia"

Nov 25, 2012

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What kind of HOMEGROWN are you?: Earth Mama

Fill in the blank:: I love working in the dirt, planting vegetables. Always looking for something different to plant.

A bit about me:: I love to work in the garden I'm always thinking of some thing new I can plant in the spring. I have my seeds already ordered for this year and can't wait to get out side and plant the garden. I have four compost bins going right now and I'm going to start a bin just for all of the leaves that I have left over. I have two Pear trees I will plant out side after the ground thaws out. I have four hens and two roosters none of the hens are laying now. I have to get rid of one of the roosters and get some more hens.

Latest greatest meal cooked at home:: The best one was Thanksgiving, but I try to cook a good meal every night

Currently reading:: Gardening How To and Organic Gardening

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My latest DIY project:: Compost Bins made out of bales of straw

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At 12:19pm on October 5, 2012, Jennifer said…: A Great Fig Debate, that is.

At 12:19pm on October 5, 2012, Jennifer said…: Hey, Ellen: Are you a Facebook user? If so, there's a lively debate going on HOMEGROWN's Facebook page, and you might want to chime in! If not, lemme know, and I can be your proxy. Here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/homegrowndotorg

At 11:55am on August 16, 2012, Jennifer said…: Hey, Ellen! Your photos are awesome! I'm gonna grab them and add them to the Hey, I Grew That! photo album. You deserve bragging rights!

At 1:03pm on January 3, 2012, Lynda Reynolds said…: Yes...same blocks...the place I get mine pours for all Big Box Home Improvement Stores. I paid less than a dollar each and they gave me all the *seconds* (chipped and slightly broken) blocks I could haul. I use 64 blocks for my beds. Most of my beds are two blocks high...very easy on my back. I have several beds that are only one block high...for lettuces, chard and strawberries. I have a friend that has made her beds three blocks high..she is older and can't do much stooping. I can sit on my two story beds to plant, weed, harvest and have a nice cup of tea and just enjoy. Don't forget to plant the holes in the blocks...that's a 1/3 increase in planting space...one carrot per hole is really fun...that one carrot fills a stew pot...they grow huge and sweet. I've grown a strawberry plant, single lettuces, radishes, single beets (they too get huge yet stay sweet and not woody). You can GOOGLE cinder block gardening and find a wealth of information. Please keep me posted. I would suggest not planting squash, melons or cukes in your raised beds if you don't plan on trellising...they really take a bunch of space...but, I have grown all in the raised beds and they do very well...but I do have lots and lots of beds!

At 10:11pm on January 1, 2012, Lynda Reynolds said…: Yes...I was lucky enough to get my blocks at cost. The plant that makes them is just a few miles from my home. They donate several 100 for the Community Garden I started and I liked them so much I switched my regular raised beds to the cinder block. I just love them. I'll be doubling the size of the garden this Spring...they are pouring my blocks this coming weekend! My compost comes from the local Mushroom farm, my own worm farm (I make fifty gallons of compost tea at a time) and my on site compost bins I put together out of pallets wired together. I love the idea of straw bale bins...that's something I've thought I should try...I did it once with pretty good success, but in the end I didn't take very good care of them.