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This year I planted the sunflowers along the chicken fence side of the garden. Those huge sunflower plants offer shade during the heat of the day for my chickens. Oh, and our bees love them too.
That’s a lot of bang for my package-of-seeds buck! But now it’s time to harvest those sunflower seeds. Come see what I did.
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Bees harvest their own food. But sometimes during the dearth of summer when not much is blooming, a beekeeper can help keep the bees fed by using a frame feeder filled with a syrup made of sugar & water.
There are many ways to feed the bees. And there are many feeding devices you can buy & use to accomplish that. But here’s what we do:
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As I was walking through the clover field I spied this colorful butterfly silently floating from bloom to bloom.
~TxH~
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I like to use natural materials in my garden. Things such as straw, wood chips Dry Leaves or even grass mulch after RancherMan mows the lawn and bags the cut grass. (be sure to let that freshly-cut grass cure a bit before adding it close to your plants or it could burn them)
For instance, I have a grapevine that I’ve surrounded with three bales of straw. That straw serves a dual purpose. Its initial purpose is to protect my garden from encroaching bermuda grass.
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I have a simple Southwest Chicken recipe that I cook outside using just the power of the sun!
One of the included vessels when I bought my solar oven is a double-stack black enamelware covered pan. That will be perfect for today’s dish: Southwest Chicken served on a bed of seasoned brown rice.
Quick & easy, mix it & forget it. The whole meal cooks at the same time!
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I had extra cantaloupe in my garden. So I made cantaloupe bread with a praline glaze. It’s similar to zucchini bread, but made with cantaloupe. And it was delicious!
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An ice cream cake made with ice cream sandwiches offers a fun twist on a classic dessert. It combines the flavors of ice cream and cake in a unique way. I’m sharing a huge time-saving shortcut too.
C’mon I’ll show you how!
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Did you know you can make a sweet gummy-style chewy candy using excess garden squash? It’s TRUE! Making the candy is simple & we loved the cherry flavor.
