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["Frank Fries" <frank.fries AT imagewireless.ca>]

We also are learning - we have had a garden for a few years now.  A couple 
of years ago, I tried starting my own bedding plants indoors.  It worked 
well.  We started with just the regular, easy to grow stuff - potatoes, 
carrots, onions, lettuce, beans, turnips, tomatoes, etc.  and my all-time 
favourite - strawberries.

Every year I try a few new things in the garden.  Most things grow well here 
provided they have a short enough season.

I read with interest the problems people had with carrots - here, as far as 
I can tell, you just can't go wrong provided you don't seed them too deep.

I notice that a number of you are the South Eastern U.S. and it sounds like 
kind of hilly areas - I am guessing the soil is only so deep ?  and not 
always really fertile ?

A couple of years ago, I finally got around to baking yeast bread as well 
(meant to for years) - 1st batch was ok (ish), 2cd was pretty decent  - 3rd 
was good.  Don't bake bread very often though.

Last year we canned our first tomatoes, dill pickles and strawberry jam. 
This year we also made a bunch of spagetti sauce as well (bought a food 
mill).

Just love to learn how to do stuff like that - only get so much time to 
though.  I just love it when we make a lamb stew and everything in it was 
raised here - the lamb, potatoes, carrots, peas, onions, etc.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] WAS Anthropology - NOW - new 
subscriber -introduction


> Hey Frank,
>
> I, too, am a long-time list member and ever learning. I also work 
> full-time
> as a Foster Care Provider. Last year I made homemade peach wine with our
> peaches, baked yeast bread, grew potatoes and canned venison for the first
> time. We just recently snagged seven young hens off Craigslist after not
> having had poultry for a few years.
>
> What Bev said was right, but please don't let that scare you off. 
> Welcome!
>
> Lisa
> sw VA
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