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Comment on Peanut-Butter Fruit or Peanut-Butter Plant by Arthur Lee Jacobson

Arthur Lee Jacobson — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:58 +0000

In June, 2012, my plant began blooming, with many dozens of flowers over months, none of which set fruit. It may need to be hand-pollinated; it may need to be older; it may need pollen from another individual specimen. Maybe its fertilizer ought to be lower in nitrogen, higher in phosphorus and potassium.

Comment on Peanut-Butter Fruit or Peanut-Butter Plant by Joe E

Joe E — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:03:30 +0000

Hello, Thanks for doing the research for me. DId yours ever fruit? How long till fruiting maturity?

Thanks

Comment on Voices From the Farm: More Adventures With Sheba, the Wander Dog by Lea McEvilley

Lea McEvilley — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:55:03 +0000

A nice quiet Mother’s Day here!

We had a late breakfast of bacon, sausage, real country eggs from a neighbor, hash browns, and buckwheat pancakes. The dogs got a treat from the left over buckwheat cakes, I told them it was “Hush Puppy” pay off for being good dogs!

Pooh Bah has finally settled down and accepted that she has to stay in the little paddock of the North side of the yard. I was having to tie her at night, as she would find a way to get out, but I did not tie her the last two nights and she stayed in, thank goodness.

I had to stop them from running to the “coyote bait” pile the neighbor to the west has built, before my dogs died from eating all the fat and bones in there. Tar Baby will not go by himself, but give him a running mate and off he will go. So, I hope that problem is solved! I was afraid they would develop pancreatitis, they were gaining so much weight!

Good Comment! Yes, 1993 was quite a year! As a matter of fact, they all were!

It seems there was never a dull moment! But that is how it is when you are dealing with a family, and a variety of animals, including the wildlife! This winter the rabbits have gone berserk and chewed off black raspberry plants, rose bushes, barberries, etc. Tar Baby is getting to old to chase them, I guess! About the only thing they don’t bother is daffodils, apparently they give off a scent the critters don’t like. I am going to have to get some chicken wire fence to put inside my regular garden fence to keep the baby rabbits out, or they will eat all my kale, spinach, carrots, etc., like they did last year!

I didn’t get a story written last week, had some health problems and was feeling pretty rocky, but am getting back to near normal, so hope to get one done this coming week! Thanks for your comments!

Lea

Comment on Voices From the Farm: More Adventures With Sheba, the Wander Dog by sands

sands — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:25:45 +0000

Holy Cow, or should I say Holy Sheep? Just reading this makes me so tired! What work goes into farming!! I know it was not funny at the moment, however, I could not help but chuckle at the Sheba adventures. What a smart dog. How brave of you- looks like you two were a good match. I also enjoyed the pictures. Seems winter that year was a lot like our winter this year. Only difference, is to us city folks, it was just inconvenient, but to the farmer, it can make a difference in livelihood! Thank you so much for sharing.

Comment on Fishy Fish Tales by Anne Mosness

Anne Mosness — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:48:34 +0000

Sadly, promoting one type of gear and disparaging other fisheries serves little purpose. Salmon are harvested in different regions with a variety of methods depending on whether they eat small fish so will bite on bait or lures which makes using hooks necessary or whether they graze oceans feeding on plankton and small crustaceans. These species that eat low on the food chain, like sockeye, humpies and chums are generally caught with nets and the quality of these fish can be as fabulous as troll caught salmon. The prized Copper River chinook and sockeye are gillnet caught fish. The abundant Bristol Bay sockeye run of 25 million and 65 million fish returning in a month are entirely harvested by gillnets. These small family fishing businesses provide consumers with sustainably harvested seafoods. At the same time NOAA is promoting marine feedlots, even in Washington’s waters. Using a NOAA photo that shows an old chunk of wild salmon next to a farmed salmon that is intact clearly shows the agency’s bias. Frozen wild salmon is as beautiful and fine tasting as when it comes from the ocean and is put into chilled refrigeration onboard the fishing boat. Consumers can be confident of the fine quality of wild salmon taken from the freezer case, as well as during the peak of the harvest season when it is fresh in the marketplace.

Comment on Dishing on Pollan’s Cooked by Gail Nickel-Kailing

Gail Nickel-Kailing — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:58:18 +0000

Teri,

We have met so many wonderful people in the “field to table” value chain; people that get overlooked in the grand scheme of things.

In a world where wheat is grown on 10s of 1000s of acres at a time, grain is milled by the train car load, and the amount of bread made is measured by the number of tons of dough produced a day, the small growers, millers, and bakers need, even more, to be recognized!

Much appreciate the kind words!

Gail N-K
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