VICTORY

 

Good Food

So many good, natural, whole foods have been given a bad name over the years, and the potato is one of them! Any food that is high in starch is shunned by the dieting community. But the potato has given nourishment to generations of people worldwide for centuries.

Going back to the terrain dilemma I mentioned in an earlier post---It's not the food that is bad, it is the soil which has been depleted, and the processing practices that have made good food bad for you.

There are many things that can be done on a small scale, meaning we can grow our own food using organic principles. The first practice being nourish your soil---don't destroy it. How can this be done? By giving back to the soil what was taken out of it, in the form of compost.

NOW, is the perfect time to begin preparing your soil for springtime planting, while the ground is recovering from the growth of last year's garden.

First you'll need to clean it up.

Get rid of any insect/egg harboring plants that have been left in the garden.

Burning them (check with your local authorities before burning anything!) is the best way to cut down on what might be in there just waiting to develop. Just when your broccoli or greens start to flourish, overnight, bugs can make a disaster of them.

In my opinion it is better to burn the weeds and leftover plants to get rid of the nuisances, than worrying about what good insects you might be killing off. Nature is going to provide us with both! But with a little forethought, we can possibly cut down on the bad ones.

Now, plow the ground and plant a cover crop. According to many experts, "Cover crops just might be the hardest-working plants you’ll ever grow. Cover crops (also called green manure) suppress weeds, build productive soil, and help control pests and diseases. Plus, cover crops are easy to plant and require only basic care to thrive. And they grow well in nearly every part of the country." http://www.suburbanhomesteading.com/build-your-soil%e2%80%99s-productivity-with-cover-crops/quick-tips

Other enthusiasts on using cover crops for the above reasons, include: Mary Jane Butter's, Mother Earth News, and a myriad of other experts in organic gardening. Mary Jane even suggests using an edible cover crop, Daikon Radishes.

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Sewing Tips

 Re-covering an old potholder to look like new. (2009)

MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook: For the Farmgirl in All of Us, MaryJane Butters 
I think I found this idea in MaryJane Butters book or website. If not, it still has some cute projects, tips and ideas on lots of things. Come to think of it I learned how to do the blanket stitch in her book, it has directions for SEVERAL different stitches

 

Keepers at Home

Titus 2:3-5 (KJV) The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

The passage before us shows how much the honor of Christianity is bound up with the faithful discharge by Christians of the simple domestic duties of life. In truth, the family is the chief seat, and often the main test, of Christian virtue, as it is the distinctive feature of humanity as ordained by God. Source: Pulpit Commentary

Seasonal Pleasures

Seasonal Simple Pleasures

 We've probably all heard of eating seasonally for our health, for our pocketbook, and for environmental reasons. . .but why not just for the simple pleasure in it?

Photo: Jill Wellington, Pixabay

Marshmallow Cheese Toast

I recently bought a book call Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales. It is a wonderful book! Of course I'm a little prejudice, since I've loved her writings since I was child. Actually, I've grown to love her even more as an adult, because of her attention to details about the home, cooking, and gardening. She truly had a green thumb, and a most wonderful sense of artistic abilities. You can see it in her books of course but even in her yard, farms, decorating and clothing.

 

Collards Greens & Turkey Wings w/Rutabagas

Add abt. 2 qts water, cleaned chopped greens, smoked turkey wings and diced rutabagas to dutch oven, season with salt, add a Tablespoon butter or oil, bring to boil, turn down and let it simmer to desired tenderness. Serving Suggestions: Serve w/cornbread and sweet iced tea.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

"It is more important to live the life one wishes to live, and to go down with it if necessary, quite contentedly, than to live more profitably but less happily. " Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Dilemma

I didn't know my new computer didn't have a slot for my camera card!! So I've been trying to figure out how to use Pinterest, Polyvore (the best, if you can find the pics you need) and other places on the web for finding pics, and posting them. There use to be a button you could download to your toolbar to "Blog this"...so you could blog a picture and article, or whatever from any webpage to blogger....Anybody know more about this?? :(