A Locovor's Diary: What's on your bookshelve?

Monday, June 23, 2008

What's on your bookshelve?

I admit it... I'm addicted to cook books.. this is just a drop in the bucket what I have... David said if I don't start cooking out some of these I can't buy anymore.. yeah RIGHT!!

But these are my favs right now...
From left to right.. Fix and Forget it Crockpot recipes..hands down the best crockpot recipe book

The next 5 are from Gooseberry Patch ... I LOVE these books.. talk about comfort foods..

Preserving for Busy folks and Stocking up.. guess what I'm reading up on now days? lol

My favorite book of all time Laurel's Kitchen Whole Food Cookery... hands down for me this book rocks..

Nourishing Tradition .. interesting with great recipes

The next two are Annie Bethhold Bond.. How to make your own cleaning stuff.. A must have for anyone trying to get chemicals out of your house.

Long term To Do List ( 6 month-1year )

Learn how to can ( in the process )
Build ( finally ) the raised beds ( in the process )
Learn how to shoot a gun
cut our electricity down by at least 50 %
learn to cook more from scratch.. ( in the process )
find a hand mill
Learn how to use said hand mill
Find a regional source for wheat and other grains
find coffee grinder
find a good local coffee that is fair trade
Learning to shop less and less at the chain stores and more at farmer's mkt,ethic stores,and place like trader joes.. ( in the process )
make a lot of our Yule gifts this year.. another tough one

Garden/Herb Plan 2010

Order garlic for late Sept to early Oct planting 09
Have seeds bought by middle of Jan.
Have seeds sown by middle of Feb.
Have small plants planted in beds and in the green house by late Feb. to early March

The Plan is for Bed # 1
*Fill this bed w/ soil ( DONE )
*add a little peat moss
*top off w/ a little compost ( DONE )
*Add hoops to the bed so I can use as a cold frame in Feb/March

Now the other plans for our little back yard are :

*Move the lavender plant to the herb side of the yard

*Make a small raised bed ( non contained, where the lavender was )
This is where my green beans are going to go

*Make another raised bed w/ rails ; This is Bed # 2

Container Plan
*Tomatoes,tomatoes,tomatoes ; a variety of roma and heirloom.
Cherokee Purple,Chocolate Cherokee Purple,Brandywine,Abraham Lincoln. Roma's ~Roma VF,Sausage,Bisignano. All from the Victory Seed Co.
*Herbs,Herbs and more herbs :) More culinary herbs along w/ more medicinal ones
*Make more holes in my containers

What I want to try new next year :
*Onions again maybe in the garlic patch
*Green beans
*Bush beans
*Thai green beans ( which I have the seeds for )

What I know I will plant :
*Tomatoes / reg. and plum
*chard
*mixed greens
*herbs

Plan for the Herb bed :
*add a light compost to the beds (Done!)
*add mulch (Done!)
*take down or replant the butterfly bushes
*replant the French lavender plant

*Next year I want to expand it again only this time down behind the back of the house maybe a ft or two.. planting hostas and plants that love the shade .

On other plans for the yard for this year and next :
*Put mulch around the side of the red barn
*Plant the fig into the ground instead of the container
*Expand the rocks around that little area where the fig plant is
*On the other side maybe plant the butter fly bushes
*Clean up the area around the compost bin (DONE)
*Clean out and bag up the compost (DONE )

Monday, June 23, 2008

What's on your bookshelve?

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Garden/Herb Plan 2010

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