TimeBomb 2000 - Homemaking and Homesteading http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/ en Sun, 19 May 2013 08:29:33 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/images/misc/rss.png TimeBomb 2000 - Homemaking and Homesteading http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/ Is Anyone Else Container Gardening This Year? http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?428534-Is-Anyone-Else-Container-Gardening-This-Year&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 21:10:28 GMT I bought two dwarf Peach trees, two strawberry baskets and a flat of strawberry plants, and three tomato plants. So far. :D I also bought several cubic foot bags of organic humus/compost mix and some of potting soil mix. It is pretty near impossible to find anything that does not have added stuff... I bought two dwarf Peach trees, two strawberry baskets and a flat of strawberry plants, and three tomato plants. So far. :D
I also bought several cubic foot bags of organic humus/compost mix and some of potting soil mix. It is pretty near impossible to find anything that does not have added stuff to help your plants grow.
Makes it hard to figure out what else to add if you are used to feeding things yourself.
I am going to cut a 55 gal drum in half for the trees, and I am going to get one of those kiddie wading pools for the strawberries.
I figure for a $200 investment I can raise most of the fruits and veges I will eat this season. Which is expensive, but the set-up is the major investment here.
I plan to grow some greens, some herbs, and get some berry canes. Those won't produce this year though.
I will post pics when I get it all done. ]]> Homemaking and Homesteading Cardinal http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?428534-Is-Anyone-Else-Container-Gardening-This-Year Gnats on compost http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?428266-Gnats-on-compost&goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 17:36:59 GMT My son and his wife have become vegans. They live in a city, started a small garden, and bought a composter. He says he now has swarms of gnats in and around the composter and wants them gone. Yeah, I know, but he doesn't consider insects animals to be protected...

Does anyone know of an "organic" method he can use to eliminate the gnats and still use the finished compost on his garden? I guess this will expand to other insects, etc. as his garden grows so any successful methods of pest control will be helpful.

Personally, I've used chickens, ducks and an occasional quick pesticide spray when needed. His wife doesn't want chickens although they are allowed in his city. ]]> Homemaking and Homesteading bluetick http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?428266-Gnats-on-compost My latest artifacts http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427928-My-latest-artifacts&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 19:23:41 GMT An Adz, a thumb scraper, a pre-form and a projectile point! An Adz, a thumb scraper, a pre-form and a projectile point!
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]]> Homemaking and Homesteading Dio http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427928-My-latest-artifacts Mice Issue http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427906-Mice-Issue&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 13:25:38 GMT I am having a mice issue in my shed. It’s about 8’ x 10’ and I’m finding stuff chewed on. I put mouse poison out last fall and within a week it was all gone. So I put 2 more trays out. THAT was gone in a week. So I put out 2 more and that stayed for a while. But with the warm weather I... I am having a mice issue in my shed. It’s about 8’ x 10’ and I’m finding stuff chewed on. I put mouse poison out last fall and within a week it was all gone. So I put 2 more trays out. THAT was gone in a week. So I put out 2 more and that stayed for a while. But with the warm weather I reopened the shed to find all the mouse poison gone again and a couple of my rugs chewed up.

I have heard that dryer sheets repel mice is that true? Should I put a box of dryer sheets all over the shed? Or do I need to get more creative?

Anyone’s thoughts would be greatly appreciated. ]]> Homemaking and Homesteading KKC http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427906-Mice-Issue Want to see what I made today? Pics attached http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427887-Want-to-see-what-I-made-today-Pics-attached&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 00:55:55 GMT I ran across someone the other day for whom TSHadHTF on multiple fronts. All of her problems were well beyond my reach except for one small problem...her 3 chickens had taken over her dog's house. I thought for a minute and figured that I had all the material necessary to construct a small coop(and other than 2 sections of drip edge I did). So I offered to build one in exchange for a basket of her Summers garden harvest.

SHe got a metal roof on the nesting box and 40 yr shingles on the roof. It has a 4 X 8 footprint and run and a 4X4 coop area.

Since I took pics- I thought I'd share...
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]]> Homemaking and Homesteading imaginative http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427887-Want-to-see-what-I-made-today-Pics-attached Boy am I tired. This is a LOT of work to deepen my raised beds..... http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427792-Boy-am-I-tired.-This-is-a-LOT-of-work-to-deepen-my-raised-beds.....&goto=newpost Wed, 01 May 2013 19:31:00 GMT Well, the greenhouse guy dropped my 3+ yards of half compost/half loam yesterday morning... (compost is half cow manure from an organic dairy farm already composted and screened and half leaves/grass/organic matter) whew.....that stuff is HEAVYYYYY.... It has been covered all winter with... Well, the greenhouse guy dropped my 3+ yards of half compost/half loam yesterday morning... (compost is half cow manure from an organic dairy farm already composted and screened and half leaves/grass/organic matter)

whew.....that stuff is HEAVYYYYY....

It has been covered all winter with tarps at his greenhouse and just thawing out. There were huge boulders of it on the dump truck, lol......they are thawing in the hot sun tho.

We had 80 degrees yesterday and probably as hot again today. Dh and I shoveled into the wheelbarrow and my new garden cart. (Gorilla Cart. Boy do I love that cart. It has a dump function on it...:spns:)

I have 7 large beds. 6 of them are 4x8 ft and the last oneis like a horseshoe kinda with square corners....I have strawberries and raspberries/blackberries on one said and half way to the middle in the back part. My plan is to make it mostly strawberries someday along with the raspberries and blackberries.
The other side goes to tomatoes. The bed is around 3 ft wide with 5 ft chicken fencing thru the middle all the way around. Perfect to tie up the tomatoe vines on.

All of the beds needed more soil in them. We bought enough 1x6x8 ft rough sawn pine boards to make the sides higher and the soil deeper to about 13 inches deep now.

All that beautiful dirt is going in on top of the older soil. I limed all the older stuff last year and left a goodly amount of leaves/twigs on top of it. New soil on top of that. Hopefully the leaves will decompose and help enrich that bottom 7 inches of soil.

Well, we have 4 beds completely done. Just need seeds/plants in them. Half the horse shoe bed is done and my strawberries have new soil around them.
Tomorrow hopefully I can get the last two beds done, one of which is my herb bed which is only going to need maybe 4 inches of new soil in it cause it's already about 10 inches deep. Hopefully I won't have to do too much digging up and replanting of my herbs in there. I have been working hard to get things done before everything started to get really going and making it more work.


I pray to God this is going to help us get a really fantastic garden this year. These beds all have upper frames on them for putting plastic up and making them mini greenhouses. Still need to do that part.

When I get this all done and my tomato and pepper plants into the beds (plants on all over indoors right now taking over my kitchen........:rolleyes:) I can take a break for a bit.

In the meantime, I am wiped out. Trying to do this with arthritis in my knees, neck, shoulders and NOW in my right hip it seems, it is taking forever.
Work 15 mins/sit down 15 mins/work/sit, rinse and repeat plus at least an hour at lunch time......

Please pray it doesn't snow or something stupid. If that happens I will have to run out and cover up what is already growing......:shkr:

So, how is your garden doing so far? ]]> Homemaking and Homesteading Wise Owl http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427792-Boy-am-I-tired.-This-is-a-LOT-of-work-to-deepen-my-raised-beds..... We lost our Hive http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427656-We-lost-our-Hive&goto=newpost Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:27:37 GMT Just opened the Hive, No bees, still some Honey...the local experts are telling us it's CCD ( Colony Collapse Disorder )! The word here is that it is happening everywhere around us!
so now we are starting over.......so sad. ]]> Homemaking and Homesteading Dio http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427656-We-lost-our-Hive <![CDATA[GOT MILK?(Cider?) NEED CHEAP MODEL P5000 SAFGARD 5 QT "home pasturizer"? Bid is $7.50]]> http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427390-GOT-MILK-(Cider-)-NEED-CHEAP-MODEL-P5000-SAFGARD-5-QT-quot-home-pasturizer-quot-Bid-is-7.50&goto=newpost Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:34:10 GMT I don't get why you would need a special unit for pasteurization unless it is so you don't accidentally boil the milk or whatever you are pasteurizing?
(BTW-You have to register first in order to bid on shopgoodwill.com)
(IF YOU BUY IT, I LOCATED THE INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR IT ($10) AT ANOTHER WEBSITE, HERE: ) http://hambydairysupply.com/xcart/pr...productid=1337

Here is a website with people offering to copy their instruction book for others: http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-an...?msg_id=007Woh

Here is a link to the sale of the pasteurizer(:
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem...temID=13004546

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BIDDING End Time 4/29/2013 11:43:57 AM PT
Seller Wabash Valley Goodwill
Location Terre Haute, IN

DESCRIPTION:Low temp pasteurization and vacuum cooling
Electric, Pres-vac, 5 Qt. Capacity, 120 Volts, 1300 Watts, 60 cycle, The Schlueter Co. Janesville, Wis.

DIMENSIONS:
Approx: 10 ½” T x 12” handle to handle, inner bucket 8 ¾” diameter

CONDITION:
Appears good, not tested Sold As Is
SHIPPING:
USPS

WEIGHT B/F SHIPPING
5 lb. 3.8 oz.
]]> Homemaking and Homesteading ainitfunny http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427390-GOT-MILK-(Cider-)-NEED-CHEAP-MODEL-P5000-SAFGARD-5-QT-quot-home-pasturizer-quot-Bid-is-7.50 April 21 rst and my garlic is up 2 inches !!! http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427122-April-21-rst-and-my-garlic-is-up-2-inches-!!!&goto=newpost Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:26:56 GMT :spns::spns::spns:

Looks nice a healthy this year too. I am just using up that from last year. It was SO good. Nice and strong and did well just hanging in the bedroom where it's cool and dark.

I always plant Siberian btw cause we live in the mt's of Maine where the winters can be awful.

I checked two days ago and nothing but the snow disappeared yesterday from that raised beds and the little fellas are a popping up now.

So very cool.....love it....:spns: ]]> Homemaking and Homesteading Wise Owl http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427122-April-21-rst-and-my-garlic-is-up-2-inches-!!! What to plant where pines used to be? http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427110-What-to-plant-where-pines-used-to-be&goto=newpost Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:49:34 GMT I know pine trees have a tendency of mucking up the soil where they once grew, was curious once the trees are removed and the ground has a chance to rest what could be grown back in place of them? The grandparents had a few pines die out and we're wanting to replant something that will handle the acidity and such of the soil. ]]> Homemaking and Homesteading Ambros http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?427110-What-to-plant-where-pines-used-to-be