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Saturday on the Farm – Garden Tour

April 26, 2014 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 1 Comment

I was able to get a little work done outside this week. The kids and I, ok, mostly the kids, spread newspaper and cardboard over this butterfly garden in the front yard.

butterfly garden

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Saturday on the Farm – Strawberries, Asparagus, Kittens, & Snow!

April 19, 2014 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy Leave a Comment

Spring in Kentucky has turned into a roller coaster event. First, snow and cold. Next warm, sunny weather, in the 70’s. Then the very next day, it’s in the 20’s and it’s snowing! True story! lol

In between the snow and the cold, we’ve started working on the gardens.

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Planning a Garden

January 4, 2014 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 22 Comments

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It’s January. That means it’s time to start planning the vegetable gardens. And the flower gardens. Ok, you may think I’m jumping the gun since we’ve had snow, and have another snow storm coming tomorrow. Now is the time to start the planning, though.

planning garden
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Saturday on the Farm – Weeds and Their Medicinal Uses

August 24, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 3 Comments

This week I thought I’d share some interest plants around the farm and some of the ways they are used. All, with the exception of the Raspberries, are considered weeds. Weeds that have medicinal uses.

 

Our Red Raspberries are growing again. We always get a harvest in the spring, and a larger harvest in the fall. Red Raspberries have many nutrients in them, including the much talked about antioxidants. You can also use the Red Raspberry leaves to make a tea that is useful for female problems, and helpful during labor. I haven’t tried the tea, but I love to eat the berries while standing at the vine. I practically have to fight my kids for them. lol

 

Plantain can be used externally or internally for a lot of different conditions. We use it for bug bites when we’re outside. When you get bit, just pull a leaf off, chew it for a few seconds to break it down and release the juices. Then apply it to the bug bite. It stops the itching almost immediately. I know, your thinking, “Chew it?!?!” It just tastes like grass, No I haven’t actually eaten grass, but if you ever used grass between your fingers as a whistle when you were a kid like I did, you probably got the taste of grass in your mouth. I know I did. You can use the leaf like I mentioned already, you can make a tincture, a poultice, an ointment, or juice it. You can wash with the juice, or gargle with it, or drink it.

Jewelweed is a bush that has beautiful little flowers and fun little seed pods after the flower dies. When you touch the seed pods they “explode” and propel a seed a few feet. That’s how Jewelweed gets it’s other name, Touch Me Nots. The kids love to go around the yard exploding the seed pods. Ok, I admit it, I do, too! lol One of the uses for Jewelweed leaves is poison ivy. Make a tincture from the leaves and put directly on the rash. Or use the leaves or tincture to make a soap to wash the rash with.

I’ve had this plant come up in front of my house for a few years now. I didn’t know what it was, just that it was interesting looking, so I left it. I recently learned that it is Poke Berry, Poke Week, Ink Weed, Poke Sallet, or Pokeroot. Many names for the same plant. The young shoots can be eaten in the spring. A lot of people here in Kentucky eat Poke Sallet, as the young shoots are called. I have never eaten it, though.

I found an interesting article with a lot of information on the medicinal uses of Pokeberry. I don’t plan on trying any of them anytime soon, as there can be some intense digestive system side effects if taken incorrectly. I prefer to avoid those side effects. lol

Do you have any interesting or medicinal plants growing in your yard?

NOTE: I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on the internet. This post is for information purposes only. Do your own research, and consult your healthcare provider before using anything mentioned here. Please do so, as I can’t come to y’all’s house and make you chicken soup if you get sick.  🙂

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Storing Seeds

July 13, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 7 Comments

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For years now, I’ve been storing my seeds in a big bin. It was messy. Hard to find what I was looking for. And often resulted in spilled seeds in the bottom of the bin. I’ve been thinking for awhile about a way I could store my seeds better.

I saw a few people storing their seed packages in photo albums. The album in the picture below is for 4×6 photos. It is nice to be able to see your seeds at a glance. And they are safely tucked away on a shelf where they can’t be spilled. If you don’t have a lot of seed packets, this could work very well for you. Much better than my old system of throwing everything into a bin.

storing seeds

 

My problem with that system is I have too many seeds and not enough shelf space. Once day I was sitting here and it dawned on me. Why not use these drawers that I organize other stuff in?

storing seeds file cabinet

Storing Seeds

I thought I was brilliant. lol  I have this old library card file cabinet in my schoolroom that I store school supplies and other stuff in. I had a few empty drawers. So I decided to store my seeds there!

I now have three drawers labeled flowers, herbs, and vegetables.

storing seeds

The smaller packs lay on their sides and fit perfectly. Larger packs, envelopes, and bags of seeds can lay down in the back of the drawers. Yes, that is a lot of seeds. Maybe I have a seed problem…….nah!

storing seeds

Now I realize that not everyone will have a cabinet like this to store their seeds in.  I used to have a under the cabinet recipe file that attaches to the bottom of the kitchen cabinet and the drawer pulls out. Looking on Amazon, I can’t find it, but there are many, many options for recipe card files that would be able to hold seed packets. I really like this seed storage box. There are even two drawer card file units that could sit on a cabinet, or shelf.

More Ideas

Did you see the two drawer cd cabinet on the big cabinet in the picture above? That would be perfect for storing seeds, as well. I also have some of those same drawers that held vhs tapes. Those would hold all sizes of seed packages if you have any still hanging around, like I do.

You could also use a shoe box. Either a cardboard box that your shoes came in, or a plastic one from the store. This could be a convenient way to store seed packages. Even the larger packages would fit in the shoe box.

Here’s another neat way to store seeds, the Seed Keeper.

I am now happy with my seed storage. And it is so much easier to find what I’m looking for!

How do you store your seeds?

Check out my other gardening posts!

storing seeds

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The Burning Bush in My Bible Garden

November 17, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 3 Comments

For more pictures, visit Wordless Wednesday,
Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom ,
Say “Cheese” at It’s a Blog Party
A Beautiful Mess,
Live and Love Outloud,
Attic Girl
Shibley Smiles
Angelica’s Awesome Adventures
The Florida Hogans
The Life of Rylie & Bryce, too
Mama to 4 Blessings
Wordy or Not So Wordy Wednesday

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Blooming Flowers

August 25, 2010 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy 3 Comments

We finally got a break from the heat and humidity. It’s only been in the 80’s the last two days, with a breeze! It feels like fall already. But I can’t be fooled. I know we have at least 2 months of hot weather before it cools down for fall. We have enjoyed the last couple days though!

The Hibiscus bushes have all gone to seed.

Here’s a Morning Glory I found growing on a cedar tree.

I finally got some blooms on the flowers on the front porch.

A very pretty pink flower. I’m pretty sure this is a Cosmos, but the plant take disappeared.  Unfortunately, this pretty pink flower met a horrible death in a laser sword fight.

Here’s it’s pretty pink self in the house in a glass bottle brightening my house. I have to say, I almost cried when my son brought it to me. Yeah, the some son who had wielded the laser sword.


EDITED to add these 2 pictures:  I discovered the above flowers sprouted other little flowers in the center!
See? I was so surprised & delighted to see the little flowers!
Someone said in the comments that this wasn’t Cosmos, that it was a Zinnia.

End of edit…..


My daughter trimmed the big, white butterfly bush for me. It only had a couple of blooms left on it.

See how big it is? My husband had trimmed it back in the spring, before it started growing. It sure grew this summer!

She did a good job trimming all the branches she could reach.

My husband finished the top part when he got home. I’m told it will bloom again this year after trimming. This is the first year we are trying it.

If you want to see pictures of our vegetable garden, visit Saturday on the Farm.While your there, join the Saturday on the Farm Carnival.

For more flower pictures, visit Tuesday Garden Party at An Oregon Cottage.
Flaunt Your Flowers at Tootsie Time.
Also visit Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Day Dreamer.


Also visit Tackle it Tuesday to see what others are tackling.
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