Tag: permaculture

Get Out There In The Cold And Harvest More Habanero

Tony Teolis November 9, 2013 0 Comments
I got home after dark and suddenly remembered my neglected hot habanero peppers. I picked some last Sunday and I have a short window left for tryinfg  to ripen what is left on seven habanero and one jalapeno pepper plant.  I harvested 6 habanero and 6 jalapeno tonight. Although the jalapeno are small they will go nicely in the hot sauce mix I will be creating.

Watch How The Mushrooms Are Flourishing

Tony Teolis November 5, 2013 0 Comments
It worked! Just a day after soaking two trial logs in a trash can full of water the mushrooms have started to flourish. I'll set the two logs aside for a few days and wait until they develop further. If they do well then I will begin dunking the rest of the logs. Then if all goes well I will seek out more logs and make an order for more mushroom plugs.

Episode-222- Make Room for More Mushrooms In the Backyard

Tony Teolis October 29, 2013 0 Comments
Today's short video gives a view of  how well the shiitake (Lentinula edodes) and oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) mushrooms are growing in the backyard. It is also a good time for planning expansion of this mini mushroom farm. It has almost been one year since my son and I drilled all the holes and filled them with the mushroom plugs. In the past two weeks we began to see some mushrooms...

Episode-219- Hugel Garden Versus Regular Flat Garden Science Experiment 1

Tony Teolis October 11, 2013 0 Comments
Analysis – Trial 1 results    Flat Bed Hugel Bed pH* 7 7 Nitrogen 1 0 Phosphorous 0 2 Potassium 2 0 Color 2 3 Smell 2 3 Texture 2 3 ML animals 0 0 *pH 7 neutral 0 depleted 1 deficient 2 adequate 3 sufficient 4 surplus Today's episode focuses on a long time desire to compare hugelkultur garden against more traditional flat bed gardening. I know that my hugel beds produce more food and I...