tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post1817166440025420898..comments2023-10-24T01:23:50.013-07:00Comments on Living the Good Life - Linda Cockburn: Tatoes and MatoesLinda Cockburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06569992095710837103noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-32571529598370557812008-04-21T09:11:00.000-07:002008-04-21T09:11:00.000-07:00ROFL at the image of you running down the road. I...ROFL at the image of you running down the road. I've just discovered your book and savoured every page. I'm so pleased to have found your blog and look forward to reading more. Thank you for sharing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-51938245353252591302008-04-01T02:18:00.000-07:002008-04-01T02:18:00.000-07:00Oh the times you need a video camera, would have l...Oh the times you need a video camera, would have loved to have seen the Ram/Wallaby Run!!!<BR/>Both my husband and I work full time shift work, however we have a backyard that is a fruit bats delight. Unfortunately we lost a number of fruit tree's due to lack of water even with recycling and a water tank.Kathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103211886301133635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-29150578931225621332008-03-21T05:45:00.000-07:002008-03-21T05:45:00.000-07:00Wow congrats with the harvest, our poor garden has...Wow congrats with the harvest, our poor garden has been suffering with the dry here in toowoomba, I swear everyone else has had decent rain, but us. However a little is better than none, so I won't complain too much...<BR/>I had to smile at Caleb reading the 'tomorrow' series I loved it as a kid, it is very addictive! <BR/>Have a great week - Emily Bdaisy 81https://www.blogger.com/profile/14445695021653733131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-34100035273897810392008-03-20T20:58:00.000-07:002008-03-20T20:58:00.000-07:00Hi Bev and Rinelle,You can build a clamp - which i...Hi Bev and Rinelle,<BR/>You can build a clamp - which is a straw covered bit of earth, heaped with potatoes, covered in straw and then piled with a big thick pile of earth that you pat down with the back of a spade to keep nice and firm, and dig up when needed. There's a good description of a clamp in John Seymour's book, on self sufficiency.<BR/><BR/>But all we've done is buy big hessian sacks and half fill them and leave them in a dark shed. Ours tried to grow legs and walk off last year, you can knock off their legs and eat them anyway.<BR/><BR/>Commercial spuds have a retardant of some kind on them to stop them sprouting... give me garden spuds any day. Trev's mum came for a week and couldn't stop remarking on the taste of the spuds. There is such a difference between the ones you buy and the fresh as an apple ones from your own garden. <BR/><BR/>Keeping in the garden till you want them is fine, but me... I'm always looking for more space to plant things and want them out of there.<BR/><BR/>As to the honey Daisy, we give a lot of it away, but we'll probably have to slow that down now as we have only 50 jars left, at the rate we go through it that might last till the next honey flow - late spring next year. Only one hive at this point. And I've been giving the beeswax to our neighbour who uses it as a finish on his wood products. But I'm saving it from now on also as I want to use it to finish the floor in our, one day will happen, house.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/><BR/>LindaLinda Cockburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569992095710837103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-8153466111175931842008-03-20T18:24:00.000-07:002008-03-20T18:24:00.000-07:00I just had to comment, seeing the picture of Caleb...I just had to comment, seeing the picture of Caleb watching the goats. It takes me back to my childhood and my sister and I reading and playing games while we watched our pet goats. They still got into the vegie garden when we were distracted though! <BR/><BR/>Like Bev, I'm also interested in how you plan to store your potatoes. <BR/><BR/>This is my first comment, but I read your blog often, and love hearing about your family.Rinellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531231014570232367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-20850335154216105972008-03-18T11:01:00.000-07:002008-03-18T11:01:00.000-07:00Great descriptions!(found your blog through your b...Great descriptions!<BR/><BR/>(found your blog through your book, which my 18 month old daughter is extremely attached to -- she is very fond of the picture of goat cheese which she pulls out and looks at constantly: "cheese! cheese! cheese!".)cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220793371678913415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-11764517906182254902008-03-16T23:34:00.000-07:002008-03-16T23:34:00.000-07:00Great harvest! How will you store the potatoes to ...Great harvest! How will you store the potatoes to stop them sprouting? I've heard the frig is best, but I just stick mine in the cupboard where they usually start to sprout before we can get around to eating them. Jackie French just leaves hers in the ground and digs when needed.<BR/><BR/>Tiny request...can you put a link to Caleb's blog on your page so I can visit you then go straight to Caleb without having to backtrack to Favourites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289349697796382040.post-55628377602066964982008-03-16T20:50:00.000-07:002008-03-16T20:50:00.000-07:00Wow, thats alot of matoes and tatoes! Also congrat...Wow, thats alot of matoes and tatoes! Also congrats on the 65kg of honey. I enjoyed your article but have yet to convince my other half to get bees. What will you do with all you honey? How many hives do you have? Would love to see an article on the bees wax.Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392998706218821035noreply@blogger.com