Do you remember this 24" square planted with chitted potato pieces from the pantry?
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image3957.jpg[/img]
DD10 and I dug up approximately 6 Lbs. of potatoes from here this week. This is IN ADDITION to 1~2 Lbs of potatoes we've harvested already.
My conclusion: There are NO EXCUSES for not planting potatoes in a Kitchen Garden.
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Here we go -- latest on the rice paddies: The rice are growing VERY well, and right on schedule
The Koshihikari rice seed heads are bending down and starting to yellow. I need to redesign the water inlet so I can allow the paddy to dry (I'm installing a rain barrel at the bottom of the downspout and redirecting the water out of the overflow).
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5208.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5210.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5258.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5317.jpg[/img]
The Carolina Gold rice are in full flower.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5244.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5238.jpg[/img]
Almost all the rice planted in ceramic pot covers have seed heads on them too -- it really IS possible to grow rice in a bucket! (Many Japanese blogsites show families growing a poly-bucket of rice for school and family projects). I can see though, that they didn't fill out as well as the ones growing directly in the ground. I believe the containers were too small and I should've been more attentive about fertilizing them, though they did get several applications of AACT.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5236.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5222.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5223.jpg[/img]
ETA: I got the rainbarrel in place.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5326.jpg[/img]
The Koshihikari rice seed heads are bending down and starting to yellow. I need to redesign the water inlet so I can allow the paddy to dry (I'm installing a rain barrel at the bottom of the downspout and redirecting the water out of the overflow).
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5208.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5210.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5258.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5317.jpg[/img]
The Carolina Gold rice are in full flower.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5244.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5238.jpg[/img]
Almost all the rice planted in ceramic pot covers have seed heads on them too -- it really IS possible to grow rice in a bucket! (Many Japanese blogsites show families growing a poly-bucket of rice for school and family projects). I can see though, that they didn't fill out as well as the ones growing directly in the ground. I believe the containers were too small and I should've been more attentive about fertilizing them, though they did get several applications of AACT.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5236.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5222.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5223.jpg[/img]
ETA: I got the rainbarrel in place.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5326.jpg[/img]
Last edited by applestar on Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
I must admit, I'm actually fascinated with simplicity and effectiveness of this design, it is like a "mini work horse" of the garden (providing it is prepared well). Just perfect for it's purpose! One area with everything you need right at your feet! I have one spot where I think I can manage to make one for 2010. It would be perfect for those "quick meals/need now" veggies/fruits.applestar wrote:...
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image3950.jpg[/img]
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Thanks for the idea!
Regards,
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I harvested most of the Koshihikari rice last Friday (10/2).
When I test harvested on Monday (9/28 ), not all rice grains were fully ripe (some green grains on some stalks). It occurred to me that with my small paddy, I didn't have to harvest ALL the rice. I harvested about 20 well dried seed heads.
On Friday, after a week of dry weather and a rain forecast during the night and on Saturday, I decided it might be a good idea not to let the rice grains get wet since I would have to wait another 2 days or so for them to dry.
I found several websites/blogs with good visual of harvest-ready rice. These two were particularly helpful:
https://www.ktknet.ne.jp/jtbanzai/ine.html
https://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hyakusyo/folderhojou/suitou4.html
Mine looked like this:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5610.jpg[/img]
About 2/3~3/4 of the grain head stems were completely dry:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5613.jpg[/img]
But the base 1/3~1/4 were still green on most of them:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5614.jpg[/img]
As you can see, my rice plants -- leaves, stalks, were still a bit green, but it seemed to me that the rice grain heads were ready. I decided to go-ahead with the harvest rather than risk getting them wet. I used my Japanese sickle from Smith and Hawken that looks kind of like this: [img]https://www.kaboodle.com/hi/img/c/0/0/1/e/AAAADLSyMicAAAAAAAHs1A.jpg[/img]
Photos and text on [url=https://gazoo.com/g-blog/KATASHINA_MURA005/84766/Article.aspx]this page[/url] provided a good description of how to hand-harvest rice.
Here's mine
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5619.jpg[/img]
Then I decided to harvest the clump grown from a single rice seedling in this ceramic pot-cover (about 2 gallon size):
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5621.jpg[/img]
You can see the difference between the paddy-grown vs. the container grown rice here:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5629.jpg[/img]
I have to admit I didn't provide any extra care for the container rice. There was/is at least 1, probably 2 fish (goldfish and minnow) in the container so there was some *fertilizing* going on, but I didn't add anything extra.
I'm planning to count the number of grains on the seed heads, and take comparison photos of the grains later. A good average seed head size is supposed to be 100 grains.
A photo on [url=https://www.hananomai.co.jp/yamada/yamada_r21.html]this page[/url] gave me the idea for hanging the harvested rice in the house for safe-keeping. I strung a clothes line across the Dining Room-Living Room doorway.
When I test harvested on Monday (9/28 ), not all rice grains were fully ripe (some green grains on some stalks). It occurred to me that with my small paddy, I didn't have to harvest ALL the rice. I harvested about 20 well dried seed heads.
On Friday, after a week of dry weather and a rain forecast during the night and on Saturday, I decided it might be a good idea not to let the rice grains get wet since I would have to wait another 2 days or so for them to dry.
I found several websites/blogs with good visual of harvest-ready rice. These two were particularly helpful:
https://www.ktknet.ne.jp/jtbanzai/ine.html
https://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hyakusyo/folderhojou/suitou4.html
Mine looked like this:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5610.jpg[/img]
About 2/3~3/4 of the grain head stems were completely dry:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5613.jpg[/img]
But the base 1/3~1/4 were still green on most of them:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5614.jpg[/img]
As you can see, my rice plants -- leaves, stalks, were still a bit green, but it seemed to me that the rice grain heads were ready. I decided to go-ahead with the harvest rather than risk getting them wet. I used my Japanese sickle from Smith and Hawken that looks kind of like this: [img]https://www.kaboodle.com/hi/img/c/0/0/1/e/AAAADLSyMicAAAAAAAHs1A.jpg[/img]
Photos and text on [url=https://gazoo.com/g-blog/KATASHINA_MURA005/84766/Article.aspx]this page[/url] provided a good description of how to hand-harvest rice.
Here's mine
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5619.jpg[/img]
Then I decided to harvest the clump grown from a single rice seedling in this ceramic pot-cover (about 2 gallon size):
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5621.jpg[/img]
You can see the difference between the paddy-grown vs. the container grown rice here:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5629.jpg[/img]
I have to admit I didn't provide any extra care for the container rice. There was/is at least 1, probably 2 fish (goldfish and minnow) in the container so there was some *fertilizing* going on, but I didn't add anything extra.
I'm planning to count the number of grains on the seed heads, and take comparison photos of the grains later. A good average seed head size is supposed to be 100 grains.
A photo on [url=https://www.hananomai.co.jp/yamada/yamada_r21.html]this page[/url] gave me the idea for hanging the harvested rice in the house for safe-keeping. I strung a clothes line across the Dining Room-Living Room doorway.
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Thanks gixxerific.
I found a photo of rice being dried in the field on [url=https://matsumae.exblog.jp/blog.asp?iid=&acv=2008-10-01&dif=m&opt=2&srl=9245370&dte=2008-10-02+13%3A50%3A45.000]this website[/url]. Rare scene nowadays when most are harvested and threshed by machine and dried in the dehydrator.
Notice the scarecrow in addition to the fine mesh birdnetting.
[img]https://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200810/02/71/f0166871_1340759.jpg[/img]
I found a photo of rice being dried in the field on [url=https://matsumae.exblog.jp/blog.asp?iid=&acv=2008-10-01&dif=m&opt=2&srl=9245370&dte=2008-10-02+13%3A50%3A45.000]this website[/url]. Rare scene nowadays when most are harvested and threshed by machine and dried in the dehydrator.
Notice the scarecrow in addition to the fine mesh birdnetting.
[img]https://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200810/02/71/f0166871_1340759.jpg[/img]
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Here's an update on the Carolina Gold Rice:
Back on 10/2, it looked like this:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5634.jpg[/img]
On 10/9, the first few seed heads started to look like this:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5674.jpg[/img]
and I harvested the first bunch:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5673.jpg[/img]
It's not so easy to tell, but the Carolina Gold Rice stems are about twice as thick as the Koshihikari Rice, and the plants themselves are at least 1 foot taller. I believe the grains are larger as well, though I haven't threshed them yet.
I started to get anxious about the rest. On 10/19, they still weren't ready to harvest. You can see that the seed head stems are still green:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5709-1.jpg[/img]
But we had frost that morning as well as the next morning. I got worried but the weather held warm for the rest of the week.
Then yesterday (10/23), with heavy rains forecast for today, I decided to harvest whatever was ready.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5717-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5722-1.jpg[/img]
I ended up with a pretty hefty harvest -- almost 1/2 the paddy:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5724-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5730.jpg[/img]
It doesn't quite seem like it in this photo, but I used the criteria that at least 1/2~2/3 of the seed head stems are dried.
We're looking at daytime high of 60's and night time low of 40's for the next week so I do believe the rest of the rice will have the chance to finish ripening.
As for the two containers of Carolina Gold, they have been affected with some kind of disease:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5704.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5705.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5706.jpg[/img]
It might be that they became stressed. I didn't realize that CG was going to be so much bigger than Koshihikari, and had planted them in smaller containers. In the future, I would plant one or two seedlings per 5 gal container, with at least 12" of good soil in the bottom.
Back on 10/2, it looked like this:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5634.jpg[/img]
On 10/9, the first few seed heads started to look like this:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5674.jpg[/img]
and I harvested the first bunch:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5673.jpg[/img]
It's not so easy to tell, but the Carolina Gold Rice stems are about twice as thick as the Koshihikari Rice, and the plants themselves are at least 1 foot taller. I believe the grains are larger as well, though I haven't threshed them yet.
I started to get anxious about the rest. On 10/19, they still weren't ready to harvest. You can see that the seed head stems are still green:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5709-1.jpg[/img]
But we had frost that morning as well as the next morning. I got worried but the weather held warm for the rest of the week.
Then yesterday (10/23), with heavy rains forecast for today, I decided to harvest whatever was ready.
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5717-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5722-1.jpg[/img]
I ended up with a pretty hefty harvest -- almost 1/2 the paddy:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5724-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5730.jpg[/img]
It doesn't quite seem like it in this photo, but I used the criteria that at least 1/2~2/3 of the seed head stems are dried.
We're looking at daytime high of 60's and night time low of 40's for the next week so I do believe the rest of the rice will have the chance to finish ripening.
As for the two containers of Carolina Gold, they have been affected with some kind of disease:
[img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5704.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5705.jpg[/img] [img]https://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll272/applesbucket/Image5706.jpg[/img]
It might be that they became stressed. I didn't realize that CG was going to be so much bigger than Koshihikari, and had planted them in smaller containers. In the future, I would plant one or two seedlings per 5 gal container, with at least 12" of good soil in the bottom.
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Could be indirectly from small root systems causing stress, but the pathogen is clearly fungal. Brown spot, normally associated with the leaves can affect grains as well; it doesn't look like rice blast, but I'm no expert. But the purplish color almost always means fungal disease... too bad.
But the rest of the harvest looks great and I am just impressed with the growing of rice in the first place. Closest I come to that is a pile of wild stuff in the bottom of the kayak after a late summer paddle Very nice...
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But the rest of the harvest looks great and I am just impressed with the growing of rice in the first place. Closest I come to that is a pile of wild stuff in the bottom of the kayak after a late summer paddle Very nice...
HG
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Scott what were you doing kayaking through a rice paddy?The Helpful Gardener wrote:Could be indirectly from small root systems causing stress, but the pathogen is clearly fungal. Brown spot, normally associated with the leaves can affect grains as well; it doesn't look like rice blast, but I'm no expert. But the purplish color almost always means fungal disease... too bad.
But the rest of the harvest looks great and I am just impressed with the growing of rice in the first place. Closest I come to that is a pile of wild stuff in the bottom of the kayak after a late summer paddle Very nice...
HG
Apple sorry to see your rice go bad, I'm still impressed and slightly, okay pretty, jealous of what you got going on there.
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Ahh, Selden Creek is a favorite paddle and and it is LOADED with our native [url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ZIAQ]Zizania aquatica[/url] or wild rice. This was a staple for the natives in my area, but not to be confused with the stuff you all are used to seeing in your pilaf, Zizania palustris, which in your pilaf is usually [url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ZIPAI]Z. p. var interior[/url], not to be confused with the northern wild rice from our area, Zizania palustris va. palustris. Of course they CAN hybridize, but I'm pretty sure the beds at Selden are Z. aquatica from the grains...
There, all cleared up... Now I want to paddle; perhaps tomorrow...
HG
There, all cleared up... Now I want to paddle; perhaps tomorrow...
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Thanks HG and Gix! I'm really pleased with the results overall. I'm pretty sure I'll try again next year. If I can start them earlier indoors, I also might plant some Water Chestnuts in the larger paddy along with Koshihikari, since the growing requirements seem similar. (Who knows, I might even enlarge the paddy )
So, HG, have you ever gathered enough wild rice to eat? I understand spreading a canvas tarp in a canoe and beating on the rice works -- I wonder how you can set up some kind of a catch net in a kayak....
So, HG, have you ever gathered enough wild rice to eat? I understand spreading a canvas tarp in a canoe and beating on the rice works -- I wonder how you can set up some kind of a catch net in a kayak....
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I haven't tried seriously harvesting, although there are the old native pits they carved in the rock on the south end of Selden Island (they would fill the pit with coals, get the pit hot, then sweep out the coals and toast the rice. All this after collecting in a birch bark canoe mind you. But the whole tribe did it together until the harvest was done... I guess if we ever do it we should go old school...
Nice to think we gardeners still follow the same rythms and cycles other cultures did here a thousand years or more back... Continuity is the best we can hope for in a society or an ecosystem.
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Nice to think we gardeners still follow the same rythms and cycles other cultures did here a thousand years or more back... Continuity is the best we can hope for in a society or an ecosystem.
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gixxerific wrote:Might huh? You can't fool us, I'll be interested to see how much bigger it gets.
HG -- About harvesting wild rice -- Sam Thayer makes it sound easily do-able. He even sells foraged wild rice [url=https://www.foragersharvest.com/products.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=37]on his website[/url].
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My goodness, Apple, you are a very busy young lady.
After reviewing this post, I do think the pond can be made where it will flood and possibly drain. If the weather does its usual of rain early and drought in August.
I found it interesting that your melons went into your paddy, not by your choice. I didn't even consider growing melons on the pond bank... but they do tend to be water hogs when I grow melons, so why not try them there too!
Quite an inspiration! One question.... do you ever sleep? With so much going on in the garden, so much posting, and fantastic photos... do you have any time left over... for Apple?
How did the rice harvest end up? Did you get them threshed and winnowed? Come on this is better than a soap-opera... give the rest of the story!
After reviewing this post, I do think the pond can be made where it will flood and possibly drain. If the weather does its usual of rain early and drought in August.
I found it interesting that your melons went into your paddy, not by your choice. I didn't even consider growing melons on the pond bank... but they do tend to be water hogs when I grow melons, so why not try them there too!
Quite an inspiration! One question.... do you ever sleep? With so much going on in the garden, so much posting, and fantastic photos... do you have any time left over... for Apple?
How did the rice harvest end up? Did you get them threshed and winnowed? Come on this is better than a soap-opera... give the rest of the story!
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Don't know if I should offended or happy there.The Helpful Gardener wrote:Scary when Gixx and I are doing the same reading and having the same thoughts
HG
OL "One Straw Revolution" is a book READ IT do yourself a favor it's a very intriguing read . But basically if I can get this right from memory. He grew rice in fields without any weeding or cultivating. Just by throwing seeds down into the mulch of straw leftover by previous crops, as well as not keeping his fields flooded with no pesticides or fertilizers per say. All of these and maybe a few other things I missed were/are totally against everything the Japanese were doing with rice farming, yet had as good or better yields.
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Sounds like my kind of gardening.
I rewatched the Ruth Stout videos on You tube.
I still can't help but wonder... was her soil simply wonderful to begin with?
But, I like her methods... no till, no weeding, no fertilizing, no spraying, no composting, no watering... just plant, mulch and harvest.... my kind of gardening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ReIotPNVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyyVVdg_1Z0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQv6KX7h0QM
These are Ruth Stout videos... man, she looks uncomfortable to me, just stooping over to garden... I end up sitting and getting into what I am doing! Ha ha... But, she was what 95? I hope I am so active at 95!
I rewatched the Ruth Stout videos on You tube.
I still can't help but wonder... was her soil simply wonderful to begin with?
But, I like her methods... no till, no weeding, no fertilizing, no spraying, no composting, no watering... just plant, mulch and harvest.... my kind of gardening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ReIotPNVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyyVVdg_1Z0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQv6KX7h0QM
These are Ruth Stout videos... man, she looks uncomfortable to me, just stooping over to garden... I end up sitting and getting into what I am doing! Ha ha... But, she was what 95? I hope I am so active at 95!
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ExactlyOzark Lady wrote:I found this pdf, and downloaded it.. 225 pages.
Is this the one that you mean?
https://gyanpedia.in/tft/Resources/books/onestraw.pdf
:Edit: Just watched those videos on Stout. What an amazing women, I truly admire her.
The more I stick around this place the more I find that I am a permaculturalist hidden in someone else's body. I do some things like Ruth, she answered my question to what I should do with the potatoes I had all winter on the fridge among other things we have in common. While reading One Straw I realizes he an I did a lot of things alike. There are way too many rules in life some things just need to be done the way that feels right.
Wait I'm not a permaculturalist I am me.
Thanks for the vids, now back to the topic at hand.
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Ruth Stout, Fukuoka-sensei...
Gixx, the fact that you are already doing things these folks did, and the fact that I was doing some of this before I knew who these people were, just supports the fact that we are on the right road, and we should keep our eyes and ears open to hear what our gardens have to say, and stay aware for the next wise person who wanders into our lives with lessons we need to move forward. And trust ourselves to know the difference.
Quite the koku of rice you've opened up here AS...
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Gixx, the fact that you are already doing things these folks did, and the fact that I was doing some of this before I knew who these people were, just supports the fact that we are on the right road, and we should keep our eyes and ears open to hear what our gardens have to say, and stay aware for the next wise person who wanders into our lives with lessons we need to move forward. And trust ourselves to know the difference.
Quite the koku of rice you've opened up here AS...
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I just got around to watching the Ruth Stout videos! Oh wonderful! I love her! How did I not know about her, and her a Quaker lady too!? (like me, for people that haven't gotten that part yet)
Her gardening is revolutionary (how does she get away with not watering in her seeds?), but she is just such a free thinker and blithe spirit!
A lot of the gardening stuff I read (sometimes even here ) my reaction is wow, they are working too hard at it; it doesn't need to be so complicated! Now I can say Ruth Stout said so!
Her gardening is revolutionary (how does she get away with not watering in her seeds?), but she is just such a free thinker and blithe spirit!
A lot of the gardening stuff I read (sometimes even here ) my reaction is wow, they are working too hard at it; it doesn't need to be so complicated! Now I can say Ruth Stout said so!
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Amen to that I think my main non traditional gardening fault of before was using (chemical) pesticides and fungicides in the garden, I always used organic fertilizers when I did use them (call me lazy) and planted however and whenever I wanted. The yard and me and chemicals we won't talk about that but change is gonna come there. Maybe we should write a book?The Helpful Gardener wrote:Ruth Stout, Fukuoka-sensei...
Gixx, the fact that you are already doing things these folks did, and the fact that I was doing some of this before I knew who these people were, just supports the fact that we are on the right road, and we should keep our eyes and ears open to hear what our gardens have to say, and stay aware for the next wise person who wanders into our lives with lessons we need to move forward. And trust ourselves to know the difference.
Quite the koku of rice you've opened up here AS...
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Find your voice, man. Anything built by committee ends up an elephant that was supposed to be a horse. Forums are choruses, books are solos. Both have their place (but can be nice together )
Sorry RBG; posted on top of each other. I think you see my answer. Besides, how would we split the royalties
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Sorry RBG; posted on top of each other. I think you see my answer. Besides, how would we split the royalties
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Posting a last update for the Rice Growing Project 2009.
You know how things you plan to do don't always turn out that way? Well, I didn't get to plant barley last fall because it turned out that they don't overwinter in my area, and I didn't do the rice seed clay balls back in December OR in early spring. I DID scatter clover seeds last fall and early spring, but it turns out that the paddy gets too flooded and the clover failed to grow.
I also didn't scatter the rice straw, and I'll tell you why: The bundles of rice hung in the doorway to the Playroom, unprocessed, ALL WINTER LONG. Most annoying for the kids who had to duck under it every time they went by. (Bad Mommy! )
Well, the onset of spring has renewed my interest and the arrival of the latest possible seed planting time has forced me to finally cut off the seed heads and weigh them.
KOSHIHIKARI RICE: Total unthreshed weight = approx. 1.5 LBS. or 680 g.
CAROLINA GOLD RICE: Total unthreshed weight = just short of 1 LBS. or 430 g.
I don't know what the threshed weight would be -- there's probably some % rule of thumb. Not bad, considering (I think there were something like 15 plants of Koshihikari and 10 plants of Carolina Gold altogether), and plenty for seed grain if I had the space and inclination to actually plant whole fields/paddies of the stuff for family consumption, etc.
Alas, I don't have room to expand my little paddies much more, though I might whittle out another couple of square feet in each. Now I that I've successfully grown them once, I can concentrate more on implementing Fukuoka Sensei's methods. I'll start a [url=https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24875]new thread for Rice Growing Project 2010[/url] later.
You know how things you plan to do don't always turn out that way? Well, I didn't get to plant barley last fall because it turned out that they don't overwinter in my area, and I didn't do the rice seed clay balls back in December OR in early spring. I DID scatter clover seeds last fall and early spring, but it turns out that the paddy gets too flooded and the clover failed to grow.
I also didn't scatter the rice straw, and I'll tell you why: The bundles of rice hung in the doorway to the Playroom, unprocessed, ALL WINTER LONG. Most annoying for the kids who had to duck under it every time they went by. (Bad Mommy! )
Well, the onset of spring has renewed my interest and the arrival of the latest possible seed planting time has forced me to finally cut off the seed heads and weigh them.
KOSHIHIKARI RICE: Total unthreshed weight = approx. 1.5 LBS. or 680 g.
CAROLINA GOLD RICE: Total unthreshed weight = just short of 1 LBS. or 430 g.
I don't know what the threshed weight would be -- there's probably some % rule of thumb. Not bad, considering (I think there were something like 15 plants of Koshihikari and 10 plants of Carolina Gold altogether), and plenty for seed grain if I had the space and inclination to actually plant whole fields/paddies of the stuff for family consumption, etc.
Alas, I don't have room to expand my little paddies much more, though I might whittle out another couple of square feet in each. Now I that I've successfully grown them once, I can concentrate more on implementing Fukuoka Sensei's methods. I'll start a [url=https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24875]new thread for Rice Growing Project 2010[/url] later.
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FYI: Monsanto was voted the most unethical corporation in the world so before you plant GMO seeds or use ROUNDUP or any of their products. Check out what they say about it on the organicconsumers.org website. I saw this documentary called THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO and it was a real eye opener. Check it out here: https://wideeyecinema.com/?p=105applestar wrote:Posting a last update for the Rice Growing Project 2009.
You know how things you plan to do don't always turn out that way? Well, I didn't get to plant barley last fall because it turned out that they don't overwinter in my area, and I didn't do the rice seed clay balls back in December OR in early spring. I DID scatter clover seeds last fall and early spring, but it turns out that the paddy gets too flooded and the clover failed to grow.
I also didn't scatter the rice straw, and I'll tell you why: The bundles of rice hung in the doorway to the Playroom, unprocessed, ALL WINTER LONG. Most annoying for the kids who had to duck under it every time they went by. (Bad Mommy! )
Well, the onset of spring has renewed my interest and the arrival of the latest possible seed planting time has forced me to finally cut off the seed heads and weigh them.
KOSHIHIKARI RICE: Total unthreshed weight = approx. 1.5 LBS. or 680 g.
CAROLINA GOLD RICE: Total unthreshed weight = just short of 1 LBS. or 430 g.
I don't know what the threshed weight would be -- there's probably some % rule of thumb. Not bad, considering (I think there were something like 15 plants of Koshihikari and 10 plants of Carolina Gold altogether), and plenty for seed grain if I had the space and inclination to actually plant whole fields/paddies of the stuff for family consumption, etc.
Alas, I don't have room to expand my little paddies much more, though I might whittle out another couple of square feet in each. Now I that I've successfully grown them once, I can concentrate more on implementing Fukuoka Sensei's methods. I'll start a new thread for Rice Growing Project 2010 later.
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Thanks for the warning, but I really don't think my Carolina Gold is the gold-colored Monsanto-modified rice. I bought the seeds from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and they posted this link for additional description: https://hoppinjohns.net/carolinagold.aspx
Hmm. they're not offering Carolina Gold seed this year. I *will* email them and ask, although they have a [url=https://www.southernexposure.com/gmo.p.html]NO GMO POLICY.[/url].
Hmm. they're not offering Carolina Gold seed this year. I *will* email them and ask, although they have a [url=https://www.southernexposure.com/gmo.p.html]NO GMO POLICY.[/url].
I would be interested to find out if it is the same kind, I hope you find the time to view the documentary as it is extremely well done and informative. Did u hear about them trying to patent pigs? LOL, I guess they figure it will go well with the riceapplestar wrote:Thanks for the warning, but I really don't think my Carolina Gold is the gold-colored Monsanto-modified rice. I bought the seeds from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and they posted this link for additional description: https://hoppinjohns.net/carolinagold.aspx
Hmm. they're not offering Carolina Gold seed this year. I *will* email them and ask, although they have a [url=https://www.southernexposure.com/gmo.p.html]NO GMO POLICY.[/url].
Wow! To watch the progress of this garden is amazing! A rice paddy, I never would have imagined.
I am intrigued by the keyhole kitchen garden, but in all my years of gardening, I've never heard of this before.
Can anyone point me to some resources? There was a mention that some of the problems could be from overcrowding. Ideally should only certain crops be in this kind of garden?
I want to make one of these. It's clever, and so convenient for cooking. And it looks good too. Visual presentation is one of the reasons I've never had my kitchen garden very close to the house.
I still can't get over the fact that you grew RICE! I mean to the point that you got the little rice sheaves (or whatever they are called)!!
I am intrigued by the keyhole kitchen garden, but in all my years of gardening, I've never heard of this before.
Can anyone point me to some resources? There was a mention that some of the problems could be from overcrowding. Ideally should only certain crops be in this kind of garden?
I want to make one of these. It's clever, and so convenient for cooking. And it looks good too. Visual presentation is one of the reasons I've never had my kitchen garden very close to the house.
I still can't get over the fact that you grew RICE! I mean to the point that you got the little rice sheaves (or whatever they are called)!!
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Hi Steve, You're welcome I wish EVERYONE had to view that documentary. Here is the link to :PATENT FOR A PIG-THE BIG BUSINESS OF MONSANTO https://wideeyecinema.com/?p=110 and did you see the article about the alarming decline of the bee population? Here is the link to that article. https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/02-1The Helpful Gardener wrote:I love [url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/3482845/How-to-make-a-Keyhole-Garden-East-African-style]this how to[/url]and the wonderful examples...
mbunny thanks for the link to The World According to Monstersanto; I've been looking for a version not broken into ten minute segments... GREAT movie...
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without the bees we are in a lot of trouble!
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