Hans Quistorff

One member of or food Co op offered them one year and I discovered that the sweet taste was good for diabetics because it doesn't digest into glucose. During the winter he decided not to grow them again so he sold the forms.  The part you eat is the energy storage tuber.  In between will be one or more corms which will sprout in the spring.  So this is a case of eating your cake and having it too.  In fact the first year rodents are all the storage roots but not the forms. So I brought them into the greenhouse and planned them with my winter potatoes.  The forms will grow without the storage roots but if a small one is left attached it gives them a boost. They do well in the summer heat of the greenhouse.

Alder is a natural cover crop that can come up as thick as grass where it is native.  In North Maine I was describing how we would log alder for furniture like they did birch.  He could not believe it but there it could only grow from May to September while here it grows from February to November so some become dominant before others shade them out.  Scotch Broom was imported here initially to an area indigenously maintained as prairie where it out preformed alder and now competes with it through out  the area.  
   If you are cultivating and weeding an area consider their utility for your circumstances.   If you neglect the area Himalayan black berries may shade them both out.

It is hard for me to answer because here carrots drop there seeds about now and grow over winter.  As long as they don't try to go to seed they can stay in the ground until the color is in danger of being frozen.
So yes planting counting back from first hard freeze date the days to maturity gives the best sugar content before storage.

I have been fallowing some families in rural Viet Nam that make stools or chairs just high enough to support them in a squatting position.  From a muscular skeletal perspective this is healthy.  Ideally when working while sitting 1/3 of your weight should be on each foot.   This allows the movement of the arms  and head to be supported by the ground force instead of putting strain on the pelvis and low back.

Ebo David wrote:@Hans, with the white bags, have you ever tried burning the edges to melt the threads together?  The seed bags are better, but I think the other ones might work with a little prep.

Sorry but the video was not mine
my method is to tamp the c.har through a screen ov hardware cloth

Glad you are getting such good production.  May climate change be with you.

Kathryn Winkler wrote:Where can I get couch grass? It’s great for dogs

Depends on your climate.  To find one adapted yo your climate find some gardener trying to remove it and trasplant the roots to your lawn.  It will survive abuse and com back from digging and urine poisonings but don't expect a perfect lawn.
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I understand they run cooling waters through pipes in dam pours to cool large deep sections.  My her was building forms for the building of Grand Coolly Dam.

Black raspberries were probably my first and still favorite berry. They don't seem to be as common as they once were.

When black raspberries fit into my trellises I let them remain.  the fruit is mostly seed but the rest is flavor.  A little alcohol will extract that flavor to use in other places.

I use Dawn in the foam spray bottle and refill it with more diluted. A spray on just the greasy spot or the scrubber gets it off with much less rising.  The scrubber my do several more items without having to use any more.  The oat meal, egg or cheese residue may just need to soak a little longer just leave tm in the sink while rinsing other things.