How To Grow Oyster Mushrooms From Used Coffee Grounds Cheap And Easy - P...

I want to try this. I will post the other videos in the series as they become available.

Published on Sep 20, 2013

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I've been looking into growing mushrooms for the past 8 months or so. What I have learned is that they have a great deal of medicinal properties and are a good source of protein. Amazingly, they can be grown quickly out of practically nothing. They don't need an artificial light source and can be grown in various types of media such as wood chips, coffee grounds, grains, straw and manure. It's perfect for preppers as it's self sustaining and can provide a constant supply of food in very little time. It's knowledge that everyone should have.

This is video 1 in a series that go on to show various methods of growing mushrooms from start to finish with ease.

Harvest Full Moon at the Cabin

A few little clips of the Harvest Full Moon rising on September 19, 2013. I took these clips while I was camping over night at the cabin for the last time this summer, as autumn begins on the 22nd. Likely the last time without a wood fire for this season too as the nights are getting colder now.   These clips were taken from the little deck outside the cabin door as the full moon was rising up through the trees into the clear night sky. Do not adjust your sets, LOL, this is a silent movie.

First of the fall colour.

Grape Jelly, Pickles, Wasp Nest, Canning Beans and Chantecler Chicks

I harvested the grapes in the hoop house and made a small batch of grape jelly. The beans are starting to produce and I canned the first batch of beans. A look a a large wasp nest that I found not too far from the cabin and of course we check out the Chantecler Chicks which are six weeks old.

Harvest, Figs, Pickles, Bees and Chickens

I've pulled my onions and started two batches of Lacto Fermented Dill Pickles. I;m very pleased to discover that the fig trees that have been in the hoop house for two years now have started to produce figs it remains to be seen if there is time left this season for them to develop and ripen. The Chantecler Chicks are five weeks old and have started sleeping on the roosts. Another short clip of the Bee House and the Solitary Bees this clip does a better job of showing the different kinds of bees that are using the house.

Link to the Lacto Fermented Pickle Recipe :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6fNfpNA9tI&list=TL8J1cl9J_0O8

2013 Plant List

1. Onion Red Zeppelin
2. Okra Jambalaya
3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax
4. Pepper King Arthur
5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum
6. Pepper Aji Dulce
7. Pepper Shi Shito
8. Tomato Mountain Merit
9. Tomato Roma VF
10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled
13. Mustard Dragons Tongue
14. Mustard Red Giant
15. Lettuce New Red Fire
16. Broccoli Gypsy
17. Collards Flash
18. Cabbage Bronco
19. Cauliflower Fremont
20. Kohlrabi Kossak
21. Peas Dwarf Sabre
22. Daikon Radish April Cross
23. Sweet Peas Old Spice
24. Summer Savory
25. Cucumber Rocky
26. Parsley Forest Green
27. Sage
28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
31. Beets Merlin
32. Summer Squash -- Elegance
33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama
34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix
35. Garlic Susan Delafield
36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara
37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
38. Rutabaga -- York
39. Cucumber -- Calypso
40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake
41. Lima Beans- Fordhook
42. Common Comfrey

A wonderful harvest from one little Cara seed potato, you have to see it to believe it. A look around at squash growing in trees and some of the things in the hoop house and of course a look at the four week old Chantecler Chicks.

A lot of activity at the Mason Bee House so I decided to just record five minutes or so of uninterrupted activity to give you an idea of what it is like. Most of the bees in this clip look like leaf cutter bees to me but I could be wrong I know very little about these little guys, I'm basing my opinion on photos that I have found in google searches.

A dissection and close look at the what is it item that I found on a donut box. A look at the cabin in summer. The Chanteclair chicks are three weeks old now and a look at the N.B. wild river grape that has climbed a pine tree. Info on the Chantecler breed: http://www.cfagrf.com/Chantecler_chicken.htm

MAKES 2 PINTS Louise Pawson of the Old Cottage Tea Shop makes this jam to serve with her scones and clotted cream. Black currants are tart and acidic when eaten raw but pleasantly tangy when cooked. 1 lb. fresh black currants, stemmed and rinsed 4 cups granulated sugar 1. Put currants and 1½ cups water into a heavy medium pot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to maintain a gently simmer and let berries cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until berries are very soft, 15-20 minutes. Add sugar to berries and stir until dissolved. Increase heat to medium-high and bring jam to a vigorous boil, stirring often. Continue to boil, stirring frequently, until jam thickens and reaches its setting point (about 220º on a candy themometer), 6-10 minutes. Remove pot from heat and skim any foam that has risen to the surface of the jam. 2. Meanwhile, submerge 2 pint canning jars, their lids and ring bands, and a widemouthed funnel into a large pot of boiling water over medium-high eat and sterilize for 10 minutes. Remove from hot water and transfer to a clean dish towel. Using the funnel, fill each jar with hot jam to no more than ¼" from the top. Wipe jar rims with a clea dish towel, place lids on jars, then screw on ring bands. 3. Transfer filled jars to a canning rack, submerge into pot of gently boiling water (jars should be covered by at least 1" of water), and place on a dish towel at least 1" apart to let cool undisturbed for 24 hours. To test that jars have properly sealed, press on center of each lid. Remove your finger; if lid stays down, its sealed. Refrigerate any jam that hasn't sealed and use within 4 weeks. Read more at http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Black-Currant-Jam#RhvGIgblaHYXPjZx.99

I harvest my wonderful beet crop, the best I've ever grown anyway, and decided to make pickled beets. To close the video off a little look ant the mason bee house for the first time this summer and of course some footage of the little bantam and her flock of Chanteclair chicks./div>

Garden and Harvest End of July

Harvesting some potatoes, beets, broccoli and cucumbers at the end of July. A look at the recent transplants of tomatoes, brassicas and cucumbers in the hoop house and the bean tower and winter squash in the garden. A few clips of the method I used to lacto ferment some of the daikon radish and garlic scapes.

2013 Plant List

1. Onion Red Zeppelin
2. Okra Jambalaya
3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax
4. Pepper King Arthur
5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum
6. Pepper Aji Dulce
7. Pepper Shi Shito
8. Tomato Mountain Merit
9. Tomato Roma VF
10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled
13. Mustard Dragons Tongue
14. Mustard Red Giant
15. Lettuce New Red Fire
16. Broccoli Gypsy
17. Collards Flash
18. Cabbage Bronco
19. Cauliflower Fremont
20. Kohlrabi Kossak
21. Peas Dwarf Sabre
22. Daikon Radish April Cross
23. Sweet Peas Old Spice
24. Summer Savory
25. Cucumber Rocky
26. Parsley Forest Green
27. Sage
28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
31. Beets Merlin
32. Summer Squash -- Elegance
33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama
34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix
35. Garlic Susan Delafield
36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara
37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
38. Rutabaga -- York
39. Cucumber -- Calypso
40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake
41. Lima Beans- Fordhook
42. Common Comfrey

Chicks Explore the Big World

Chanteclair Chicks Hatching

The Chanteclair eggs started hatching on July 25th and continued on the 26th. As I upload this video 5 of the original 8 eggs have hatched and the little bantam is still sitting on a couple of eggs. I will remove the remaining eggs on the 27th if they haven't hatched. I'm curious as to why there are two colours of chicks 2 are a definite yellow and three are a very light yellow almost white. It will be interesting to see if this is an indication of gender.

What is it.... ???

Lucky Flew the Coop

Lucky has been living in a small coop for several weeks now because he was bullying his father Prince Leah. Just the nature of the beast if there are two roosters in the same coop they will spar until one is triumphant and becomes the dominate rooster,leader of the pack. The problem here was the difference in size Lucky is a large full size bird and Leah is a bantam. I have advertised Lucky as free to a good home on Kijiji two weeks ago and today he moved to his new home in Rowley New Brunswick. He is now living with a young family with two young boys who were very happy to see lucky. There is already a rooster, Lucky's size, in the flock but I'm confident that they will sort out the pecking order in the first few days if there is an real issues the family does have a second coop with a flock of younger birds and Lucky could be moved in there.

July 19th in the hoop house

2013 Plant List

1. Onion Red Zeppelin
2. Okra Jambalaya
3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax
4. Pepper King Arthur
5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum
6. Pepper Aji Dulce
7. Pepper Shi Shito
8. Tomato Mountain Merit
9. Tomato Roma VF
10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled
13. Mustard Dragons Tongue
14. Mustard Red Giant
15. Lettuce New Red Fire
16. Broccoli Gypsy
17. Collards Flash
18. Cabbage Bronco
19. Cauliflower Fremont
20. Kohlrabi Kossak
21. Peas Dwarf Sabre
22. Daikon Radish April Cross
23. Sweet Peas Old Spice
24. Summer Savory
25. Cucumber Rocky
26. Parsley Forest Green
27. Sage
28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
31. Beets Merlin
32. Summer Squash -- Elegance
33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama
34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix
35. Garlic Susan Delafield
36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara
37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
38. Rutabaga -- York
39. Cucumber -- Calypso
40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake
41. Lima Beans- Fordhook
42. Common Comfrey

Walk Around the Outside Garden

2013 Plant List

1. Onion Red Zeppelin
2. Okra Jambalaya
3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax
4. Pepper King Arthur
5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum
6. Pepper Aji Dulce
7. Pepper Shi Shito
8. Tomato Mountain Merit
9. Tomato Roma VF
10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled
13. Mustard Dragons Tongue
14. Mustard Red Giant
15. Lettuce New Red Fire
16. Broccoli Gypsy
17. Collards Flash
18. Cabbage Bronco
19. Cauliflower Fremont
20. Kohlrabi Kossak
21. Peas Dwarf Sabre
22. Daikon Radish April Cross
23. Sweet Peas Old Spice
24. Summer Savory
25. Cucumber Rocky
26. Parsley Forest Green
27. Sage
28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712)
31. Beets Merlin
32. Summer Squash -- Elegance
33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama
34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix
35. Garlic Susan Delafield
36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara
37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant
38. Rutabaga -- York
39. Cucumber -- Calypso
40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake
41. Lima Beans- Fordhook
42. Common Comfrey

Gardening in the Heat Wave

2013 Plant List 1. Onion Red Zeppelin 2. Okra Jambalaya 3. Pepper Hot Hungarian Wax 4. Pepper King Arthur 5. Geranium Bullseye Mix Pelargonium hortorum 6. Pepper Aji Dulce 7. Pepper Shi Shito 8. Tomato Mountain Merit 9. Tomato Roma VF 10. Tomato Yellow Multiflora (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 11. Tomatillo (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 12. Mustard Southern Giant Curled 13. Mustard Dragons Tongue 14. Mustard Red Giant 15. Lettuce New Red Fire 16. Broccoli Gypsy 17. Collards Flash 18. Cabbage Bronco 19. Cauliflower Fremont 20. Kohlrabi Kossak 21. Peas Dwarf Sabre 22. Daikon Radish April Cross 23. Sweet Peas Old Spice 24. Summer Savory 25. Cucumber Rocky 26. Parsley Forest Green 27. Sage 28. White Wonder Cucumber (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 29. Buttercrunch Lettuce (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 30. Heshiko Green Onion (Free seed from Praxxus55712) 31. Beets Merlin 32. Summer Squash -- Elegance 33. Winter Squash -- Sweet Mama 34. Calendula -- Fiesta Gitana Mix 35. Garlic Susan Delafield 36. Potatoes Yukon Gold & Cara 37. Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant 38. Rutabaga -- York 39. Cucumber -- Calypso 40. Pole Beans -- Blue Lake 41. Lima Beans- Fordhook 42. Common Comfrey

Ross Farm Museum, New Ross, NS

Just back from a short holiday in Nova Scotia. I visited the Ross Farm Museum in New Ross, Nova Scotia. This has been on my to do list for a few years now and I'm so glad I was able to make the trip this summer. Shortly after I arrived I met Walter, cooper68ns, a youTube friend. Walter works at the farm and as his Channel name indicates he is a cooper at least that is one of the many things he does at the farm. I have been looking for a source for Chantecler hatching eggs, the only Canadian registered chicken breed, they have a small flock of them at the farm and Walter gave me a dozen eggs. I have a broody bantam hen and the last clip on this video is the little bantam settling in to brood the eggs.

A link to Walter's cannel: http://www.youtube.com/user/cooper68ns

A link to the Ross Farm Museum website: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/rfm/en/home/default.aspx

A link to the history of the Chantecler breed; http://www.cfagrf.com/Chantecler_chicken.htm

Canada Day in Memramcook