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Sourdough Part two – Baking a simple bread
Sourdough - making a simple breadMaking sourdough bread is not for the impatient; it takes time and timing. Sourdough bread can take over twelve hours to rise and another hour to bake. The end product, however, is one of the healthiest loaves of bread you can eat. ...
Plant of the Week – Hubbard Squash
Hubbard Squash Hubbard squash can get large, up to 50 pounds, have a delightful taste and an extremely tough outer skin making them ideal for winter storage.Hubbard squash will require a full growing season of 100 days. They will also require room to grow and spread...
Plant of the Week: Pollock Tomatoes
Pollock Tomatoes There is a type of tomato that has been developed for cool, short growing seasons. It is even considered frost resistance. Andy Pollock of Houston, BC developed a variety of tomato over decades in his mountain-based (100m) unheated greenhouse in the...
