While leaf blowin at camp today kept smelling wild onions in different places in the yard from the forced air stirring up the grass. My son picked his carrots about a week ago, they turned out very nice and made some chicken noodle soup with 'em the same day.
 
 Was going to try this grader on the number 12 head today but ground 40 lbs. of chuck roast instead. Found it amongst all the Hobart supplies that came with the barrister cabinets I got from a auction. They were over loaded and even stacked high on the top with new grinder parts. Can't believe the prices marked on the packages. Just that little #12 auger and grater sitting on the table is over $200   The Buffalo Chopper bowl will take Garlic down to dust in no time. Have 3 of these with the grinder attachment and a veggie hopper that connects where the grinder is. Going to give the cheese shredder a try soon.
 
   
 
 
 
  

 Picked the last cabbage this morning and cut into 8 chunks and added 6 carrots. Dropped them into the chopper then added the vinegar/sugar/mayo and spices. Takes less than a minute to fine chop. Have to keep a eye on it or can turn to liquid. Don't eat with my teeth in so I need it very fine. Now it's going to take me 15 minutes to clean the machine.
 
 Hope to make chicken hot dogs in the next week or so. Have to go get some casings first.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmV3SB2i7U
 
  

Fisherlady, I did not forget.
The grinder I have was on aZon for $22.00. Mine I can't find the name on any of the packaging but see another on their site that looks the same. It's obviously cheap disposable product unlike a quality commercial grade.
It's size isn't all that big which takes me about 4 runs to empty the dehydrator trays of 5.
It does grind dehydrated slices of garlic nicely into powder quickly.
If there are slices of not dry enough, it won't grind them. I get very few and their easy to pick out from the powder. Maybe 1 per run.
The longest and time consuming part is the dehydrator. It takes me 3-4 days to dehydrate about 20-30 cloves ( not bulbs).
Things seem to work ok on this small budget system.
The larger bulbs I still have hanging are beginning to show need of attention so my dehydrator runs daily.

Farmer harvesting under the moon outback of camp tonight... 
 
 

What brand, size of indoor grow lights do you use to start your plants?

My wife bought started plants last year for her raised bed garden, but wants to start from seeds this year.

She will be mostly growing herbs and lettuce.

 My son uses a good sized grow tent and stands like this for a number of vegetables. https://thehouseandhomest...-indoor-growing-stand/
 
 

Thank you.

We have the tables and such to do this in our basement. Too many types of lights to choose from.

 Yeah after reading that article  I'll be up past his place in Connie Lake and I'll check what he uses. Was going through some seeds emailer today.  

Did pick up a 36" wide x 1,000' roll of stainless heavy foil at a online auction 1/2 mile from home last month. That would make ideal walls and ceiling for starting and growing plants. Knew I could find some kind of purpose for it other than cooking on. Have a 4' wide large roll of stainless coil stock that would work but would be over kill. Can't believe how heavy both rolls are. The prices were right so couldn't pass up. Just a good size roll of aluminum foil like used in a commercial kitchen is very costly.

I don't recall the brand lights I bought last year. I got 2 sets of 4 lights that were about 2in wide by 3ft long. They were able to interconnect and could be used independently.
They worked well but I'm going a better upgrade this year. I'm looking towards a single 2ft wide by 3ft long sets so I only need 1 light per shelf.

I did the job lot tent thing years ago and abandoned that.
The plastic is junk and the racks aren't adjustable.
I bought 2 stainless shelving racks. 2ft wide x 4ft long x 5ft high. They worked great in a limited space I have now.

Last year and previous I always started seed early, mid February. WAY to early as I couldn't put anything outside until 3rd week in may last year and it didn't seem to make sense keeping my plants inside for almost 3 months. This season I'll start seeds late February or early March.

Our cow will be processed on March 24th. My first batch of meat birds will arrive on April 10th and the piglets shortly after. We did very well on our meat products and timing last year. No wasting.
Fresh fish are always a bonus but given the tough ice season, nothing to stockpile.
Turn off the news and build a garden.
Happy gardening