This birdseed cake is super simple, using only two ingredients! Suet is replaced with coconut oil from the standard recipes. Be sure to read the helpful tips below the recipe. More Helpful Tips Chilling I usually leave the cakes in the freezer for at least half an hour to make sure they are solid completely through. You might find them hard enough after 10 minutes or so to attach the jute string. Fats Any type of fat that will solidify once cooled will work in place of the coconut oil. Bacon grease, lard, chicken fat, and pork fat give you…
Our spring plant sale will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2023. We will have annuals, perennials, shrubs, and a few trees. Metal flowers and butterflies too! Information will be updated as we get closer to the date. Here are a few images from our 2022 sale.
Red daylily with a golden throat, growing around 3′ tall with a 1-foot spread. It slowly spreads by underground rhizomes. A re-blooming variety blooms in early July in my Zone5/6 garden. Take a daily walk through your garden and remove the spent blooms on your daylilies. When the whole stalk has finished blooming, cut it at the bottom. The best time to cut back daylily foliage is after the leaves have turned brown, usually in the fall. The rhizomes get their energy for next year’s flowering from their leaves. The longer you leave them, the more growth and flowers you’ll…