© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-lyagushka Recent reviews written by member lyagushka en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_480239062660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Each year I inevitably succumb to the lure of trying a few new plants in my garden.  It's always exciting to see what does well for me and what performs indifferently or proves not too great in the kitchen.  I've grown paste tomatoes for many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480239062660 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:54:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480239062660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479619485316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - 2007 was the first year I ordered garlic and planted it in my garden. I chose six hardneck varieties and all of them were trouble-free and gave me a good harvest the following year. In 2008 I replanted the same varieties from seed stock I had saved... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479619485316 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:04:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479619485316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478944005764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - 2007 was the first year I ordered garlic and planted it in my garden.  I chose six hardneck varieties and all of them were trouble-free and gave me a good harvest the following year.  In 2008 I replanted the same varieties from seed stock I had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478944005764 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:29:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478944005764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478932602500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I received a complimentary copy of Weeds of the Northeast at a gardening seminar early last year.  This isn't what I would call light reading material; pretty much a detailed and well assembled field guide.  This guide was researched and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478932602500 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:26:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478932602500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478882860676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Like many people who become progressively more serious about gardening, I've been drawn recently to herbs. These plants are a boon for the gardener in several ways. A great many culinary herbs are perennial in most temperate climates. Those that are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478882860676 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:35:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478882860676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478724329092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I recently stumbled across the garden design idea of permaculture for a second time.  This is a difficult concept to encapsulate, which is probably why I blew off permaculture the first time I heard about it.  The basic idea is to create... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478724329092 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:56:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478724329092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463488454276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - We've owned these telescoping bypass loppers for several years, and I've used them to prune some of the bigger bushes and even our apple tree for the last few years.  They do a pretty good job.  But nearly every advantage they offer also comes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463488454276 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:28:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463488454276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465479110276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Most of the Christmas gifts I got this past year had something to do with gardening and outdoor chores.  This Gardening Combi Seat-Bag came from my in-laws, and it looked great when I was tucked safely inside on a cold winter day with snow on the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465479110276 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:38:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465479110276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464839478916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Edible landscaping is an ongoing project from year to year at my house.  While it's very satisfying to get outside at the first sign of warm weather and start working the garden bed, the concept of perennial edibles has also become enormously... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464839478916 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:25:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464839478916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464764505732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I'm a gardener.  I have a cat that needs a pill twice a day.  Scratched knuckles and abraded hands are pretty much a given in my life.  So I'm glad to have a salve that helps sooth minor skin irritations.  Burt's Bees Res-Q Ointment... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464764505732 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:15:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464764505732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464647327364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I grew an heirloom watermelon called Moon & Stars in my 2006 and 2007 garden.  It's an interesting varietal named for the one large and myriad tiny pale splotches that ornament its dark green skin.  There is even a Moon & Stars... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464647327364 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:49:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464647327364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464629632644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - My first ever attempt at growing soup beans was practiced last year on the heirloom Cherokee Trail of Tears bean.  This variety has been given a ticket for the Ark of Food by the Slow Food organization.  Vegetables included in the Ark are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464629632644 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:27:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464629632644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464340749956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Another one of the heirloom potatoes I started off with in the garden last year is the French variety, La Ratte.  The name translates, unsurprisingly, as “the rat.”  The potato is named for its oblong fingerling shape and its... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464340749956 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:02:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464340749956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464242511492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I grew potatoes in my garden for the first time last year.  Naturally, I couldn’t confine myself to just one variety on my neophyte spud farming year.  I planted four different organic heirloom varieties.  I can honestly say that I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464242511492 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:20:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464242511492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464098987652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I was inspired to try growing Bleu de Solaize leeks in my garden last year, partly based on their appearance in Jack Staub’s book, 75 Exciting... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464098987652 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:04:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464098987652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463957233284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I got a sample sized bar of this Rosemary Mint Shampoo Bar in a gift kit from Burt's Bees.  I kept overlooking it as shampoo, due to its solid state existence.  But recently we ran short of shampoo, which jogged my memory about this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463957233284 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:21:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463957233284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463451754116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - My husband had a fancy to purchase a grain mill in order to mill his own barley for homebrewing.  So he picked up this Corona grain mill.  It sat around, unused, in its box for a while, until I decided to try it out on some whole wheat berries... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463451754116 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:47:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463451754116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463738474116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Arugula Sylvetta is far and away my favorite salad green.  I first became familiar with it in Europe, where its robust flavor is widely appreciated.  In the US it is sometimes referred to as rocket.  I am unsure of its exact relationship... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463738474116 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:28:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463738474116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463468859012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I grew one Cherokee Purple tomato plant last year from a seedling I picked up at a local nursery.  It was the usual story: I already had twenty tomato plants started at home.  But gardener's plant greed overrode common sense.  The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463468859012 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:53:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463468859012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459559636612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - I live in an area which experiences hot, humid summers, and very cold winters.  Since cold air can't hold much humidity, our air is painfully dry in wintertime.  We use a couple of humidifiers around the house for several months out of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459559636612 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:22:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459559636612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463401094788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - While I'm an old hand at cooking, bread baking is relatively new to me.  I've turned to several well written "bakebooks" for guidance since I took up making bread a few years ago.  Maggie Glezer's Artisan Baking came to my attention... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463401094788 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:12:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463401094788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463397555844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - The ad hoc collection of mixing bowls I've used over the years has gradually been suffering casualties.  Breakage and cracking from thermal stresses eventually took their toll on one bowl after another.  I ordered this three-piece set of Le... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463397555844 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:55:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463397555844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459560619652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Frank Tozer's compendium The Uses of Wild Plants has been providing me with some great armchair gardening and foraging opportunities lately.  I never know quite what sort of thing I'll learn about the wild plants of the US and Canada when... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459560619652 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:06:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459560619652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459538599556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - There are a few kitchen implements which have stood the test of time because they cannot be improved upon.  The Pyrex measuring cup is not one of those venerable tools.  Though I still have my 2-cup Pyrex measuring cup, I'm very glad to have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459538599556 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:10:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459538599556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458448014980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyagushka - Roger Yepsen's succinctly titled Apples is a compact little tome that functions much like a field guide to more than ninety varieties of apple found in the US and Canada, with an emphasis on the less common but not altogether obscure... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458448014980 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:11:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458448014980?linkin_id=8003929