tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023803000478958088.post3729007570841851532..comments2023-10-19T05:34:19.425-04:00Comments on Little House in the Big Wood: Fall Food StorageWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557512606416161272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023803000478958088.post-35554559658653488422011-10-25T08:20:23.241-04:002011-10-25T08:20:23.241-04:00Why don't your roses have hips? Do you pick a...Why don't your roses have hips? Do you pick all of the flowers or prune them off? The hip is the seed pod, which forms after the flowers. <br /><br />I made rose hip syrop last year, and I have a jar of hips in the fridge that I keep adding to as I find them in the woods. Lots of wild roses here. The 'cultured' roses also produce hips.<br /><br />The thing about pine needles- they're available in the winter, when nothing else is around.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557512606416161272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023803000478958088.post-25458963851579779772011-10-24T12:14:45.202-04:002011-10-24T12:14:45.202-04:00That's a lot of food, but with four boys and t...That's a lot of food, but with four boys and two parents, it would go more quickly than if I were depending on it. Could you try growing roses that have hips for your vitamin C? It is a better source and more palatable that pine needle tea. Besides, maybe you could make something with the petals. I would like to enjoy the flowers along with gathering the hips. My roses that were here when I bought this place do not have hips and I have two varieties of roses. Bummer. <br /><br />I have much more tomato products than you do, and do not consider it too much. In your forest garden, you can get the proper logs and order mushrooms "seeds" to grow for you own use.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com