I love dehydrating food.
I had never done anything like this before, but it sounded like a good thing, so I got an Excalibur food dehydrator (which I absolutely adore).
I haven’t had much from the garden this year, so I’ve gotten tomatoes, apples, and peaches from the local food co-op to learn all these things (canning, […]
(If you don’t care for rants you can skip this one )
I’m seeing an interesting trend on some of these groups I belong to: people who start on something (like canning or gardening) then at the first sign of anything that might not be picture-perfect, ask if they should “throw it away”. One lady […]
I wish I were talking about a picture of a guy or something.
A lot of my plants outside are wilting, and my stevia out front died. 100F and humid! Yecch.
I brought Leon outside this morning, and it wasn’t too bad. I went out just now and the heat was awful.
So other than composting some bunny […]
Well, we’ve had fun this weekend so far. We watched a good part of the Twilight Zone marathon on the Sci-fi channel, and had a barbecue on the Fourth (with local meats, regional hamburger buns, and I made the hot dog buns from local flour).
And now Sunday has appeared as if by magic!
Harvested: a bit […]
… other than pontificate about weeds.
Planted: Lakota blue squash, the strawberry plants, and all the rest of the sweet potato slips!
Sweet potatoes are wonderful things. If they grow in your area, grow them. They are so easy to propagate; just cut off a piece of the vine and stick it in water, where it will […]
I got a lot done today so far: planted two tomato plants, repotted a grapevine until I can plant it and an olive tree that will stay in pots (too cold in the winter for it), cleaned out a bunny bin and composted the litter, and for the finale, I made peach lemonade and peach […]
My son loves canned peaches, so when I saw the listing for peaches in the co-op,
(cue dreamy music)
I thought of beautiful jars filled with perfect golden slices, layered ever-so-nicely, rows upon rows in my pantry …
That’s not how it went today.
First, I had the idea to get the skins off by putting them in boiling […]
Other than harvesting some of my wheat, I didn’t get much done today. Oh, I did dry some of the mint I bought from the co-op, and put the rest in water to root. Hopefully we’ll have a second type of mint growing out front soon.
I discovered that I also have Lemon Mint growing out […]
I’m not sure if it’s been the heat, allergies, or just plain old funk, but I haven’t been able to get much done the last few days. I’m supposed to be at the co-op right now, as I normally go volunteer there on sorting day.
Food is getting more and more expensive even there, but it’s […]
It’s been hot and humid here this week, rained twice, with some golf-ball sized hail the other night. Fortunately nothing got damaged. I’ve been under the weather (still not feeling all that well today), which is why I haven’t been posting.
My plants all seem smaller than usual for this time of year, I’m not sure […]
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