Search results

I tried doing it a few times, but ultimately got lazy. It was kind of necessary when we had a chest freezer, cause everything got buried. We recently had to get a new freezer, and just about everything is visible when the door is open. Also has a lot of shelves, so we are able to be more...

I've retired my indoor mushroom tent for the season. Now Im focussing on the outdoor mushrooms , primarily shiitake and wine cap. Inoculated 12 logs with various kinds of shiitake. They break them up into cool weather, warm weather and wide range specimens, I got 2 wide range varieties and 1...

Although I said I'd never grow them again, My strawberry patch was a failure, so I salvaged what I could and put them in pots ( I usually have better luck with them in pots than in the ground) and ran out to get some Asparagus crowns to plant. I never have luck with them, and I dont like how...

When I first got married and moved to Philly, I was in school and my wife was making $6.50 an hour. We had $3 a meal budget. Needless to say, we ate a lot of spaghetti and jarred sauces. In addition, we'd buy those Lipton flavored rice packets ( broccoli and cheese ...) and buy some fresh...

I wish I knew more of the details. I heard it 2nd hand, from my wife who heard it first hand from my sister in-law. Sometimes I do question what my sister in-law says and her reading of a situation. But two other people ( who were there ) basically confirmed the same thing. Therefore, I have...

Garlic is at about 1 foot, Rhubarb, figs and even cherries ( in their infancy) looking promising. Also inoculated 16 logs with various strains of Shiitake mushrooms. Cant take 6 -12 months before they start to produce depending on variety and weather conditions.

My Brother runs an annual charity event to raise money for a good cause. At the end of the event, they auction off certain items or experiences donated to the charity to help raise money. One of the items was a local 'Celebrity Chef' would come to your house and prepare a meal for a certain...

looks delightful and refreshing. I nice salad to make during the summer when all my veggies are producing.

Surprisingly, this is new to me. I had to look up Natto. I don't really eat much ( if any) Japanese food. Maybe that's why I never came across it. I have eaten plenty of fermented soy bean products though.

Picked the last of last years arugula. Starting to go to seed, so Ill clear its out to make room for string beans in about a month.

Those look really good!!

There's a restaurant by us where the term "Spring roll" refers to a vegetarian egg roll (no shrimp) where as Egg Roll its with the shrimp. Everytime my wife orders ( from anywhere ) I make sure she throws the word vegetarian in front it so there are no errors, since spring roll could be...

I have just recently been getting into growing figs. I have about 10 varieties . Most in pots, cause it's a little too cold and unpredictable around here to keep them in the ground and expect them to produce. Although, I do have a few in the ground. Im envious and jealous of the amount of...

Had a major set back today. I planted all my tomato seeds in those little peat pods a few days ago. Problem is, the tray that they are in is a little flies (especially when those pods are hydrated0, so I went to check on them. the tray warped, and about 1/3 of the pods fell out. Wouldn't be a...

Nice to see someone else give it a go.:clap: in most cases, the indoor mushrooms aren't cost effective. the outdoor ones are because they can produce year after year (wine caps and shiitakes). ive been weighing them as I harvest to see if im getting my moneys worth. gif you go by Whole Foods...

Inn the past, its was almost tradition for us to harvest our garlic on July 4th ( then watch the hot dog eating contest). A few years back I was forced to pick them a few weeks earlier due to drainage issues causing some to start rotting earlier. Now , comes mid June, I keep a very close eye on...

How early do you get scapes ? I got all my garlic in raised beds too. Ran into some drainage issues a few years back. Did the best I could to make the soil more drainable, and it did improve, but I think the raised bed is the better, hopefully more predictable choice.

Couldn't agree more, and II love the texture too!

just potted them, along with my ginger that has rooted and sprouted too.

In recent years, I've been incorporating more whole grains or whole grain products like Bulgar wheat, Farro, wheat berries, Freekeh more in my dishes and shying away from cous cous, and white rice. On occasion , I do make exceptions as certain dishes and cuisines are just the same without a bed...

Very sad news. Thanks for keeping us updated.

Anytime I buy a tomato out of season, I ask myself why. There's just no comparison to an in season tomato. Sometimes its the taste, some times the consistency , and most of the time its both.

Thanks for thinking of me. I was at work, sitting in a chair at the time. I was alone in a room and felt 3 jolts spaced about 1 second apart. Nothing crazy, but nothing I really ever felt before . It was almost like an internal jolt, kinda like that internal feeling you get when you're...

Im pretty good at killing houseplants myself :LOL: . They usually do ok until about February or March, then they take a turn for the worse. I also cant have any decorative houseplants cause my cats would either destroy them or do everything they possibly can to get at them.

They are separate Of course our stove top crapped out during covid and no one was allowed to go anywhere, along with not wanting people in my house, as my wife was very high risk. And as luck would have it, everything appliance we have had has always broken a year or two after the warranty...