EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Fire Ant Farm]

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They're a pretty cheeky bunch of girls...



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[Fire Ant Farm]

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Puts a new spin on vegetarianism, don't it?!

(In all seriousness, AMAZING cookbook/reference. I've never made anything out of it that wasn't wonderful, and it has recipes for "weirder" stuff like sorrel, Jerusalem artichoke, cardoons, etc...)

 

[daxigait]

OK, so...

Suggestion is to "store" in the ground until needed.

Roast, them, sauce/fry in oil or butter, make into a bisque, etc. Warning that they don't always cook evenly.

Recipes include:

Sunchoke bisque with pumpkin seed oil and sunflower sprouts (basically a bisque with potatoes, J. artichokes, cream and chicken broth, plus spices/garnishes)
Sautéed Jerusalem artichoke with rosemary and smoked salt (just sliced and sautéed in a skillet)
Braised Jerusalem artichokes with mushrooms and tarragon (a braise) 

Now I want to grow these next year!!!!   

Thanks, just be careful where you plant them because they come back. They are a root and grow a tall green stem. Since you don't get them all so it comes back. It reminds me of a nice version of Johnson grass, but it does not look like it.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Yeah, I read that, too. I do most of my growing in raised beds (lots of rocks in soil), so I'll likely pick a "permanent" bed for them. I grew sweet potatoes this year, and am having the same problem in a weird way - it's been so warm, they are resprouting! They'll freeze soon, of course...

I have wanted to try horseradish but I hear you almost have to plant it in a bottomless bucket, it's so invasive...

- Ant farm

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

My silkies eggs arnt to hatch til saturday but i did one last candle and two are already internally pipped. This will be my first time with a chicken raising babys. I have had a chicken hatch turkey eggs for me but i had to take them because she was pecking them when they hatched.

 

[daxigait]

My silkies eggs arnt to hatch til saturday but i did one last candle and two are already internally pipped. This will be my first time with a chicken raising babys. I have had a chicken hatch turkey eggs for me but i had to take them because she was pecking them when they hatched.

. Go chickies and broody.

@kwhites634An old timer said putting rock salt on a coal bed regularly helps, but I don't know if that is true.

 

[dan26552]

Yeah, I read that, too. I do most of my growing in raised beds (lots of rocks in soil), so I'll likely pick a "permanent" bed for them. I grew sweet potatoes this year, and am having the same problem in a weird way - it's been so warm, they are resprouting! They'll freeze soon, of course...

I have wanted to try horseradish but I hear you almost have to plant it in a bottomless bucket, it's so invasive...

- Ant farm 

I read that about horseradish too but I almost killed it A lot of people grow it in 55 gallon drums cut in half.

 

[Beer can]

Yeah, I read that, too. I do most of my growing in raised beds (lots of rocks in soil), so I'll likely pick a "permanent" bed for them. I grew sweet potatoes this year, and am having the same problem in a weird way - it's been so warm, they are resprouting! They'll freeze soon, of course...

I have wanted to try horseradish but I hear you almost have to plant it in a bottomless bucket, it's so invasive...

- Ant farm 

My horseradish doesn't spread, but I do mow around it so maybe it would if I didn't. Ours is wild horseradish though, smaller roots, maybe that makes a difference? Or maybe our cold climate.
Pretty much have a endless supply of it and rhubarb growing next to each other.

 

[Chaos18]

Puts a new spin on vegetarianism, don't it?! 

(In all seriousness, AMAZING cookbook/reference. I've never made anything out of it that wasn't wonderful, and it has recipes for "weirder" stuff like sorrel, Jerusalem artichoke, cardoons, etc...)

I've never actually heard about it before.

 

[Beer can]

I might try growing cardoons. Supposed to taste like artichokes, never heard of anyone around here growing artichokes so I don't know if we can and they take up a lot of space.