What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

No gardening yesterday. It was drizzly in the upper 30’s. Not a good day to be outside. It looks like it’s finally warming up. The grass is also greening up. I still need to run more errands later this morning but I’m hoping to do some cleaning up in the front yard later today. More rain moving in tomorrow. I wish I could put an umbrella over my property to let it dry out a bit.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I looked it up and it said that it is legal in Hawaii and Puerto Rico and Southern California and Florida but since it's the leaves are the primary ingredient for cocaine it's illegal to have.

Wow, I was thinking about chocolate...not that nasty crap.

Cocoa and cocaine are not related in any way. Although some claim chocolate is addicting, it is not a substance to be concerned about. Some of the confusion between the nomenclature of the two plants and products. Cocaine is made from the coca plant, and cocoa beans comes from the cacao tree.

 

[Gazergirlstar]

No gardening yesterday. It was drizzly in the upper 30’s. Not a good day to be outside. It looks like it’s finally warming up. The grass is also greening up. I still need to run more errands later this morning but I’m hoping to do some cleaning up in the front yard later today. More rain moving in tomorrow. I wish I could put an umbrella over my property to let it dry out a bit.

that would be so fun to have giant umbrellas over our homes, imagine all the colors we could pick

 

[Liz Birdlover]

The facts can muddy your understanding.

They sure can. I'm just going to grow what I can grow, where I can grow it. This is for our own little neck of the woods, not a national competition to be judged. Our eyes getting to see these plants grow & our taste buds are just fine at judging this tiny crop.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

that would be so fun to have giant umbrellas over our homes, imagine all the colors we could pick

A Beautiful umbrella of EE egg blue please

 

[Gazergirlstar]

A Beautiful umbrella of EE egg blue please
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i love that ! i think i would go with a light purple

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I totally agree with you. as for pausing ACV my lucky guess is to avoid addiction. let your body fight without a constant help.

I drink a glass of water with a teaspoon of ACV most days, but probably not every single day, like some mornings I will drink kefir instead. I have a really good batch of ACV with the mother I've kept going & it is easy. I don't always have kifer, but I always have ACV.

As much water I drink & the other stuff I eat in the course of each day, I don't feel this is excessive, for me anyway. I love a glass of sauerkraut juice, too. I love pomegranate & beet juices, it's all delicious to me. Some things agree with us better than others, we're all different.

Ever since they nearly killed me with chemo, my body, blood & immune system have been so dangerously out of whack, so I need to be aware of how I feel & how to get proper balance back. I tried the darn pills they suggested & had some nasty side effects. My entire digestive system, blood level readings & pH work much better with natural remedies. My energy levels & aches & pains, are better as well. I do rotate what I consume, but if I miss ALL of these, several days in a row, the feeling is a steady decline leading to severely run down & ill. The decline is a slow, clogged up system, fog brain, dry skin, fibromyalgia flare ups, constipation, nausea, upset stomach, sinus head pain & mucus issues & overall blah. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but it works for me, along with natural herbal & plant derived supplements. My bloodwork was so bad & damaged bone marrow, they said I had CLL & wanted to put me on more chemo...yeah, that would've finished me off for sure. I discovered the benefits of paw paw, papaya leaf...the oncologists & hematologists are still scratching their heads.

I'm not claiming that all this stuff would work for everyone, but all I know is, when I keep up with taking most of the natural remedies I've discovered & tried, they actually work. And when I stopped them temporarily, just to see, then resumed them, it was reflected in actual bloodwork results & pH saliva tests.

It has been said that everything we need for optimum health is already growing & thriving right here on this amazing planet. I believe it.

https://uniquehealthandwellness.com.au/fermented-foods/

https://www.healthline.com/health/ph-of-saliva

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104069/

 

[Sueby]

I've never made fermented pepper sauce, but have read about it.

https://peppergeek.com/fermented-hot-sauce/

https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/recipes/fermented-hot-sauce/


My favorite is Tabasco Scorpion sauce. It's very hot, and has a lot of fruity flavor from the habaneros or scotch bonnets, or whatever they use. Adding just a single drop or two adds a lot of flavor to a bowl of chili.

Edited to add:
Oh, I guess it's probably made from Scorpion peppers. Duh!

I fermented my hot sauce one year & DH couldn't tell the difference between fermented & not fermented so it wasn't worth the time, effort & fruit flies. Of course his sauce is so darn hot he probably has no taste buds left so he may not be a good judge.

Whenever anyone says they froze bottles I wonder how it doesn't break the bottles.

Because I haven't been able to can the last couple years after multiple back surgeries I have broth & jams in ball jars in the freezer. I just make sure they are wide mouth & for quarts I fill them a little less, an inch under the shoulder & have not had any problems. I keep them in the tray in the freezer so they don't get jostled around or bumped.

Now I am pondering the garden being put in pots. I think I have enough for everything. Maybe the corn will have to be in the ground but everything else can be in pots.

When we first moved here I did pots till the garden went in, it worked pretty well but it's more work with having to water more often & they require more fertilizer. But no weeding!

More rain moving in tomorrow. I wish I could put an umbrella over my property to let it dry out a bit.

Holy cow, the rain is killing me! It's so squishy out there & more coming over the next few days. But I agree, things are warming up. My strawberries are already greening up & my lettuce & spinach has all sprouted outside.

Inside everything is coming up too. I got another greenstalk ready for when the onions show up. Next up is for the beans which I will direct sow. I'll do them a little early & just throw a cover over them.

 

[Sueby]

When people come on the thread just to complain about it, I'm so happy for the ignore button.

My thought exactly. I was like

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Supposed to get rain later, it's already been cold, windy & cloudy since yesterday morning. After work, if I can beat the rain, I have more chicken maure to spread in a compost area. I'd like to till before rain hits. See if I can make it happen.