What did you do in the garden today?

[Minanora]

We finally got some rain yesterday. The tomatoes are still alive but not one bloom and all I can think is they hate the blazing heat too.
Got 1 cucumber off new vines!
Trying to pickle some eggs we got and I realized you can’t shell boiled fresh eggs wo them coming apart.
I decided to let the vinegar do work of dissolving shell and now I don’t want to put lid on bc of all bubbles/pressure build up!

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I have a method of doing hard boiled eggs that's fail proof peeling.

Hot start with cold or room temp eggs. Rolling boil, set eggs in using a spoon. Let water come back up to a boil then lower to gentle boil, set timer. No lid. 13 minutes for room temp eggs, 14 for cold eggs. When timer goes off put them in an ice bath or just run under cold water. Leave eggs in the water until you are ready to peel. Tap shells allllllllll over, then the shell pretty much slides right off. Just don't let them dry and you're golden.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I have a method of doing hard boiled eggs that's fail proof peeling.

Hot start with cold or room temp eggs. Rolling boil, set eggs in using a spoon. Let water come back up to a boil then lower to gentle boil, set timer. No lid. 13 minutes for room temp eggs, 14 for cold eggs. When timer goes off put them in an ice bath or just run under cold water. Leave eggs in the water until you are ready to peel. Tap shells allllllllll over, then the shell pretty much slides right off. Just don't let them dry and you're golden.

I add lemon juice to the pan of water start the egg in cold water then
boil like bit less than 25 minutes.

 

[Love Donkeys]

I steam eggs to hard boiled them. I put water in bottom of the steamer pot, but not high enough to touch the steamer basket. When the water boils I place the steamer basket in with the eggs and cover with lid. Steam for for around 15 to 17 minutes. When the time is up place the steamed eggs in ice water. Take the steamed eggs out of the ice water, one at a time and roll them to crack the shells and then peel shells off.

 

[WthrLady]

Everywhere I went today, people were behaving very badly, tempers were off the charts, road rage was nuts today.
By the time I got home my anxiety was creepy off the charts. I'm about ready to sit in a corner and suck my thumb.
Days like that are hard on my Quaker sensibilities.
And to top it all off, my always moody bike mechanic went off on me this morning. I left feeling like it was all my fault, but the owner told me he's just always like that. I was almost to tears (came from a verbally abusive home, and I'm not used to being treated like crap and it's always was my fault, IYKWIM.)
I told the owner that if the mechanic can't deal with customers, then he needs to shut the repair office door and always have a go between, because that was NOT COOL.
Then there was a guy that went nuts (not on me) at the grocery lot.
And a guy they were two seconds from calling the cops on next to me in line at Costco.
Breathe, breathe......
Hummies are on the move, so feeders are full and fresh each morning.
I gave away 5 pounds of tomatoes this morning.
Other than that, it's just watching Fall sneaking in.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Everywhere I went today, people were behaving very badly, tempers were off the charts, road rage was nuts today.
By the time I got home my anxiety was creepy off the charts. I'm about ready to sit in a corner and suck my thumb.
Days like that are hard on my Quaker sensibilities.
And to top it all off, my always moody bike mechanic went off on me this morning. I left feeling like it was all my fault, but the owner told me he's just always like that. I was almost to tears (came from a verbally abusive home, and I'm not used to being treated like crap and it's always was my fault, IYKWIM.)
I told the owner that if the mechanic can't deal with customers, then he needs to shut the repair office door and always have a go between, because that was NOT COOL.
Then there was a guy that went nuts (not on me) at the grocery lot.
And a guy they were two seconds from calling the cops on next to me in line at Costco.
Breathe, breathe......
Hummies are on the move, so feeders are full and fresh each morning.
I gave away 5 pounds of tomatoes this morning.
Other than that, it's just watching Fall sneaking in.

Is it a full moon?

 

[WthrLady]

Is it a full moon?

Just the polar opposite, new moon.
SERIOUSLY!
I am nothing but kind and generous - glory.
The guy at Costco was downright scary.

 

[Sally PB]

Everywhere I went today, people were behaving very badly, tempers were off the charts, road rage was nuts today.

Oh, wow! I'm sorry to hear this!

I went into town and had the opposite happen. I had a lot of stops, and there was a line everywhere, but everyone was nice, polite, friendly, helpful.

 

[akroberts1085]

My husband taps the hard boiled eggs with a spoon then after he removes a bit of shell he uses the spoon (with the open part on the egg) and peels them that way. I do it in the old school way and call it my anger management

 

[WthrLady]

Oh, wow! I'm sorry to hear this!

I went into town and had the opposite happen. I had a lot of stops, and there was a line everywhere, but everyone was nice, polite, friendly, helpful.

There was a share of goofy fun today, but the crazies were so off the charts crazy the blew all the nice things out of the water.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I have 9 of them. It's the only reason I can still garden with my back. I really do love them also!

Made a giant batch of tomato soup. I didn't want to can so I'll freeze them. It's really yummy.View attachment 3927606

Do you follow a specific recipe?