What did you do in the garden today?

[fuzzi]

I must have missed something... What is the tincture for?

Anti-fungal, anti-bacterial though some said to put a few drops in a glass of water and drink it, for parasites.

 

[Dadanga]

I found some seed so I’m going to try it. Mild tasting greens are key with some of the family members, ie the kids. I’ll give it a try in the shade garden, we’re setting up a small DWC system out there.

It should thrive in that kind of system! I need to get around to mixing another brick of coco so I can place it in the 200L drum I have reserved for the Kankong. I may even put the spinach in there and other things. I really want to pack it LOL.

You should put the spinach (molokhiya) in your soups or cook it like that (recipe):
1) Fry onion rings with some olive oil until transparent.
2) throw molukhiya inside.
3) lower the fire.
4) add half cup water.
5) when the leaves change colour and there’s is not much water left, add some lemon juice (as much as you like) and salt.
6) cook for two minutes then add Baharat. A lot of baharat!
7) turn the fire off, taste and see if more salt, lemon or baharat is needed.
8) pour some olive oil (Syrian in best) on top.
9) serve

You had me at onion rings. Looks like I got most of the herbs for Baharat. Will be fun to try that as a dish. I hope the Egyptian Spinach works out, I'll throw that in with the Kankong on kratky to ensure I have enough for a heap. Lately I have been slacking big time on sides and just eating meat.

Also I feel you on the trays. I really should of just sowed some of my bigger stuff directly like the pumpkins/squash and just do some seeds sparingly for hydroponics. I'd never do carrot in trays. Doesn't that sorta go with most root veggies?

Felt like today was mostly running errands and tending to the flock. I delivered quail eggs again but I can't wait for the clear egg cases to come in from ebay so I don't have to use the normal egg cartons for them. I'm thinking my incubator should get here next week and hopefully I'll be able to run it at capacity with the quail eggs. Hoping to fit like 50-60 in there.

I do need to start think about using some fertilizer on the garden. Especially the big sprawl of a volunteer tomato. Most of my borage has died back from being constantly battered by winds but I'm hoping they'll come up again. Some of the beetroot is coming through that I sowed along the border. The long scarlet radish is coming along quick but I need to start thinning them out.

Got some hemp bedding and gamebird breeder and the chooks continue to hog the end bay of the coop. I'm beginning to wonder if the plastic paneling lets too much light in and that's why they head towards the end where it's close to the boundary fence and darker. Maybe I have to think about painting it.

 

[jerryse]

And....? Care to give us a review?

Well so far good. Sealed a wide mouth that has dry soup mix I made and 2 regular lids on half pint jars with squash seeds. I went with a recommended one as some brands are not as good. I need to put seasonings that draw moisture and get hard into jars. Salt and Famous Dave's are 2.

 

[Sally PB]

A side by side comparison of the new jar and previously made bottle of black walnut tincture.

What is it used for?

 

[jawilliams509]

When it gets softer, the sponge is sponging. So you can either wait for it to dry or you can just harvest it already and dry it inside, depending on your weather

Thanks!! I cut 2 off & then left some others on just to experiment. How should I dry them inside? In the dark? Should I rotate them every day?

 

[igorsMistress]

G’morning y’all. The only garden related thing today for me was my trip to Home Depot; I think I’m pretty much set to get the little picket fence built and get the dragon fruit containers set up. I grabbed some perlite too, but I think I’m going to need more. Gotta get the house cleaned up today so I can spend the rest of the week outside. Have a good day all.

 

[TJAnonymous]

OK, I cracked open one of the black walnuts that was in the drying crate.

For background clarity :
My step-dad passed away on 12/25/2019. He would collect black walnuts from a giant tree in their yard and put them in a 4 ft x 4 ft crate. This crate is sitting in his shop and has been untouched since he died. He processed tons of them with his 'Grandpa's Goody Getter' and would freeze them.

I wasn't sure if the nuts would still be good. Someone on here mentioned they were only good for 2 yrs. These nuts were likely collected in the fall of 2019.




They crumble rather easily when you try to remove them from the shell. However I did try a few chunks and they tasted like normal black walnuts. Not bitter or anything...

Would you say they are still good?

 

[Sueby]

I would think if nuts were bad they would taste rancid. But I really have no clue.

Beautiful out there today. Frost for last night is now supposed to be tonight. I brought in a couple plants & covered the greenstalk. Picked all the sungolds that had at least a little blush on them.

Gave the girls a pumpkin.

 

[igorsMistress]

OK, I cracked open one of the black walnuts that was in the drying crate.

For background clarity :
My step-dad passed away on 12/25/2019. He would collect black walnuts from a giant tree in their yard and put them in a 4 ft x 4 ft crate. This crate is sitting in his shop and has been untouched since he died. He processed tons of them with his 'Grandpa's Goody Getter' and would freeze them.

I wasn't sure if the nuts would still be good. Someone on here mentioned they were only good for 2 yrs. These nuts were likely collected in the fall of 2019.

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They crumble rather easily when you try to remove them from the shell. However I did try a few chunks and they tasted like normal black walnuts. Not bitter or anything...

Would you say they are still good?

If they don’t smell bad and don’t taste bitter you should be good. Also not moldy or mushy

 

[igorsMistress]

I would think if nuts were bad they would taste rancid. But I really have no clue.

Beautiful out there today. Frost for last night is now supposed to be tonight. I brought in a couple plants & covered the greenstalk. Picked all the sungolds that had at least a little blush on them.

Gave the girls a pumpkin.
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I gave my flock a pumpkin the other day, they went to town. Wild birds came in later to almost finish it off.