What did you do in the garden today?

[fuzzi]

It's a flap of the dough that is created from the expansion cut in the dough. As the loaf rises, if the cut was made at the correct angle and the heat and steam are timed right, the dough crust peels back and creates a flap of dough that resembles an ear and gets wonderfully crusty. They're cool, but I don't shoot for having one as they are hard to cut( messy), and tough to chew, which is not my goal when making daily foodstuffs. Pretty though.
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Thank you!

 

[Smokerbill]

I finally got a small ear on my sour dough bread with the 5-minute method. I baked this sour dough uncovered with water poured into the catch pan. Next time, I will steam it with a cover for 5-minute. What I notice was the sour dough puffed up after 5-minutes and formed a dry skin before I cut into it and my cut after watching the scoring video was a little different and had a smoother stroke. I feel like I can get a better ear by scouring into a wet dough without the 5-minute method.

In conclusion, I think it was how I scored the wet dough in my previous attempts that prevented the ear to form. Keeping the blade flat made a difference. I'll probably master the score cut on my next try on a wet dough.

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Looks good!

I got two half sheet baking trays filled with blanched peas into the freezer. I have at least one more tray full in the refrigerator. I’m hoping to get that all processed tomorrow. After that I get to “rest” until the beans start growing. All beans, string green, black turtle and pinto beans are starting to blossom.

I'm going to have a lot of edible pod peas to start picking soon. I hadn't considered freezing them separately like that, and that's what I will do. Thanks!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Looks good!


I'm going to have a lot of edible pod peas to start picking soon. I hadn't considered freezing them separately like that, and that's what I will do. Thanks!

After you blanch them, they get an ice water bath. Then dry them as much as possible so you get fewer ice crystals. Spread them out on a sheet of parchment then cover with plastic before putting into the freezer. After they are completely frozen. Put them in an airtight container. I use ziploc bags. Good luck with this.

 

[Smokerbill]

After you blanch them, they get an ice water bath. Then dry them as much as possible so you get fewer ice crystals. Spread them out on a sheet of parchment then cover with plastic before putting into the freezer. After they are completely frozen. Put them in an airtight container. I use ziploc bags. Good luck with this.

@Wee Farmer Sarah , thanks for the explanation!

 

[Smokerbill]

I had a good day in the garden. I set out a bunch of plants: 24 red leaf lettuce, 24 marigolds and 8 of basil. I watered them in with diluted homemade rotted weed tea fertilizer.

I also picked all the big kale leaves and the lower collards leaves. After trimming, cleaning and chopping I ended up with a packed gallon bag of greens and a quart bag of chopped up stems.

I blanched and froze the chopped up stems because I hate to waste anything. I think I'll add them to my next batch of pressure cooked pinto beans. I didn't blanch the greens, just froze them. I'll blanch and re-freeze them again sometime in the future.

I still have a row of yellow wax beans to plant, and I might find a spot to plant another hill of zucchini. After that I think I'm pretty much done planting things in the garden for now.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

@Wee Farmer Sarah , thanks for the explanation!

You’re welcome.

 

[Sally PB]

I blanched and froze the chopped up stems because I hate to waste anything.

When I make fried rice, I saute the chard stems with the onions at the beginning. The greens are added near the end. Those brightly colored stems are much too good to waste.

When I make collards in the instant pot, I saute the stems first, with onions. Not throwing those away either!

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

It was rainy and cool today so my gardening activities consisted of checking the local shops to see what seeds they had on sale.

 

[igorsMistress]

DH came in for breakfast & said 'babe, the garden looks fantastic, you have a great mix of vegetable & flowers & everything looks so healthy. Nice job.' That made my day. A lot of work has gone into it this year, it was so nice he noticed.

That’s so sweet

 

[pennyJo1960]

I will have lot's of peas this year I had seed I planted this spring
inside.
My pumpkins and yellow squash are going nuts.