What did you do in the garden today?

[Justagalwithchicks]

I got my Hibiscus flower tea from amazon and tried it today. I was impressed with the dark red color of the tea. One tea bag makes 2 cups; It had a citric taste, so I added a teaspoon of regular sugar and a teaspoon of stevia and turned it into a high blood pressure beverage. I am making an all-out attempt to lower my blood pressure naturally with the addition of natural supplements and flax seed snacks to my diet.
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I make hibiscus tea with loose leaf in a gallon of water on the deck with sunshine. Such a beautiful tea

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Harvested some more dried bean pods. I’ve got a cucumber I should probably get soon too.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

My sweetest hen Hazel Mae passed away. She loved humans, riding around on my shoulder, being carried and don't forget chasing bugs. Just a fun chicken. She has been laying shelless eggs or broken ones for awhile now, so we knew this was coming.I tried everything to no avail. I sure am going to miss her.

 

[OnlySympathy]

My sweetest hen Hazel Mae passed away. She loved humans, riding around on my shoulder, being carried and don't forget chasing bugs. Just a fun chicken. She has been laying shelless eggs or broken ones for awhile now, so we knew this was coming.I tried everything to no avail. I sure am going to miss her. View attachment 4203224

I’m so sorry for your loss. You did what you could and she had a great life

 

[Rick589]

My sweetest hen Hazel Mae passed away. She loved humans, riding around on my shoulder, being carried and don't forget chasing bugs. Just a fun chicken. She has been laying shelless eggs or broken ones for awhile now, so we knew this was coming.I tried everything to no avail. I sure am going to miss her. View attachment 4203224

So sad.

 

[Bsmac]

Faceless bureaucrats orgasming over control of others.

You said it! What a bunch of crap!

 

[Molpet]

My sweetest hen Hazel Mae passed away. She loved humans, riding around on my shoulder, being carried and don't forget chasing bugs. Just a fun chicken. She has been laying shelless eggs or broken ones for awhile now, so we knew this was coming.I tried everything to no avail. I sure am going to miss her. View attachment 4203224

sorry for your loss

 

[Bsmac]

My sweetest hen Hazel Mae passed away. She loved humans, riding around on my shoulder, being carried and don't forget chasing bugs. Just a fun chicken. She has been laying shelless eggs or broken ones for awhile now, so we knew this was coming.I tried everything to no avail. I sure am going to miss her. View attachment 4203224

Sorry you lost your sweet bird... Always tough to lose one... She was a pretty bird.

 

[Minanora]

Would anyone have a recommendation for an apple press. I’m looking to venture into making our own cider.

That really depends on the volume you're wanting to do and the time you want to spend. But I recommend the speidel grinders and presses. For a cheaper option, This press is a classic design that is made of oak staves. You will need to crush your apples before pressing them. Get a good crusher.

Traditional cider apples are varieties that have a lot of tannins and acid. You can always add sugar to fuel fermentation, or do a blend of apples. We like to use King David apples. We're actually getting ready to plant two in our orchard.

 

[Minanora]

Didn't do anything in the garden yesterday. Got outside early, went up on the roof and scrubbed the solar panels. 20% production increase! I knew they were dirty, but I didn't think they were that dirty.

We went up to Monterey to go buy a truck. Dealer had it listed online at the price we wanted to pay.... Got up there and they wanted to sell it with a 9000$ markup in service contacts. We wanted to pay 42k otd, for a 39k truck. They tried to sell it to us for 51K.... We tried to negotiate and give them their service warranty, (that cost them ~1800$)... Plus 1500$.... So, otd for 46K. They came back with 48K... So we had to walk away. Sales guy said he's going to keep our offer in front of his manager and that come the end of the month, he may be delivering the vehicle to us personally. I'm going to call on Wednesday, if they still won't sell, we'll buy a nicer truck otd elsewhere for the same price they offered or the exact same trim, same mileage, for the price we want to pay. Just without seeing it in person first.