Be joyful though you have considered all the facts
I opened my last bottle of ginger soda yesterday. Â It had been in the fridge for two weeks – I had sort of forgotten about it till now. I did open it over the sink… Yeah, blew the top right off! My bottle! And then, when I poured it… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPRJBAxaeAs DH and I finished the …
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3/4 of the carrot bed is still frozen, but the rest yielded this And they’re yummy.
Some days ago I had a chance to run out and pull one side of the hoop house plastic out from under the leftover snow (it thawed some, finally!). It involved breaking up the huge slabs of ice that had formed inside the “hoop sloop” and pulling them out, then draining the melt water. You …
In order of sowing: scallions chives mizuna Evenstar collards rouge d’hiver lettuce Olympia spinach Bloomsdale spinach Mache Champion collards Claytonia Space spinach Red marble onion Bright lights chard Ventura celery Safir celery Redventure celery Dianante celeriac Wintebor kale Russian kale Brussels sprouts Waltham broccoli Krausa parsley rube red New England Aster Giant Winter spinach Cornflower …
old apple that no one wanted to eat drying above the wood stove silky on the outside crispy in double as sweet old apple soon you’ll be desirable again ;)
It’s snowing again, a driving powdery snow that has already accumulated to 2-3 inches. Inside the fire roars, Shubert delights, as does the smell of ginger. I was surprised by how cheap this fresh ginger root was ($1.99 a pound), but then when I started peeling and cutting it, it all made sense. Â This ginger …
It’s time again! I turned on the heat mat below and the shop lights above, inserted four flats with an assortment of seeds, and two days later had tiny collards and lettuce. Can you spot them? Germinating at present:Â lettuces of all kinds, collards, kale, spinach, scallions, onions, chives, mizuna, mache, claytonia, chard, celery, celeriac, brussels …
Finally the  bottle opened with a loud pop and a gaseous cloud. And there it was: bubbles! It’s very tasty, with a mild zing against the palate. Wonderful.
Ah, I don’t think I’ve ever spent so much on plants in my life. I just put a couple of orders through. Berry bushes and vines 1 Johns Elderberry 1 Â Adams Elderberry 1 Â Witch Hazel 50 Honeoye Strawberry 2 Bluebell Grapes 3 Island Belle Grapes (Campbell’s Early) 3 Marechal Foch grapes 1 Vaccinium vitis-idaea Red …
Amie walks on top of three feet of snow Well, my ginger, chamomile and berry soda was a bust. It never fermented. But it did grow hair! Good for the compost, this one. I got right back on the horse and added the next ginger bug in line (there’s always one brewing)  to a simple wort …
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