u/-Astrobadger

FINALLY A SUCCESSFUL FERMENT THIS SEASON. Behold, Thanks For All The Fish: Asante peppers, Fish Peppers, onion, garlic, beet. This is a *beautiful* result, completely clear, ph at 3ish, smells amazing. Mixed with some of the brine and some white wine vinegar. Can’t wait to try it!

I’ve never added (non-pepper) fruit before but it’s the end of the season so taking a few couple swings at it. Both have onion, shallot, and garlic. Peppers are jalapeño, Asanti, and Beaver Dam. On the left I added a pear from my pear tree and calling it “Hail Pear-y”. On the right I added aronia (Viking/choke) berries from my aronia bushes; I assume they will make it deep purple so calling it “Viking Blood”. All ingredients came from my garden.

Also trying out these new fermentation vessels for the first time. We’ll see what happens!

First ferment of the season and I’ve got these weird blobs on the rim. I was looking at the jars (two of them) every so often and tilting it to see the bubbles so maybe some film made a ring?. Would love to have some new stuff finally but unsure about this one. What should a bad batch smell like exactly?

Four weeks at 3.5% with the following ingredients (mostly for my backyard garden):

Beets
Sweet pepper
Ripe jalapeño
Couple other medium spicy peppers
Garlic
Onion

Did exhausting work literally digging my yard up for new garden beds so I ate a big jersey mikes. Crazy elevator numbers today.

Second pepper ferment of the season, mostly Aleppo peppers, all from the garden in 3.5%. Working name: Alepp-Oh No!

See you in four weeks!

Just started the game and I appreciate the slightly more mature take on this iconic game but this is straight up unsettling. First, they talk about eating chocobos, now they harvesting their organs for industrial processes? Aren’t chocobos like horses… oh wait.

Pesto pasta with garden tomatoes and pan seared chicken breasts with onion butter and Dijon pan sauce

Pesto from garden garlic scapes, garden onions and garlic, and fresh garden purple tomatoes that are so pretty with the green pesto. I love using my own produce in my dishes!

My wife got mad at me because it was so good 😊

I’ve been disillusioned with how poorly mass produced furniture doesn’t properly fit where I need it especially the weird dimensions of my 125 year old house so I’ve just been building custom pieces from scratch. I’ve done a bookshelf, entertainment center, a 45° “pizza table”, and now a show rack in an attempt to bring some organization to the mess of my family’s shoes.

I used edge glued acacia from Menards, pocket holes for joinery, and finished with The Real Milk Paint half and half. Apparently I have some very acute reaction to even that (it’s just citrus solvent) because my wife and kids were walking past it in the driveway no problem but when I took my respirator off my chest got all tight. I went to the ER and they hooked me up and said literally everything was fine maybe panic attack? And I said, no, I’m not panicking, it’s a physical reaction. They gave me an inhaler and that kind of worked so I suppose I’ll use that going forward.

I have a 1901 build house with weird areas that don’t fit run of the mill products from the store so I have been building my own furniture to fit the spaces. Just edge glued stuff from Menards until I get better and can work with hardwoods. Also the original maple floors are not at all level.

I made this shoe rack for this space here and it’s level as built but the legs don’t touch the floor evenly though they’re all square and the same length. The center one doesn’t touch at all. It’s not finished yet, obviously, this is just a dry fit.

Should I just make shims out of the waste wood and/or sand the legs down? Is there some material I can stuff underneath to fill the gap?

Thanks!

Highlander and Blush. Can’t want for fresh garden onions.

Second year doing these self watering containers. I do nothing and they grow perfectly, can’t argue with that. Wish I had a bigger greenhouse.

Maybe get some watermelon too.

I’ve never seen this before: my Asante plant grew a solid leaf wall. It is the south facing direction but I feel like I should turn it around maybe? 🤔

I’m in Flying Manor and can only shoot from afar. Is there no way to take this jerk out??

I have always had insect issues with this Kinder Crisp but that’s usually when they’re ripe and delicious. There is also sticky residue on some of them. The nearby pear tree has zero problems.

This is just my second year trying this and it has worked well so far. I haven’t had to do anything and they look great. I did recently cut the main off since they weren’t going through water as fast as I expected and I wanted them to get some dry time. Watermelon seeds have sprouted too so maybe get some of those as well. I have never had better pepper plants before. Fantastic system.

Carrots, beets, and some left over onions on the right there. Asking because I had to put up a fence to keep the bun buns out and I don’t think I can put it back if I take it off. Reaching over it is going to be really tricky but possibly manageable? It’s a 4’x7’ 11” raised bed.

Thanks!

Pretty sure this is some kind of ant damage. Tree is I believe a weeping fig. Looks healthy otherwise.
Thanks!🙏🏼