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A neighbor cut their vines and gave me the leftover green fruit. I have read only tomatoes with a little color can fully ripen if left in a paper bag. But then I read some might partially ripen if they are very pale and not green. Is there any hope for these?

And if not, can I just dehydrate them and then use them as soup vegetables in the future? I know some people make relish and pickles from them but I don't know if that's for me.

You're looking at mosquito geranium, a variety of pelargonium citrosum that was "foraged" from a friend's ornamental garden (no pesticides were used). It was left in a zip lock bag and it was warm outside. When I checked the bag 30 min later, large portions of the leaves were discolored to a muddy green, and they smelled a bit of rotten eggs.

I decided the heat and oxygen deprivation must have caused this so I harvested more, kept it in a loose shopping bag inside, away from heat and sun, and took a nap. About six or seven hours later, I figured I'd get to rinsing and dehydrating the new batch before it was too wilted. Well the same discoloration has happened but in much smaller sections. I can't tell if there's a smell of rotten eggs. If there is, its very faint.

Is this just normal for pelargoniums? It's my first time trying to dry this delectable plant which is a great ingredient for herbal tea blends or other culinary uses.

I make these earrings all the time, but I'm not sure how to incorporate flowers into the fringe and would appreciate any tips.

Am I supposed to just stick the needle end right in my ear piercings? Because there doesn't seem to be enough room on the wire for that. I found a couple of youtube tutorials (linked below) and neither mentions what to do once the piece is actually beaded.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=avNubDcJ1Sw&pp=ygUoQ2lyY3VsYXIgYnJpY2sgc3RpdGNoIGVhcnJpbmdzIHR1dG9yaWFsIA%3D%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y9aUA8UAKcU&t=7s&pp=2AEHkAIBygUoQ2lyY3VsYXIgYnJpY2sgc3RpdGNoIGVhcnJpbmdzIHR1dG9yaWFsIA%3D%3D

A friend's birthday is coming up and I'd love to gift them something similar to this since they indicated they liked it. But I usually work with either stringing, or, if I'm weaving, I'm using seedbeads, usually in a brick stitch pattern and certainly not in a round attached to a metal frame like for this piece. Does anyone have suggestions?

I'm very, very slowly getting better at cooking, and part of that for me is learning which tools to use and which fun gadgets worth the money. I often shop at thrift stores for them and I see this type of pot very often. My grandma used to use something like this and I wonder if this has a special job that standard stainless steel pot or saucepan can't handle as well?

This is my first post in this sub, and although it's not a gardening question or about the grape berries, I hope these questions are okay.

Question 1: is this wild grape and is it safe to dehydrate and crumble for green vegetable powder?

Question 2: Bugs ate some of the leaves. Do I need to cut around them or can I just dehydrate as-is?

Question 3: the vine has some virus that makes these warts on the leaves. A few baby leaves in the center are quite affected. I assume this is fine to eat or at least cut around because I also assume whatever infected the vine won't affect me. Am I right, or very wrong?

Thank you for guidance.

Hello !

I started learning embroidery with beads at the beginning of july. I really loved the process so I thought that for my second project I wanted to make a bag for my mum’s birthday !

Here is the result 🩵

Approximately +/- 65 hours of work including bead embroidery, making and sewing the bag and metal accessories, making the beaded straps and the bag charm.

Hope this post makes some people inspired to hop on this hobby !

From garden to freezer. I used toasted pumpkin seeds instead of pine nuts. And I ended up adding too much salt and garlic. I really need a damn food processor of some sort.

Can I get a verification? Is it okay to eat at this stage?