With the 4th coming up, I need to start watching my figs daily. The first batch should be rippening this week. Usually I just toss them in the freezer and use in smoothies, but this year I’m thinking preserves. Maybe mixed with the blackberries that have been rippening the last few weeks.
Almost lost the fig tree to the tropical storm a couple weeks ago. Fortunately my neighbors’ fence was there to keep it from falling completely over.
Learned a new lesson this spring, all marigolds are not created equal. I planted some companion plants in between my peppers. Turns out one of the varieties of marigold I’m trying for the first time grows a lot bigger than I expected, and grows faster than the peppers. Poor peppers never had a chance.
BTW, looking at the yogurt link I would advise that what works well in her crockpot may not work the same in yours. You want to heat the milk to 180-185, and then when you add the starter yogurt you want the resulting mix to be 110-115 and you want to hold it in that range for several hours (I’ve used my oven with the light on and the door propped slightly open in the past, but recently I noticed my dehydrator has a yogurt setting so I’m going to try that next).
OOPsie on the Mariglolds. LOL I actually have used this recipe and process on the yogurt several times. I have a specific crock pot that I use. It is good to note that crocks do have different capabilities.
I use my powdered milk from my rotating pantry supplies that I keep stocked up on, and this process is so easy and has worked well for me.
Thanks for adding the degree requirements, that may be very helpful to anyone else interested in the process. I have experimented with this recipe, and put portions in a coffee filter with salt and seasonings to make a spreadable type “cheese”. It’s quite good that way too.
There are two things you can do to prevent plants from overgrowing or crowding your vegetables.
(#1)You can cut them back; in which case you will get double the blooms, although the plant stems will be shorter.
(#2) If you want longer stems, you can pt two sticks at either end of the row, and tie a taught line in between the two sticks, to physically pull the flower stems away,
thus preventing the flowers from shading out the vegetables.
You can bend the stems, so long as you don't break them.