Posted on 01/24/2014 12:24:31 PM PST by greeneyes
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/johnny
Make homemade yogurt from your pepper stems and cherry tree stems! Wow, who’da thunk? I make homemade yogurt by using starter from store bought yogurt with live cultures but I found this discussion on using hot pepper stems for the culture. I wonder if sweet pepper stems could be used? This might be something to note for prepping.
http://www.wildfermentation.com/yogurt-cultured-by-chili-peppers/
Unfortunately for me, here on my property, there is a strain of black mold that overwhelms most Lactobacillus, or I'd be making sourdough.
/johnny
I didn't do it last fall, but sometimes in the Spring & Fall, I do the double cheesecloth over flour and water outside thing to capture wild yeast. I've never had any black mold take over. This is good because I would freak out if that happened.
The city turned the water off? Wow! Not seen one do that before.
MomWithHope sent me some Sabre tomato seed and I had to find that and it was in a plastic bag I marked, “TO PLANT” and I put those in there some time ago and forgot it. The reason that bag was so marked is that they are for fall tomatoes. And, I have an envelope in there of Burpee’s Long-Keeper because after picking they store for 6-12 weeks.
I think I have made a mistake thinking I should plant them in maybe August but they take a long time to grow and make. I’m confused about planting them now or later.
Plus, the Sabre seeds from MothWithHope are on a paper towel. From what I just read about these seeds, if planted in the spring they are ready in late summer/fall, one pound tomatoes. So, I will soon plant them,
BUT I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLANT SEEDS THAT ARE ON A PAPER TOWEL???
If any of you know what I should do to plant these in my little paper cups, I need to know what to do - soak the paper to get the seeds off or just cut the paper towel with a seed on it and plant it that way??
Care to share your bread recipes?
/johnny
The Burpee “Long Keeper” takes 78 days after transplanting to be ready and then the tomatoes keep 6-12 weeks after picking. I guess I need to count up days so they will produce in the fall to have those tomatoes to keep 6-12 weeks into winter.
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/johnny
Our garbage has not picked up yet but the mail was running and delivery trucks are delivering. Cars have icy frost on the top sides but the streets are Okay.
It’s 30 at the airport, 69 inside with no heat on, 55 where my seeds are in the garage. Don’t have an outside temp at the house; I moved the sensor to the seed babies to monitor them.
I wanted to go to Lowes, but I dont want to thaw my truck, It has the worst heater and might not thaw the W/S with a couple of hours to try.
We went to town the other day, Friday, when it was pretty cold. the frost on the hood of my wifes car never did thaw the entire trip.
/johnny
/johnny
“I’d tear the paper towel around the seeds”
Thanks, that will be easy. I’ll get those in paper cups before today is over and hope they grow and will put the purchased few Sabres I got, planted today, too. Not sure what to do with the free ones, Red Icicle.
“you are familiar with spreadsheets.”
I used Access and Excel for 10 years while husband was county chair. Had multiple voter lists of many thousands of voters and had to manipulate the voters into various lists. I can figure changing dates easier in my head than using spreadsheets.
Anything but rye. Surprise us.
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/johnny
My zoodle maker thingie came today. I had to go out, and was going to pick up a zucchini to try out for zoodles, but HEB was mobbed, and it’s too danged cold to spend any time walking across the parking lot.
I have a sweet potato. I guess I could make sweetpotoodles, or a carrot for carroodles, but I wanted to try something softer like a zucchini first.
The blades look muy sharp, and it has a built in blade storage. My daughter really likes hers, and said it’s very important to make sure the suction cups are stuck to your work surface before turning something into noodles.
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