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 Topic: Apricot Butter |
Jam Lady
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jul 18, 19 8:09 pm Subject: Apricot Butter |
| Refrigerate once opened, Tahir, then it lasts until eaten all up. Several weeks, maybe a couple of months? Depends on how many different jars are open at the same time and what I'm doing with the pres ... |
| Topic: Apricot Butter |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Wed Jul 17, 19 4:35 pm Subject: Apricot Butter |
8 cups very coarsely chopped pitted apricots
zest from one large lemon
juice from one large lemon
one cup lavender sugar
Place in pot, bring to boil. Turn heat down to high simmer (bubbles arou ... |
| Topic: It's July |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Wed Jul 17, 19 12:40 am Subject: It's July |
Finished off the chanterelles tonight.
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/29848/Chanterelles_2019-07_salmon%2C+chanterelles%2C+and+wine.jpg
Oh yes, also some salmon. And wine, a rose. |
| Topic: Apricot Butter |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jul 16, 19 4:12 pm Subject: Apricot Butter |
| Got some local apricots and today I made apricot butter with lemon and lavender. Could have used a better proportion of lavender sugar / plain sugar but there you are, I used what I had. What I scrape ... |
| Topic: It's July |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Jul 16, 19 1:06 pm Subject: It's July |
| Why change? Because last night we had chanterelles sauteed with onion, green peas, pan broiled shrimp served over rice. And that might have been even a little better. |
| Topic: It's July |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Jul 15, 19 12:10 pm Subject: It's July |
| Dinner last night was quite yummy. The chanterelles were prime - open the refrigerator and their perfume just wafted out. We had chanterelles sauteed with onion, diced the leftover broiled chicken thi ... |
| Topic: It's July |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Sun Jul 14, 19 3:54 pm Subject: It's July |
It's July. That means it is hot. And humid. And you know what that means, right?
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/29847/Chanterelles_2019-07_box+of+chanterelles.jpg
It's time for chanterelles! H ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 14, 19 12:45 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Mistress Rose, I think what Gregotyn was suggesting might be something for individual plants. When I coordinated the community garden back in Connecticut - and obviously had a plot of my own - I did s ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sat Jul 13, 19 6:35 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Just got two more quarts of apricots from the local orchard. So good! Some to eat, some to - what's my name, now . . . some to preserve as jam. |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Jul 11, 19 6:54 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Re charcoal and biochar - an interesting snippet from a recent Atlas Obscura piece about a recreated traditional Maori garden in New Zealand.
Writing about growing sweet potatoes it notes that: "L ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 07, 19 10:12 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
It was something they call a landspout:
https://ktla.com/2019/07/06/tornado-briefly-touches-down-in-new-jersey-flips-car/ |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Sun Jul 07, 19 1:55 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Weather continues disgustingly hot and humid. All told from yesterday's various rainstorms we got better than an inch of rain. Later in the afternoon my cell phone started squawking and warning of tor ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Jul 05, 19 1:09 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Yesterday's high temperature was 95 degrees Fahrenheit / 35 C. And humid. Mostly stayed indoors with the air conditioning. |
| Topic: Vinegar for weed suppressing |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Jul 03, 19 1:30 pm Subject: Vinegar for weed suppressing |
Vinegar is acid, will lower the pH. Kitchen vinegar is relatively mild, for weed killing there is some special, stronger vinegar available.
Since you mention "sanding" I'm not clear if you mean the ... |
| Topic: Sour Cherries and Blueberries |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Tue Jul 02, 19 3:59 pm Subject: Sour Cherries and Blueberries |
| Wild blueberries in Maine grow on low bushes and are tiny but flavorful. High bush blueberries - the commercial crop - are also good but not so intense in flavor. It was Miss Elizabeth White of White' ... |
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