Category: Farm
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Sauerkraut
2/24/2022:Made three quarts of sauerkraut. Should be ready in a month. Usually I pound the cabbage for five minutes after salting and then put the cabbage under a dish with weights on top for about two hours. On the last of the three quarts (red cabbage on bottom) I skipped the pounding and the result…
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Fermentation
2/20/2022:I try to eat fermented foods regularly, with sauerkraut being the one I eat most often. I make the sauerkraut myself, using a recipe I found in Masontops Fermenting Guide & Recipe Book by Sarah Miller of KillerPickles.com. I made a batch yesterday and will make one today. I find the process relaxing. I have…
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Hydroponics
2/7/2022:We were having drinks with friends in the room next to the room where the New Kratky Hydroponics Seed Starting System is located. The Hydroponics room faces the street, which is a miles long dead end. We have only been in this area a short time, but our friends have been here for many, many…
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Hydroponics
2/3/2022:Yesterday I looked at my seed starting system and had a surprising number of germinations. I planted the second shelf, another 30 cells. I will let the plants grow for a while and see if they get harvestable in this configuation. In the meantime, I am researching a larger system to transplant the seedlings and…
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iNaturalist
1/29/2022: Last year I joined the iNaturalist.org group. It is a joint venture of the California Academy of Sciences and Natural Geographic. As a member, I can observe plants and animals and nature in general and post those observations to the site. Other members do the same. The observations include location, so you can see…
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Seed Starting
1/25/2022: Recently started my New Kratky Hydroponics Seed Starting System, patterened off Jack Spirko’s YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS42IMyhM1c&t=351s). I have only one of the three shelves going, 30 cells, and so far only one red iceburg lettuce has germinated, but many of my seeds are dated. I figure I am very early in the season (zone…
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