Recent content by cj2024

How long does it take for the head and shell to break down in the soil? I have a bag of old frozen crawfish that I need to get rid of.........:)

I think I figured out how to support a hanging Black Giant Winter Melon. I tried forming a net with paracord and hung it sideways, but the cord cut into the flesh. The next thing I tried worked, I half hitched the stem close to the winter melon and it didn't fall off yet, must be at least 25lbs...

I did a couple of sour dough experiments this morning. I mixed my sour dough in my kitchen aid for 13 minutes, formed it round and placed it in a bowl lined with parchment paper. After an hour I put it in my refrigerator overnight and baked it this morning. It came out the same as with me...

My third attempt at making sour dough bread with my new silicone dough basket made me realize that its worthless. I cooked the bread in the silicone basket as advertised, but the top of the bread had some burnt spots and the bread itself was not something I could give away, it was ugly looking...

For my second attempt at sour dough bread, I baked it in a Japanese clay pot. I think it came out around the same as yesterday's one. Tomorrow, I will bake it in a silicone banneton proofing basket that I just got from amazon, and I will be shooting for the ear razor cut with the new blade I got.

They didn't respond to me when I complained about bad seeds, but I felt bad after because the winter melon seeds sprouted after I complained.

I found this sour dough comparison to be enlightening. Hand mixing seem to be a waste of time..............

It's been raining lately, so I haven't been checking up on my vegetables. I checked my Kratky buckets this morning and I think a slug ate my lettuce, sweet basil and was starting on my Prism Kale...... :barnie

Yay, it tastes like sour dough bread, I am impressed.

I am 5 days into making my sour dough starter and instead of throwing out the discard I made a sour dough bread. I used my dough mixer, and I let the dough rest for about an hour. Then I stretched my dough in the bowl 3 times at 30-minute intervals. Then I put it in a glass bowl with a cover and...

I always thought that adding sugar to yeast makes bread rise better, but I was proven wrong.

I found out that gluten doesn't affect the taste of bread, but it changes the texture and makes it rise higher.

I just bought this set from amazon on impulse. I couldn't resist the plastic scrapers. I am all set, just waiting on my sour dough starter to bubble up.

I got this gluten from amazon today, it supposed to make my bread taste better. I have never tried it, but I saw a video saying just a tsp of it will turn my regular flour into bread flour. I'll try tomorrow and see if there is anything special to it. I am 3 days into making my San Francisco...

I agree with this statement. I have a Black Truffle cherry tomato that grew between two cement blocks straight in the dirt. I water it through the two holes on the cement block. It grows more vigorous than my self-watering kratky tomato plants growing next to it. I am using it as a mother plant...