Gator Pam

Wll, I’m in Facebook jail, no reason given. I suspect it has to do with me sharing my tattoo art, but I don’t know for certain. I filed an appeal. We’ll see how long it takes for me to get my account back, if I do.

Ooo… Seattle! If you have time when you bring your son here, if you’re helping him move in, let me know if you want to grab lunch or a coffee. I would love to meet up.

Pruned the companion Thai Holy basil and Sweet Genovese basil l received during the June Green Elephant Plant Swap and donated it to Hopelink via the food bank garden at Marymoor Community Gardener's Association. Thai Holy Basil Sweet Genovese Basil

I’ve had the original Lazy Susan Revolution on my wish list as a holiday gift for my landlady for several years now. She enjoys when I cook festive meals such as Passover, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. But she always kids about us having to circle the table in order to fill our plates before sitting. If this product actually works as advertised, I’m hoping her days of complaining about this particular thing will be in the past. Not a huge price break, but enough for me to purchase it.

Garlic can be used immediately after harvesting; curing doesn’t affect the culinary aspect. But if it isn’t cured it will rot fairly quickly. It’s too fresh to have a long shelf life. It just needs to dry out for about a month before being stored. Then it could last as long as a year if stored properly.

At the end of tomato season, I hang the cut vines upside down in the solarium to encourage any remaining unripe tomatoes to ripen. It works pretty well. When I heard I needed to cure the garlic for about a month by hanging it to prepare it for long term storage, I figured perhaps a similar method will work.

I was going to wait until next Sunday, the 13th, to harvest my garlic in my raised bed at Marymoor Community Garden on the Eastside of Seattle, but it looks like we’ll get some rain this week. We’ve been dry for awhile, so I went ahead and did it today. [ 3 elephant garlic 12 large garlic 17 medium garlic 12 baby garlic 1 rotted head 1 spring garlic 49 total heads of garlic harvested from a 6’x3’ raised bed inter planted with 8 tomato plants, calendula, sweet basil, Thai Holy basil, and an asparagus crown.

Rabbit Rabbit! Rabbit!!

Update on my raised bed garden.

My landlords son’s birthday is next week, but my landlords are going to visit him this weekend. I generally bake some sort of goody for his birthday. This year it is This Old’s Instant Pot plain New York cheesecake with homemade strawberry glaze and strawberries. It will chill overnight and go up with my landlords tomorrow. I increase the recipe for an 8”x3” push pan, but the recipe is written for a 6”x3” pan. Jill gives directions for increasing the size for different diameter pans to keep the thickness consistent.

Rabbit Rabbit! Rabbit!!

Rabbit Rabbit! Rabbit!!

Baruch Dayem ha’Emetz Blessed Be the True Judge

I then started a Passover adapted version of Joanna’s Sausage Kraut in the crockpot for tonight’s dinner. I forgot to show the apple and dried cranberries in the photo above, so I took this shot before combining. Well, at this point I’m being limited on uploads, so I guess to be continued later…