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Category: Preserving

Posted on March 15, 2025March 15, 2025

Sponge cake by the chefs

The Chef doesn’t bake often but he got wild yesterday.

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Posted on December 2, 2024December 3, 2024

12/02/2024 persimmon jelly yummmm

The Chef has found the way to pull the deliciousness from the persimmons without too much seed trouble.

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Posted on December 1, 2024December 1, 2024

11/29/2024 and 12/01/2024 past and future preserving of fruits

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Posted on October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

10/03/2024 lemon balm tea

We ran out of dried lemon balm for tea so I snipped a few more bundles to dry.

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Posted on August 20, 2024August 18, 2024

08/17/2024 fermentation of peppers

We planted lots of peppers this year and exciting stuff is happening with them.

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Posted on June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

06/11/2024 and 06/10/2024 recent dinners

The Chef and Paula have been really outdoing themselves lately.

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Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024

04/30/2024 so behind

Things keep happening!

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Posted on April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

04/11/2024 back in Norman

I’ll post some pictures of species we have in the garden that we saw in the wild. But first, eating dinner with The Chef and Paula. I believe Paula made this meal.

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Posted on March 31, 2024March 30, 2024

Winter tepary harvesting

Over the winter, we’ve gradually pulled down dried tepary bean pods from the trellis. The ones with the most air around them have molded least. I think it would be better if we harvested them more promptly but c’est la vie.

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Posted on March 30, 2024March 30, 2024

03/24/2024 green and rain

Just a little of this and that in the yard, house, and park.

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