Self Sufficient Culture

same broth *

Ohh. Kind of makes me sad we don't really have dandelions where I live

ya dipping the dandelion flowers in the beer tempura is good , you can do same with cucumber , sqaush pumpkin blooms also and other flowers that are edible like Nasturtium - Borage -Chamomile to name a few

Ran out of time today after going on a 2 hr bushwalk to actually complete the Blue Gum track. Found some ripe geebungs (YAY!); they really are like chewing on sweet cotton wool, haha. Also found a new bush food - kangaroo apples. The fruits were not ripe so I'll go back in 2 weeks and check em out again (they're from the Solanaceae family, so you cannot eat them green unless you want to poison yourself). Also harvested some soft, purple new growth sarsparilla leaf (Smilax glyciphylla) - by golly gosh they have some sweetness! Pack an absolute punch and dye the tea pink! I also finally decided to bash open my one candlenut I picked in north QLD and have been sun-drying on my window sill for a month. You'll see the result when I complete that article...

Sounds like it was an amazing walk @JP 1983 ! I can't wait

wantedt to mention: size of container is crucial as well. had the same tomato variety planted in different containers and the outcome was outrageous. one 40L and one (typically recommended for that type of tomato) 10L. The one with 30 L rootspace grew through the roof quite litterally (2m high and 1,5m wide) and the other just to about 1/3 of the other.

Ahh yes, good point! I'll definitely have to research that though, as I usually go by feeling rather than actual measurements, hehe...

Mandy you saw those peppers i grow in the 5 gallon hydroponics i use those same lids and pails for tomatoes and also have the 20 gallon blue plastic barrells they ship stuff like molasses in and cut hole in top and drop in the net pot lid

True! But I feel like growing in soil and growing in hydrophonics need very different sizes

true true but just an idea because those same container like the fod tgrade 20 or 30 gallom barrels if you can get hands on the can ber cut in half for good size planters

good morning Mandy i see you noticed the crust recipe

Yeah looks good mate

you can adjust a little i have been tempted to try a combination of butter and shortening, as i mention shortening gives a flakier crust but butter carries a more a rich flavor to crust but slightly heavy

one variation you can also do after you cream butter eggs sugar , chill it a while that way with cool milk and the creamed ingrediants as you work the flour it will have less chance of being a tough crust

scary the difference in 3 days on lettuce - saturday photo was at 1:30 pm todays were at 9 am , as i walked past lettuce earlier today i swear i heard jungle drums and chanting

Whahah, I can only imagine

Looks awesome! Love that it does function like a candle, as it's name suggests

Ahh, I had pictures ready to be uploaded and I accidentally deleted the folder (sadly it became non-retrievable, we tried). My poor heart, haha. Guess I'll have to snap them again

The original pics aren't on your device?

Ahh that's the thing, they were only on my phone