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I kept cleaning the garden today, mainly removed bramble canes and some damaged clay pots. I had the impulse to do some propagation from the cuttings, but at the end, I brought all of them to the compost. Enough is enough; less is more. I sleep much longer this winter, and enjoy so. Two...

It's still cold, and the soil is frozen. However, the afternoon sun is warm enough to do some tidy-up jobs. I cut back perennials in two beds, trimmed the fruit trees, and cleaned the surface a bit. Tomorrow the temperature will be a bit warmer, but it might rain. I plan to do these cutting...

Bright days with blue sky and bright sunlight, however, the temperature remains something around 20~30F. Not much can be done in the garden yet, so as the greenhouse. I still have some bulbs which I didn't plant till now, sigh. However, I will use pots to grow them this week.

Steve, I didn't follow her recipe yet (and won't, I guess, haha). However, I made my own combination in today's bread. The bread has undergone 72 hours of cold fermentation (including 48-hour Levain building), giving it a charming, bright, but inviting sourness. With cheddar cheese, chestnuts...

I am still playing with sourdough, a lot of fun. As the microbes are growing, it's not too different from 'gardening'. The third starter, Trinity (Rye flour, whole wheat flour, linden honey), finished her 21-day establishment training and moved into the fridge for aging (till 90 days old) The...

sourdough Muffins, i added the leftover pulp from slow juicer to both the dough and the patties. Those colorful veggie and fruit pulp make everything looks cute. Much, much better than MacDonald :lol:

I believe the answer is 'yes, and'. I mean, it's up to how big the container is. Kales take some time to grow up to a decent size for harvest. When the growing condition is not ideal, they still grow, but in a much smaller size. Besides, it can be pretty tall and big plant. The container needs...

Most common way here in Germany (especially in the north) to consume kales is making a stew with specific sausage, potato, and ham. I seldom see other ways. Of course recently, oven roasted kale seems more popular. I grew some dinosaur kale last year, and they are very hardy. I added them with...

Picked some dinosaur kale from the garden and made my morning juice with other ingredients homemade bread deboned chicken thigh, marinated with 5-year-old lemon salt Today's Brunch - with the slow juicer, most of the Brassica leaves will turn into juice from now on :D

It's a simple joy watching something is growing. A small corner of joy

I arranged a pop-up event last Sunday, without knowing how many customers would really show up. After all, the announcement was only posted on IG. DH and DD thought I baked too much, however, my gut feeling was correct. Regular customers appeared within 5 minutes I opened the door, and from...

@akroberts Thank you :love

Talking about seed swap - if I want to host a small (well, my cafe is tiny) seed swap event, do you and @flowerbug have any suggestion? thank you 🌷

Another batch of microgreens and wheat grass - in fact, not just wheat, they are from the 6-grain mix I bought for making my own multi-grain whole flour. Compared with micro-greens, wheat and rye berries are much larger and more suitable for this system. For normal micro green seeds, I need to...

Our weather got warmer, too, but the garden looks very sad at this point. I didn't start any sowing yet, so no need to worry about what might go wrong in the greenhouse or garden. I will only sow after mid-Feb, less is more.

Finally the snow and ice disappeared, and we will have some mild days from today. Going to have my second coffee. Today's treasure hunt - homemade sourdough Foccacia - much less waiting (for fermentation), much less energy (lower baking temperature and shorter baking time), much softer surface...

Should be good! I don't have Cheddar but I have pickled Jalapeño, so I will use it and other cheese for my next bread. I ordered her new book and will receive in early Feb, can't wait.

Well, as I didn't go out in the 'main' garden in winter, I am working with wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria to 'grow' our own sourdough starters. I guess it also counts. 🤭 The dough (with black sesame) I found this morning after the overnight bulk fermentation, look at those air bubbles...

I would like to share a very convincing website and channel for making sourdough bread. I wish I find it much earlier. Tom spent a lot of efforts and created these content, I do enjoy everything besides those too much mathematics is involved. 🫣 I've learned about many terms and correct concepts...