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  1. Dirtmechanic

    Peppers 2023

    I see you taking up plants and examining roots. Do you ever keep plants overwintered somehow or do you just start seed early due to the slower growth?
  2. Dirtmechanic

    1,944 years ago this month

    Thank goodness they stopped making us drink mercury but it is still in some of my fillings. Now all I worry about is micro plastics from my egg pan.
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    1,944 years ago this month

    But in those days pull through leeches were the tech. Suck the evil spirits right out of a prickly patient.
  4. Dirtmechanic

    1,944 years ago this month

    I I am sure doctors have patients that are prickly.
  5. Dirtmechanic

    1,944 years ago this month

    Doctors have always had funny looking tools.
  6. Dirtmechanic

    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Lazy...I wandered by a rose of sharon and saw the seeds were dropping so I grabbed a double handful to see if I can start them for spring. Thats all.
  7. Dirtmechanic

    Peppers 2023

    I have not yet. They only thing I really get after is beef or chicken bones when I make stock.
  8. Dirtmechanic

    Peppers 2023

    I have boiled dried peppers and run them through the tomato press for pepper sauce and they bring their unique flavor different from fresh. I like to mix dried peppers. I guess you can boil them separately too so the final cooled blend has more unique flavor profiles. There you have me on...
  9. Dirtmechanic

    Fermented Vegetables

    Does adding a little vinegar help keep out the bad bacteria like it does with sourdough starter?
  10. Dirtmechanic

    Fermented Vegetables

    Those look great! What agent are you using for fermenting? I ordered a water lock jar and look forward to its arrival. It must be on the slow boat.
  11. Dirtmechanic

    Garden humor thread..

    That is just not right.
  12. Dirtmechanic

    Peppers 2023

    Of course they will contribute. It is often a mix that makes a more interesting flavor profile anyway. Sambal Oelek may have a classic recipe but I rock it my way with the peppers my garden gives me and no one complains.
  13. Dirtmechanic

    Peppers 2023

    Tell me about the scoville unit. I understand it is how much sugar water that has to be used to offset heat. What in the blue alien does that mean? What is the weight of the sugar water? The volume? How much sweet? Sugar to water ratio? Are we feeding hummingbirds with the leftovers?
  14. Dirtmechanic

    Garden humor thread..

    Respect the knife?
  15. Dirtmechanic

    Coffee

    Those were a lot of guys with military experience. Her dad retired from the military in his first career. Experience makes a difference. Because of his extensive electronics experience with military radar, and a Maineiac's love of building with wood, his 3rd career was preparing and repairing...
  16. Dirtmechanic

    Coffee

    Yeah @SPedigrees they were not like the killers we have today. They were in control of themselves.
  17. Dirtmechanic

    Coffee

    My wife is from Maine. Her Dad's second career of 3 was as a Maine State Trooper. He would tell some tales. Like chasing cars and seeing them disappear into a snowbank when they failed to make a turn. Or the time they shot the tires off a car and only put one bullet in the car body. They were...
  18. Dirtmechanic

    Coffee

    Good morning and happy Saturday to you!
  19. Dirtmechanic

    Can you identify this bug

    why? just on the edges? I did not understand.
  20. Dirtmechanic

    Can you identify this bug

    Bugs smell the wind like a dog. Put the trap downwind before they get to the area.
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