I have done memories of black cherry vanilla coke zero from years back, best soda ever.
I had the exact same experience with the elephant garlic, they took forever to sprout, long enough that I actually dug one of them up to check that they hadn't been eaten or something.
Good point, I've edited the description.
I wish his paintings had titles, or at least numbers. So hard to tell people about my favorites of his without already having a link handy.
It might be! That was one of the varieties I planted this year, though the cloves I put in the ground looked like normal shaped cloves, just scaled up a bit.
Ahahaha, I know right? Baklava normally is an occasional treat enjoyed just a couple pieces at a time, and now I have an ENTIRE tray hanging around. I swear I can physically feel my waistline expanding.
First time making baklava, used up some nuts that needed eating before they turned rancid. I used browned rather than just melted butter, sprinkled some macadamia nuts on top, and used pomegranate molasses in the syrup, which gave it a bit of tang.
[Image description: an aluminum pan with baklava, the bottom layers of phyllo dough saturated with sticky syrup, followed by a layer of chopped nuts, the upper layers of phyllo dough semi-saturated and flaky, and topped with a few more chopped nuts.]
First time ever growing radicchio, but I'm 100% keeping it in my garden from here on out, not for eating (actually was not a fan of the flavor), but because it seems to want to bloom eternally. I swear this one plant has been blooming every morning for months now, and I've never seen sweat bees in such numbers, they seem to especially love these blossoms.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17825263
[Image description: a bright green bee with pollen covered legs on a lilac flower with jagged edged petals.]
[Image description: a bright green bee with pollen covered legs on a lilac colored flower with jagged edged petals.]
That makes sense, he was really undersized compared to the rest.
[Image description: a perfectly round peeled bulb of garlic on a cutting board, with unpeeled normal cloves behind it.]
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17819303
[Image description: a white and red helicopter tilted sideways over large houses on a hilltop covered with brown brush. Multiple plumes of grey smoke are rising from behind the houses, and flames can be seen on the brush on the left side of the photo.]
[Image description: a white and red helicopter tilted sideways over large houses on a hilltop covered with brown brush. Multiple plumes of grey smoke are rising from behind the houses, and flames can be seen on the brush on the left side of the photo.]
Yeah... the thought has crossed my mind, even though tomatoes are my absolute favorite thing to grow. If I knew for sure it'd really reduce the population, I could probably convince myself, but how sad would it be to have a tomatoless year just to have the mites back in full force the next. 😕
Hard to judge, as not one of my next door neighbors is interested in gardening, despite my efforts at offering seeds/seedlings/help.
I haven't gotten to really connect with any gardening groups in my area, but the handful of folks I have talked to also have problems with spider mites, though not sure if to quite such a severe degree.
That's a fair point, didn't consider that my generalists would probably also be happy snacking on my good guys. I released them along with the G. occidentalis back in May when it was much cooler, in the hopes of preempting the spider mite spread.
The N. californicus I released in mid June, and though I didn't happen to grow any corn in the garden this year, hopefully the volume of spider mites is enough to keep them well fed.
[Image description: a partially eaten slice of cake on a blue plate with a fork. The cake has three layers, the bottom is a brownie, the middle is a chocolate chip cookie, and the top is vanilla cake. There's white chocolate frosting between the layers, chocolate frosting on the outside, and chocolate ganache on top.]
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17588319
[Image description: a thicc green hornworm hanging onto the stem of a tomato plant. The hornworm is speckled with little white dots, has eyespots and angular white stripes down his side, and the namesake sharp little spike of a horn on its butt.]
[Image description: a thicc green hornworm hanging onto the stem of a tomato plant. The hornworm is speckled with little white dots, has eyespots and angular white stripes down his side, and the namesake sharp little spike of a horn on its butt.]
[Image description: a curly-leaf kale plant in a raised bed, with voluminous radiating leaves that kinda look like the afro of said Simpson's character.]
[Image description: a photo looking down the center of a frilly-leaf kale, the edges of the leaves zigzag wildly, with an almost fractal appearance, and the colors range from dark green on the older outer leaves, to light green on the inner younger ones.]
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16622039
Week 24 - Seasonal ingredients: Many berry pie with rosemary lemon ice cream
My dad loves berry pies, so had to make him one for Father's Day. Fresh seasonal items used were blueberries and lemons (picked from my tree). The rosemary was from my yard too, but that thing grows year round 😋
Other berries used were the frozen Costco mix of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, cherries and pomegranate, on a homemade crust.
The ice cream was a custard base, with rosemary steeped in the milk & cream. I like experimenting with unique flavors of ice cream, and this one was a hit with my family.
[Image description: a close up of a slice of double crust berry pie with a dollop of melting ice cream on top.]
I'm in southern California and I think most houses have gas hookups for driers, often with gas stoves and gas water heaters too.