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Finally processed my garlic scapes and made some garlic scape salt (about 3 cups in 3 trays in the dehydrator and about 3 cups of garlic scape pesto starter in quart ziplocs in the freezer.

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Garlic scape pesto starter in 3 quart ziploc bags laying on a table. Garlic scape salt in a dehydrator tray.
July 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
8 pints of the Pickled Three Bean Salad from So Easy to Preserve except I used Hungarian Hot Wax peppers instead of bell peppers because I had a lot, and it'll give it at little kick. Also, more beans I canned yesterday.
5 quarts of green beans and 1 quart of yellow wax beans with a few green beans thrown in. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardeners #greenbeans #waxbeans #HungarianHotWax #CanningSeason 8 pints of Pickled Three Bean Salad #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardeners #greenbeans #waxbeans #HungarianHotWax #CanningSeason
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Tonight's hilarity part 2: Zucchini Sweet Garlic Dills, 6 pints.

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6 pints of Zucchini Sweet Garlic Dills on a towel covered rack.
August 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Tonight's hilarity part 1: Zucchini Quick Sours, 8 pints.

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8 pints of Zucchini Quick Sour pickles on a towel covered canning rack.
August 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Tonight's hilarity: 3+ pounds of Hungarian Hot Wax peppers processed into 7 pints of Pickled Yellow Pepper Rings, and a load of dishes.

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7 pints of Pickled Yellow Pepper Rings on towel covered rack.
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I got the second half of the green beans done after the dye party, 14 more quarts. Hopefully they all seal.

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14 quarts of green beans on towel covered racks.
July 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Canning season has officially commenced. 14 quarts of green beans. I probably have about that much to do tomorrow after the dye party as well.

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14 quarts of green beans after being removed from the canner on racks with bar towels on top, on the dining room table.
July 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Garden update: More hot wax peppers, about 42 quarts of beans, and a boat load of zucchini and summer squash. Those aluminum trays are 12x18 inches.

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Green beans in 2 twelve quart and 1 eighteen quart Cambro containers Hot wax peppers in a cardboard Berry tray Zucchini and summer squash in three 12x18 inch aluminum trays.
July 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Garden update: the pepper plants with Shawn for scale. The plants in the front have grown about six inches from last Saturday. Garlic looks ready to pull, and there's baby bush beans out there that will probably be ready soon. I'm also going to be picking hot wax peppers tomorrow.
My husband standing in our greenhouse with 140 some odd pepper plants in pots. #gardening #zone5b #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #hotchilipeppers
July 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
I finally processed the garlic scapes today into scape pesto starter for the freezer, and I threw some in the roasted garlic hummus I made for yarn dyeing party tomorrow.

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Bright green garlic scape pesto starter in quart freezer bags.
July 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Experimenting with wheat-free, egg-free, dairy-free crepes this morning. I spread my home canned Blueberry Rhubarb Jam on the insides. They aren't bad, but I might try again with a different flour in the mix. These would be great for wraps for sandwiches, though.
Crepe cooking in a Comal cast iron pan #foodallergy #foodallergies #foodallergycooking #cornallergy #cornallergylife #wheatallergy #milkallergy #eggallergy Crepes rolled up with Blueberry Rhubarb Jam on a white plate in irregular sizes. #foodallergy #foodallergies #foodallergycooking #cornallergy #cornallergylife #wheatallergy #milkallergy #eggallergy
June 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
We planted the last trays of flowers today. All the growlights are now off! Also, we weeded the peppers in the greenhouse. Lastly, I hadn't gotten around to killing the brambles that came up in my sand cherry bushes by the shed. Now I think I'm going to leave them until those berries ripen, lol.
Peppers growing in 5 gallon pots in a greenhouse. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy Bramble bushes covered in berries. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
June 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Today, we planted roughly 129 tomato plants, 7 tomatillo plants, and 11 pepper plants in the buckets. We had 9 buckets left over, so I planted 3 varieties of winter squash in 5 buckets and 3 varieties of cucumbers in 4 buckers as an experiment. Still have 4 trays of flowers to go.
5 gallon buckets planted with tomatoes situated around raised beds. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy 5 gallon buckets planted with tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers, situated around raised beds. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy 5 gallon buckets planted with peppers and seeds situated around raised beds. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy 5 gallon buckets planted with seeds, situated around raised beds. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Today, we weeded the pots, added composted cow manure and fertilizer, blended it with the drill auger bit, and got the tonato cages in each bucket. Tomorrow, we will plant tomato, tomatillo, and pepper plants in the pots, and I may plant some experiments with seeds with whatever buckets are left.
Five gallon pots and raised beds in the garden prepared for planting. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardensky Five gallon pots and raised beds in the garden prepared for planting. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardensky
June 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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All the damn beds are planted. Now I just have to deal with the pots. See alt text in pics for what I planted.

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Metal raised beds. Today's planting included 2 kinds of daikon, Chinese Shawo Fruit Radish, red beets, white beets, 3 kinds of cukes, rutabaga, kohlrabi, Golden Ball turnip, French Breakfast radish, nasturtium, Hamburg parsley, dill, cilantro, mung beans, Calypso beans, yellow wax beans, green beans, lima beans, zucchini, summer squash, Boston Marrow squash, Blach Futsu squash, and Red Kuri squash. Metal raised beds. Today's planting included 2 kinds of daikon, Chinese Shawo Fruit Radish, red beets, white beets, 3 kinds of cukes, rutabaga, kohlrabi, Golden Ball turnip, French Breakfast radish, nasturtium, Hamburg parsley, dill, cilantro, mung beans, Calypso beans, yellow wax beans, green beans, lima beans, zucchini, summer squash, Boston Marrow squash, Blach Futsu squash, and Red Kuri squash.
June 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
briagha1994.bsky.social
60% of another u-bed done: sweet basil, cilantro, cutting celery, Greek oregano, sage, lovage, and lemongrass. All I have left for the vegetable garden is planting the stuff I grow from seeds and the tomato and tomatillo plants. I've got a couple of trays of flowers that I need to plant too.
Seedlings planted in a metal raised bed, approximately 60% planted and mulched with woodchips. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
May 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
One more u-bed down: 3 kinds of Swiss Chard, 3 kinds of mustard greens, some dill, and 24 some odd purple basil plants.
U shaped metal raised bed mulched with wood chips and planted. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardensky #SwissChard #MustardGreens #Dill #PurpleBasil
May 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I'll be okay for a couple of weeks now, lol.

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3 pounds of coffee roasted, each variety in a half gallon glass jar.
May 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Next on the agenda as we are dangerously low.

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3 varieties of green coffee beans from Sweet Maria's.
May 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Yesterday, we finished the greenhouse. There's 146 pepper plants and 4 pots of lovage. First pic is before and the rest are after.

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Dead pepper plants from last summer grown in pots in my greenhouse. This season's pepper seedling plants in pots with drip irrigation in my greenhouse. This season's pepper seedling plants in pots with drip irrigation in my greenhouse This season's pepper seedling plants in pots with drip irrigation in my greenhouse
May 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
All the cabbage, kale, and Chinese cabbage varieties, the celeriac, and the Hungarian Blue Bread Seed Poppies are in beds. Tomorrow, we will work on getting the pepper plants in the greenhouse while it's raining.

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Cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and kale plants, as well as onion, shallot and leek plants in raised metal beds mulched with woodchips. Cabbage, celeriac, and Hungarian Blue Bread Seed Poppy plants in raised metal beds mulched with woodchips.
May 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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All the rest of the Redwing and Blush onions from Dixondale, and the various varieties of onions, leeks and shallots I grew from seed are in beds. I'll be working on cabbage and kale this afternoon. Shawn did the landscape fabric.

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Metal raised bed with onion plants mulched with woodchips with the paths covered with landscape fabric. Metal raised bed with onion, leek snd shallot plants mulched with woodchips with the paths covered with landscape fabric.
May 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
One bed done, leeks, shallots, Patterson yellow onions, and Sterling white onions. We also picked up 36 bags of composted cow manure to refresh the established raised beds and the pots in the greenhouse for peppers.

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Metal raised bed planted with onions and mulched with wood chips.
May 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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After getting the 149 tomato plants repotted and in the half-assed greenhouse, we got the leek plants and 2/3 of the shallot plants from Dixondale in the new raised beds. My rhubarb is happy with all the rain.

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Picture of rhubarb plants next to a grill for scale.
May 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
briagha1994.bsky.social
Progress Update: We took advantage of the break in the rain and added the 84 bags of compost and soil to the three new beds. Now we just need to do the irrigation and add some mulch.

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New raised metal bed filed with compost and soil, along previously established metal raised beds. 2 new raised metal beds filed with compost and soil, behind previously established metal raised beds.
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM