Devonviolet Acres

[Mike CHS]

We grew a good stand in pots in South Carolina that we brought here and it just rotted. I have no idea why but it was 3 year old roots.

 

[Devonviolet]

. . . it just rotted. I have no idea why but it was 3 year old roots.

Wow! That's too bad! Did you dig the roots to cook with? How big (deep & wide) was your pot?

 

[Mike CHS]

It was a 5 gallon pot that had been repotted every spring but something didn't agree with them here,

 

[farmerjan]

I LOVE ginger!!!

For a number of reasons, Organic Ginger is better than the "irradiated" version that is sold in our local, Podunk food stores. Organic anything is hard to find outside a big city. I kinda get the feeling people out in the country don't "get" why you should eat organic and why it costs more. At least that has been my experience trying to sell it here in my corner of East Texas.

When we were in Dallas week before last, I bought a whole pound of organic ginger, with the intention of grating it, freezing it in ice cube trays & storing in the freezer, so I don't have to drive to Dallas when I need fresh ginger.

So, today was the day. I got my mini Cuisinart food processor out and scrubbed the ginger, with a brush, cut it into pieces, that would fit into the smaller shoot, and started grating it. Next, I put the chopping blade in and chopped it.

After all that was done, the kitchen smelled devine!

After I ran hot water over the bottom of the ice cube tray, the cubes all popped out so nice, I just had to take a photo and share it!View attachment 39262
Each cube has 2 Tbsp of ginger, except one. Can you guess which one only has 1 Tbsp???

Bottom right has 1 tbsp in it.

 

[Devonviolet]

Bottom right has 1 tbsp in it.

Very good!

 

[Devonviolet]

Today, DH and I went down to deliver Kefir, whey and 2 pounds of Mozzarella cheese to @Baymule & her sweet DH.

When we got there, Bay had mustard greens simmering on the stove, Cold Water Corn Bread (from homegrown dent corn), and fragrant, smoky, bacon under the broiler. Everything we ate was homegrown.

M-m-m! I have never sprinkled hot pepper infused vinegar on mustard greens before. It was yummy! I had never had cold water cornbread before, either. I am definitely going to have to make that soon!

After we ate, we took a fenceline tour. DH & Bay walked the pipeline fence, while Bay's DH took me for a ride (in their motorized mule), as I can't walk up & down steep hills, due to nerve pain, following botched foot surgery.

We met at the lowest point, of the property, where the wet weather stream (gully washer) goes through the fence line. The fenceline all looked very impressive.

Bay was down there yesterday and happily discovered several Huckleberry bushes. So, we got to eat wild Huckleberries!

She had also found Mulberry and Yaupon trees, and showed those to us.

So, we had good food, and a really nice visit.

On our way to Bay's we stopped by our Pastor's house, to drop off an old (5×7') trailer (that needs a lot of work), that we gave him. His house is half way betwoon us & Bay. So, when we got to Bay's house, we were pulling our empty 6×12' trailer.

On our way home we stopped at a place that sells metal roofs and siding. They get their hide rolls, of sheet metal. On wood pallets. We have bought their discounted sheets of roofing me to. For $1.69/linear foot.

The last time we got some roofing metal, we picked up as many pallets as we could get in the back of our truck.

Since we had the trailer with us, we decided to stop and see what they had for pallets. It turned out their burn pile had a nice pile of them.

So, this is DH starting to tie them Dow before the trip home.

In addition to this wood, we also threw about thirty 3-5 foot pieces of 2×2's and 2×4's.

So now we will have all that FREE wood for doing projects on the farm! SCORE!!!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sounds like ya made the most of your trip and visit....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Maybe ya got enough good stuff to build a hawg hut?

 

[greybeard]

And now, you know what the hated Yaupon looks like. If lucky, you'll never see any again.

 

[Devonviolet]

And now, you know what the hated Yaupon looks like. If lucky, you'll never see any again.

Well, actually, I've been wanting to try making Yaupon tea, from the leaves. It's high in caffeine, and supposed to be tasty. I read one story about a lady who sells the tea to local restaurants.

Our retirement funds are dwindling, so I'm trying to find ways to make some extra cash. If I find enough, of it, and it isn't too physically challenging, it might be a way to supplement our monthly income.