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Good practical system. A system using Arduino controller to drive peristaltic pumps driven by stepper motors can offer some degree of flexibility if you are growing different plants at the same time, but more expensive and complicated to configure. dcarch

Are those 9 things on the board Peristaltic Pumps? Looking at your hydraulic setup, you will need self-priming pumps dcarch

There is an important consideration, you must use a free range (true free range, not a legal "cage free" ) chicken. Supermarket chickens have too much fat under the skin to give you the proper skin texture end result. Supermarket chicken do not have the flavor as free range chickens. dcarch

Just my way to enjoy my tomatoes. I slice them very thick, two to three times thicker than most people would. Then I put them in the dehydrator for a few hours. I don't like watery tomato slices making my bread soggy. I like my tomatoes super flavorful. dcarch

Salt. Overused, under appreciated. dcarch

I can't imagine living in a rain forest environment. I was in Costa Rica's rain forest. With temperature above 90 degrees and humidity close to 100% most of the time. Very uncomfortable. dcarch

Make friends with your building manager, or pay him/her off to get a key to the roof. Imagine what you can grow on a roof garden. dcarch

Well, see for yourself. Solid, juicy almost seedless. No problem with voids or watery. The problem is the tomato slices are bigger than the slices of bread when trying to make BLTs. Anyway, a tribute to the creator of the famous logo "I Love NY" Milton Glaser, who passed away a few weeks ago. dcarch

I will let you know tomorrow. I can't eat more than 5 lbs of tomatoes for one dinner. Don't worry. Be patient. More to come. Today's catch. dcarch

Speaking of tomatoes, interesting weather year for my garden. Huge tomatoes. Lots. Shown here a few smaller ones. Many bigger ones have been given away as gifts. dcarch

A cure for vegetarianism, finally. dcarch

They do carry all kinds of serious deadly germs, and ticks. dcarch

Happy Bastille Day! Nothing special made. Just simple crepes. So no photos. dcarch

Not sure why we don't do it here in the US. dcarch In China

That would be a Royal pain, LOL! dcarch

I got Corona!!! With this pandemic, protein availability can be very uncertain. I decided that I need to grow a lot more beans. Of course, if you grow beans, you have to grow Royal Corona beans, right? Corona is the king, big in size and big in taste. Mine Corona beans are blossoming! Pretty? Corona, come meet the Emperor Speaking of pretty, Scarlet Emperor, should be named Scarlet Empress. It is the queen in looks and in taste. I also am growing lots of Scarlet Emperor beans. dcarch

The latest: Here is a comparison of the method of using foam to winterizing fig trees v.s. regular method of wrapping. The foam insulated tree has all the branches in good condition, compared with the one grown in the same plot, same time and cutting from the same tree, the one protected the old way of wrapping has all the old branches died off. dcarch

Thanks for the idea! I was having problem finding bacon with long enough rashers to wrap this thing. dcarch

I might need to buy larger dinner plates. Strange spears keep on showing up in my asparagus patch. Found this huuuge one in the garden. dcarch

Blue, a perfect color for a kitchen. It is well known in science that the color blue is an appetite suppressant. You really don't want to be hungry every time you are in the kitchen and start raiding the refrigerator. On the other hand, red is the complementary afterimage of blue. So food looks more delicious cooked in a blue kitchen. Best of both worlds. Well done. dcarch

You call those asparagus? Let me show you what real asparagus look like. Found these in the garden this morning. dcarch

Happy Mother's Day to all! Made sushi for MD. Didn't have sake, so made do with Corona beer. :-) dcarch

This troublesome pandemic has forced many to have to stock up food. Not many have a freezer, and not many have the extra room for a freezer. Besides, you will soon find out it is impossible to find a freezer to buy. Anyway, what would you do with that extra freezer when the pandemic is over? So you try to pack your freezer. Then you realize you have to deal with an universal freezer packing problem - most of the packages in the front will fall out when you open the freezer door. I spent a couple of hours in my shop and came up with this idea, which I think increased the freezer capacity by at lease 1/4. Cost? $20 Anyone has other ideas? dcarch

Some kind of cocktail strainer? dcarch

NYT: The Reclusive Food Celebrity Li Ziqi Is My Quarantine Queen https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/dining/li-ziqi-chinese-food.html dcarch