dcarch

Many Vitamix parts are made in China, including the motor. I believe the blade and the container are made in the US. And BTW, I don't think you should make soup in a Vitamix. Using a 2 HP motor to generate heat from friction is probably the most energy wasting way to cook. dcarch

If you go to youtube and search "perpetual motion machines", you will find endless samples of "successful" inventions . You can also find all kinds of fantastic methods of gardening like how to make papaya plants produce bananas instead. Electroculture, using copper wires to attract electromegnetic energy in air so you never have to use fertilizer again is another "perpetual motion machine" concept. Today with cellphone towers everywhere blanketing the earth with electric field, I have not noticed plants growing better than in the old days. Copper wires antennas? I wonder how many people realize that today a lot of "copper wire" are actually aluminum wire coated with a thin layer of copper. You know how people catch earthworms? They electrify the soil. guess what would happen to your garden soil if these tiny copper antennas can electrify your garden soil. dcarch

Goji berry greens are supposed to be very good for the eyes, according to folk medicine. Chinese stores have them, or Grow them yourself. Very easy to grow. dcarch

This was in the news a few days ago: https://www.science.org/content/article/germany-s-radioactive-boars-are-bristly-reminder-nuclear-fallout Radiation from human activities gets spread many ways and radiation can take forever to disappear, from sea and from land. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66362-6 dcarch

From the garden. " No one likes me!" dcarch

Interesting for sure. I have not done much research on this topic, but I do have questions at this point. 1. First, I seem to think that for those who has tried, many say Wow! should have done this earlier, and many say it makes no difference after trying. 2. Why is that so many plants next to metal structures with massive electromagnetic energy fields are not benefited? like near power transmission towels, microwave transmission antennas, etc. 3. I have many metal construction and electrical installations (solar panel system) in my garden, I have not seem any difference in plant growth, that including a 24 hour LED lighting system and an electric fence system which has a high voltage field. 4. Does using copper for the antenna make a difference? As far as I know, to electrons as long as a material is conductive, they don't care. That includes plants, they are electrically conductive. That's how thunder lightning can blow a tree apart, and that's why for some radios, you get better reception if you touch the antenna. 5. If the plants are electrically conductive, they can form what's known as Faraday cage and cut out a lot of "energy" from reaching that tiny antenna under the leaves. 6. This year, I am shocked by how productive my garden have been. Given the fact that all element for my garden is the same as all previous years, the one thing that's changed big time is the weather. Hot and rained every other day. I would not believe any thing I have done can explain this "miracle" . When Alternate current (AC) was introduced, Thomas Edison insisted DC current was better, when frequency modulation (FM) was invented, many feel that amplitude modulation (AM) was better. They were all wrong. So I will remain open minded. dcarch

Where's The Beef?! I read about an interesting plant, toona sinensis. In China it's young leaves are used as a vegetable. Not many tree leaves can be eaten. Interesting plant, so I decide to grow them in my garden. Interesting, to many the leaves taste like beef. That’s why some call the plant beef plant. To me, toona sinensis has a nice flavor, but it does not make me think of beef. Anyway, I made a roast beef sandwich with toona sinensis. dcarch

Interesting for this year. I have had basically 0 leaf eaters damages in my garden, and I don't do spraying. The only thing that I can think of is I have built a large bird feeder, which attracted a ton of birds of all kinds to my garden. I would assume many of these birds are not vegetarians. dcarch

I think for gas ovens, the only time you can light the gas inside the oven is the broiler, otherwise for baking the gas fire is under the oven, not inside the oven. dcarch

The big fight is about who invented kimchi. 🤣 dcarch

Not a beauty contest 😁 Just want to show you what I have been having from the garden for lunch and dinner everyday last week. ( I don't normally eat breakfast) dcarch

I think those are also called tomatillos. Some small ones are called ground cherries. I grow them in my garden. dcarch Today's harvest

What am I supposed to do with all these? BLT of course!!! dcarch (not sure why my pictures got so big)

Careful growing New Zealand spinach. A spinach with new zeal which will take over your land. It self-seeds every year, grows like crazy, that is one vegetable I never have to worry about weeds. It crowds out even crabgrass. dcarch

It's a very strange year here in NY for tomatoes: 1. Lots of rain, rain, rain, but not one single fruit has cracked. ( I have 85 plants) 2. Many fruits 1/2 ripe red and 1/2 green. (can't tell about GWR varieties 😉 ) 3. Excessive green shoulders. 4. You know those funny looking donut peaches? Many tomatoes, big and small came out flattened ?! Also, many varieties are coming out not true to the variety. I figure that's problems of supply chain issues of the past few years. I have a computerized labeling and tracking system. I don't think those are my mistakes. dcarch

Found this monster this morning. At first, I thought it was three or four tomatoes crowded together, then I was surprised. I was able to find only one stem. Just about three pounds. Picture shows next to a one-pounder. dcarch

Because bacon is a very nice seasoning for tomatoes 😁 dcarch

My ultimate tomato sandwich: 1, remove skin. 2. Remove seeds. 3. thick slices into dehydrator and dehydrate halfway to concentrate flavor and to remove some moisture so bacon and bread do not get soggy. 4. make sandwich and enjoy. dcarch

Actually it's this one, made with leftover electric conduits. Very effective to deal with heavy odd shaped objects. dcarch

Yes, two methods considered. Hammer drill holes deep enough for rock splitting wedges. It took a while to drill granite at 2.5" spacing, 7" deep . If that fails, I would drill (diamond core drill) 1.5" holes( 14" deep). Holes at 8" x 8", then fill holes with demolition expanding cement to crack the boulder. If the above two methods failed, I may go with what heidith had suggested dynamite!!! 😆 dcarch

Some politician may say you have small hands. 🤣🤣🤣 Is that your electric fence system? dcarch

Done! Cracked the boulder into 5 sections, made a tool so I could grab the heavy pieces out from the deep pit without breaking my back. Moved the dirt back into the pit and planted the fig tree. dcarch

That's bad news! I hope they don't visit NY. I built a large bird feeder. I am very happy that it is attracting a lot of birds. May be birds are not vegetarians. dcarch

When I first discovered the boulder, letting it stay option was considered. However, I have very poor muddy soil which does not drain well. I also want to plant decorative (may be edible) flowering plants under the fig tree. So I need to go really deep and re-mix the soil with lots of compost, sand and crashed charcoal from the fire pit. dcarch

That's a good spot visually in my garden, besides, it's not far from my electric fence system. I think squirrels like figs too. No explosives used. Those are Rock splitting wedges. dcarch