Food in the time of a pandemic

[rotuts]

@Smithy 

 

my  GO's come w a rubber band or two on them

 

i take that off

 

I noticed yours still have a band on them

 

it might not make much difference 

 

consider taking that off

 

Let the Green Onions Live Free !

[Smithy]

13 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Smithy 

 

my  GO's come w a rubber band or two on them

 

i take that off

 

I noticed yours still have a band on them

 

it might not make much difference 

 

consider taking that off

 

Let the Green Onions Live Free !

 

I laughed at this because of the amusing last line in your post, but in fact that rubber band is there to support a couple of toothpicks that are suspending the green onions off the bottom of the jar. Are you saying it won't hurt them to rest on the bottom?

[rotuts]

I just  take off the rubber bands

 

I do look for GO's that have roots , the more roots the better

 

I think.

 

then I rinse them in cold water

 

and put them loose in a clean 1 qt container

 

if its hot and too sunny , Ive learned to let them sit in their

 

New Home for a day or so

 

I have noted that the outer stalks of the GO I bring home

 

do not do well.

 

so I cut them off and use then that day

 

talk about being obsessive !

 

but if I went to the trouble

 

now days 

 

I try 

 

[ed. : sometimes ]

 

to treat what I get w a little respect.

[heidih]

I think they are fine w/o a bra. The roots come out the sides not the bottom as I understand it.

[rotuts]

all I know is this :

 

I pick the cutters of GO's

 

w more roots on them

 

rather than less.

 

working for me

 

now in the winter in N.E. :

 

dicy it is.

 

of course

 

if you go to a Chi-Chi

 

or Chee-Chee store these days

 

they may cut the roots off.

 

[ed.:  he means a Very Swell Store that Over Charges , as its Swell ]

Edited July 1, 2020 by rotuts (log)

[weinoo]

Maybe you @Smithy and @rotuts ought to think about growing other green weeds hydroponically. You know, the ones worth much more $$ - and legal to do so in Mass!

Edited July 1, 2020 by weinoo (log)

[rotuts]

@weinoo 

 

your idea is an interesting one.

 

the problem these days is you have to get cuttings. 

 

that's the difficult part.    the cuttings root easily , etc.

 

and from that point on the rest is also easy.

 

Those days one used seed.

 

that's all I can say.

[weinoo]

14 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@weinoo 

 

your idea is an interesting one.

 

the problem these days is you have to get cuttings. 

 

that's the difficult part.    the cuttings root easily , etc.

 

and from that point on the rest is also easy.

 

Those days one used seed.

 

that's all I can say.

There's really no problem, @rotuts. Even a neophyte such as myself could help you - as long as I can wet my beak.

Edited July 2, 2020 by weinoo (log)

[KennethT]

59 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@weinoo 

 

your idea is an interesting one.

 

the problem these days is you have to get cuttings. 

 

that's the difficult part.    the cuttings root easily , etc.

 

and from that point on the rest is also easy.

 

Those days one used seed.

 

that's all I can say.

Many small growers still grow from seed. There are many online retailers that will ship all over. But I don't really know anything about these things...

[heidih]

43 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Many small growers still grow from seed. There are many online retailers that will ship all over. But I don't really know anything about these things...

Hells bells - major trade magazines like Grower Talks talk about it constantly  

https://www.growertalks.com/Columnists/?id=21

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Meanwhile, back at the restaurant

https://sf.eater.com/2020/7/1/21310529/san-francisco-restaurants-masks-coronavirus-enforcement

[rotuts]

@Smithy 

 

my GO's  have always rested on the bottom.

 

I look for bunches that have the most roots still attached

 

but don't look too old and tired.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

On 6/28/2020 at 12:10 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Shoprite had no limes.

 

[rotuts]

@Margaret Pilgrim 

 

its that M.Fellon ?

 

on the L ?

 

wow

[TicTac]

@rotuts - A cutting will absolutely make your life (and your path to $$$ & stardom - as @weinoo eluded to) much easier and shorter.  A guaranteed female from a known breeder will shave nearly a month off your process.

 

Seeds are also fun, as you can hunt for various phenotype's within one particular strain.

 

Now you are headed down a steep rabbit hole....so make sure your harness is on tight!

 

Oh, and if you move to Canada, it is now part of your rights as a Canadian Citizen to grow up to 4 plants. 

 

 

[rotuts]

I can grow 4 plants  right now   

 

and yes cuttings get me 

 

credentialed Girls!

 

seed do not !

 

way back then 

 

well , at best

 

5o % boys , 50% girls

 

at at about 2.5 %

 

Good stuff.

 

now, whith the right cuttings

 

25 % good stuff.

 

just saying

 

no experience these days.

[weinoo]

I'm resigned to live in this state and wait, and wait, and wait.

[rotuts]

@weinoo 

 

well

 

at least you are not some where 

 

South. deep South.

 

you know 

 

and they have wild Boar

 

and cant decide how to 

 

catch them

 

process them

 

Wild Type 

 

BBQ this , SV that 

 

grind that...

 

https://www.wideopenspaces.com/top-10-states-to-hunt-hogs-in-the-us/

 

😂

 

 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2020 by rotuts (log)

[weinoo]

Today's delivery. 

 

 

A couple of super fresh roast  (roasted 2 days ago) from George Howell for Miss Silvia.

Duke's for Miss Significant Eater and me.

An old favorite Chinese cookbook already lives here..I'm wondering if I should aggravate myself attempting wontons.

 

[heidih]

Isn't aggravated your default so we vote YES

[kayb]

Ventured out to Kroger this afternoon, first stop inside the store in maybe six weeks. I was cheered to see an improvement in mask-wearing percentage; well over half the customers -- and there were a bajillion of them, apparently preparing for a big holiday weekend -- were masked. Meat coolers appeared to be well-stocked; in fact, the only gaps on the shelves were in toilet paper (there was some available, but big gaps on the shelves), and where the disinfectant wipes used to live. I picked up some ground beef, as my farm guy is out, and some ground chicken. 

 

Glad I stocked up on beef and pork from the farm guy a week or so back, because he is presently out of both. Said he'd taken a couple of calves and a pig to the processor last month, and should have meat ready in a couple of weeks. He has plenty of chicken, he says. I'm glad he, at least, is doing very well, business-wise, during the pandemic. I signed up for my quarter-steer mid-June, and I can't get it until December; it's a shortage of slaughterhouse availability.

 

Am getting tomatoes out of the garden now; some issues with blossom-end rot, so I need to get some calcium out quickly. Looks like I will have a bumper crop of Romas, which is good, as I'll make lots of sauce with them. And I have little baby green beans on my Kentucky Wonders. Sadly, the yellow squash and zucchini have really slowed down; not sure if it's a fertilizer issue, a water issue, or what. I may have crowded that bed too much.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Shoprite had no limes.*

 

 

*this is not strictly true, as I found a couple bags of pricy little limes in the organic section.  I bought one.

 

[KennethT]

4 hours ago, weinoo said:

I'm resigned to live in this state and wait, and wait, and wait.

Or get a big tent in the middle of your living room

 

ETA and a big fan and carbon filter

Edited July 3, 2020 by KennethT (log)

[ElsieD]

25 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Shoprite had no limes.*

 

 

*this is not strictly true, as I found a couple bags of pricy little limes in the organic section.  I bought one.

 

 

One bag or one lime?

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, ElsieD said:

 

One bag or one lime?

 

One bag:  $4.99.

 

We live in desperate times.