Eva Kuijpers

Rebecca Norman wrote:Yes, you're right, your dad would probably recognise them if he had collected acorns.

Acorns! Haha i knew that!

Rebecca Norman wrote:I've never lived in California but I have seen "live oak" there, and your photo reminded me of that a bit, so I googled up some images of live oak seedlings for you. Somebody else can probably give you a better answer, though.

I think it looks like it! But oaks grow from very different seeds (sorry cant come up with the english word...) then what me dad described!

Tereza Okava wrote:could it be a holly?

Thanks! But no, we have that here too. When i asked how the seeds looked he said:
“It were 3/4 seeds in a little fruit, with red skins around them. Like little black beans...”

Maybe that helps?

Libby Jane wrote:

My main concern with Weck is safety. I can tell I've canned sucessfully, and there's a seal, by the metal lids popping down. I only can acidic things, but I wait for the popping.

So, I'm excited to hear about Weck. I'd love to switch if possible for all the above reasons, if I can know the food I store will be safe.

I live in the Netherlands, and waterbath And pressure can with weck and reused store bought glass. With weck its easy to check the seal, after you take the metal clings of, you can lift the can by only pulling the glass lid. If your seal is weak or non excisting, it wont hold. This is how is check my older cans in the pantry too. The re used store bought ones... i check the lids before hand, i look for the rubber inside the lid. Is t cracked? Dried out? Do i see any rust? If it looks good i will use them again, maybe 2 times. I have extra new lids for them (that i use about 3 times too).

Weck is designed for waterbath canning, and not everything can be wb canned. So when we got serious about preserving our yields, i ordered a pressure canner (in the states... cant buy them in europe!!), and just experimented with different kinds of jars!

If you have knowledge on botulism and other bacteria, and how to make sure your food is safe to eat. What you can wb and what needs to be pc, i think your good experimenting with weck and other canning glasses. (I have really old vegla glasses too for example 😊)

Hi all!

I live in the netherlands, but my mom and dad did a roadtrip from San Fransisco tot LA last year. Being the gardener he is, my dad took some seeds he found to plant here. (I know, this is a risk...)

The seedlings are growing now, but we need identification on one of them... who knows what he planted, haha?

Thanks!

Hi All!

My name is Eva (like Eve but in dutch), i am 33 years old and i live with my husband and 3 kids (5,4 and 2,5 yo) in the Netherlands (Europe). I started my EDC online a couple of months ago! We are on the look out for a nee place to live, a forever home as we like to call it, with a decent (for dutch meanings) amounth of space.

I was brought up in a home with lots of home grown food, but conventional gardened. We still eat a lot from my dads garden, but our goal is to grow as much of our own food, in a permie way, as possible!

I am here to learn as much as possible from your experiences, before we start our own journey. And as we start, maybe we’ll learn a thing or two to share with you!

We don’t even have a permaculture garden yet, and permaculture already changed pur lives forever!

Thank you for having me!