Judith Browning

I just wanted to note here that I made my first batch of tempeh with no additional heat....our utility room was that warm for the full 30 hours it took to incubate...85F to 95F.

I make it less frequently over the summer because there is more risk of it overheating when it begins to produce it's own heat.   Through failed batches I've found cooler is better even if it slows things down some.

Riona,
What I grow and what May has is Passiflora incarnata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_incarnata
commonly called maypops around here.

The tropical one is different but I don't know the plant.

The one I have is easy to grow but does spread by runner so if it's happy you will find it popping up everywhere😊
The bumble bees especially love the flowers but so do hummingbirds and other things.
The fruit is very flavorful and quite seedy so we hardly ever do anything with it but enjoy a few fresh at the end of summer.

I would be happy to send you some seed.
I'm sure it would grow there but might spread more than you want?

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Joylynn Hardesty wrote:

This is our usual....long decision making process and long project planning......implementation sometimes happens a little quicker.

This. This is my life.

hahaha.....
I have to say though that sometimes that long hesitation is good and you find you did not need that item or project as bad as you thought.
Sometimes, I've even felt fortunate that we could not afford everything we 'think' we want to do...so as frustrating as slowwww is, it might be better in the end....or maybe I just got old and more laid back🙄

Eric Hanson wrote:Anyone in the Iowa, Missourri or Central Illinois area have any damage?  My parents live in Bloomington and while they were fine, Bloomington got hit especially hard.




Eric

thanks for posting this Eric!
I got in touch with cousins in Bloomington and caught up on the damage.

I go for days not hearing any news, local or national but weather events are different and happening much more frequently now.

My cousin said 12 inches of rain from thursday thru saturday and lots of trees down...most power is back on now.
She says 'Bloomington looks like a war zone'.

thanks Tereza!

Now I wonder how this would work with whole wheat?

We buy organic soft wheat berries and crack in the corona as needed...then grind fine in an old electric coffee grinder.  Soft wheat is a pastry flour so might be good for this recipe?

We buy unbleached white once a year for Steve's springerles but otherwise whole wheat.

Yesterday, just as a test, I ran the well every half hour and filled a couple barrells several buckets and a tub.   This morning we bucketed all to some neglected young shrubs and trees .

Now I've connect one of our 75 foot hoses and am watering once an hour some other neglected plants.   Have had to turn down the pressure with the valve Steve placed just outside the pumphouse in order to water without blasting the soil out from under the plants.
I think I'll be able to figure out a watering schedule that will be more efficient soon.

If I just focus on things in that 75 foot area I can keep them watered well with the hose.

I showed Steve the photo of the on/off switch...he wants one 😊

Jay, have not made any progress although I did go stare at the bamboo storage🙄

We are having our real summer now...100 degree days and no rain so my outdoor work window has shrunk,...watering and harvesting...watering mostly the annuals and a few newly planted trees and shrubs.

This pause at the pergola might be a good thing because we are talking about putting muscadines there now and for them we would need something more substancial than the bamboo I think?

This is our usual....long decision making process and long project planning......implementation sometimes happens a little quicker.

Thanks for the suggestions for cutting the bamboo!
I often times rush the garden cuts with loppers but for curtain rods and other things (when I was weaving I used straight pieces for hangers for the clothes I had for sale) I either used a hacksaw or Steve's hand saw and then a rasp for smoothing. those canes look as pretty and golden as ever since they've been stored and used indoors.

'indefinite stall' is a good way to put it...things here are constantly getting reshuffled priority wise....give us some cool fall days and we'll be back in gear again😊

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Scott Germain wrote:My shallow Well is approximately 50 feet deep. The run to the irrigation box at my house is 40 feet. I would like to put the pump by my house. Can I do that? The water table is approximately 20 feet. What size pump do I need? I was thinking a one horsepower pump but maybe I need more if I put it on the House side. Thoughts? Also, what size bladder tank do I need? My brother has a 2 gallon tank I was told I need 20 to 40 gallon?? Thanks.

hi Scott!
your question might be seen better by beginning a new topic just for it
If you click on the forum 'wells and springs' there will be a place to click on 'new topic'.

I think then your post will get more response to your question.
good luck and
welcome to the fotums.