Rufus. 1 Oct 21.

I got my flu shot, double strength for being old. Knocked me out of commission for a day. It's worth it. Rufus kept me company.

Harvest, Clancy Potatoes Grown From True Potato Seeds. 10.1.2021

Here is harvest from a few of the Clancy potato plants that I grew from "true potato seeds." I still have a row plus a couple of plants to go.

Most are too small to bother with. I may use them to make potato salad. Maybe if I plant a few, they might be bigger the second year? Flavor is good, just a good home grown potato, which is good. They fry nice in air fryer. These are a lot more work than using potato chunks (seed potatoes) for starts, for much less crop. I think I'll go back to the traditional way next year. Most likely, my favorite Kennebecs, maybe some russets and some Yukon Gold.

Harvest. Redlove™ Apples, Lake Bush Beans, Red Serrano and Jalapeño peppers. 27 Sept 2021

This was the other day. Two four-foot rows of green beans produced four pouunds. I cut, blanched, froze. The apples are Redlove™ Era™. I added four of those to an apple pie. That gave a nice red / pink filling. The peppers went into another bstch of fermented hot sauce, and some to dry for pepper flakes.

Sliced Redlove™ Era™ Apples.

Chestnuts are dropping from the tree. 9.28.2021

The first chestnuts are dropping from the trees. The trees are about four years old. This year there are a few dozen chestnuts on the trees.

Serrano Pepper Hot Sauce. 9.28.2021

 Here is the fermented hot sauce I made from the Serrano peppers.  It came out pretty good.  Nice and hot but not hot enough to strip the paint from a 1963 Buick LeSabre.

Peppers after fermenting.

Then I processed them along with 1 tsp sugar and 1/3 cup of the brine. The sugar will ferment with time to help preserve the hot sauce.

This made about 2/3 of a pint of sauce. I did the same with the Korean peppers. That sauce did not come out as hot.

Also the Korean peppers were a bit wrinkly from sittin out a week before fermenting. The freshly fermented Serranos gave a much smoother texture.