It can be nurtured from the active ‘starter’ you received from a friend, or you can cultivate your own natural yeast at home – all you need is flour and water. You don’t actually ‘create’ it since wild yeast is everywhere, you simply ‘capture‘ it and nurture it along till its...
minutes to snip and bag. It’s best to harvest the scapes before they flower. This way the focus will shift away from them going to seed and send all of those good nutrients shooting down to the garlic bulbs. This should help the bulbs develope into even bigger heads with nice plump ...
The process begins a few months out; they announce the call for submissions and allow you to pre-register. I later found out that this pre-registration means you get to pick the time of day you want to show up for the audition, which can be especially significant depending on the city ...
Relish is a staple in many households. And it’s another food you can make yourself at home- and can in a boiling water bath! I make mine with chopped cucumbers, onions, garlic, and spices. Here’s mycucumber relish recipe– along with directions on how to can it. Cherries If you ha...
4. Season the tubers with your favorite spices – I prefer garlic, salt, pepper, and a pinch of oregano. Do not clean and wash the sunchoke tubers until you are ready to prepare them because they discolor quickly after being either peeled or scrubbed and exposed to water. Monitor the ro...