What did you do in the garden today?

[Rick589]

I know people think they are cute, and they do "look" cute But they burrow under foundations, sidewalk etc...not cute.

Chipmunk, rabbit, squirrel, rat, vole, mouse…….all rodents by different names.

 

[Rick589]

Big snake fan myself, the more the better.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Big snake fan myself, the more the better.

Same here. I love seeing them around. Also have them as pets so I’m slightly biased

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Did the chipmunk succeed in the deed?

I know people think they are cute, and they do "look" cute But they burrow under foundations, sidewalk etc...not cute.

I think that the outdoor cats we had for a decade, took care of the problem and the cats stayed out of the garden.

No, this one was still alive when I found it, and it peed itself so now the garden box smells. Luckily we have lots of rain in the forecast, and the netting survived well enough to continue doing its job without me having to handle it, but it would be nice if the little menaces just stayed out of my garden. I’m not even putting out bird food ATM! They just seem to like digging in the dirt.

 

[gtaus]

As we eat eggs 3x a week and only 2 of us, it was way more than we could use. Instead of turning them down, I began to dehydrate. ...The dehydrated are fine for scrambled, quiche, baking etc.

I'll have to look into that. Dear Wife just got me a Ninja Air Fryer for my birthday, and it has a dehydrate mode on it. So, maybe I already have the expensive part of that process. It would be nice to have a number of options of what to do with excess eggs. Thanks.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Made a simple syrup with the rest of the cherries I bought a little over a week ago. Put the pulp in the oven to make some fruit leather. Was going to chuck the seeds out and then I thought "why not try to grow them?" I would like some sweet cherry trees...
So what do I have to lose?

 

[Minanora]

I'll have to look into that. Dear Wife just got me a Ninja Air Fryer for my birthday, and it has a dehydrate mode on it. So, maybe I already have the expensive part of that process. It would be nice to have a number of options of what to do with excess eggs. Thanks.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Wooo!

 

[Smokerbill]

Chipmunk, rabbit, squirrel, rat, vole, mouse…….all rodents by different names.

I agree, except for the rabbits. They're not rodents.

 

[Minanora]

Today I checked the live trap only to find another opossum. Sheesh. I knew something was setting off my rat traps.... That would be it. It goes out in the bin for the landfill tonight. I don't enjoy doing it, but, well, there's a bunch of opossum poop on the top of my chicken run, they killed my neighbors chickens, killed some of my sisters chickens, killed two of my friends chickens, they eat my garden, and even had one decide to come in the dog door once so it could pee and poop all over the dining room.

I watered the clover, pulled weeds in the orchard, and picked some apricots. The apricots didn't make it to the house. DS ate them all. We also ate all of the ripe blueberries testing them to see if they were ripe.

 

[C Siena]

Wouldn’t simply refrigerating unwashed eggs give you roughly the same shelf life as water glassing?

I don't think so, but I could be wrong. The water glassed eggs were 9 months old when I tried them, still good but a little thinner.

We have dehydrated eggs that are 2 years old. I grind them very fine, into a powder, with a coffee mill, then vacuum seal in a pint jar. I still use them for baking and vac seal the jar after opening it. I also added a packet to absorb any moisture, if any.

I don't think unwashed eggs would last 2 years, nor 9 months. I've never had unwashed eggs over 4 weeks old.