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The picture about shows many hundreds of bulblets of the walking onion/tree onion harvested from the #homestead #garden this year.  Every year I have this problem of abundance, lol, and my wife shakes her head when I try to plant more of these onions for the next gardening season.  

My solution this year is to give out many bulblets to my biology/environmental science students and make this year's teaching theme more about the intricacies of food security.  Though the onion tops are now dead from lack of water, the bulbs stay alive in the ground until the next season....because onions.

I love this plant.  They grow fast, and are largely pest free (...damn gophers).  They can substitute 1:1 for any other onion, but their taste is a bit spicy.  The best way that I have found to eat a mass of these onions is by grilling them or laying them in a oven pan to bake with olive oil and salt.

The picture below shows the difference in size between the 2nd and 3rd bulblet set that  a plant can throw off.  Even though the bulblets are small, they quickly grow into full size plants.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_onion 

 When I harvested this honey in spring I knew that I had to make a batch of #mead with it.  I wanted to keep the flavors of this honey at the top of the mead, so it is a basic show mead recipe (water and honey) with small variations of open air fermentation (wild, random yeast) and some black tea to add nice tannins to the finish.

The basic ratio is 1 quart of #honey + 1 gallon of water.  I always ferment completely, so I avoid broken, sticky glassware in my storage area.  I end up with alcohol content in the range of strong wine.  

I'm still stirring a lot to wake up the yeasts.  I'll later post a follow up picture when the primary fermentation foam head on this bucket is thick and fluffy.  

I think that many people are unaware of how easy it is to make mead.  The hard part is waiting at least a year (preferably three years) for the sugars to properly oxidize and the real flavor come out.

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#homesteading
#homebrew
#brewstr
#bees
 

 I've been learning about and beginning to use all sorts of censorship-resistant and privacy-focused tools this summer.  I'm moving away from a 15 year google relationship!

I'm happy to start using #protonmail and #grapheneOS 

I'm in the process of deleting a 18 year old facebook account! 
I'm going to port my number to a VoiP and then pick up a hotspot from www.calyxinstitute.org

And meanwhile, the fruit trees grow bigger (except the newer ones that are dropping leaves during this CA Central Valley heatwave).  #permies 

 I realized my misstep in opsec, so I had to create a new nsec. Follow me now at
 nostr:nprofile1qqstcxtrlz78jkfw7fau45ykcfrpakstljc2pv77xrdckd0yk0kqfkgprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj730ezprtt

I will do my best to reestablish my previous follows. Cheers! 

 Go outside and continue the conversation that you have with your neighbor.  Especially if that conversation is intermittent then good terms with neighbors is preferable because they are part of your #victorygarden .   A trade here and a trade there makes all happy.  
It's been orange (BTC) season in California and concurrent with lots of citrus harvesting.

A bag of oranges or lemons can be traded with the neighbor who started a flock of Covid chickens.  Another bag goes to another neighbor because they'll eat it and be happy.   We all win because, honestly, sometimes there are too many lemons and oranges.  Circle that economy, yo.

Build relationships to create your own luck beyond serendipity.  Harvest the tree before it begins the next fruiting cycle.  Be timely.

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#permaculture
#permies
#homestead
#realfood
#strongtowns
 

 real food is still affordable and cheap. true that prices are going up in fiat terms.  but real, unprocessed food is still within everyone's grasp.  learning to cook is your superpower.  

shout-out to my local grocery outlet store.  
$119 for all this

as always, is about knowing where to look and a medium to long time preference

#groceries
#realfood
#foodstr
#foodsovereignty


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 real food is still affordable and cheap. true that prices are going up in fiat terms.  but real, unprocessed food is still within everyone's grasp.  learning to cook is your superpower.  

shout-out to my local grocery outlet store.  
$119 for all this

as always, is about knowing where to look and a medium to long time preference



https://m.primal.net/HnHe.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HnHf.jpg
 

 I am using the primal app but cannot follow anyone back using the simple follow button.  anyone have suggestions?  I've tried reinstalling the primal app and rebooting my Android.  do I need to nip5 in order to follow others?  my relays have been set to system defaults

I can't use nostr if I can't follow people.  any suggestions #asknostr ?  

 https://youtu.be/7YJj1gU7Wgs?si=nAh9d8QRqNlc9A4z

this is my first post on Nostr of my own making.  just a pleb joining the #plebchain . I'm looking for follows, so please say hi.

a lot had come with my journey in the biosphere since that video was made in 2016.

if you think I should post more content about bees, permaculture gardening attempts, or science, let me know!  

 #asknoster

I'm seeking a tutorial on what to do when connecting a mutiny wallet.  I think I did it, what happens next?