[HoosierBrew]

FWIW, I like smoked salmon better anyway. I make it (and gravlax) every year. Great stuff.

[erockrph]

Believe it or not my girlfriend mad watermelon prociutto by placing watermelon slices between two blocks of himilayan salt. It was a nice summer snack.

I am very curious about this one. Was the watermelon dried first, or did she just press slices between the salt blocks? How long did it take? Details, please!

[morticaixavier]

Believe it or not my girlfriend mad watermelon prociutto by placing watermelon slices between two blocks of himilayan salt. It was a nice summer snack.

I am very curious about this one. Was the watermelon dried first, or did she just press slices between the salt blocks? How long did it take? Details, please!

+1

[pete b]

She just placed slices between blocks as is. I think it was for 24 or 36 hours. She put in a baking pan to catch the water. They ended up thin, salty ( but not as salty as you might think), and flexible. You wouldn't exactly mistake them for prosciutto but they were tasty wrapped around cantaloupe and honeydew.

[AmandaK]

She just placed slices between blocks as is. I think it was for 24 or 36 hours. She put in a baking pan to catch the water. They ended up thin, salty ( but not as salty as you might think), and flexible. You wouldn't exactly mistake them for prosciutto but they were tasty wrapped around cantaloupe and honeydew.

Pictures?

I'm imagining this would be excellent as a garnish on a watermelon daiquiri (not the frozen kind!), among many other things.

[pete b]

She just placed slices between blocks as is. I think it was for 24 or 36 hours. She put in a baking pan to catch the water. They ended up thin, salty ( but not as salty as you might think), and flexible. You wouldn't exactly mistake them for prosciutto but they were tasty wrapped around cantaloupe and honeydew.

Pictures?

I'm imagining this would be excellent as a garnish on a watermelon daiquiri (not the frozen kind!), among many other things.

no pictures, sorry. I imagine it could be friends with tequila and lime, no?

[kmccaf]

All my brambles and ribes come today. All 59 of them. As well as some rhubarb crowns. Glad I fire weeded the rows last night. This will be exciting!

[AmandaK]

All my brambles and ribes come today. All 59 of them. As well as some rhubarb crowns. Glad I fire weeded the rows last night. This will be exciting!

Holy. Crap. 

[pete b]

All my brambles and ribes come today. All 59 of them. As well as some rhubarb crowns. Glad I fire weeded the rows last night. This will be exciting!

Fire weeding has to be fun.

[kmccaf]

All my brambles and ribes come today. All 59 of them. As well as some rhubarb crowns. Glad I fire weeded the rows last night. This will be exciting!

Fire weeding has to be fun.

The smell. I love the smell of fire weeding in the morning.

It is a lot of fun. I did it a bunch when I worked at a state park, and a conservation district as a teen. The sound is a little unsettling, kind of like a jet engine.

[AmandaK]

The parents came out this weekend for a yard-work weekend. We got some stuff done.

Garden related:


Moved 4 more CY of mulch into the garden area and moved out ~2500# of the rock that was there. Transplanted some raspberries from the way back to the garden area. Installed 16 10' tall sign posts for vertical gardening and tomato support. Put up some little fencing around the beds. Planted a few more hot peppers. Started getting the metal edging around this area. (BTW - this stuff better last until we move. It is a PITA to put in.)

We also took a chainsaw to a 9' tall "stump" in the backyard. I cut out a section to use for Hammerschlagen, so that should be fun for our Oktoberfest party. 

Our peach tree in the way back (behind the fence) has a couple dozen little peaches on it, but it also has some peach leaf curl. I think I need to get those leaves off of it and spray the rest of the tree.

[morticaixavier]

had to look up Hammerschlagen.

[erockrph]

had to look up Hammerschlagen.

+1 - It loosely translates to "Drinking game that ends badly"

[pete b]

The sun sets on the garlic patch.

[pinnah]

That garlic patch probably has filled in a bit by now Pete?  Mine look like they might try and scape out here pretty quick.  What type do you grow?

I used your burlap mulch on yellow beets because I have a heck of a time getting good germination with them - every one came up! 
I was giggly piggly and then two days later some white crowned sparrows came through and feasted on the nice regular buffet of fresh cotyledons. Son of a...

 Glad I am not trying to make a living out of this.

Who knows how to eat bok choy?