Monday, July 21, 2008

Experiments nearly gone wrong

Hubs made a new beverage, and used some of our honey. There was a different kind of yeast in the kit, and this is the result:

About 2 hours after racking, it started bubbling, then hissing and foaming and spewing. 8 air lock changes later, it finally settled down. Left unattended and to its own devices, it probably would have exploded.

Successes

This year, the garden has been exceptionally good to us...This is "hybrid-experimental" corn. The. best. ever. For real. We ate lots.
This was a huge crook neck squash that Hubs cooked up with a little olive oil. Mmmmm...
We also had purple cabbage, lots of jalapenos, bell peppers, cayennes, plenty of herbs, and tomatoes. The brussels sprouts didn't do so well with the white flies. Apparently they are very susceptible and difficult to grow. The collards have not eaten the yard yet, but I think they are teaming up with the rosemary.