Ok time for new post.
I've gotten way too slackerly lately. the last week or so has been a good one. I've had some good days with Tess with some happy sex. The snow has been annoying, but mostly I just hate the fucking cold as hell days we've got. I've been sleeping on the couch to make sure I can stay warm near the fire about half the nights. My orchids seem to be starting to recover a bit too now that I've been leaving the lights on close to 24 hours a day. After the big die off I'm more than a little relieved for that. I really need to get them moved into the kitchen, but I need to buy some shelving to do that and I've got a bit too much credit card debt still to be comfy spending another $100 to do the setup. I know it'll save me a little cash on the electric bill only needing one grow light instead of 2, but I still dont know how I'm gonna fit the feral orange tree back there. it's gonna take some tinkering ><
Otherwise the other plants are starting to recover from their stress, but its still a very slow process. I really wanna work with their genetics, so it'll be worth the effort, but I hate the extra downtime. We gotta figure out a way we can maintain the line so its not just a one time shot. I dont have a huge problem growing from seed, but with such a great plant on hand I'd rather stick with it if its at all possible. 2 of them have new growth that's pretty stable looking so I'm hopefull.
In other news I totally nailed my chowder yesterday. I totally wanted to do it as clam chowder, but by the time I got to the end and had added the fried salmon and little bit of pollock, I decided it didnt really need it so I left the clams out and just made seafood chowder instead. I also completely forgot how fucking awesome melted organic butter is. I cut a little sleeve into the heel of a nice loaf of sourdough and tucked in some thin slices of butter and it all just melted together into glorious glory!! with the little bit of cayene and some worcestershire sauce it really popped beautifully. I had it simmering prolly longer than it needed to so everything was really broken down by the end, but it was still a nice consistent hearty bit of chowder.
I've gotten way too slackerly lately. the last week or so has been a good one. I've had some good days with Tess with some happy sex. The snow has been annoying, but mostly I just hate the fucking cold as hell days we've got. I've been sleeping on the couch to make sure I can stay warm near the fire about half the nights. My orchids seem to be starting to recover a bit too now that I've been leaving the lights on close to 24 hours a day. After the big die off I'm more than a little relieved for that. I really need to get them moved into the kitchen, but I need to buy some shelving to do that and I've got a bit too much credit card debt still to be comfy spending another $100 to do the setup. I know it'll save me a little cash on the electric bill only needing one grow light instead of 2, but I still dont know how I'm gonna fit the feral orange tree back there. it's gonna take some tinkering ><
Otherwise the other plants are starting to recover from their stress, but its still a very slow process. I really wanna work with their genetics, so it'll be worth the effort, but I hate the extra downtime. We gotta figure out a way we can maintain the line so its not just a one time shot. I dont have a huge problem growing from seed, but with such a great plant on hand I'd rather stick with it if its at all possible. 2 of them have new growth that's pretty stable looking so I'm hopefull.
In other news I totally nailed my chowder yesterday. I totally wanted to do it as clam chowder, but by the time I got to the end and had added the fried salmon and little bit of pollock, I decided it didnt really need it so I left the clams out and just made seafood chowder instead. I also completely forgot how fucking awesome melted organic butter is. I cut a little sleeve into the heel of a nice loaf of sourdough and tucked in some thin slices of butter and it all just melted together into glorious glory!! with the little bit of cayene and some worcestershire sauce it really popped beautifully. I had it simmering prolly longer than it needed to so everything was really broken down by the end, but it was still a nice consistent hearty bit of chowder.