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@costopher

Beer drinking gardener

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@costopher Jun 9, 2019, 10:34 AM UTC

Greenhouse 9/6/19

What a difference two months make! From those puny little tomato plants to 5 foot plants that are 1-2 weeks away from giving us the first ripe fruit! I think that the rockwool slab system I'm trying…

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@costopher Jun 5, 2019, 1:28 PM UTC

Outside plants 5/6/19

So...it's been 2 months since the last post about the outside plants. What happened since? The cherry bloomed and set millions of fruit but most of them dried off. Still have quite a few left, way mo…

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@costopher Apr 12, 2019, 7:49 PM UTC

First beer + First Greenhouse harvest 12/4/19

Yeah, it happened :D First greenhouse beer in this growing season! This was from Blacksheep Brewery . It did not have the milkshake look at all but it was a really, really good beer. I've got the fir…

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@costopher Apr 6, 2019, 10:42 AM UTC

Outside plants 6/4

Spring is officially here according to my plants. The weather seems not to have received the notice as we had a couple of nights of negative temps. My pear is in full bloom. The bees are all over it…

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@costopher Mar 22, 2019, 8:58 PM UTC

Greenhouse - we're back in business!

Alright! New season; let the games begin! Temps have been stable for the last week, they didn't drop under 8C during the night for the last few days now so I got trigger happy and got most of my seed…

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@costopher Mar 15, 2019, 7:54 AM UTC

Sourdough #3 (fail) and finally #4 Success!

Last weeks bake was another fail, but only because it wasn't thoroughly baked and maybe a bit over proofed. I've used the same recipe again: 270g 100% hydration starter, 300g white wheat flour, 40g w…

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@costopher Mar 6, 2019, 8:56 PM UTC

First ever grafts

I've got myself a little grafting tool. These things used to be expensive but, luckily for me, not anymore. I'm pretty impressed by it so far. I've got 3 different blades for various style of cuts. I…

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@costopher Mar 5, 2019, 9:07 PM UTC

Cheapo germination grow lights

The seedlings I've started last week are reaaaaaally leggy. Some of them might even be too leggy to be viable but we shall see. Wanted to do something about it and did not want to spend anything, nor…

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@costopher Mar 4, 2019, 8:55 PM UTC

Sourdough (fail) #2

This is another go at baking a nice and fluffy sourdough bread from the beer starter and ... I kinda failed again, heh. The recipe I used was 270g 100% hydration starter, 300g white wheat flour, 40g…

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@costopher Feb 25, 2019, 9:06 PM UTC

Greenhouse setup changes

With the warmest February in history around here I felt like I need to get my (green)house in order so I got it ready for the new season. I've decided to get rid of all the Dutch buckets and swap ove…

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