The Flying Circus

That sounds great whodat! I love to grill squash like those, slice them relatively thin marinate in some italian dressing( or just some crushed garlic salt pepper and olive oil) and lightly grill so they soften up, but still have a little crunch mmmm mm. We went to ruby tuesday the other night and I got the spaghetti squash with marinarra and roasted zuchinni. I think the only way it could have been much better is if it was organic grown by myself or a friend !

Fried zucchini from yellow basket slathered in ranch is pretty bomb and organic too

Just to go one step further. Rubios cabo combo plate... Fish taco, shrimp burrito, beans and chips. I fuckin love rubios! Now I'm hungry.

i hear you can tempura the flowers off courgette/zucchini, the're pretty tasty by the accounts i've heard. seems a bit of a fanny on though.

Thundercat said:

That sounds great whodat! I love to grill squash like those, slice them relatively thin marinate in some italian dressing( or just some crushed garlic salt pepper and olive oil) and lightly grill so they soften up, but still have a little crunch mmmm mm. We went to ruby tuesday the other night and I got the spaghetti squash with marinarra and roasted zuchinni. I think the only way it could have been much better is if it was organic grown by myself or a friend !

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Thats sounds really good! Im gonna do that, thanks Iv actually been grilling with the dry tree limbs I cut last year, give it a better flavor over the store bought ready light charcoal imo.

Don Gin and Ton said:

i hear you can tempura the flowers off courgette/zucchini, the're pretty tasty by the accounts i've heard. seems a bit of a fanny on though.

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I actually ate one of the blooms raw when I accidentally knocked it off, ehh maybe I'll try it some other way prob not though.


Hope everyone is having a good fourth so far! I slept in but plan on getting some stuff done today.

Got my first cucumber! And its fuking delicious!

Toasted thick slice homemade white bread, mayo, cucumber, light light salt, lil black peppa, and light drizzle olive oil.

Fist though,,, lets do a little montage...
















Ok quite the jump from plant to plate with no pics of fruit in between,,, it happened kinda quick lol...... My new blog >>>> from seed to toilet, we all know how it ends lmao.

I never knew a cucumber could look so beautiful. I love the fruits of your labor (haha... that's a pun or something).

EDIT: Having a good 'day off' lol.

Everyday is a day off my friend as long as I get to do what I want to hehe.
Yes its a great day so far mr Jig. Hows yours going?




edit: new location haha

Woot that looks like one fine cucumber sandwich sir! Ill try the olive oil next time. i usually just do salt pepper mayo I love it with tomotoes instead of cucumbers too. That plant to plate montage was sweet man! Glad your fourth is going well. I've been fcking around in my room while he wife unpacks.

Well most mayo has olive oil in it but really do enjoy both mayo and olive oil,,, It always sucks over doing food,,, and the cucumber (or whatever) is the focus so its always good to taste it over everything else... imo,,, so I take it really easy on all other ingredients.... except for mayo lol I also love love love tom sandwiches but they havn;t come in yet Looks like I will pick a yellow pear tom tomorrow,, they are tiny like cherry toms lol but its still something! Next update is gonna be awesome, everything is doing really well.


Good to hear the move is going okay,,, about as good as it could be I guess. I do love building grows though! Wish I could have been around to help but you know....

I saw a form of growing in the kelp4less site (which I can't find now) that covered logs with soil and as the logs composted, they fed the plants that grew into them. I was thinking of your recent soil gift-using it to cover trash logs from a recent logging site....gives you raised beds full of nutrients. .......................... cof

I love that idea I've got an area in my new yard where I'm puttin raised beds for next season. It also happens I've got a bunch of logs that could be split and layed at the bottoms . Then plenty of good soil on top, and I've already got plans for some worm tubes at each end.

Day's great whodat. Been getting stuff done and took a trip into town. Was nice seeing all the people about. I could care less about holidays... but I love seeing everyone else enjoy them. There is nothing in the world I love more than seeing others smile.

Got the first set of rafters up and the attic floor down in the room. And wearily glaring at my wifes ever growing tummy. It's what I've wanted for a long time... but I'm still nervous as anything about the change that is about to happen. That's life though huh.

And funny things about days off. When you do what you like, everyday is a day off.... but at the same time... you NEVER get a day off, cuz your always doing what you like. It's good though haha.

jigfresh said:

I never knew a cucumber could look so beautiful. I love the fruits of your labor (haha... that's a pun or something).

EDIT: Having a good 'day off' lol.

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Its also good with fresh lemon juice and Tapatio!

would the bark from the logs not raise the ph quite a lot. My wifes aunt and uncle covered their vegetable patch with chips from some tree's they had cut down thinking it would help with composting and mulch on top of the medium, but it screwed their ph...

curious old fart said:

I saw a form of growing in the kelp4less site (which I can't find now) that covered logs with soil and as the logs composted, they fed the plants that grew into them. I was thinking of your recent soil gift-using it to cover trash logs from a recent logging site....gives you raised beds full of nutrients. .......................... cof

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DST said:

would the bark from the logs not raise the ph quite a lot. My wifes aunt and uncle covered their vegetable patch with chips from some tree's they had cut down thinking it would help with composting and mulch on top of the medium, but it screwed their ph...

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I think it depends on the tree type. I'm using soils that are compost with pine bark. Here's a better explanation................... http://kerryg.hubpages.com/hub/Hugelkultur-Using-Woody-Waste-in-Composting......................... cof

I forget which tree's they said they had used, but their whole grow was cabbaged, and not in an edible way.

High carbon content in any soil will sequester available N for the actual decomposing process and take a long time to break down. Wood chips and what not do make a good mulch and eventually break down into great soil, but too much as a mulch or added to the soil and microbes will pull N from the surrounding area to get it broken down. IMO the best way to use the wood chips is to fully compost it for several years or until it has basically turned into soil. Carbon/Nitrogen rations are key in any compost pile and or soil,,,, from what Iv read a 11-1 ratio is best.


Certain logs (not sure which ones exactly,,,, yet ) are perfect for growing edible mushrooms,,, that is also on the agenda.


OMG I find this guy so annoying but it too much on the subject not to post..... Something about him though lol
[video=youtube;MEkFFRjDkvs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkFFRjDkvs[/video]

This is what that guy reminds me of. btw southpark studios,,, every ep ever! pretty cool

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s03e05-jakovasaurs

Thundercat said:

I love that idea I've got an area in my new yard where I'm puttin raised beds for next season. It also happens I've got a bunch of logs that could be split and layed at the bottoms . Then plenty of good soil on top, and I've already got plans for some worm tubes at each end.

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great idea, you should invest in a few pounds of earthworms if they arent already all over, they would really help.