Have you ever seen wooden/ bamboo bikes? Renovo was one manufacturer. And currently, (https://www.lightwoodenbicycles.com/) TimberWolf Cycles.

There are others: https://www.treehugger.com/awesome-bikes-made-of-wood-4869156

I saw one in a museum, from the 1880s, made of hickory. It reportedly weighed 18 pounds.

WAIT A MINUTE!!! You mean Douglas Adams was actually an LLM?

Life is full of opportunities to learn. “Gotta learn something new everyday.” Here’s a bit more: There are about 6000 solitary bees that live on the NA continent. Most of them make small tunnels in the ground, and some carve holes in wood, e.g. trees, posts, etc. The ground dwelling ones on average go about 6 inches deep. So that woven plastic “landscape cloth” interferes with them. If they are beneath it when installed, they can’t get out. If they are above it they can’t make proper homes for their babies. Happy Spring!!

I had the ones mentioned off already, but just went and shut off all the ones that I don’t absolutely need notifications active. Good reminder.

:-(

One can adapt to capsaicin, by eating it on a regular basis, and gradually increasing the dosage. I eat chili most every day. When I was making this batch, I wore gloves, mask and goggles when I was first processing the chilis. Started with gloves, but added the rest when I started that characteristic chili cough. To be perfectly transparent, I removed most of the chili seeds, which made it much less spicy than it might have been. FWIW, that night, hands washed and hours later, my right eyelid ‘lit up’! I must have gotten a tiny spec of habanero on the sensitive eyelid; a reminder to be careful when handling chili.

Beautiful!! I’ll have some free time in the next couple weeks, and hope to get some lacto-chutney going. I’ll post something here, soon. Pic is my hot sauce from the past September - Habanero, Cayenne, Yellow Hots, garlic, cumin seed, and a 5% brine. After it was done bubbling I puree’d it along with some more garlic. It was so good! And I made enough to give some to friends, too. :-)

Kiwi are pretty acidic. I wonder… I did a quick search on ‘lactofermenting kiwi fruit’, and got these:

https://www.tyrantfarms.com/how-to-make-lacto-fermented-fruit-with-recipes/

https://fermenting.studio/food/make-lacto-fermented-fruit-at-home/

https://healthfullyrootedhome.com/fermenting-fruits-lacto-fermented-method/

Note: None of them talk about kiwi fruit, only fruit fermentation. Just gotta get the salt/ brine % correct. With your near endless supply I think you need to try this out. I made banana mead for the first time some years ago, and couldn’t find a single recipe. Banana wine and beer recipes, yes, but not mead. Now there are plenty of recipes. You get to be the first one! Exciting? Scary? Yes!!

Hi! Currently interested in making a (or several) lactofermented chutneys. And have done lots of others, beer, wine, mead, kraut/kimchee, miso, natto, yogurt and kefir, and others. I’m glad to have found this community!!

I’d love to know more about your process. I like the ‘outdoor kitchen’ concept.

From Wikipedia, “In addition to his art, Ufer is known for his social activism. He helped victims of the 1918 flu epidemic being treated in the local schoolhouse and collected money for miners on strike in Madrid, New Mexico.[3] He was also a member of the Industrial Workers of the World and follower of Leon Trotsky.[1]”

He was also a member of The Taos Society of Artists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taos_Society_of_Artists).

“The main active component of Japanese wasabi is a biochemical called 6-MSITC, a known antioxidant and anti-inflammatory known to exist in only trace amounts elsewhere throughout the plant kingdom, Nouchi said. The double-blind, randomized study involved 72 healthy subjects, aged 60 to 80. Half of them took 100 milligram s of wasabi extract at bedtime, with the rest receiving a placebo.”

The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47423-y

Thank you for the clarification! Delicate creatures, like axolotl end up being markers for and victims of pollution, alas. If only we could find a way to respect all of Earth’s creatures while enjoying ourselves, doubtless we would benefit, also.

“There is no more time for Xochimilco,” said Zambrano. “The invasion” of pollution is very strong: soccer fields, floating dens. It is very sad.”

Umm, what are “floating dens”?

Aww, so cute! They’re buddies.

So like, Florida, diamonds all the way down, if we just wait long enough.

brilliant!!

I use DDG, tho’ it’s with a VPN. And it seems to work just fine. shrug

Look at those teeth! They mis-spelled biting!