tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.comments2023-08-29T03:54:10.755-07:00A Thinking StomachChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2700125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-10686367347347522942023-08-01T09:07:35.996-07:002023-08-01T09:07:35.996-07:00@AJK: Hi Janice! I hope you're doing well! I d...@AJK: Hi Janice! I hope you're doing well! I don't know why your buckwheat has lightened in multiple generations other than your thought, that maybe neighbors have white buckwheat. No one is growing this species of buckwheat around me, and mine has stayed deep colored through multiple generations. Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-40714327367002690932023-08-01T09:02:43.236-07:002023-08-01T09:02:43.236-07:00@Karin H: I'm sorry for the delay in respondin...@Karin H: I'm sorry for the delay in responding. Yes, you may use the photo as long as you cite and link back. Thank you!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-69846091669908114902023-07-31T22:12:14.605-07:002023-07-31T22:12:14.605-07:00Hi Christina, Janice here from SoCal! Got some of ...Hi Christina, Janice here from SoCal! Got some of this Takane Ruby buckwheat seeds from a friend (in it's original package from RareSeeds) and they bloomed beautiful pink flowers, I saved the seeds and replanted immediately as they came, and the flowers were light pink, not dark pink like the parents. I've not planted any normal (white flowering) varieties of buckwheat in my garden. I wonder why they are getting more pale each generation... hmmm. Maybe neighbors have normal varieties? I don't know. Hope you are well! Miss our garden chats.<br />AJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-44837464176516659242023-07-10T21:37:13.250-07:002023-07-10T21:37:13.250-07:00A great article! I work for a NFP called Greening ...A great article! I work for a NFP called Greening Australia and would love to use one of your photos in an article with tips about plastic free gardening. We would clearly credit A Thinking Stomach in the caption and link to this post. Would that be okay with you?Karin Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653168475403703139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-24939759472732839202023-07-01T15:00:48.505-07:002023-07-01T15:00:48.505-07:00@Halli: I honestly don't know what works bette...@Halli: I honestly don't know what works better. I usually strain and let it age further, but that's what I've always done, so I don't know whether letting the solids stick around is better. I can say that the older a batch gets, the tastier it is. I have about a half cup left of a batch from 2012 and it is AMAZING.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-10064858148576859422023-06-22T19:42:46.510-07:002023-06-22T19:42:46.510-07:00I can't wait to make this again! Just ordered ...I can't wait to make this again! Just ordered my green walnuts. Mine didn't turn out until last Christmas though so I will plan on letting this batch age about 18 months. Do you recommend letting everything steep longer or just age after removing all of the solids around thanksgiving for another year? Hope to see you soon!Hallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16397655511069069424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-22197005853531762702023-05-15T19:21:12.923-07:002023-05-15T19:21:12.923-07:00Hi Anonymous! The tallest it gets at my house is a...Hi Anonymous! The tallest it gets at my house is about 2 feet, but usually shorter. It's a beautiful plant.<br />Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-66198736445167380112023-05-15T16:17:58.725-07:002023-05-15T16:17:58.725-07:00Hi, roughly how high does it grow? Couldn't f...Hi, roughly how high does it grow? Couldn't find this info on Baker CreekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-15080039197957082062023-04-26T16:53:38.195-07:002023-04-26T16:53:38.195-07:00“To take care of myself the way that I need to in ...“To take care of myself the way that I need to in order to be the person I like being” oh I hear this so much! Sending love to you & Indy ❤️Sarah EBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-51300912661074430542023-03-19T13:36:49.269-07:002023-03-19T13:36:49.269-07:00Great post, thanks for the info on Ayocote beans. ...Great post, thanks for the info on Ayocote beans. We just sprouted some Ayocote Murados I got from Rainbow last year and am psyched to learn they’ll do well in SF. We recently started our garden plot up on Potrero Hill and can’t wait to see how things work out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-46667167815882922552023-02-25T07:01:28.220-08:002023-02-25T07:01:28.220-08:00You might be interested in a recent article about ...You might be interested in a recent article about this plant: https://westsideobserver.com/23/2-The-weed-that-endangers-native-San-Francisco-wildlife.phpJohn W. Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03857907425270640823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-26719304784320952182022-05-01T08:55:14.622-07:002022-05-01T08:55:14.622-07:00Anonymous: No better in 2020. So, I haven't gr...Anonymous: No better in 2020. So, I haven't grown it the past couple years. I am growing a gorgeous crop of onions this year instead. It's been so dry though--I wonder if garlic would have done well for me this year without the constant moisture.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-36027373468909358662022-04-30T11:13:44.044-07:002022-04-30T11:13:44.044-07:00How was your next harvest?How was your next harvest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-76295686350717509752022-03-24T08:55:48.854-07:002022-03-24T08:55:48.854-07:00Hi Lorrie. So nice to meet you!
In my world, the ...Hi Lorrie. So nice to meet you!<br /><br />In my world, the tunnel is much brighter. I work in a school. We are now fully vaccinated and mask free, regular events are happening, and kids and adults have accepted the risk of a mild illness after vaccination and decided the natural interactions within a community are worth that risk. Life is better.<br /><br />I did finally get a tooth! It's beatiful and strong. <br /><br />Regarding bananas: I wrote my posts about my banana grove when I lived in a semi-rural area of southern California. I miss that banana grove. It was beautiful and productive and home to a gorgeous snake. That said, I have neighbors who grow bananas here in the southeast corner of SF, and though they get pretty beaten up looking in the winter, they do produce. And, in the warmer East Bay, you've got a great chance for a productive banana grove. I hope your burro banana grows well for you!<br /><br />I can tell by your comment that you are an excellent writer as well. Is there a place I can read more of your writing?Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-42747002048392172752022-03-23T14:21:26.534-07:002022-03-23T14:21:26.534-07:00This is such a beautiful post… I stumbled across y...This is such a beautiful post… I stumbled across your blog because of a banana, believe it or not. I was trying to ID my impulse purchase (a burro banana) and then understand how to eat/cook it, and I stumbled upon your great post from years ago about your banana plants and your efforts to successfully get them to fruit! Enchanted to learn you are in the Bay (such a seemingly unlikely location for a banana garden) I read more, because I’m in the East Bay, and could use all the tips I can find on how to grow edible plants in this climate!<br /><br />So that’s the backstory. This post is such a beautiful, perfect snapshot of a strange moment in time– personal and specific, yet universal too. Plus, you included dates which was fantastic, because it meant that as I read about your fateful bite, I knew that was the same day I was having my first day at my new job after moving across the country - how excited, nervous and exhausted I was. And on the day everything closed, and you couldn’t get your tooth mended (yet again - oof! So invested in that awful saga btw), I was negotiating how on earth to work from home when I had nothing but a mattress on the floor because the bed I ordered would take months to finally arrive. It was poignant to see how another stranger in the same city (I was in SF then) was experiencing the same historic moment in such impactful ways. It’s the kind of first-hand account I think history books, if they’ve got any half-decent editors, should surely seek out, to give people in the decades to come, a true sense of the unreality of it all, in the early days. You’re right in that hundreds (and soon, hundreds of thousands of Americans - and over a million worldwide) would die in the months to come, but the day to day still had to go on, in awkward, make-shift, non-ideal ways, as we stood in long serpentine lines that snaked entire parking garages of Costco and Trader Joe’s.<br /><br />So, just wanted to thank you for sharing your snapshot with us. It’s two years later of course, and still not over, something I never could have even fathomed at the time. Sometimes, I joke that in 2020 we were just hoping for a sign of light at the end of the tunnel. In 2021, we saw the light but as we got closer, it only seemed to get farther away, and at this point in 2022, “I guess we just live in the tunnel now. Might as well hang up some pictures!”<br /><br />One stranger to another - thank you for sharing with us and I still want to know what finally happened with your tooth. ;)<br /><br />-Lorrie GuessUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339123567230023372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-87794701985773835292022-03-20T14:13:52.249-07:002022-03-20T14:13:52.249-07:00Hi Owl Glass. The Ayocote Amarillo are the straggl...Hi Owl Glass. The Ayocote Amarillo are the stragglers on my "dark seeded" tower. They don't compete well with the Ayocote Negro on the tower, so I can't comment on how well they would do on their own. They have the same orangey-red blossom as most of the species, maybe just a touch lighter. The Ayocote Negros grow really well and are super productive.<br /><br />I don't know if you have gophers, but if you do, I would plant the beans in a bed lined with gopher wire. The vines are perennial and make big fleshy tubers that gophers find tasty. The tubers on the "dark seeded" tower are now five years old, and they keep pumping out the beans. <br /><br />I hope your vines grow well for you and give you a decent crop! At the very least, they'll make the hummingbirds and bumblebees really happy.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-14508622026636709702022-03-20T13:58:55.534-07:002022-03-20T13:58:55.534-07:00Are you still growing ayocote amarillo? RG stopped...Are you still growing ayocote amarillo? RG stopped selling them - I wrote & they said they're really hard to source. Inspired by your blog post I decided to grow some AAs this year (we're in a sunny hood just west of you). I hoarded 9 pounds I bought when I found out RG is going to stop selling them ... & they're impossible to find online. So ... still good results? They're such a fantastic bean I'd hate to lose them in our culinary life. Also ... what flower color? SERIOUSLY ... can't find anything on growing except from you!owlglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723928127849775363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-56398270081852746212021-11-15T22:40:04.376-08:002021-11-15T22:40:04.376-08:00This is an inspiring post. I was looking for somet...This is an inspiring post. I was looking for something to do with our Tejocotes. Thank you! :)Kevinhttp://pullupyourplants.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-57541804314447512972021-09-30T07:08:16.185-07:002021-09-30T07:08:16.185-07:00Halli! Great to hear from you! Don't worry abo...Halli! Great to hear from you! Don't worry about leaving it steeping longer than 8-10 weeks. I usually end up straining it around Thanksgiving nowadays because that's usually when I have time and when I remember. And it turns out great. I am so glad you love this as much as I do!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-42793082507987072712021-09-30T06:40:20.923-07:002021-09-30T06:40:20.923-07:00Thank you so much for this recipe and the walnut s...Thank you so much for this recipe and the walnut supplier. I can’t wait for this batch to mature and I won’t shut up about it. Miss you!Halli Boviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533043579596686015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-21602625176002876972021-09-30T06:39:35.193-07:002021-09-30T06:39:35.193-07:00Whoops. I don’t know when I started the Nocino to ...Whoops. I don’t know when I started the Nocino to know when it’s been 8-10 weeks. Ha! I will make my best guess and go from there! Thanks for this recipe and the walnut supplier. I can’t wait for this batch to mature and I won’t shut up about it. Midd you! Halli Boviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533043579596686015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-47566480463947363402020-12-02T15:13:03.615-08:002020-12-02T15:13:03.615-08:00Hi Rick. I bought two packs a couple years ago fro...Hi Rick. I bought two packs a couple years ago from Baker Creek. I saved seed for the quantities that I wanted. Luckily, it only takes a season to turn a single pack into a quart of seed.<br /><br />Good luck in your search for bulk seed!<br />ChristinaChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-17570146694581801122020-12-01T13:41:06.517-08:002020-12-01T13:41:06.517-08:00Where did you get your seed? I have been trying to...Where did you get your seed? I have been trying to get some in bulk but I can only find it in seed packs.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Rick DialRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06611083265457699236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-23779152820405444242020-08-06T08:58:16.999-07:002020-08-06T08:58:16.999-07:00That is a big step up from the usual white floweri...That is a big step up from the usual white flowering buckwheat. Gorgeous. I had no idea that buckwheat makes a good cut flower. I'll have to track down some seeds. Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30498647.post-45630318579383458562020-05-28T20:43:13.040-07:002020-05-28T20:43:13.040-07:00Late to the party, but this is great, especially s...Late to the party, but this is great, especially since we may share a somewhat similar climate. Shrinkraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188882190736047931noreply@blogger.com