herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Dec 15, 2017 11:06:39 GMT -5
Hi all, It's the seemingly never-present, yet always-lurking herchenx here, for a friend. My friend is a rock hound and her work allows her to road-trip all over the US. She will be going through northern Louisiana, and has found Mississippi River Agates similar to John's, but she REALLY wants to find some of the beautiful yellow-banded Kentucky Agates on a forthcoming road trip. Is there anyone on here who would be willing to share a location or stream/creek/river access to an area that might have some for the finding? Thanks friends. I'm still focusing mostly on farming/gardening in my spare time, about to venture into exotic peppers for the first time, planting in our sunroom today (hopefully) so I can have mostly-mature plants by summer next year. Love and miss you all, thanks for any help. |
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Dec 15, 2017 13:56:20 GMT -5
herchenx - John, I can't help your friend with Kentucky agates but, It's good to hear that you're still alive. I bet the ranch is taking all of your spare time. I hope you still get to do rock related things. Merry Chrysocolla & Happy New rocks! Lynn
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Post by orrum on Dec 15, 2017 20:16:33 GMT -5
X2 Lynn. Good to hear from you John! Sorry no help either....But Merry Merry!#!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 3:02:11 GMT -5
Jackie Clay starts her peppers indoors in January for her Zone 2 Northern Minnesota gardens.
Do the exotics take that much longer?
Thanks for the update. Glad you had a moment to join us!
Merry Christmas!
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 24, 2018 15:55:16 GMT -5
herchenx - John, I can't help your friend with Kentucky agates but, It's good to hear that you're still alive. I bet the ranch is taking all of your spare time. I hope you still get to do rock related things. Merry Chrysocolla & Happy New rocks! Lynn What a treat it was to log in and see a nice comment waiting for me! My friend never got any chance to look for Kentucky agate, but she did find some Mississippi River agate. We are well, I am busy, gardening and taking care of the farm plus a full time job keeps me too busy. I am growing all sorts of peppers indoors this winter, artificial lights, tents and all. My oldest daughter just turned 18, I am taking her to Baylor in Waco Texas next week and she wants to rockhound while we are there. Sad to think in reality this may be the last of our big trips. My biggest barrier to rocking these days is indoor usable space. I have a barn, but it is packed and I can't use my rock tools, or woodworking tools, or anything in most of it. I can clean and organize but the reality is I need a bigger shop area, I think this one is about 375 Sq. feet but with all my gear indoors it is just packed. Thanks for saying hi! I keep hoping I can come back and not be a stranger! |
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 24, 2018 15:55:55 GMT -5
X2 Lynn. Good to hear from you John! Sorry no help either....But Merry Merry!#! Thanks orrum! |
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 24, 2018 15:59:52 GMT -5
Jackie Clay starts her peppers indoors in January for her Zone 2 Northern Minnesota gardens. Do the exotics take that much longer? Thanks for the update. Glad you had a moment to join us! Merry Christmas! Shotgunner I had to look up who you are now! Some do take longer, especially the super-hots. My main thing is that because our season is so short even "normal" peppers were still green on the plant when the first frost hit, so this year I want to have plants ready to produce fruit as soon as it is warm (or sooner) so I can actually get a rip harvest before fall. So far, I'm off to a decent start! hopefully this embeds:  If not, this was last night before adding 5 more transplants from the seed tray, 85 plants in the grow tent so far! photos.app.goo.gl/PdqM9LTo7vlGvr6l1 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 16:05:22 GMT -5
That's cool John. Keep us updated. We all love garden stuff too! herchenx |
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 24, 2018 16:14:41 GMT -5
As long as I'm here, I had to ripen the green peppers for almost a month in our sunroom before they ripened. I could have used them green but I was intent on getting red peppers. After that month, about 85% ripened but the rest spoiled. Of the ones that didn't spoil, many dried out. With what I could I started fermenting them all. My ~20 pounds of peppers at this point all crammed into 4 1-quart mason jars. I added garlic cloves, pressed the content of the jar as much as I could with a jelly jar and then added saltwater brine to the top and let them ferment. 2 months later I emptied the quart jars and pureed each of them separately, and was left with a total of 10 small jars of hot sauce. I gave 4 each to 2 friends, kept 2 for myself, and that was it! I'd hoped initially to have enough hot sauce to give everyone I know a jar or 2, That is part of why I am growing so many this year, so early.  Link in case embed fails: photos.app.goo.gl/5YCa7VRq2DL9ux5m2 |
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