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Mom’s Diary – Aug. 18 to 24, 2023

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We are going towards the end of August and the mornings look like autumn days. I have to say this over and over again. What a strange year between heat, rain, foggy mornings. Some beans could be harvested, as well as radishes and chili. An evening out and a country festival in a city nearby, where I found a lady making bracelets and more with very small pearls. Actually, I did not even know about this festival. I learned that it was going on every year by chance, and therefore I wanted to take a look. We had some coffee and dinner there and while sitting down I did some naalbinding work, like so often. Naalbinding works are easy to take with you, even in a small bag. It was somewhat strange to see square dance here in Germany.
Again, I was working on baby socks to get the trilogy for my friend ready. When the grass in front of the house was dry, I went to collect two plantain varieties and some yarrow. I use them for tea and sometimes to make tinctures. This time I dehydrated everything for tea. I first dehydrate on the air without using electricity and when everything is already “dry” (or almost dry) I place the herbs, zucchini etc. in the dehydrator for another bit of time, mostly 30 minutes, to make sure that they are really dry.
The lavender cuttings and the apricot trees growing from seeds are growing well. Btw. should you be interested in an article from 1892 about growing peach trees from pits, you can read it on my website:
https://sabinewanner.de/growing-peach-trees-from-pits/
It was also time to put away my zucchini chutney, and so I had to label the jars. I usually use masking tape, since it is easy to remove. Should I give some jars as a present, I remove the masking usual masking tape and write a “nice one”.
Like you can see, I am dehydrating a lot this year. One reason is also that dehydrated veggies take less space than canned ones (I don’t have a cellar, so having methods that require less space is relevant).

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