Crack open a Calendula head and what do you find? More structures to crack open! Let’s take a typical Calendula head and the Outer and Inner Seeds: Now let’s deconstruct this head, separating the Inner and Outer Seeds. And then finally crack open these structures and inside we find True Seeds: Interestingly we find discussion […]
First edition Sunflower Seed Packet art below. More to come, all plants, same style!
On September 5 2018, the Calendula oil was added to 41 grams of Borage plant material. The process was quick and completed by simply shuffling the Calendula oil to a container with the ground Borage plants. The intention was to use only Borage petals, which were previously harvested, however ultimately were lost due to an experimental […]
But that’s OK because Ptarmigan Seed is moving location! The technical difficulties posed by WiFi will probably not exist at the new location and why I’m not making this solution work. However it does work given adequate network coverage. What we have is an Arduino Uno microcontroller leashed to a vintage Dell Laptop. Finally three […]
After 44 days of soaking (Start: July 31 2018, End: September 5 2018) the EVOO took on a grand Sun-orange color. The taste was earthy, moreso than EVOO by itself. See directly below for the final strained EVOO*. *Note: The EVOO seemed to drain rather slowly with the first try. A movie below has been sped […]
Let the comic do the talking… But there are remediations in order! More info to come…
I’ve found quite a bit of variation in the quality of seeds harvested from this last grow of Sugar Snap Peas. Smooth, round and consistent color VS wrinkles, pockmarks and discoloration. My prize seeds have an appearance of the seed in the upper left (labeled “A”). And my scale, for this harvesting, goes from Grade […]
The Borage and Calendula petals are soaking in Olive oil. They get shuck once a day for about a minute. The oils between the two are definitely a different color. Far darker on left and brighter on right. Plan is to soak these for about a month, drain and then add the oil to the […]
The Alaskan Lupine is here to stay! I purchased the Lupine seeds back in July 2017 from a grower near the mountain of Denali. The plants floundered for the better part of the year and finally around June 2018 they put on vertical growth. I plan on harvesting the seeds to foster genetics that are […]