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MiHale

(9,782 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2024, 09:15 AM Apr 22

Earth Day, 'Gotta Go' soup for dinner tonight...

Knocked out some chicken broth yesterday in the Instant Pot. Had to use up the remainder of last years crops. Had 3 carrots, couple onions, some chopped spinach, quarter head of cabbage I used as noodles and a few peas.

Added 2 cans of rinsed Cannellini Beans, celery and the herbs and spices to flavor…salt, pepper, garlic, white pepper, cardamom, ginger, basil, oregano, and thyme.

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Earth Day, 'Gotta Go' soup for dinner tonight... (Original Post) MiHale Apr 22 OP
Mmm! 2naSalit Apr 22 #1
Getting ready to dig in the dirt... MiHale Apr 22 #5
We can't be sure... 2naSalit Apr 22 #7
Yummmmm. A nice sourdough bread to go with, perhaps? niyad Apr 22 #2
Great thought...🤔... MiHale Apr 22 #3
You are most welcome. My neighbors and I are getting our little niyad Apr 22 #4
We're supposed to get snow Wednesday... MiHale Apr 22 #6
Our temps are supposed to be in the 60's and 70's this week. Of niyad Apr 22 #8

MiHale

(9,782 posts)
5. Getting ready to dig in the dirt...
Mon Apr 22, 2024, 09:56 AM
Apr 22

Needed to get dinner done first while my hands are clean. 😂 Getting the tomato bed built today. Been rebuilding the greenhouse lately switching priorities today. Niyad had a great idea to get some sourdough bread.

Enjoyed reading about your eclipse trip. What memories you made, thanks for sharing.

2naSalit

(86,802 posts)
7. We can't be sure...
Mon Apr 22, 2024, 10:19 AM
Apr 22

That we won't have a hard freeze in two weeks, even though it's going to be warm and thawing this week. It's still April. I have to check on my Walla Walla sweets down at the "other" house today, they are live starts that come out too early every year. The trick is to keep them alive until you can set them in the ground. I have earned a new spot in the yard for the garden, one with better sun conditions. I have to wait until the freezing is over to till it. I get a tilled bed this year too! And it will be fenced off from the varmints, big and small, from the start.

Have fun in the dirt!

MiHale

(9,782 posts)
3. Great thought...🤔...
Mon Apr 22, 2024, 09:44 AM
Apr 22

All I could think about was getting out to the garden and getting dirty. Time to get beds ready so I can do this again next year. 😁
My wife’s going into town later, I’ll have her pick some up at the bakery. Thanks!

niyad

(113,582 posts)
4. You are most welcome. My neighbors and I are getting our little
Mon Apr 22, 2024, 09:51 AM
Apr 22

community beds ready for this season's adventure, and we are getting anxious. It snowed here three of the last four days (hey, it snows in May here), so we can't get an early start. But it will be fun.

MiHale

(9,782 posts)
6. We're supposed to get snow Wednesday...
Mon Apr 22, 2024, 09:59 AM
Apr 22

Some of the biggest spring snows I remember happened in late April and May. What can ya do?

niyad

(113,582 posts)
8. Our temps are supposed to be in the 60's and 70's this week. Of
Mon Apr 22, 2024, 11:15 AM
Apr 22

course, it was 72 the day before it snowed here on Thursday.

I tell newcomers, we do not have summer and winter wardrobes here, we have morning, afternoon, and evening wardrobes. .LAYERS!!! Newcomers do not believe when I tell them that I have seen snow in every month of the year. . not all in the same year, but it has snowed in June, July, and August. We shrub, cover our plants, and get on with our day!

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