Interesting, at first I thought it was a carpenter ant, but I don't know for sure.
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led05
Chasing The Present
Stenus juno - a buddy on another forum helped me out on the identification
led05
Chasing The Present
Something I’ve noted few times BF & been meaning to discuss after bit more time passed…
Gambian x Cambodian
Pretty much anything else - in this case various Sweet & Sour D
The G x C cross is approaching 2 years old now and still not brown (much more a yellow), in person the difference is much more profound. The sweet & sour D are 6 months old or so, browned up like most everything else does when not vacuumed / preserved…
I can eat 50mg THC worth in edibles + smoke a joint of pretty much anything else and it PALS in comparison to the effects I get from one good bubbler hit of the Gambian x Cambodian, it’s not even close & that one hit lasts longer than what’s believable
I can’t fully explain it but my guess is it’s much more about what isn’t than is; but the whatever naturally preserves this cannabis keeping it fresh / green looking is a definite key tell, sour apple is how the flowers smell but truly it’s faint, they certainly are not pungent by any stretch of the imagination…
When I was eating edibles solely made from these X’s & smoking it, no bueno, palpitations, noided out, antsy, tripping hard randomly not necessarily tied to a smoking or edible partaking, it’s accumulative over days, weeks, dare I say even months - I went on like that for nearly a year BF I realized I was pretty much poisoning myself, burning out my synapses & neurons…
But when in balance it’s definitely a Grail…
Sometimes things don’t need to be explained I guess they simply are…
I took one hit yesterday @3pm after stumbling across that bucket & didn’t smoke again till after 11, I rip bubblers all day everyday & constantly am eating edibles, one hit of the G x C and it cuts through everything like fucking lightning !
I don’t know to explore it more or just let it be, ha ha ha….
Gambian x Cambodian
Pretty much anything else - in this case various Sweet & Sour D
The G x C cross is approaching 2 years old now and still not brown (much more a yellow), in person the difference is much more profound. The sweet & sour D are 6 months old or so, browned up like most everything else does when not vacuumed / preserved…
I can eat 50mg THC worth in edibles + smoke a joint of pretty much anything else and it PALS in comparison to the effects I get from one good bubbler hit of the Gambian x Cambodian, it’s not even close & that one hit lasts longer than what’s believable
I can’t fully explain it but my guess is it’s much more about what isn’t than is; but the whatever naturally preserves this cannabis keeping it fresh / green looking is a definite key tell, sour apple is how the flowers smell but truly it’s faint, they certainly are not pungent by any stretch of the imagination…
When I was eating edibles solely made from these X’s & smoking it, no bueno, palpitations, noided out, antsy, tripping hard randomly not necessarily tied to a smoking or edible partaking, it’s accumulative over days, weeks, dare I say even months - I went on like that for nearly a year BF I realized I was pretty much poisoning myself, burning out my synapses & neurons…
But when in balance it’s definitely a Grail…
Sometimes things don’t need to be explained I guess they simply are…
I took one hit yesterday @3pm after stumbling across that bucket & didn’t smoke again till after 11, I rip bubblers all day everyday & constantly am eating edibles, one hit of the G x C and it cuts through everything like fucking lightning !
I don’t know to explore it more or just let it be, ha ha ha….
PadawanWarrior
Well-known member
That looks like my Panasonic plasma TV. Is that a plasma?Depends on what you consider “higher” - haha - but yes I have 2; truth be told I learned more as a Div 1 collegiate athlete balancing it all vs what either degree taught me, and neither were “knockoff” degrees by any means…
Interestingly the Two companies I started & ultimately sold had little to do with my educational backgrounds, and neither have anything to do with what you see in here; but often such is life… I’ll probably start one more after my midlife retirement/crisis I’ve now been on nearly a decade, holy shit does time fly!! Kids getting older now & I’ve gotta do something with my time & life
Next time If you can start em 15/9 or so & walk down to 11/13 you’ll be rewarded with both quality & quantity, even then they’ll keep on flushing but pure flowers & no leaf as you can see earlier in here of the ones I had…
Our Sump never even turned on, I couldn’t even find a drop of water in either intakes to the hole either - I truly think that one day everything just aligned to fuck us, a handful of miles away they barely got any rain, storms just lined up perfectly an entire day to hammer us on top our little plateau & it couldn’t drain fast enough; that & fact our basement has two added blocks making it deeper than most adding to it / our vulnerability
Our basement family room area, nice & dry, that rug is so comfortable!!
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Got a hundred lbs or so of tomatoes to harvest today & sauce, or at least begin the process….
One more summer vacation to go then I fire back up the indoor rooms, man did this summer go by too fast, fastest yet by far, hope that doesn’t continue though I fear it does, that’s life !
Happy growing y’all
led05
Chasing The Present
lol ancient AF & still kicking…. Quick funny story, I had it a few years & my bro liked it so got one too, his dies a few years later, that was like 7 years ago - this one still working perfectly but I’m eager to replace it with like a 75 - 85” LED down there but won’t till it goes, due that it’ll probably last forever - ha
PadawanWarrior
Well-known member
I like plasma. I wish they still made them. I think its better than LED. The reason they changed to LED was about power consumption. Damn government wants us all the be as efficient as possible, lol. The blacks don't get any better than plasma. OLED came close but not quite as good. No jitter with plasma either. I had to replace one of the boards in mine but it still works great.
led05
Chasing The Present
= SMC/A5T x Gambian & she’s gonna finish for ya !!
Looks beautiful man, how she smell…?
led05
Chasing The Present
I believe totals now for the season:
56 pints of salsa
42 Quarts of picklings
26 Pints of Tomato Sauce
Now it’s time to make some hot sauce; I’ll wing it like everything & season it towards the end; some of the ingredients from the gardens I picked yesterday evening; this weekend is a cool washout (perfect to harvest just prior then cook all weekend indoors) but then we have a week + of brilliant sunshine forecasted, low 80’s during day & upper 50’s at night, can’t beat it - wish I could clone Sept for the rest of the year
Just getting set up, I’ll cook down stuff all day, then simmer low all night then start again tomorrow morning eventually immersion blending it at the end, we leave pretty much everything in we can, skin, seeds etc are packed w minerals & vitamins & removing it all for the tiny taste improvement ain’t worth the rub
56 pints of salsa
42 Quarts of picklings
26 Pints of Tomato Sauce
Now it’s time to make some hot sauce; I’ll wing it like everything & season it towards the end; some of the ingredients from the gardens I picked yesterday evening; this weekend is a cool washout (perfect to harvest just prior then cook all weekend indoors) but then we have a week + of brilliant sunshine forecasted, low 80’s during day & upper 50’s at night, can’t beat it - wish I could clone Sept for the rest of the year
Just getting set up, I’ll cook down stuff all day, then simmer low all night then start again tomorrow morning eventually immersion blending it at the end, we leave pretty much everything in we can, skin, seeds etc are packed w minerals & vitamins & removing it all for the tiny taste improvement ain’t worth the rub
led05
Chasing The Present
Back to Hot Sauce -
Garlic, Onions & Ghost Chilies + Olive oil to begin, there’s 20+ reapers in there + handful of others
From this batch of harvested peppers I’m keeping these 5 to add to bowl of potential to pull seeds from
Add other peppers
Add tomatoes - 5-6 different types
Add few types beefsteak heirlooms on top after cooking awhile
There’s still plenty of tomatoes left from yesterdays harvest, I’ll probably top this off a few times
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Picked a Tester apple, in this case off a HoneyCrisp tree, I only spray the trees once a year during growing season w organics so we always have spots on our apples but it’s our preference - oh man was it delicious!
But it needs another week or so on the trees
Garlic, Onions & Ghost Chilies + Olive oil to begin, there’s 20+ reapers in there + handful of others
From this batch of harvested peppers I’m keeping these 5 to add to bowl of potential to pull seeds from
Add other peppers
Add tomatoes - 5-6 different types
Add few types beefsteak heirlooms on top after cooking awhile
There’s still plenty of tomatoes left from yesterdays harvest, I’ll probably top this off a few times
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Picked a Tester apple, in this case off a HoneyCrisp tree, I only spray the trees once a year during growing season w organics so we always have spots on our apples but it’s our preference - oh man was it delicious!
But it needs another week or so on the trees
Blemishes are just part of gardening, shows they were grown with care.
led05
Chasing The Present
Fact ^
Little dinner harvest for a side, we’ll steam them quick, add some garden onions, fresh sheep feta then a bit of olive oil & balsamic, so good, crazy healthy & I swear nothing makes you more regular than beets, not crazy fibrous either and the energy boost is undeniable
led05
Chasing The Present
To finish the Hot Sauce I just immersion blend it down well, then cook until it’s a consistency I like, do final seasoning then I jar it up. I use a Turkish coffee pot that’s @1.5 pints which makes filling pint jars perfect & fast, I fill them while still very hot & just vacuum seal, often the vacuum / increased pressure makes them start boiling again in the mason jars, we have enough fridges that space allows us to store them in there… while I’m vacuuming sealing I’m labeling, filling jars etc, it all works out perfectly
To recap the process
That’s a lot of Hot Sauce, 20 pints worth !
To recap the process
That’s a lot of Hot Sauce, 20 pints worth !
