So much rain….humidity is causing fungal diseases of roses and some plants, it is time to make this solution and spray on the plants.多雨潮濕引起黴菌快速滋生,有些植物都害病需要噴這個除霉的配方來恢復健康.
DIY non-toxic solution formula for mildew as below: 自製無毒配方如下:
1 c.c. natural produce detergent 1 c.c. 蔬果清潔劑
10 c.c. vegetable oil 10 c.c.蔬菜油
1000 c.c.(1 L)Water 1 公升 水
Apply one day this solution and next day just water, repeat it until mildew is gone. 一天噴這個配方隔天只噴水,如此交替噴直到植物恢復健康.
Home Made Canned Roast Red Peppers 自製罐裝烤紅椒
My neighbours Lynn and Karen showed me the whole process in the fall. Now I have time to post it.
我的鄰居(夫妻檔),每年都會製作一次這個. 秋末時我跟他們說我要幫忙和拍照記錄做法. 現在比較有時間就略為整理後發表.
1.Prepare red pepper and fuel.
1.準備材料和燃料.
2. Get fire going.
2.升火
3.Char the pepper skin and soften pepper flesh.
3.將紅椒外皮烤黑肉烤軟但不要整個烤焦.
4. Remove the charred skin and seeds with knife, remove excess fluid with dry paper towel. Keep the knife and cutting board clean.
4.將烤焦的外皮和種子用刀子撥掉. 然後用紙巾吸掉多餘水份. 這個過程要常清洗刀子和砧板…
5.Dry the pepper one more time with paper towel, fill the jar (250ml Mason Jars) with pepper (about 4/5 full or higher), put the lid and tighten it. The lid should be use one time only. Soaked the lids with hot water. Almost all supermarket and stores sell this kind of new jars and lids. When you reuse the old jars and lids, you will need to boil them in boiling water long enough to sterilize them before using.
5.將處理好的紅椒再用乾紙巾吸掉多餘水份後裝罐(4/5滿 或稍滿 )後,蓋緊旋緊. 圖中所示玻璃罐為250ml的Mason Jars. 蓋子只能用一次,用熱水泡過. 玻璃小罐一般超市或店裡都有賣新的消毒過罐子和蓋子和旋蓋. 若罐子是重覆使用過的要先在水中徹底煮過消毒才能使用.
6.Boil in a big deep pot, gently put the prepared jars in the boiling water, each layer put a towel to separate them to avoid the jars clash and break.
6.燒一大鍋水,輕輕置入裝罐旋緊的玻璃罐,每層罐子需用毛巾/布料分隔開,避免水滾後移動互相碰撞而打破.
7.Keep the water over the top towel and boil about twenty minuates to half an hour to sterilize the contents.
7.要燒水到約20-30分鐘,要注意不要燒乾. 一定要顧著, 水位太低了要加水,務使毛巾蓋著的玻璃罐有水淹過. 這個是消毒內容物程序.
8.When sterilization is done, turn the heat off and take the jars out to room temperature to cool down gradually. You will hear the lids popping, it means the process is done. In old days, almost every household will do this every year in the end of planting season to preserve extra food. Family members or with close friends/neighbours will do this together and then share. You can chat about recent events and joke during the process. Most important is you know what is inside — no seasoning or any chemical preservatives.
8.消毒程序結速後熄火後小心用夾子把罐子撈出放在通風處放涼. 在放涼期間你會聽到"啵"的聲音表示已達罐內真空. 室內放冷後就可裝箱貯藏,在將來的時間想吃就開一罐來吃. 由於此法麻煩現在的人都漸漸地已經不再自家制做了…在以往由於秋天蔬果豐收到吃不完的時候家家戶戶會請家庭成員幫忙制做一來是增加團聚機會,二來使食物能保鮮在冬天和春天時未種植期和初種植期的食物較缺乏期食用. 最後是自己制做的話比較安心沒有任何其它的作料和化學物,所以吃得安心!
DIY Home-Made Lemonade 好喝的檸檬飲料DIY
4 Lemons –washed, halved, squeezed out as much juice as possible, remove seeds, leave pulp
( 4顆檸檬洗淨,切開,榨汁,去籽,留果肉渣)
1 ½ Cups White Sugar
(1 ½ 杯細的白砂糖 )
Clean Drinking Water
(冷開水)
Get a pitcher (2L); fill it with clean drinking water to about 70% volume. Add measured sugar into the water and stir well until dissolved. Pour in the lemon juice to mix with the sugar water. Refrigerate to chill. Drink it cool.
(取1 壺易倒的大容器(2L): 用來裝飲料或牛奶的裝冷開水到7分滿後倒入量好的砂糖. 取一長杓攪拌使糖溶化在水中. 將榨好的檸檬汁倒入混合後將冷開水注入到容器的最大容量. 冷藏後飲用.)
我是在網路上看到可以DIY的一時手癢玩玩…
我是這樣做的–
1用電鑽在導電末端鑽孔
2.除去燈泡中心
3.使用工具小心使開口稍大但不破壞燈泡的完整性
4.加入土壤及介質
5.選擇生長高度低生長速度慢的植物種進去
6.用金屬線或其他方式將之固定住–懸空似乎較能突顯作品
7.以吸管滴水進去澆水–不要澆太濕
8.注意植物的光線需求讓植物定根
我用的植物有景天科長生草屬(中心那棵)紅色Hen and chicks (Sempervivum ‘Royal Ruby’)
配3 種不同的景天屬/佛甲草屬 Sedum acre(黃色花), Sedum spurium‘John Creech’(粉紅色花), Sedum rupestre’Angelina'(黃色花) 
It is fun to create your own bonsai, ask your neighbour or collect your own Japanese maple tree seeds, grow them in cold weather or in the fridge. Purchase a few suitable sized tea cups or find them in a thrift store at a very cheap price.
Flip the tea cup up side down, use electric drill with a ceramic/glass use drill bit to drill through the tea cup to create a hole for water to drain.
Add just enough organic soil to plant your mini tree in the tea cup pot, place the moss and rock on top of the soil.
Water right away after planting and then let it sit on top of another bigger pot, place them in an area of partial shade for 2 weeks to set.
Water your bonsai regularly, you can leave them outdoors over winter in the bigger pot surrounded with good soil which can avoid easily drying out in winter.
Enjoy your pet plant!
Go higher level of bonsai,check this web link, you will like it!
http://f139963.blog.163.com/blog/static/1226894472011111295024737/
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