fleshly amusement

This will be how I spend my Saturdays from here til May maybe longer... 

 

...watching a weirdo game named rugby, a strange mix of soccer and football. I am still grasping certain concepts...

Don't be Jealous

Well maybe you should be. This is the third time since Feburary when I bought this thing has bloomed and it looks like I am going to get a few more flowers after this one too! I am kinda a big deal... I know...

 

Holy Pummelo

Or known as Pumelo. These things are huge and I couldn't resist picking on up at the market over on Clement and 25th. I had no idea with what to expect so I looked up how to peel the beasts and went from there. It was a long process, but they are delish!! They taste like a combo of orange and grapefruit.

Guess the Pummelo?

You could make a mean fruit salad with this.

Orchids can be Bastards

Not really, I have never been successful with the little jerks until I moved to San Francisco. While in LA I had a few and could never get them to bloom, which was very frustrating. Now my technique is as follows: water them when I forget the last time I watered them, and add fertilizer here and there. This scientific technique makes them freak out and bloom once to twice a year.

So I was told this guy was from Costa Rica. BUT its tag that I found in the soil after purchasing said Epidendrum corifolium, Guatemala. So I am more inclined to believe that, rather than the rando guy who sold it to me.

Thanks-o-giving

I cant resist putting up these posts of all the amazing food I had over the Thanksgiving weekend. The usual suspects were all there, mashed potatoes, bomb ass turkey, brown sugar carrot thingys (they were De-Lish!) green beans (however I don't care about those enough to take a picture, don't judge me.) OH and duhhhhh lots of wine!

 

Uncle Wayne Manning the Pits

YUM!

 The Potato Master

Look at these little suckers I found in Wayne's backyard! Holy hot peppers batman!

Mia the Mascot

Around 4 Months old... 

just looking out the window chillin...

I am concerned

I don't know what the hell is going on with these seeds... what to do? Some of the little sprouts are dying off and turning brown. Too much water? Noo.... I am keeping the soil moist and giving it some fertilizer every so often. Maybe its just too cold. But why would you give someone seeds that were not good for fall/winter planting!? Question of the ages is what this is...

Adventures in baking parts 1, 2 and 3

A few weeks ago while on a trip back from Monterey, we stopped at a fruit stand and I picked up a bag of apples and thought of no other way of using them than an apple pie. Since then I have made 2 more pies. I started with a classic brown sugar apple pie, then over thanksgiving weekend I made a open faced apple-pear pie and a apple-pear crumble pie. They were all more than bombtastic!!

 

Brown Sugar Apple Pie

Open Faced Apple-Pear

Apple Pear Crumble Pie

Das Experi-mant

In the beginning of October, Michelle invited me to her Fall Party, and in the invitation she had a sheet of seeds in paper. It was kinda rad and had directions with it saying to plant the whole paper in about 1 1/2 inch of soil and keep it moist. I think I planted them in the middle to end of October, and have taken pictures every so often, just to watch the shiz grow. Its pretty rad watching something grow that you have planted from just a piece of paper.

Its My First Time!

This is my first official post for Digging in the City. I will be posting my exploits in discovering new flora and fauna, gardening, and everything in between!