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March 28, 2024 at 7:09 pm in reply to: Washington Post story on vertical hydroponic gardening energy usage #42272
Interesting article. I live about 1/2 mile north of a hydroponic tomato farm which has solar panels for power. The tomatoes are delicious, a little more expensive than typical market winter tomatoes, but well worth it. The operation is much smaller than those talked about in the article; it's more like a small, local Vermont farm - which it what it really is. The Little Leaf Lettuce they talked about is available in several local chain groceries, and it is good quality and reasonably priced.
We had chicken thighs, an assortment of roasted veggies, and asparagus from the freezer. We should be getting fresh asparagus from the garden in another four weeks.
Today I baked 2 loaves of Harvest Grains bread.
We cleaned out the fridge for dinner! Except, I think I put back more than we took out. . .
Our dinner was boneless pork chops, buttercup squash from the freezer, roasted veggies - potatoes, carrots, onions, red and green bell peppers, and a green salad from the sun room.
We had beef stew for dinner. We got 20" of snow yesterday and overnight - our only real snowstorm this winter - Mother Nature making up for lost opportunities.
Today I made focaccia to go with soup from the freezer for dinner tonight. We have about 12 inches of snow, since around 2 a.m., and are supposed to get another 6 inches, until about 8 p.m. tonight. This is more snow than we have had, total, all winter!
Today I made Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies using the KAF recipe. I reduced the amount of chips from 3 cups to 2 cups and baked them for only 12 minutes. They are perfect: crispy-chewy!
We had salmon on the grill, baked potato, and fresh green beans.
Dinner tonight was Philly-style cheesesteak on homemade buns with french fries.
We had ribs on the grill, with macaroni salad and last year's asparagus from the freezer. Six weeks and we might be eating fresh asparagus!! It's been a crazy winter, no snow and record breaking high temperatures, so I'm hoping the asparagus wakes up early.
Today I made arepas for lunch. I put chopped corn kernals in the batter for added corn flavor in addition to the masa harina. When they were finished baking on the griddle, I put two together with mozzarella in the middle. My picky eater grand-daughter even like these.
I made "Tropical" muffins, with chopped dried fruit: cherries, pineapple, mangos, and apricots.
We had bulgogi and veggies on rice for dinner tonight.
Leftovers tonight. 57 today going down to 27 tonight.
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