May 16, 2026. Gardening journal. We planted the five Ethiopian eggplants. This variety worked well last year with a long harvest of small round eggplants. These were grown from seed from Seed Savers of Iowa. The diced eggplant aspires to be preserved as highly spiced eggplant Kasundi. A recipe from Adelaide! The soil temperature in the sunny side of the raised garden is 72 F, 22 C. The balance of the garden’s soil temperature is 60 F, 16 C. #gardening, #kasundi, #minnesota, #zone4b, #nodig

Four jars of Ethiopian eggplant kasundi are cooling on the countertop. It’s a single batch. The 2025 garden shared eggplant and red chilies. The 2024 garden shared fermented garlic paste. LifeTimeCooking of Adelaide shared recipes. Happily, we made it around the calendar without running out. #kasundi, #eggplant, #growyourown, #gardening, #minnesota, #nodig

August 17, 2025. This Ethiopian Eggplant harvest is bright orange. We have three robust plants. The eggplants are quite firm. The cookbooks are going to get a look through. Oven roasted eggplant with Tomato Kasundi is the backup recipe. #minnesota #gardening, #growyourown, #nodig, #kasundi, #eggplant

@Irisfreundin @CaramelizedShallots We are learning on Mastodon every day. Kasundi one day. Pea shoots another. #kasundi.

April 2, 2025. It was planting day for the tomatoes. We held ourselves to twenty starts. These tomatoes aspire to be tasty. The soil blocks worked well. The outside world transitioned from snow covered to clear again today as last nights snow gradually melted. #gardening, #growyourown, #minnesota, #Zone4b, #tomatoes, #kasundi.