The "pickle factory" is in full swing.

Though unfortunately my first jar seems to be bad, unhappy aroma, odd taste, and if it doesn't taste nice it goes. (I am the taste tester lol, if I am horribly ill we will know not to eat those pickles... though TBH I think the smell alone rules those ones out. I only nibbled a tiny bit, which I spat out.)

I make all these at 2% salt by weight (solids + water).

The established three are filtered tap water with some "Himalayan pink salt", the latest one at the bottom is bottled Co-Op water with Maldon sea salt. I pretty much always add fresh dill if I have it, some chilli, and some garlic... I like the garlic in there but it can also produce concerning aromas 😂

#allotment
#fermenting
#fermentation
#lacto
#lactoferment
#pickles

More ferments on the go.

We have sweet cicely, garlic, and chilli zucchini strips and dill & shallot purple beans (which won't stay purple of course). Both sourced from both the allotment and bogalow garden.

Sadly lack time to do as much preservation and freezing as is needed to keep up with current produce gluts! Trying.

#lacto
#fermentation
#allotment
#gardening

Dealt with some runner bean glut.

The tall jar is with garlic and Genovese basil.

The two small jars are with Thai basil, garlic, and chilli. The one with the purple beans (which won't stay purple alas) also has some ginger.

This is a 2% salt #lacto #ferment.

📌 #introduction

A doer, often "the hard way" — maker-tinkerer-tech-gardener geek with a varied background — #Australian export currently located in England's Norfolk/Cambs #fenlands.

Extending on the bio, topics of interest:

* 🌱🌿🌶️ #growing — mainly on our #allotment, mainly for food; especially: fun tomato & #chilli #pepper varieties. I do an allotment "vlog": https://www.youtube.com/@AllotmentPostcards

* 🍛🍜🍝🍷 #food & #drink — I grew up in the restaurant industry in a wine region, it's baked in.

* 🍻 #beer specifically — beer nerd, started a UK beer wholesale business, coz I'm mad… it failed, coz COVID & Tories… now a bit burnt out about beer TBH.

* 🦠 #fermentation — keen on #lacto ferments - though lack time & discipline to do it well.

* 💻 #tech — #Linux user from late 90s, #CompSci & some #engineering at USyd, tech startups, #infosec, *nix, etc, #electronics & #microcontroller hobbyist.

* 🪚🛠️🪛 DIY, general doer & maker, hoarder of tools.

These are mainly what I post about, in fluctuating volume.