Night-blooming Cereus: 2021 Bloom Night #2
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by Lynn-Marie
2y ago
Our remaining 2 and a half night-blooming cereus plants bloomed last night and it was our first day of monsoon weather. They gave us a beautiful show ..read more
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Night-blooming Cereus: 2021 Bloom Night #1
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by Lynn-Marie
2y ago
Last year, we were delighted by the flowers on our five peniocereus greggii, also called night-blooming cereus or queen of the night. This year, we have been watching our night-blooming cereus since the beginning of June. Last week, I took the kids on a vacation to the beach in California and was hoping that these magnificent flowers would wait for me to come back. And they did ..read more
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Let’s Can Some Jam!
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
We were running low on homemade jam, so we decided to spend a Saturday morning canning. Just for fun, we threw in some candied jalapenos too!#can some jam ..read more
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KiwiCo Electrochemistry Lab
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
The Electrochemistry Lab is ideal for your older students to do while younger ones watch. Make sure there is still an adult present to supervise though ..read more
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What is The Thing?
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
The Geek Homestead visits The Thing in Benson, Arizona. Was it amazing? Not to everyone! Was it fun? Yes, even though we didn't get everyone ice cream afterwards ..read more
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Family Fun at Apple Annie’s Orchard
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
The Geek Homestead visits Apple Annie's Orchard in Willcox, Arizona, and has such a good time that we are planning on going back again in two months! We picked apples, pears, and too many vegetables (according to our kids ..read more
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Kiwico Tinker Crate: Infinity Mirror
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
After a few months of hoping it would come back to the Kiwico store, the Tinker Crate Infinity Mirror is available again for purchase ..read more
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Coconut Cream Tart
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
A coconut cream tart based on Josh's favorite coconut cream pie from his Great-Grandma Braley. Rich and creamy, but not too sweet ..read more
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Homemade Cream Cheese
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
I try making cream cheese from scratch. I made a lot of mistakes, but I still ended up with some nice cream cheese and learned something new ..read more
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This Week on the Homestead July 19 – 25, 2020
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by Lynn-Marie
3y ago
In this week's On the Homestead post, I try to find Comet Neowise one last time... unsuccessfully. We finally get rain! Josh and I pick prickly pear fruit. And we take a family hike in Saguaro National Park ..read more
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