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   Yewi (yewi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 18:42:50 JST Yewi

   It certainly is ?orange marmalade...

   ...Or, 'Dacrymyces chrysospermus', orange jelly fungus.?

   But by the look of it, I still cannot dismiss orange marmalade...?

   #fungi #orange #winter
   #jelly #wood #walking
   #nature #snow
   #Japan

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 18:42:40 JST Frank Bennett

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     @yewi @hajistar Don't know anything about the kanpō-yaku end of things, but bitter as a flavor is certainly something I've learned to enjoy since leaving the US, where sugar is king. We had heaps of na-no-hana at the table for six months out of every year before we were booted from our large garden plot by its owner, when care for my wife with ALS took priority over weeding. It's something I want to get started again in the remaining garden space. Delicious stuff.

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     Yewi (yewi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 18:42:41 JST Yewi

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     @hajistar
     Wow! That's fantastic!✨??

     Well, in Japan (and perhaps many other countries), infusion of 'monkey's stool'? fungus (Polyporaceae) is recognised as medicine,

     and they taste... yes, certainly bitter.?

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     HajiStar Farm LLC (hajistar@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 18:42:47 JST HajiStar Farm LLC

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     LOL, yeah coco beans are very bitter too right? Eastern medicine says the bitter tea is the good one, or something like that. Someone told me jelly fungus is great for lung health.
     I actually make and sell a whole line of candied jelly mushrooms, they are gaining popularity

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     Yewi (yewi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 18:42:48 JST Yewi

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     @hajistar
     Thanks!

     Well, actually I licked them out of curiosity,

     But I shouldn't mention the taste to keep their reputation.?

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     HajiStar Farm LLC (hajistar@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 18:42:49 JST HajiStar Farm LLC

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     Nice!
     these make great candy!

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 19:36:25 JST Frank Bennett

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     @yewi @hajistar I may be showing my ignorance, but I'm pretty sure ours were just komatsuna left to flower and self-seed. They sprung up like weeds.

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     Yewi (yewi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 19:36:26 JST Yewi

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     @fgbjr @hajistar
     Oh that's fantastic thought, too.✨??

     I also want them for my garden (and for bees?),

     but where I live is a bit warm for them, so the flowering season is short and aphids are attracted more than bees...?

     I wish yours do well!?

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 20:04:09 JST Frank Bennett

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     @yewi @hajistar I should figure out what to do with some broccoli that have failed to bud. They have great gorgeous frost-hardy leaves, but they're pretty "resilient" (tough). Any suggestions welcome! Long boiling? Roasting? Seems kind of もったいない to just leave them out there.

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     Yewi (yewi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 20:04:10 JST Yewi

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     @fgbjr @hajistar

     Even that is nice,

     I used to use bolted Chinese cabbage as na-no-hana. (...Tecnically, all brassica families are!?)

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 20:08:29 JST Frank Bennett

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     @yewi @hajistar (Here's an image of the row, during the recent snowfall in a
     Nagoya.)

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 20:42:47 JST Frank Bennett

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     @yewi @hajistar That was the advice of a neighbor as well. The plantings also went in a bit late. 反省！Next year!

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     Yewi (yewi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 20:42:48 JST Yewi

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     @fgbjr @hajistar

     ...Or,

     I checked out some blogs and they told that sometimes too much nitrogen causes that,

     so putting something containing phosphorus and pottassium (like ash) in the soil to balance out, will make buds in next spring.?

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     Yewi (yewi@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 20:42:49 JST Yewi

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     @fgbjr @hajistar
     Hmm... broccoli leaves?? ?

     ? I would thinly slice them, and stir-fry with some bacons or things like that.

     #vegetables #cooking
     #gardening

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     Frank Bennett (fgbjr@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Dec-2022 20:49:20 JST Frank Bennett

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     @yewi @hajistar Thanks! I'll sharpen up the vegetable knife tomorrow and give them a taste of cell-wall sectioning. :-) Will make a good counterpart to daikon/carrot pickle salad kindly gifted by a neighbor. Very, er, spartan new year spread this year (but it's the, er, spirit that counts :-).