Thursday, December 21, 2017

What's wrong with gluten free?

And still we get to this point. The gluten free bread is about to be thrown out again. I totally get that some people cannot deal with gluten in their diet but let's not kid ourselves that gluten-free is the same as non gluten free.

I have always been disappointed, I have found flat and dead and hard to work with. I have tried to make bread and waffles and scones with gluten-free products but they have always sucked.

Maybe I just suck.

So has we look at the bread that is sitting out here for everybody to use, the one that is getting old and going to the chickens is the gluten-free.

I hope they don't reject it.

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Cycad

Once upon a time I was told how valuable and slow growing these plants are. I don't know whether that was true or not - the value part.

I certainly know these cycads are slow growing though. I've had this one for about 16 years but it is coming into some sort of majesty now. It had three leaves on it and was in a 6 inch pot when I bought it.

I love the fresh growth each year, and this is the best so far.