There are now 12 Ball canning jars packed and ready to wait. Because they are not safe if I stay here ... because I will peek ... I always do ... whether I'm baking in the oven, or frying something, or natural dyeing ... I just have to peek.
But since we are going on a romantic getaway staged by our wonderful kids as a birthday present (from June) timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of our first date (in October) ... since I won't be here to peek, in other words ... it seemed like a good time to try putting together some India Flint inspired trials that could remain undisturbed for more than a day.
There was some rudimentary method to my madness: I used torn strips of the same tan cotton sheet, rolled up various vegetal products, tied up the bundles, put them in the jars with used tea bags, poured boiling water over each to cover, capped them, and put them on the back porch.
And for the record (because I will forget otherwise) here's what ended up in the jars:
- Dried avocado pits (unbroken) wrapped in copper wire
- Broken avocado pits wrapped in steel wire
- Dried avocado skins wrapped in copper wire
- Dried avocado skins wrapped in steel wire
- Yellow onion skins wrapped in copper wire
- Yellow onion skins wrapped in steel wire
- Red onion skins wrapped in copper wire
- Red onion skins wrapped in steel wire
- Dried avocado pits wrapped in twine, with 1 tsp grocery alum
- Dried avocado skins wrapped in twine, with 1 tsp grocery alum
- Yellow onion skins wrapped in twine, with 1 tsp grocery alum
- Red onion skins wrapped in twine, with 1 tsp grocery alum
Next time: windfall lichens and acorns are on the menu ...
