July 17, 2020: The Exoplanets of Stargate panel! Gardening! World’s most dangerous cheese!

Jul 17, 2020

At 7:00 p.m. tonight, I’ll be sitting on The Exoplanets of Stargate panel…

Should be fun. And highly informative. And I’m talking about me being informed since I’ll be sharing the virtual stage with some science heavy hitters including our host, and former Stargate science advisor, Mika McKinnon.

P.S. In the event you tune in and I’m not on the panel, it’s simply because I couldn’t figure out zoom/twitch/discord/myspaceoptima. Fingers crossed!

The pepper plants on Akemi’s balcony garden are coming along nicely. Sadly, too spicy for her, but I can assure her that they’re delicious.

The strawberry plant is also bearing fruit. Tiny, ugly fruit. But Suji isn’t complaining. She will amble out and over while Akemi is gardening, conspicuously hanging around the strawberries until she is given a few and then sent on her way.

Suji settles down for her post-strawberry snack nap.

Casu Marzu (aka maggot cheese)? Yes/No
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nantokanaru77

July 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm

Hope you have an enjoyable panel. Sorry, couldn’t access it to listen.
Maybe give us a summary what you have learned? LOL

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nantokanaru77

July 17, 2020 at 4:54 pm

Ah, just noticed it’s not 4pm EDT. Will try tune in at 7pm EDT then. LOL

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John

July 17, 2020 at 5:03 pm

How many green thumbs does Akemi have? That is spectacular farming!

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Ponytail

July 17, 2020 at 6:15 pm

That is a beautiful garden!

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Margaret M. Germroth

July 17, 2020 at 6:47 pm

My mother was from Ireland & she would never eat cheese because she saw one of her neighbor’s dig up a block of cheese from the bog and scrape maggots off it before eating it.

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cat4444

July 17, 2020 at 10:02 pm

Regarding the cheese: That would be a resounding NO. Who in their right mind would eat maggot infested cheese? Or anything else infested with maggots for that matter.

What kind of peppers are the purple ones?

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1. Joseph Mallozzi
  
  July 17, 2020 at 11:11 pm
  
  They’re some kind of Chinese peppers.
  
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TheOtherOne

July 18, 2020 at 2:40 am

Lovely garden pictures. Akemi has cultivated quite the fruit & veg collection there (quite jealous!) It did make me smile to hear you all, including Suji, share it.

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tamdixon

July 18, 2020 at 8:28 am

I’ve never had much with strawberries either. Interesting and fun that Suji likes them, though. Are the farmers markets open there?

My mom bought a large amount of strawberries a few weeks ago. So, the growing season for those might be over. My mom is buying corn now. Canning is a big hobby of hers.

Anyhoo, Akemi’s peppers are very pretty. Do they have allotments there like in England? That might be a good hobby for her.

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1. Joseph Mallozzi
  
  July 18, 2020 at 12:16 pm
  
  Some farmers markets are open but, sadly, our favorites haven’t reopened.
  
  What are allotments?
  
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  1. Tam Dixon
    
    July 18, 2020 at 3:51 pm
    
    An allotment is a plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers. I read a lot of British murder mysteries. Seems very common for UK urbanites and the suspect always hides incriminating evidence at their allotment, as well as grow a thriving garden. 😉
    
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Airelle

July 18, 2020 at 7:48 pm

Wow, congrats to Akemi, wonderful green thumb, lovely plants, and those potatoes the other day were beautiful! Maybe it was asked and answered, do you have/need bees to pollinate? if not, they are doing great.

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