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First Week of Culinary School

So It’s been my first week of culinary school. It’s been eight years since I’ve even been in school. Sure I’ve attended seminars and short courses along the way but nothing like this. Back to a school environment where grooming and uniform is a big fuss. It’s to be expected to be in the kitchen to look prim and proper, part of the whole job. I just forgot how boring it could get! LOL.

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Philippines: Bhut Jolokia and Other Seedlings Update 6/10/10

So a few days have passed and I’ve got a ton of new seedlings sprouting up. I’ve potted up a few of the serrano seedlings into their own respective cups to give space to maybe new starts that I might wanna go do.

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Philippines: Herb Sprouts, Bhut Jolokia Updates

Well now I have a few sprouts of herbs coming up from the seed tray that I sowed a ton of plants in.

Here’s a pic of all the basil sprouts I got so far:

These are lemon basil, spicy globe basil, genovese basil, and dark opal basil sown. only got sprouts on a couple cells. but I hope eventually I get all 8 cells sprouting.

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Philippines: Bhut Jolokia Quick Update

Apparently soaking the seeds don’t really work for me. The ones that I didn’t soak just went up fine without being soaked and actually went up before the ones I soaked in water.

They’re standing up! =D

I’ve got one habanero seedling standing up so far and three bhut jolokia seedlings up. but one of the bhut jolokia seedlings still has its seed coat stuck on it.

What I did was to cut part of the coat with tweezers to help it along.

Here’s a pic of the one that still has its seed coat stuck:

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Bhut Jolokia Sprouts!

As previously posted I sowed some seeds into some plastic cups in different mediums.

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

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Gardening Updates

Well it’s been raining here now. And according to yahoo it’s gonna be raining til next week. Great for people since it’s gonna get a lot cooler, but bad for my plants in general.

I’ve had my melon plants outside for about one and a half weeks now and they’ve grown accustomed to the outside. I just hope they survive the battering this rain’s gonna give them. I hope they don’t drown.

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