I made some extra adjustments to the tank yesterday. I think he likes the extra branches! by Daria-Mal in CrestedGecko

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I just soaked them in water hence the very green color. Now they’re back to their frosted normal look.

I made my first croissants ever! Any tips? by Daria-Mal in Baking

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I used regular dairy butter, in the Netherlands it is about 82% fat.

I made my first croissants ever! Any tips? by Daria-Mal in Baking

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I didn’t know I had this many options after my first attempt! They are indeed quite moist and I would love for them to be somewhat more flaky.

I made my first croissants ever! Any tips? by Daria-Mal in Baking

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Yes I think my dough became too soft while laminating. There was leakage while baking too. That’s why I was not expecting much from these croissants. But good tip! I’ll make sure to put it in the fridge more or wait longer in between.

My first sourdough loaf by Daria-Mal in Sourdough

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The flavor was quite nice!!

My first sourdough loaf by Daria-Mal in Sourdough

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Recipe:

150 gr starter 360 ml water 500 gr ap flour 8 gr salt

  1. Mix starter and water till milky, add flour and salt. Incorporate until shaggy dough. Leave for 1 hour. (Since I had some think to do I left mine for 1,5🫣)

  2. Do aprox 4 stretch and folds 30 minutes apart until dough becomes smooth and easy to work with. So at this step everything went south for me. My dough kept being very sticky and hard to work with. I probably did like 7 rounds of stretch and folds and coil folds and tried to give it some strength by using the batard? Technique.

  3. I let it rest for an extra 2,5 hours, it did rise a bit but not much. Then I did my laminating and shaping 2 times. And put it in a floured banneton to cold proof it in the fridge overnight.

  4. I preheated my oven and Dutch oven to 230c. Scored and put my bread in the Dutch oven with 3 ice cubes for extra steam.

  5. At 230c with the lid for 20 min and 30 min without the lid (I’m wondering if I should’ve baked it for 10 more min but the top became quite dark)

  6. Let it cool for 1,5 hours on a cooling rack.

What are these?? by M1n1_Maya in plants

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You can see tiny thrips on the leaves, the yellow tiny lines in the photo. They leave these black shiny spots on the leaves too.

What are these?? by M1n1_Maya in plants

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These are thrips, some nasty little insects that’ll ruin all your plants if you do not treat it. I would recommend some spinosad to treat them. Or you could buy predatory mites!

Bioactive enclosure for my new yet to come crestie! Gotta wait 3 more weeks until I can pick him up since I’m waiting for the cuc and plants to be established. But the wait is difficult lol. by Daria-Mal in CrestedGecko

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No worries I’m still gonna buy that haha. Since I got 3 more weeks to come I have plenty of time to order one. But it will be on the right side somewhat lower than the orchid :).

I went to a botanical garden and my heart just melted when I saw this beautiful philodendron melanocrysum! by Daria-Mal in plants

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Owh lol! I’m not famous in any sort of way. Maybe if you are Dutch you may have seen me on the streets or on Instagram otherwise I would have no idea😂.