Did you eat the rabbit?
Not at this time of year. It became supper for my beagles after I cooled it. Too many worms and wolves possible in the summer. After frost they’ll be going in my freezer.
Did you eat the rabbit?
Not at this time of year. It became supper for my beagles after I cooled it. Too many worms and wolves possible in the summer. After frost they’ll be going in my freezer.
We used to have a small lots worth of raspberry canes. Mom would pick, and sell to the local organic mart. Then she found out she was allergic to bees, and we let people have the canes. What I really want, is to see about growing something I've grown to love traveling out west, called chokecherries. I bought all sorts of Chokecherry goodies on vacation, from honey, preserves, and even liqueur.
Another sign of fall -- yes, that's a fire in the woodstove, on August 1st. Blessed Lammas!
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Must be nice. Our power went out an hour in a thunderstorm just now and the temperature inside soared to 71 degrees. Thought I was going to have to go fetch one of the solar lights from the garden to read me some Bible verses and get right with God with Armageddon upon us and all. I finally said F it and called it in and the lights were back on in 5 minutes. Clearly the AntiChrist works for the utility department and didn't want me sitting there reading the good book.
LMAO..... guess he's not called the Prince of Darkness for nothing, eh? What do you keep your a/c set to?
71....but that is not the point. I am very pro-active when it comes to End Times. Without the ceiling fans circulating the cool, it was like fire and brimstone up in here. Just hope the torrential rain didn't whack my second planting of green beans that are just up to their second leaves right now. The groundhog is going to need him something to celebrate Labor Day on.
LOL @ groundhog. Say, maybe those things are delicious on the grill?
Chokecherries are amazing!
I would grow them, but I'm learning the stems can be toxic to animals. I bought 3 things I dove into already. Chokecherry Honey, chokecherry syrup, chokecherry liqueur. I was also got some berry types I've never tried, and one I never heard of. I have been wanting to try haskap berries, and bought some preserves in Canada. I was introduced to a new berry called Marionberry, which is sort of blackberry hybrid, in Government Camp, Oregon. Also got quite a few huckleberry stuff as well. Yum.
In the garden today. This looks like something, but I can't quite figure out what?
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Exactly what the misses said! I could try to dry it without it shriveling. Often, they rot on the inside. I do see dried gourds around halloween...I could read up on it.Oh wow.... a beautiful swan! I wonder if there is a way to dry and preserve it, and paint it?
Exactly what the misses said! I could try to dry it without it shriveling. Often, they rot on the inside. I do see dried gourds around halloween...I could read up on it.
yer making me hungryIt depends where I’m fishing and what kind of catfish. I’ll be using cut shad this week as I’ll be fishing mainly for blue cats where we’ll be. For channel cat my absolute favorite bait is catalpa worms. I gather them when they’re out and put 25 of them in snack bags, then put the snack bags in gallon freezer bags and freeze them. I have catalpa worms the year round. When fishing for flathead (or yellow cats as the Texans call them) I use live perch...the bigger the better. I caught the one in the pic (42 lb) on a blue gill that was as big as my hand. Disclaimer: these pics are from a couple years ago.
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I think to be successful you would have to leave them on the vine until the vine dies or at least the stem attached to the fruit dies (which is what you are supposed to do with gourds as well)