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Every farm house I drive by with the tree rows placed "just so" makes me smile at the practical wisdom in the Almanac that was used for generations . And the younger generation think it was just an ugly landscaping choice - ha !

And the taste difference is WAY more pronounced over the years. All the methods used to store / spray / GMO if i LOOKS fantastic in the store it's probably plastic ... or simply has 1/4 of the taste it should have :) Thats probably my no 1 reason simply tastes much better ...

As a teenager I worked at a local family owned and farmed Fruit & Veggie stand we sold gorgeous green peppers for $1.75 per Peck basket. The supermarkets were 75cent / pepper ish. That memory stuck when I started my own garden my choices were always what will grow well and is ridiculously over...

Me too :) Been a very long time but I am mostly retired now and thinking about getting my son into trying with me ... Hate to see it die out of the family ... And there is this ... I mean get a doe license and crack open the window - ha. Apparently juniper is like catnip ....

we have been making hummus and putting a 1/2 in deep swirl on a plate then adding pretty much exactly this mix on top - yum !

My first time but we will be doing it again wow beautiful.

Every couple of years we do a big batch of salsa , down to out last 2 jars of 2023 so another big batch ... 44 pints this year

Having just finish my 3 year solar install journey I would say the place to start is your electric bill We used an AVERAGE 56KWH per day. Your solar panels will give you 75-80 % of their rating on a very good day ... 1200 watts is not a realistic array size for an average home. I will post a...

Ah yes and I used Madera wine hard to find but since Martha Stewart did a turkey with it and I tried it - it is a perfect basting wine :) ! Forgot that one too... Our Thanksgiving birds have been injected and basted with Madera for ??? 15 Years maybe ...

Of course - It was pretty awesome ... I had some pure orange oil extract I use ( from making Belgian beer ) but I used too much it is very strong other than that it is as Chef Parisi show's ... I will adjust to 1/2 tsp ( from a full tsp ) next time around ... ( and get some real casings) - this...

Wrote off the garden today as a total loss. Tomato plants dead potatoes same new type of weed loving the mulch ... VERY weird year. I have never seen anything this bad. Thankfully we have some planters off kitchen that were in good shape so I did the same a couple peppers, a cucumber, a very...

Salmon are running in northern Mi. Platt river canoeing last week - Nice!

That's pretty much the top I will pay 3.50 ish ... so I have not made any in a while since I regularly see $4.50 or more. I also used to take sirloin tip and brisket 50/50 ground burger but both are to high to justify the work any more ...

I just tried some local pork a heritage breed. Wow! I knew the supermarket pork was not good but I have finally decided to start improving the quality while still keeping the cost from crazy land. We have a local meat marked that sells sides of NY strip that is wonderful best we have ever had...

Here it is today , the floor is still amazing and we do love the house. We can see again with the new windows (that are pretty much the exact same as the old ones but made better - I learned the hard way). I made the kitchen table in my wood shop btw :)