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    Ginseng

    Foraging for mushrooms I found ginseng for the 1st time.........
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    officially firewood season has started for me

    Ok I enjoy skidding logs, using my chain saw, and splitting rounds with my maul. Its kind of like a gym membership that you don't have to pay for and it benefits you with a pile of fire wood. " People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results." - Albert Einstein-...
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    Unlimted pasta bowl at Olive Garden for a year $300

    https://lifehacker.com/olive-garden-is-selling-an-annual-unlimited-pasta-pass-1828531916 :ep :ep
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    The New Guy on the Homestead

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    Black Garlic

    Almost complete yesterday took the garlic out of rice cooker after 9 days on warm. I had the rice cooker in my detached garage during fermentation, the garlic smell gets very very very strong. For maximum flavor I've read to air dry for another 7 days ( my next step ) . When complete you can...
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    Up grading my off grid cabin to a 5 star rating

    Working on a 4 x 8 out door shower currently we hang a shower bag in a sycamore tree using a pallet platform behind our cabin. I used some 4" x 6" x 8' pine dunage for post and pickets from home depot. Ill use 3-4" gravel for drainage and work on some kind of flooring. I'm thinking of utilizing...
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    chaterelle and jack o lattern

    Tis the season for chaterelle mushrooms they look like wild flowers on the mountain side. We harvested 4 buckets full this weekend. They have an apricot smell and taste great. Be careful of the chaterelle look alike the jack o lantern its poisonous and glows in the dark. mountainside of chats...
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    Interesting article about whole milk

    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/07/cheese-butter-not-necessarily-linked-to-death/565253/
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    A2A2 milk

    What do you all think about A2A2 milk ? For the last 5-6 years we have been working on breeding A2A2 Mini Jerseys. We started with a mid sized A2A2 Jersey cow and have breed down to Mini the, Mini's were just to expensive. Now we kind of prefer mid size over mini cause their easier to milk...
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    difference in garlic size w and w/o scape

    Ive always read to cut scapes to increase garlic bulb size by 35% this year a few didnt get cut check out the difference .
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    succession-planting

    I just harvested 1/2 my garlic today a bit early but I planted my tomatoes in the middle of my two beds of garlic and thought they needed some sun, so I harvested one of the side beds. My plan is to top dress the bed where the garlic was with composted manure and plant Mustard greens ( Florida...
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    cabin buddy

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