tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35523876750267167972024-03-19T03:48:50.929-05:00Two Men and a Little FarmDocumenting our gradual journey from a high-rise apartment in downtown Houston to 11 wonderful acres in the country...1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-8599224527926551972024-03-18T09:24:00.001-05:002024-03-18T09:24:00.168-05:00SPRING IN THE ORCHARD<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> I got the orchard area all cleaned up, it's SO nice now.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's a multistep process. First, I edge around each raised bed. Then I go into each bed and edge inside (careful of course to avoid the base of the trees/bushes). Then I use the little electric push mower to get in between the beds a bit more. Lastly, I get the big Zen Machine and go around as much as I can and it "cleans up" all the grass from the prior events.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMQwqekItrvLigHJ43MaQPu6krhd6jvId_e9ymNQPXpV2DqQ8CXSRIe3yXgiQ59BEHAMlL6c2w5ApeXWYAZTeg_ZcqrtTP2iXrz_Jy7aSwv9AYdN3uHJfJWZSn-KuRPPWaIaYGoKh9fqSysjQ3JFyYdZpuS9Ca3GNkaupZ5kYI4HfA_17C7g9ieB5DrD5/s4032/IMG_0586.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMQwqekItrvLigHJ43MaQPu6krhd6jvId_e9ymNQPXpV2DqQ8CXSRIe3yXgiQ59BEHAMlL6c2w5ApeXWYAZTeg_ZcqrtTP2iXrz_Jy7aSwv9AYdN3uHJfJWZSn-KuRPPWaIaYGoKh9fqSysjQ3JFyYdZpuS9Ca3GNkaupZ5kYI4HfA_17C7g9ieB5DrD5/w640-h480/IMG_0586.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the end, it looks like this and it makes us happy. Now in the upcoming weeks, I'll add soil as needed and top off with mulch and it will be picture perfect and good for the the season. But for now, we're happy and the trees are happy and blooming.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Speaking of blooming...</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeczGro96wpjNjk1OmnGOjbr6BCqCEAfNLiVZQ1hEeIWi5nerawon6eNCC0QZUgwpY8QQLqCyM29TSCdt2cBuxcu-Fv_wjYf9VlIbHWoS2Ps58tnvWV4CNp0NNCHWzL5xsJB6cT229Ys_voNzsKWgeBddT0o75fEuLLv5O2YWxcTA2H-z1LQeedW5sWBF/s1721/IMG_0580.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="1291" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeczGro96wpjNjk1OmnGOjbr6BCqCEAfNLiVZQ1hEeIWi5nerawon6eNCC0QZUgwpY8QQLqCyM29TSCdt2cBuxcu-Fv_wjYf9VlIbHWoS2Ps58tnvWV4CNp0NNCHWzL5xsJB6cT229Ys_voNzsKWgeBddT0o75fEuLLv5O2YWxcTA2H-z1LQeedW5sWBF/w480-h640/IMG_0580.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Nectarine...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFZc1iAeZVWhwvo_qIvP9KZXE-TkfytR8Uzuek0dJSR5a5ILLc9wJSWjhlIfiTkP_KTODkcZLgAjHpllRF-9Z2ZaK1XND8jwYBiWhvu19BJP04LrSe2OYETnNUhrzWThGpD1UGnR9gl-u5Ps0Bs9wq3797KjOdBBxrEd66Q23eQeHH1gyH8WuP3QFrR6B/s4032/IMG_0335%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFZc1iAeZVWhwvo_qIvP9KZXE-TkfytR8Uzuek0dJSR5a5ILLc9wJSWjhlIfiTkP_KTODkcZLgAjHpllRF-9Z2ZaK1XND8jwYBiWhvu19BJP04LrSe2OYETnNUhrzWThGpD1UGnR9gl-u5Ps0Bs9wq3797KjOdBBxrEd66Q23eQeHH1gyH8WuP3QFrR6B/w480-h640/IMG_0335%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Plums...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze4IbzU7KMNHwnJw_JFt0z_BSrQ_LI4fgYuRD6lWa099W7wTHKleurX6uglquNE3YLQr1NKk6BYbV0GsQ7RYd8-0RuFdkYFXOZadIJ98Rp7LoLm72Si_Q0fpiZPB2wKm6fA5SwH04Hjn7ZxnYlcAY_IESTzLFhtCcyD0AxzORMoqDscv7zHNiSIeZ2XCs/s1949/IMG_0578.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1949" data-original-width="1461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze4IbzU7KMNHwnJw_JFt0z_BSrQ_LI4fgYuRD6lWa099W7wTHKleurX6uglquNE3YLQr1NKk6BYbV0GsQ7RYd8-0RuFdkYFXOZadIJ98Rp7LoLm72Si_Q0fpiZPB2wKm6fA5SwH04Hjn7ZxnYlcAY_IESTzLFhtCcyD0AxzORMoqDscv7zHNiSIeZ2XCs/w480-h640/IMG_0578.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cherry blossoms (bush cherries)...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1r7aqqJ6cn9IDXDjflw724v8NeGRk1_rYjKHvDozufPAfRI5D0S8ShR0squGEr44agJ-GBCFrZFUowJAvbR9qIVdB7Skx7twe463pP8ixz6gOv2JtHSGZJsaPNwmiJTeIDd7ka2_HjOnHWMq3qhh9lIn9DHwE7j44UPZcKY1_mpScbnfMa2GRg0d0Ft_/s3314/IMG_0579.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3314" data-original-width="2485" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1r7aqqJ6cn9IDXDjflw724v8NeGRk1_rYjKHvDozufPAfRI5D0S8ShR0squGEr44agJ-GBCFrZFUowJAvbR9qIVdB7Skx7twe463pP8ixz6gOv2JtHSGZJsaPNwmiJTeIDd7ka2_HjOnHWMq3qhh9lIn9DHwE7j44UPZcKY1_mpScbnfMa2GRg0d0Ft_/w480-h640/IMG_0579.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fig tree (no blooms but happily leafing out after almost not making it last Summer)...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1b1H96Q8CVGW4eggHcORGmzFOlk1d7jBmX33C2oCC0lDcVGSWlKMrasikrLD1Vo89ljo98IJq3N1x2PXPflDDKW52fwXtAY9_3l610Vm55OGSNVEqA_yg-0UEu1Dv14sQGguq-nOpWmh13oq2WCE5DuhLIA02fmkoYOq9wgelKioVn38uBVM8eohIPFn/s4032/IMG_0565.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1b1H96Q8CVGW4eggHcORGmzFOlk1d7jBmX33C2oCC0lDcVGSWlKMrasikrLD1Vo89ljo98IJq3N1x2PXPflDDKW52fwXtAY9_3l610Vm55OGSNVEqA_yg-0UEu1Dv14sQGguq-nOpWmh13oq2WCE5DuhLIA02fmkoYOq9wgelKioVn38uBVM8eohIPFn/w480-h640/IMG_0565.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Both pear trees...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8DS4vHAwHVALKaqIOYVZ9DQI0WOKQ1Sb9Djx0z5JQj8xvkcDsXch07ndLZYpplaP2AyFeZlU0od40k4sze5uxvbDIX4IvcunOp8EAZURgzvDWtSL3tN3A8RgsUs7gTFG4XpoM7QopwNErigzo_K_xl9sy4moxrMRjQC4MGOjwG4pDMhsAbMlSqB1xvp9/s3414/IMG_0569.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3414" data-original-width="2560" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8DS4vHAwHVALKaqIOYVZ9DQI0WOKQ1Sb9Djx0z5JQj8xvkcDsXch07ndLZYpplaP2AyFeZlU0od40k4sze5uxvbDIX4IvcunOp8EAZURgzvDWtSL3tN3A8RgsUs7gTFG4XpoM7QopwNErigzo_K_xl9sy4moxrMRjQC4MGOjwG4pDMhsAbMlSqB1xvp9/w480-h640/IMG_0569.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Blueberries (two varieties) are flowering...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_j8W-i_JtRnL-WBr-9mUAN1Xa7mtGvNTsStUluX_1OV55IVglBZXRHnN8yZPk8HQUIxTkK_09wlBGC5-l439r2zXKZvTYmKsXcvGWcGwmGt80Zv1yPOHsLj0xeCV8us0IHXxLkm5L1L5drVPXFnk49aIGT1qws88IPX0o-_dz9JQwwWw6sifX7QMMwskH/s4032/IMG_0572.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_j8W-i_JtRnL-WBr-9mUAN1Xa7mtGvNTsStUluX_1OV55IVglBZXRHnN8yZPk8HQUIxTkK_09wlBGC5-l439r2zXKZvTYmKsXcvGWcGwmGt80Zv1yPOHsLj0xeCV8us0IHXxLkm5L1L5drVPXFnk49aIGT1qws88IPX0o-_dz9JQwwWw6sifX7QMMwskH/w480-h640/IMG_0572.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This is the mayhaw, flowers and buds all over...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WNbjNquhbJ1wsrqsVPDGUg6UKbzMRWEzGtkt9-XUmZQ0NA3l-eEQivDLatepVgjqNgANYS8CLPlGgq2uQcdkECl4CIqtKbvY19U78yMZ7ub-Swmycb5tOCQYdxOsVxzjBfAxIV9VcfDzM2ycKm0armsMb3JWg-rKsXmiVB23F6vbm1QezJGHew6Y-4vg/s3649/IMG_0331.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3649" data-original-width="2737" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WNbjNquhbJ1wsrqsVPDGUg6UKbzMRWEzGtkt9-XUmZQ0NA3l-eEQivDLatepVgjqNgANYS8CLPlGgq2uQcdkECl4CIqtKbvY19U78yMZ7ub-Swmycb5tOCQYdxOsVxzjBfAxIV9VcfDzM2ycKm0armsMb3JWg-rKsXmiVB23F6vbm1QezJGHew6Y-4vg/w480-h640/IMG_0331.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One apple tree...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kOLQp0eWniaKfq0q0A8qCNPtuJn7eRUlfnp5YZoqNjYTbbNsco4fjQseY0LLEv3sD_6K89_ZauzjktE95_dN5YSRgIQn_-4L4KhJK0dNu4SJJYCSxonhOYXIJpxBm-_1E9bYu3XzyNj7Ybh7zYBOGg87lh1XBtwk7XxlgOlkk3howvH0ZTfiJXN5wEqM/s3608/IMG_0332.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3608" data-original-width="2706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kOLQp0eWniaKfq0q0A8qCNPtuJn7eRUlfnp5YZoqNjYTbbNsco4fjQseY0LLEv3sD_6K89_ZauzjktE95_dN5YSRgIQn_-4L4KhJK0dNu4SJJYCSxonhOYXIJpxBm-_1E9bYu3XzyNj7Ybh7zYBOGg87lh1XBtwk7XxlgOlkk3howvH0ZTfiJXN5wEqM/w480-h640/IMG_0332.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And the other apple tree!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Spring is definitely doing its thing!</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-77563769390297773702024-03-17T12:02:00.003-05:002024-03-17T14:15:19.186-05:00GOOD BIRTHDAY FOOD AND HOBART ST PATRICKS DAY SUNDAY<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday was 2nd Man's birthday! So we had some good food for sure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OQt15P695CwVFp8KLVXLxHiBjfI4qIBBWSz1QiK1GSL7hQG4at13wZPlg0MZZiqalxNHfHMXPZdh-osz15VRhq_8Xq_sRGjIngsXOH6Xkv-lyF-6YFLyGOrr25TGLmqkYdVaS9uYmkANEurRG4N5xch7KxFUWVX8sQBX8-RVYRrPjG2Aw0CmqFmYjJ6G/s4032/IMG_0760.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OQt15P695CwVFp8KLVXLxHiBjfI4qIBBWSz1QiK1GSL7hQG4at13wZPlg0MZZiqalxNHfHMXPZdh-osz15VRhq_8Xq_sRGjIngsXOH6Xkv-lyF-6YFLyGOrr25TGLmqkYdVaS9uYmkANEurRG4N5xch7KxFUWVX8sQBX8-RVYRrPjG2Aw0CmqFmYjJ6G/w640-h480/IMG_0760.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Regular readers might know this but new ones might not, his favorite meal that I make for him every year on his birthday, is a tuna casserole. Don't judge, we know it can have a negative connotation, but I do make a really good one...problem is (now) we have to eat heart healthy. We're cutting back on salt, trying to reduce saturated fat to as little as possible and staying away from white flour in lieu of wheat/whole grains.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, I had to reinvent it using healthy ingredients. This is made with no fat cheddar cheese, vegan mayonnaise that I found and we LOVE it, Greek yogurt instead of heavy cream, heart healthy cream of mushroom and whole wheat pasta! Oh and organic tuna in water two cans to add the extra Omega 3's. It's just about as healthy as it can get.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It tasted wonderful and he loved it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRYGZ_JImqc7xqawjuiufzmCTjuhfwz-lTFW65lorfAI88qxmfbJ6wkKRhYJ2b214pqFA316Nv4Js08w2_IP05RsTxWlvdaVpujJmi8VpspReaPcqQdc8INoj_qqYVtic-FNrlrEfcPOWYHTHsdmLN-kGZCjwEDEY2NUmORm9fqiHZKFrw5SLWbo2K-is/s4032/IMG_0786.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRYGZ_JImqc7xqawjuiufzmCTjuhfwz-lTFW65lorfAI88qxmfbJ6wkKRhYJ2b214pqFA316Nv4Js08w2_IP05RsTxWlvdaVpujJmi8VpspReaPcqQdc8INoj_qqYVtic-FNrlrEfcPOWYHTHsdmLN-kGZCjwEDEY2NUmORm9fqiHZKFrw5SLWbo2K-is/w480-h640/IMG_0786.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He made his birthday cake and it was a regular cake...but we limited ourselves to one slice each and the rest will be taken to work. It was a white velvet cake with vanilla cream filling and mascarpone frosting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Delicious!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVS4V7RsHCcJPWuc7OfK2pXaqcUtWMeoaqJxbJe2Ta40YVOiAcNUMt5DB_1OmDN6VN_tLfUm7KiN0ZZg-Q7waLDKjwX1z2jf_xuGQGxGc5h3RB4jiNRxVXBF2AV1q6htNJrrbRmmJFMoflUSJPb8tN8ZqG2AsKIVcCg5XnwnXanrktMwsfBlxFwx9esQCB/s3839/IMG_0749.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3839" data-original-width="2879" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVS4V7RsHCcJPWuc7OfK2pXaqcUtWMeoaqJxbJe2Ta40YVOiAcNUMt5DB_1OmDN6VN_tLfUm7KiN0ZZg-Q7waLDKjwX1z2jf_xuGQGxGc5h3RB4jiNRxVXBF2AV1q6htNJrrbRmmJFMoflUSJPb8tN8ZqG2AsKIVcCg5XnwnXanrktMwsfBlxFwx9esQCB/w480-h640/IMG_0749.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Gotta have some celebrating with sparkling rosé wine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjUgIf-yIMGTPNL20uD5lgYvopbm9b7FBBblyIi6hLLzaAmujXUZyieEjm1b_gpai_hjhKE-QgVcBClbFKVJvqT16c1I8xIgK2umNmBNlOXroFxZsPurQ-EalOZXb6LcwDjzeWeneOidwgStA8xJ9UpLAE_12LlVgc3sUJPHC7xW3IFAy_IXOOUbv_wQp/s3764/IMG_0641.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3764" data-original-width="2823" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjUgIf-yIMGTPNL20uD5lgYvopbm9b7FBBblyIi6hLLzaAmujXUZyieEjm1b_gpai_hjhKE-QgVcBClbFKVJvqT16c1I8xIgK2umNmBNlOXroFxZsPurQ-EalOZXb6LcwDjzeWeneOidwgStA8xJ9UpLAE_12LlVgc3sUJPHC7xW3IFAy_IXOOUbv_wQp/w480-h640/IMG_0641.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hobart laid there while we ate and celebrated in his own way. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">By sleeping.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Cf4mJGZ97kE5RywgkhdvS2-JnITYIQsv4scFVKKMc-Kv0Mfb2soM0SvOR8sbzTL4tQpPKt9ioLSzvkc6jq7rO0cs4Y8_PAgpOfzrGMQ1rI132DvgxIggnQKJXKDVcVdmtjuUnmU4VV3hMHkSZaPJ3uDES2E6Jk30tom8GOwom77bMgaBEKdJ8fCCrt97/s4032/IMG_0456.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Cf4mJGZ97kE5RywgkhdvS2-JnITYIQsv4scFVKKMc-Kv0Mfb2soM0SvOR8sbzTL4tQpPKt9ioLSzvkc6jq7rO0cs4Y8_PAgpOfzrGMQ1rI132DvgxIggnQKJXKDVcVdmtjuUnmU4VV3hMHkSZaPJ3uDES2E6Jk30tom8GOwom77bMgaBEKdJ8fCCrt97/w640-h480/IMG_0456.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And check this out. You know me, I could NOT pass this up! My goal is to have an old farm truck to represent every holiday, ha! Too cute!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(24, 22, 22); color: #181616;">"May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full Moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door..." - </span><span style="color: #181616;"><span>Irish</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(24, 22, 22); color: #181616;"> blessing</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy St. Patrick's Day to all and especially a Happy Birthday to 2nd Man.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>#notspoiled</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-27896852112699181362024-03-15T09:00:00.001-05:002024-03-15T09:00:00.252-05:00CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...that are causing problems, ha!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Last weekend when I mowed, I encountered this in a remote spot on the property:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibarA1S1ihKQzmnNT1TMqQrraceJameICAJ6bHhblbE_Ig4aVd3qW_kltFRktI1ELa07unlA0Y6c0DvrVtG9EQbqX1M6LoS27n1U8SFsdUsyWrA_MCqDLB9V_ul59Z9rWUC8-V0TaXAIoYq4d2x8SEOq9C8I8bCNjmV5wqyW26Kq0HJyEiSikWFoWqBu8D/s4032/IMG_0546.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibarA1S1ihKQzmnNT1TMqQrraceJameICAJ6bHhblbE_Ig4aVd3qW_kltFRktI1ELa07unlA0Y6c0DvrVtG9EQbqX1M6LoS27n1U8SFsdUsyWrA_MCqDLB9V_ul59Z9rWUC8-V0TaXAIoYq4d2x8SEOq9C8I8bCNjmV5wqyW26Kq0HJyEiSikWFoWqBu8D/w480-h640/IMG_0546.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The grass/ground was torn up in these two spots. We'd have to guess feral hogs? Thankfully, there are no other signs of this anywhere else (and I was all over the property on the mower) and nothing close to the house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Are there other animals that could do this or most likely hogs?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then, there was this on the porch:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXC5q9QtqRxSImWFXwpYkyRniK7ty8Jv81A503Lr0pMwNZH1KavsaaYIqZZmG72lOo3CkYi-lQh5TtEGTDlIfyn50qS8P8sTqn0RMJD-VdwyYx7WOVE8PwQtXsx4DHekGsm27-rkrMCXQOOCY9lOzro9_9112b87a5lEwIDKxGM77tdsw32yjfpArH6ki/s4032/IMG_0588.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXC5q9QtqRxSImWFXwpYkyRniK7ty8Jv81A503Lr0pMwNZH1KavsaaYIqZZmG72lOo3CkYi-lQh5TtEGTDlIfyn50qS8P8sTqn0RMJD-VdwyYx7WOVE8PwQtXsx4DHekGsm27-rkrMCXQOOCY9lOzro9_9112b87a5lEwIDKxGM77tdsw32yjfpArH6ki/w480-h640/IMG_0588.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had a bag of mulch that was NOT like this when we left the weekend before, ha. Something had torn into it in several spots. Raccoons? Opossums? Armadillos? They are small openings and on the bottom of the bag, so it would appear that it was not anything large.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Any thoughts on what might have decided to try a snack of bark mulch?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-62498208041289179272024-03-13T09:00:00.001-05:002024-03-13T09:00:00.256-05:00A GIFT OF BOOKS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In the mail the recently, we received a box. And another box. And more!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nm8ETNGUZYh0VXUmelXepcKBwloFE-z1MbWc4q_uY4zS9UF7tntDm5yRHVkP-8jrKUuSV6127wiVEdcg0jqGVEdERA06PQGvZxlYQC8_uRvvGA9RAajRPwwYHPjTqEjzlo8oj5gjI-zXD-hUzWE_0DWaojL6mH36nEJhRQrXD705j3hCo6r3DCaMSNkK/s4032/IMG_9059.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nm8ETNGUZYh0VXUmelXepcKBwloFE-z1MbWc4q_uY4zS9UF7tntDm5yRHVkP-8jrKUuSV6127wiVEdcg0jqGVEdERA06PQGvZxlYQC8_uRvvGA9RAajRPwwYHPjTqEjzlo8oj5gjI-zXD-hUzWE_0DWaojL6mH36nEJhRQrXD705j3hCo6r3DCaMSNkK/w480-h640/IMG_9059.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A very sweet friend is paring down her book collection and sent us these boxes of gardening books! There are books on butterflies, bird watching, building birdhouses, flowers, vegetables, companion planting, heirloom planting, edible wild plants, and even a book on heat tolerant plants (definitely something to know here).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Several of them are geared toward gardening and planting right here in our part of the state.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I think 2nd Man was jealous that they were all for me (he is the cookbook gatherer in the household, ha) but was still excited to be able to add to our library.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Fi7Onzlj_5C89MxwC8AaihV216mCMqDLh4JKNc5mcH_RvGf3t0m0e-ExYRKAgn9fxXTODbJsvDS0bfMEtzZ5fLkjCCpgmCobFoAock6ljUNrmckAbw-cdBgdAQRsLmAdNxIffRTt_JRhVwCBOemHNzuW6NJjN9-nP_5Y3K0jWhM2TagMRtYMeQPi4gWP/s1200/WE%20LOVE%20BOOKS.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Fi7Onzlj_5C89MxwC8AaihV216mCMqDLh4JKNc5mcH_RvGf3t0m0e-ExYRKAgn9fxXTODbJsvDS0bfMEtzZ5fLkjCCpgmCobFoAock6ljUNrmckAbw-cdBgdAQRsLmAdNxIffRTt_JRhVwCBOemHNzuW6NJjN9-nP_5Y3K0jWhM2TagMRtYMeQPi4gWP/w640-h214/WE%20LOVE%20BOOKS.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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Even though I was going to be out there on Saturday and it would be OK to sit out overnight, there was rain in the forecast on Friday and storms on the radar.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvfeEAoD1-imjeH8x42bIFagLUwRZCnIHZ_FS6dov1ED8XJX6GEXcuISsrQDObb0ATjAGR-I4ngUNcHmIhaQ9QnWH6WNPVD61Ti1vNPOvWtEuaAk11o8rd2ED-Ki7BT0yHm1wpKHcf74tkvpnGO3F9hUy2Pd9BBrXznQedMORLdEb2f5m3weaSc72HWI1/s2785/IMG_0504.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2785" data-original-width="2113" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvfeEAoD1-imjeH8x42bIFagLUwRZCnIHZ_FS6dov1ED8XJX6GEXcuISsrQDObb0ATjAGR-I4ngUNcHmIhaQ9QnWH6WNPVD61Ti1vNPOvWtEuaAk11o8rd2ED-Ki7BT0yHm1wpKHcf74tkvpnGO3F9hUy2Pd9BBrXznQedMORLdEb2f5m3weaSc72HWI1/w486-h640/IMG_0504.jpeg" width="486" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I drove out there and back Friday morning to put it in the shed. There was heavy dew and fog earlier (you can see the wet tire tracks) but it never rained. Of course, if I had not gone out there, it would have poured, isn't that the way it always works?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Saturday I went out by myself to do yard work. 2nd Man had work to do on a project that was due Sunday. I have an app on my watch that makes an emergency call with one button push, sort of like an app version of a "Life Alert". I have 911 programmed in it and it also calls both him and 2nd Family who lives at the front of the property. I felt safe.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I also cleared with the doctor to do yardwork duties and he said it was fine. In fact, it was funny because he said "oh a Deere riding lawn tractor? That's like a luxury car, you are fine". I also asked about the weedeater and he said I should be fine with most anything.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When I got there it was 52 degrees with a strong wind. A bit chilly. I got things ready for my projects and by then it had gotten warmer and it was perfect.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-lkIdFD30qeJBg7fuWyojyPtQV5MZLgfSVoqytMCpgcaBF46KWAnVbqUekhS7vMNigLizhlkR-xljxUACqVRd5O821cnFXtg22i4L-lKvYcyuBehWoqoGW_qhrUApvRwnBG-0pmep6c1Zm4jOP5XPwtjBIMS4NGvimKlSa36ZlPYPdAv6AwhhnPO4fSC/s4032/IMG_0539.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-lkIdFD30qeJBg7fuWyojyPtQV5MZLgfSVoqytMCpgcaBF46KWAnVbqUekhS7vMNigLizhlkR-xljxUACqVRd5O821cnFXtg22i4L-lKvYcyuBehWoqoGW_qhrUApvRwnBG-0pmep6c1Zm4jOP5XPwtjBIMS4NGvimKlSa36ZlPYPdAv6AwhhnPO4fSC/w480-h640/IMG_0539.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Key. Check.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mower refreshed. Check.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Full tank and backup gas. Check.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrq2aENPHcG7h535pz4d05pE5AdpTSUZczmn2lSsw7cdEaOhbRo9wos6tIoU4LpJIUQTVhbaVAG55L7476IE1d9i0qvR2BP4O-GyZAp2eAbfp4hbH3AJ-ofg78a2nouNqijZWVWQBSIvLfyCUKqLi1PGKNGgtf5k2SgO7ctgzdpepkZhvZ2N_0zodb1rU/s4032/IMG_0540.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrq2aENPHcG7h535pz4d05pE5AdpTSUZczmn2lSsw7cdEaOhbRo9wos6tIoU4LpJIUQTVhbaVAG55L7476IE1d9i0qvR2BP4O-GyZAp2eAbfp4hbH3AJ-ofg78a2nouNqijZWVWQBSIvLfyCUKqLi1PGKNGgtf5k2SgO7ctgzdpepkZhvZ2N_0zodb1rU/w480-h640/IMG_0540.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here is part of the driveway, well, halfway through it, before...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi0K28XPexnh9BQTrkO8hh59ED24IxjrxtK-7EEOVYroz66xNeJLFWvjQBBiZ9Tfbjn9e1L6E42XFfZp0rFnxWO8XYTY29VleQxNnYMBYcBsHpc9-OXsDZLOVQxneSTRMbLYlgnz-r50Sg9fObLA8WFqsxfReJFo8EIPRqA2KDfkIKegI_j-4_F8inpSH/s4032/IMG_0542.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi0K28XPexnh9BQTrkO8hh59ED24IxjrxtK-7EEOVYroz66xNeJLFWvjQBBiZ9Tfbjn9e1L6E42XFfZp0rFnxWO8XYTY29VleQxNnYMBYcBsHpc9-OXsDZLOVQxneSTRMbLYlgnz-r50Sg9fObLA8WFqsxfReJFo8EIPRqA2KDfkIKegI_j-4_F8inpSH/w480-h640/IMG_0542.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...and here is that same angle "after". Looks nice and no longer overwhelming.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKjWPYk0gzEz4WmwFkqB1rXabaNX3QqWKHDMcVKK1O6__vW0F1cpziza-YE3sccbUzU16o9Tx4pVpDw9qHAq-x7pv_d8quoA_TQkOjCTBRgZ1V1slBs-KeXALAaTVYOa_DBIw7Wus9T3EBLQs8UEUTxdKcPWWVxFS5WEY9-5ocWY8TKnTHOtdOOzKRp5a/s4032/IMG_0543.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKjWPYk0gzEz4WmwFkqB1rXabaNX3QqWKHDMcVKK1O6__vW0F1cpziza-YE3sccbUzU16o9Tx4pVpDw9qHAq-x7pv_d8quoA_TQkOjCTBRgZ1V1slBs-KeXALAaTVYOa_DBIw7Wus9T3EBLQs8UEUTxdKcPWWVxFS5WEY9-5ocWY8TKnTHOtdOOzKRp5a/w480-h640/IMG_0543.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here is alongside the garden fence. It was crazy tall. This is before...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVOBZXRU2JbTkv8Rh8rkbXkj9A_tuHlPHUxBzuDbeXf3l9q-ZXer0Im6ZLKc1UXlzwyTJT_oNj-2R0WF0Tjajv7Wde61xBZHC2GFVdFfLHRE5dfRkJX2yUvKEGDgvCtkG2IRmqd5_rDpUtuRj72W7RvnAhT_dDMLPoPgTx4Z1ZTfGtDxFcw_FhhdzdSy5/s4032/IMG_0544.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVOBZXRU2JbTkv8Rh8rkbXkj9A_tuHlPHUxBzuDbeXf3l9q-ZXer0Im6ZLKc1UXlzwyTJT_oNj-2R0WF0Tjajv7Wde61xBZHC2GFVdFfLHRE5dfRkJX2yUvKEGDgvCtkG2IRmqd5_rDpUtuRj72W7RvnAhT_dDMLPoPgTx4Z1ZTfGtDxFcw_FhhdzdSy5/w480-h640/IMG_0544.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...and this after. I will go back another time with the weedeater along the fence. That brush on the right will be removed at some point as well.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I was also able to get the trails we have created around the property.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Xc2ehrbAmyDX5RaZPgVR0eLkR5hjfG8EUYVhuRVI9wZasyfSTnaf3O3cM6OKaHBp6bLcXxVpfQoq7VRJbWOzO_JdT6XQ5DGt10cRRhelp1TOg9zWQ3ePBaQ1-evTXeOEc3y8hF7vxZxPa1d8UH5kWq1MIQYL3Gqni4XFwsqIWwyum8tDYi889pXQg9PJ/s4032/IMG_0547.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Xc2ehrbAmyDX5RaZPgVR0eLkR5hjfG8EUYVhuRVI9wZasyfSTnaf3O3cM6OKaHBp6bLcXxVpfQoq7VRJbWOzO_JdT6XQ5DGt10cRRhelp1TOg9zWQ3ePBaQ1-evTXeOEc3y8hF7vxZxPa1d8UH5kWq1MIQYL3Gqni4XFwsqIWwyum8tDYi889pXQg9PJ/w480-h640/IMG_0547.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's always nice to keep these clear.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIHXW_U-uQKP0sNOSnYDnKx0nYyqFGXuaFC4iW_qZOqem_1ttnm8GTKIdZt0XZ_d3SedJNZieXu1Q_xalZiO7aaV6D1ZU_AxxatAtdFZOeEK5ABLeW4-oVOww12QkDQDhjJd-ri4FUM9o-tEphxDFKFG6MaFtPF-CZpmBWexUP9b9FOYU6T_CDRoGRKkK/s4032/IMG_0550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIHXW_U-uQKP0sNOSnYDnKx0nYyqFGXuaFC4iW_qZOqem_1ttnm8GTKIdZt0XZ_d3SedJNZieXu1Q_xalZiO7aaV6D1ZU_AxxatAtdFZOeEK5ABLeW4-oVOww12QkDQDhjJd-ri4FUM9o-tEphxDFKFG6MaFtPF-CZpmBWexUP9b9FOYU6T_CDRoGRKkK/w640-h480/IMG_0550.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It lets us access various places to do trimming, gather dewberries, look for interesting things and even lets the wildlife move around easily.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lastly, here is the front yard area...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioA9BzUjN-SMVhnUboMk_an8ULsteeV7u16LpHEPFJzHF5wesB_Xs0Lx4dh6iIeOw-fe9loX87NOJArR-UxjOAgHLrTGGmXr6oXykdRHM75GA9QHW5eag3VGjTeBPMfuXJ10O3ax086yaPb-rDUvRdOdQDHu24sp0trhopjVX0JhZZ6mR65yTe3IufUvnZ/s3828/IMG_0532.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="3828" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioA9BzUjN-SMVhnUboMk_an8ULsteeV7u16LpHEPFJzHF5wesB_Xs0Lx4dh6iIeOw-fe9loX87NOJArR-UxjOAgHLrTGGmXr6oXykdRHM75GA9QHW5eag3VGjTeBPMfuXJ10O3ax086yaPb-rDUvRdOdQDHu24sp0trhopjVX0JhZZ6mR65yTe3IufUvnZ/w640-h480/IMG_0532.jpeg" width="640" /></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4s0clFa8E-y39HuSy1MWF5Zr6PkkDaCI1xfrlFgYSoB2ooil2CcMwgD9vxv-nQFsgkDtDDns4M6HkcPP28CNvu3GB77sOgJU5Hi3y5rkGCE-lIitXQlrfk-a8zwvHFBObs-C7ysNAyIp3XTVkzQj2GFjfVRNES_Td-GEWxWHJpOdjBXXi_FkajyqBU0Y/s3441/IMG_0554.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2580" data-original-width="3441" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4s0clFa8E-y39HuSy1MWF5Zr6PkkDaCI1xfrlFgYSoB2ooil2CcMwgD9vxv-nQFsgkDtDDns4M6HkcPP28CNvu3GB77sOgJU5Hi3y5rkGCE-lIitXQlrfk-a8zwvHFBObs-C7ysNAyIp3XTVkzQj2GFjfVRNES_Td-GEWxWHJpOdjBXXi_FkajyqBU0Y/w640-h480/IMG_0554.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...and after!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Much better!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-B8tK4RMuVm1W0VC1niVaVPXiljhfEOyGRgTDSqPZBzJ7UOvNMcJThR0zE2dPBREEY9Zgz9tV2zBajJ4H09aGAcO0uBAXffLLGt2KsQGtyDXRDm1IIZmFXnw8W_oltDt2E26tVmT4IURxYnFfz5mPdlcD6MMNffm1dRuG3ZYhtUvwS_0L_JakCbF7uOPb/s1284/IMG_0564.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1284" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-B8tK4RMuVm1W0VC1niVaVPXiljhfEOyGRgTDSqPZBzJ7UOvNMcJThR0zE2dPBREEY9Zgz9tV2zBajJ4H09aGAcO0uBAXffLLGt2KsQGtyDXRDm1IIZmFXnw8W_oltDt2E26tVmT4IURxYnFfz5mPdlcD6MMNffm1dRuG3ZYhtUvwS_0L_JakCbF7uOPb/w640-h414/IMG_0564.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here it is, the official record of the first mow of 2024.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1 hr 40 minutes of...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGxMooPm2WMlP7pMwg5ACYP003Rv4Ts6bP4Uk4CN32r5ANF0fDG6IxfA2GJ62dxGuvK7PCTohO5TnNYDwAlPjGn4I9KHCYHiVL0yMsMZgVLVC2pxdLEHDvP3xcitskFeU76Xzu-nAm_JAa65mN2kMcIVCBJvfuM8n1fO3dUyKPn1s6DPjwbESVEoIX_QR/s450/mowing.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="450" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGxMooPm2WMlP7pMwg5ACYP003Rv4Ts6bP4Uk4CN32r5ANF0fDG6IxfA2GJ62dxGuvK7PCTohO5TnNYDwAlPjGn4I9KHCYHiVL0yMsMZgVLVC2pxdLEHDvP3xcitskFeU76Xzu-nAm_JAa65mN2kMcIVCBJvfuM8n1fO3dUyKPn1s6DPjwbESVEoIX_QR/w640-h512/mowing.gif" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Had a blast and it's good to be back.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-61178712373774553072024-03-10T11:30:00.004-05:002024-03-10T11:30:40.527-05:00GOOD FOOD AND HOBART SUNDAY<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Time for some good food!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggA0E73ItYWAH0vKKIqPti0jDZFo-ChWevNhZdObX7_pgCxLGURF0joNR878dP3kcFiQG4bwlZJX5dIp_jwbqUrQ8q6W5YMNkOQlDf6hhoU5AOWyjRHdl9PDLqmlkDSSLNjmuRTPCJZe0Bz_p1HUuTIVWmDlNgqwGxaF78HjWCnA-qwY1wLTaFsUdG3Igu/s4032/IMG_0417.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggA0E73ItYWAH0vKKIqPti0jDZFo-ChWevNhZdObX7_pgCxLGURF0joNR878dP3kcFiQG4bwlZJX5dIp_jwbqUrQ8q6W5YMNkOQlDf6hhoU5AOWyjRHdl9PDLqmlkDSSLNjmuRTPCJZe0Bz_p1HUuTIVWmDlNgqwGxaF78HjWCnA-qwY1wLTaFsUdG3Igu/w480-h640/IMG_0417.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had some excess yellow squash and zucchini. 2nd Man decided to make a sort of ratatouille. No eggplants or sliced tomatoes but he had some (no salt) canned tomatoes and sauce. So he sautéed some onions added the tomatoes and put the squash and some herbs, covered it and cooked it on the stove top.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSLxXcJzurNlDHEJkTTAQRw-H_Ljm7p80PHGrrgIMRoWOopjhMfymRhyr0FqT_Wn4k2aUMnP5SsN7K3Kt01beEYlPhi3KzRMOQshs3gJz2A3v5uHKEnKsKepwlgh3dXUXuo3fR-UPe5Ea7vFzqsWxdzXcq-rdFvWfKJmrIkjTjTkfIbzZzsTKB7YsVjVk/s3760/IMG_0423.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2820" data-original-width="3760" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSLxXcJzurNlDHEJkTTAQRw-H_Ljm7p80PHGrrgIMRoWOopjhMfymRhyr0FqT_Wn4k2aUMnP5SsN7K3Kt01beEYlPhi3KzRMOQshs3gJz2A3v5uHKEnKsKepwlgh3dXUXuo3fR-UPe5Ea7vFzqsWxdzXcq-rdFvWfKJmrIkjTjTkfIbzZzsTKB7YsVjVk/w640-h480/IMG_0423.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then he pan seared some salmon and topped it with some parsley and a few sprinkles of Aleppo pepper (my new favorite seasoning, ha). It was wonderful and super healthy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkhyWdkVCMBLO2-UKCo69ahfhmOqXSDavZehEiXBDLCukq3q8xoBS1zkixSauU0nnanYL0U-mw9LJ3cV6Lvl7LSy_U_JZuB9RD09X8BYyBMgx0l45KaAbUkI4JNB4ozWDIJUuw72391wQ0mhytPb99CXVUmJVwBxUZhPwXedzvDHroK_twk5AB-smL2Y1/s3626/IMG_0083.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3626" data-original-width="2720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkhyWdkVCMBLO2-UKCo69ahfhmOqXSDavZehEiXBDLCukq3q8xoBS1zkixSauU0nnanYL0U-mw9LJ3cV6Lvl7LSy_U_JZuB9RD09X8BYyBMgx0l45KaAbUkI4JNB4ozWDIJUuw72391wQ0mhytPb99CXVUmJVwBxUZhPwXedzvDHroK_twk5AB-smL2Y1/w480-h640/IMG_0083.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Dessert was honey Greek yogurt (a new flavor for us to try). Here, we served it with fresh blueberries, blackberries and some honey drizzled over the the top. It was delicious!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAfXjJxU2fUjedk4ufnHBDuI8QPLm2r9llf97TjMkMXUXXIMW7sySAqPXcJ4pr5MDpSbO9NLTgz1x7PSRxX8shTrdn6LZ6iu70PDkAVgyQOgv8uRD0jRf1bOyVECv5XXIEtYkg93eqRjLLEab163NihAbF_Q7MT2axAZPmFA4qg3R8mXxx_TkpV7HTShw/s4032/IMG_0150.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAfXjJxU2fUjedk4ufnHBDuI8QPLm2r9llf97TjMkMXUXXIMW7sySAqPXcJ4pr5MDpSbO9NLTgz1x7PSRxX8shTrdn6LZ6iu70PDkAVgyQOgv8uRD0jRf1bOyVECv5XXIEtYkg93eqRjLLEab163NihAbF_Q7MT2axAZPmFA4qg3R8mXxx_TkpV7HTShw/w480-h640/IMG_0150.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hobart was unimpressed by our cooking, he was just happy to be on the couch, on a fuzzy, warm blanket doing what he does best; sleeping. Of course we let him, because...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>#notspoiled</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-48827542175609921292024-03-08T09:00:00.001-06:002024-03-08T09:00:00.135-06:00DAYDREAMING ABOUT PLANT THINGS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Recently, I've started subscribing to seed and plant catalogs and having them sent to the farm address. That way, we can start getting regular mail out there and it'll be nice to get something fun out of the mailbox on a regular basis instead of tax bills, insurance and offers to buy our house/land, ha.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmE8pwb3sddrrEbPSsxeWgubywrx8CcrPzL0HhwvdtKXIBfXtC-a76nbKzQKeMlz4AuB2aTdexbz6EHu-yTHt7eDkeDDrOT5iv12VCqc7pGicfaN8tyE7-gE1N9hw5zztgaZTl5Gy5TJryJMvE_7h27dyVYMVD3Sh7CEx8KUBRu2Gp8FCWSZDKdnyRWC3/s3591/IMG_0375.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="3591" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmE8pwb3sddrrEbPSsxeWgubywrx8CcrPzL0HhwvdtKXIBfXtC-a76nbKzQKeMlz4AuB2aTdexbz6EHu-yTHt7eDkeDDrOT5iv12VCqc7pGicfaN8tyE7-gE1N9hw5zztgaZTl5Gy5TJryJMvE_7h27dyVYMVD3Sh7CEx8KUBRu2Gp8FCWSZDKdnyRWC3/w640-h480/IMG_0375.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> I enjoy a glass of wine or in this case, some wonderful hot tea, and a quiet night or two of perusing through the pages of a catalog. They are so fun and give us hope for the future. In the end, isn't that what all planting is about? Hope for the future? We stick the seeds/plants in the soil and we hope we get to enjoy the end result of our hard work?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Six catalogs came. I would have subscribed to just as many more but those companies are website only, no paper catalogs. It's amazing how many no longer offer print catalogs. I'm still old school and enjoy a physical copy in my hands, one that I can dog ear or highlight or circle the heck out of on the inside.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Anyone have any good gardening catalog ideas? Tools, plants, seeds, general gardening, it's all good. We don't mind on getting on some mailing lists like that, ha.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Because isn't daydreaming half the fun?</i></span></p><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-26141688369132235902024-03-05T09:00:00.001-06:002024-03-05T09:00:00.147-06:00SOUR ORANGE NARANJA AGRIA IS DOING GREAT<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We posted <a href="https://twomenandalittlefarm.blogspot.com/2024/02/sour-orange-tree-naranja-agria.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> recently about getting the sour orange. When we went out there, I took it out of the container it came shipped in and put it into a large clay pot using special potting soil for citrus...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G29EpaLpabznsG_jOr9H9DdmS0Whn6cX7QeTHmuzPbPNvgju0CLsYlDwIqFDiela6dWe5Lqnhz4IdPu_8ynkbR2SBqWTs5zLEL6UASC3EtN1S9m-fsZqTvZnI-4k77Qq2g4bEJqXJkFDo271o9nJikUyiwbYylQDq_-CaMbA1frJMFqJIkqDSsaHAxQ9/s4032/blooms_sour_orange_blossoms.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G29EpaLpabznsG_jOr9H9DdmS0Whn6cX7QeTHmuzPbPNvgju0CLsYlDwIqFDiela6dWe5Lqnhz4IdPu_8ynkbR2SBqWTs5zLEL6UASC3EtN1S9m-fsZqTvZnI-4k77Qq2g4bEJqXJkFDo271o9nJikUyiwbYylQDq_-CaMbA1frJMFqJIkqDSsaHAxQ9/w480-h640/blooms_sour_orange_blossoms.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">To say it's happy would be an understatement. In just a week it has exploded with blooms...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1HBdONzsL2yCjNcHekLANEwkbWQSb4altTrdH4qgGM1425mQcpWCWJK9K7dpx0Z8jfSo-062Uji-xyJXZ7124VeVHLGwk5IDohwSgfoAbpfc04V4geUHRKnhmTngGxGmMIMk80NLiy871cW0i1DTGkxT0xzTIUOZtY2zpyuFsZi0eT2wHCkX0OYZprXp/s2623/naranja_agria_blooms.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2623" data-original-width="1967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1HBdONzsL2yCjNcHekLANEwkbWQSb4altTrdH4qgGM1425mQcpWCWJK9K7dpx0Z8jfSo-062Uji-xyJXZ7124VeVHLGwk5IDohwSgfoAbpfc04V4geUHRKnhmTngGxGmMIMk80NLiy871cW0i1DTGkxT0xzTIUOZtY2zpyuFsZi0eT2wHCkX0OYZprXp/w480-h640/naranja_agria_blooms.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A few are opening and getting ready to turn into...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4RSItLwsp4gBy6Kbbz9GHxc8Rbm5idB_apyCHPwYKcL2XShP8NM92LXeErRFnL69LTnX7-vHbHdbPg5MN0w6izeXvSaCXboR-6QBICj658HKYZUhWVet1KfxRI1nYIv4f_5tcQV-xTRF2d349KrPKQsrFRmq5gmKMhVvO1s7rP5l3AV9YSVOWohP0gaf/s2326/sour_orange_blooms.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2326" data-original-width="1745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4RSItLwsp4gBy6Kbbz9GHxc8Rbm5idB_apyCHPwYKcL2XShP8NM92LXeErRFnL69LTnX7-vHbHdbPg5MN0w6izeXvSaCXboR-6QBICj658HKYZUhWVet1KfxRI1nYIv4f_5tcQV-xTRF2d349KrPKQsrFRmq5gmKMhVvO1s7rP5l3AV9YSVOWohP0gaf/w480-h640/sour_orange_blooms.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...actual fruit! See the little one right there in the middle of the photo? Yay!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We don't have to worry about popping off all the blooms because we're not going for root development while it is in a container. From reading, about two or three per branch is fine and you should take the rest off after enough have set fruit. So we'll keep an eye on it, but we're thrilled because it's so happy. We might get a few sour orange to play with later this year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're OK with that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Now marinade first? Or a margarita?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Decisions, decisions!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini-c4xeFo1Z0-_0DU_PY0JTkvm3v8NWOPkieQhyOFkozgn7MsvmGLhfRBvJyhBljL9fU_saIU3ce-gRxZCYTsDNPI4anecsizZoLZ6YONtgwgJHCT6W7j7po8c6FdrViQ8to67kKhGkJq0eWt_SpJ_A_vfXgCIXTRhDFEWbtLVtyErSsIWSR3r4Uroyf8/s1970/citrus_fruit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="1970" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini-c4xeFo1Z0-_0DU_PY0JTkvm3v8NWOPkieQhyOFkozgn7MsvmGLhfRBvJyhBljL9fU_saIU3ce-gRxZCYTsDNPI4anecsizZoLZ6YONtgwgJHCT6W7j7po8c6FdrViQ8to67kKhGkJq0eWt_SpJ_A_vfXgCIXTRhDFEWbtLVtyErSsIWSR3r4Uroyf8/w640-h120/citrus_fruit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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Here's some good and healthy food we had recently and of course, Hobart!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpRAc5Avb4AlCgg6fGkXZbMCifvy_LxfT5xmTF27zrrsSGx-iX5jRqCKD8Ar7l1DGYTN9ihsY4bFxG3V3TELipknqOqCDFMGQVqpApmxsAP3aeDVCFfgc8Kjwg8uEZEaZt-Q1XQDkaGAtQGHHAp5dp_USk9Mi3U6mHwcRVckYu5ozPNIFgfp051iYtD1T/s3459/IMG_9960.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2594" data-original-width="3459" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpRAc5Avb4AlCgg6fGkXZbMCifvy_LxfT5xmTF27zrrsSGx-iX5jRqCKD8Ar7l1DGYTN9ihsY4bFxG3V3TELipknqOqCDFMGQVqpApmxsAP3aeDVCFfgc8Kjwg8uEZEaZt-Q1XQDkaGAtQGHHAp5dp_USk9Mi3U6mHwcRVckYu5ozPNIFgfp051iYtD1T/w640-h480/IMG_9960.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So we had leftover homemade BBQ sauce (healthy version) and the last of the pickled onions I made (hmm, time to make some more, ha). So 2nd Man pan seared some Mahi-Mahi and we had it over a bed of mixed greens (spinach, arugula, etc) and then topped it with the BBQ sauce and some pickled onions. It was so good (and good for us!). This fish really tastes almost like chicken so it worked well the the BBQ sauce.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We are enjoying all this fish in our diet!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrzX5dLR73zVYbJ7nV_rzqMmDp4PcN6SeQpeH8L6PH5At81UgBB_l07z5thvpqQ8gNQk9_hLgyREg_Nq4-zJPAxJfh_6QsKHdZPz8JOam6lRS41fv-CFmFJjGWdmAdD6Ewhnz6smxCnrYLw3EV0G6HITIcWr7HzDskEJMfKiCmyYKXPUV25cmyn6ffhox/s3455/IMG_9610.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="3455" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrzX5dLR73zVYbJ7nV_rzqMmDp4PcN6SeQpeH8L6PH5At81UgBB_l07z5thvpqQ8gNQk9_hLgyREg_Nq4-zJPAxJfh_6QsKHdZPz8JOam6lRS41fv-CFmFJjGWdmAdD6Ewhnz6smxCnrYLw3EV0G6HITIcWr7HzDskEJMfKiCmyYKXPUV25cmyn6ffhox/w640-h480/IMG_9610.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We also love our vanilla Greek Yogurt, it's so versatile. Here I dished it up and topped it with some fresh fruit and some graham crackers. Delicious!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iklEjGmOG8zO86pQPNMewY3ZK-cshPWENmnmooFCH6NO7M2yvd_zxpwWy4lt1REJKWCOQci7Kh4r9I0BO3ScW-FZ4RxjfwHuWgcoesOn74GaZYjJTYBqe5CSrCAHxoP_PZXy3BJWeTqRTPsNb6eoOm5Piw0jlWQdbNOlb_CYqUgYMcmn65JJSEyfopUV/s3394/IMG_9072.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3394" data-original-width="2545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iklEjGmOG8zO86pQPNMewY3ZK-cshPWENmnmooFCH6NO7M2yvd_zxpwWy4lt1REJKWCOQci7Kh4r9I0BO3ScW-FZ4RxjfwHuWgcoesOn74GaZYjJTYBqe5CSrCAHxoP_PZXy3BJWeTqRTPsNb6eoOm5Piw0jlWQdbNOlb_CYqUgYMcmn65JJSEyfopUV/w480-h640/IMG_9072.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Since the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo started this week, we decided to dress Hobart for the occasion. I put this bandana on him while he was laying on his quilt. Um, it doesn't look like he was amused, ha. So, we took it off and let him sleep. Because...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>#notspoiled</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-249049840835212032024-03-01T09:00:00.001-06:002024-03-01T09:00:00.138-06:00WOODEN STOOL TRASH TO TREASURE<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f6f4e1;"> </span><i>Regular readers know that I have a favorite place to look for bargains...our downstairs trash area! Our building has trash chutes on every floor and they feed into a separate room, but for boxes and other things that people can't put in the chute, there is an area (indoor) near the loading dock where people can put the things they don't want. </i><i>I've found quite a few cool items over the last few years.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb43CrdeTKw4RB2ggX6R9aqOsdnwMtN_ZQqw0O7lHaKzHb8EUNux73uCoyvP9KdVgRYfsvMuYBKmJrxD0vRkYcbERl1Buq0a7AJFZIJ-lfunjWpYSEKHX4s57ONPVgGYjbMoGNqenG6nU_W7ZnTClDayWwmmsBhxsvrqMmy2wZ-UkaiLWUcRMo9vad27R/s2793/IMG_9454.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2793" data-original-width="2095" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb43CrdeTKw4RB2ggX6R9aqOsdnwMtN_ZQqw0O7lHaKzHb8EUNux73uCoyvP9KdVgRYfsvMuYBKmJrxD0vRkYcbERl1Buq0a7AJFZIJ-lfunjWpYSEKHX4s57ONPVgGYjbMoGNqenG6nU_W7ZnTClDayWwmmsBhxsvrqMmy2wZ-UkaiLWUcRMo9vad27R/w480-h640/IMG_9454.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Went down a couple weeks ago and found this stool. I picked it up, put it in my Jeep and took it to the farm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyadP8NlPc5tiWR5VWqKM9ebRfiH3YPycQwFocyjTJ4xl77kyjo5I9457sVyiFaI3XJdY5jsO5i1kT36Ki4N5T8LFef-6Kt-X2u3qmD-J7bc0ny3uk0K87Pu4-tt_tmxgRO3O8ALDMuT89Ddi7iJuWtGsHtHC3HlqB7_aAZ687_TiRL45P5V4irUGr8Yx/s3840/IMG_9530.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyadP8NlPc5tiWR5VWqKM9ebRfiH3YPycQwFocyjTJ4xl77kyjo5I9457sVyiFaI3XJdY5jsO5i1kT36Ki4N5T8LFef-6Kt-X2u3qmD-J7bc0ny3uk0K87Pu4-tt_tmxgRO3O8ALDMuT89Ddi7iJuWtGsHtHC3HlqB7_aAZ687_TiRL45P5V4irUGr8Yx/w480-h640/IMG_9530.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It will reside in the shed at the farm for use anytime I need something like it. It's in perfect shape, not broken, not discolored, it kind of just looks like someone bought it, decided they didn't like it and put it in the recycle area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixGwWrPHxcQWxNcuLh3-pdcPpOH78amBVHHG2C8yHm2Hr9smJw3hlZUrqd4ketAJ81oBBkyF65f-7agqZ6vIxFHo34JDs4cJ4nlTz2PSY5S6EYTvLOReDaic0x43aousebSr8xxJEb4XInNj-za8HPmnPn6fPaoVBrPYhs2x6eLKEkFboIkKYGyVP8jvo/s2820/IMG_0058.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2820" data-original-width="2115" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixGwWrPHxcQWxNcuLh3-pdcPpOH78amBVHHG2C8yHm2Hr9smJw3hlZUrqd4ketAJ81oBBkyF65f-7agqZ6vIxFHo34JDs4cJ4nlTz2PSY5S6EYTvLOReDaic0x43aousebSr8xxJEb4XInNj-za8HPmnPn6fPaoVBrPYhs2x6eLKEkFboIkKYGyVP8jvo/w480-h640/IMG_0058.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh well, it will have a new life and will definitely come in handy. Here it is last weekend when I used it to rest while repotting all the plants. It seems you can ALWAYS use a place to stop and rest or do something without standing up the entire time.</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0jQ71qNckYlAcJ2nJ1nIBMuwlWz0MI_P4eupr0bcON3H4g-_EqoYg4Glboa90qtkzWk8DlUhHtyh9TztTBPQi8PZmhvU2HTQF1ffSkcMmc4aG9SJREiVW98Azov-EzaK9BRSUfwahJ1RthYV0AXW0_B95lRNiBC0Gzwynezc-f8-_ADZWQXc6W1KW8ug/s640/reduce_recycle_reuse_banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="137" data-original-width="640" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0jQ71qNckYlAcJ2nJ1nIBMuwlWz0MI_P4eupr0bcON3H4g-_EqoYg4Glboa90qtkzWk8DlUhHtyh9TztTBPQi8PZmhvU2HTQF1ffSkcMmc4aG9SJREiVW98Azov-EzaK9BRSUfwahJ1RthYV0AXW0_B95lRNiBC0Gzwynezc-f8-_ADZWQXc6W1KW8ug/w640-h138/reduce_recycle_reuse_banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-70557542629556152252024-02-28T09:00:00.001-06:002024-02-28T09:00:00.137-06:00SOUR ORANGE TREE NARANJA AGRIA<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Several years ago, a dear friend of ours, bought a house that had a citrus tree growing in the yard. She wasn't sure what it was. The fruit started green and then changed to a mottled orange. She thought "wow, my house came with an orange tree!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then she ate one.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxMyIMH-gftpve38wQ6Z8UGdQWlihhaHTDxa0_7qgnmkIIq3ucM1Ywa_jrZrHscaLykBD6yjBneKWcH1Z_bnve9EN_CLvzCoM2nhGFN1dxbfQQjl0-sWmnWY3HWUnv6XP7W0O63BR1j8r92bWFPVTKu8KCiUqq7SqUCf9Gv2w0HUn42Il4xK5zt6P0zUD/s667/sour_oranges_.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="667" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxMyIMH-gftpve38wQ6Z8UGdQWlihhaHTDxa0_7qgnmkIIq3ucM1Ywa_jrZrHscaLykBD6yjBneKWcH1Z_bnve9EN_CLvzCoM2nhGFN1dxbfQQjl0-sWmnWY3HWUnv6XP7W0O63BR1j8r92bWFPVTKu8KCiUqq7SqUCf9Gv2w0HUn42Il4xK5zt6P0zUD/w640-h494/sour_oranges_.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We remember her going "God, they were horrible, I'm not sure what was wrong with them". 2nd Man saw them, tasted them and said "these are Naranja Agria", or sour/bitter oranges. His Grandmother used them and they are very popular in Hispanic cooking. This was more than 10 years ago, before we had the farm and sadly, she passed away. Her house was sold and the tree cut down when the house was a remodeled.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Flash forward to recently when we were were watching a cooking show and they were using them to marinate some meats. 2nd Man said "that's the tree "L" had, we should grow one of them at the farm!" After a bit of research, I found out that they are also used for making marmalade and we LOVE orange marmalade. Sign us up! Then, I just had to find one!</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That was easier said than done. I reached out to close to a dozen local nurseries in the Houston area to ask, but none had them. They said it was more of a specialty citrus that they didn't stock in lieu of all the regular citrus the usually carry, plus I'm sure some people might grow one and not realize what it is, ha.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabuSU-_VfQ-Wp0axd-6hWLv4fkDXgMZs0XS_Mh4-GHpt6z19__Q_7pUTfoNC9zPCJGQrgQLfc0-rYoYqiUZIGXO-CQLy1_lSpc34BytjNftoZPxtjCnCwh0L5YNgNiUyft3g6niYfKCeoKpoG6JpAQ8CmmJMppfRVwW7XiJN1f1wy8o5cXb5OI98Z1-5K/s4032/sour_orange_tree_shipped.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabuSU-_VfQ-Wp0axd-6hWLv4fkDXgMZs0XS_Mh4-GHpt6z19__Q_7pUTfoNC9zPCJGQrgQLfc0-rYoYqiUZIGXO-CQLy1_lSpc34BytjNftoZPxtjCnCwh0L5YNgNiUyft3g6niYfKCeoKpoG6JpAQ8CmmJMppfRVwW7XiJN1f1wy8o5cXb5OI98Z1-5K/w480-h640/sour_orange_tree_shipped.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It took some research but I finally found one online, sold here in Texas and it even had free shipping! I ordered it. They only had two left for the season so I was able to get one of them. It came in a tall thin box, but was carefully wrapped. Here it is after I unwrapped it and the leaves started to pop out. It is a great specimen, about three feet tall and it even has...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ud-kgpqae9hXzS1zLf1-X_IwPTVaxPU_rYeH63QFTNbzMY6w2d5p_q9ZYj5iPguRoDE8r2_w4ebX5mcGEO7cTMtjyxbkEVH8Y6tWP5vv9EVyMOfjnFwzPTZQNqBRb5Y41OKg5efoJZIVF-cfRTjnLgHC7yqa9TYjTtnjUEmzRFAxCY6ebwjmMrqHaMCI/s1683/sour_orange_tree.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="1262" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ud-kgpqae9hXzS1zLf1-X_IwPTVaxPU_rYeH63QFTNbzMY6w2d5p_q9ZYj5iPguRoDE8r2_w4ebX5mcGEO7cTMtjyxbkEVH8Y6tWP5vv9EVyMOfjnFwzPTZQNqBRb5Y41OKg5efoJZIVF-cfRTjnLgHC7yqa9TYjTtnjUEmzRFAxCY6ebwjmMrqHaMCI/w480-h640/sour_orange_tree.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> ...blooms all over it (and side note, it smells AMAZING!). I babied it in the apartment for a week until we could get it out to the farm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz5hLs3GSqSTXCkCV_uvwntDfxZ6AGAv_myOGHXDXhgUelbSVvWA3hcqrWe76xdHvVqtkj2gUgu3Xkr870du8gPyVf3lT313DjjyZAgFybF-hO-4COF75XCWKyFZkSpTAWFuSTYQjTY9uJ2QTyBGHY2nt3S5fCAUV6a5104A0HZIpnRhrlwz6tlhwNjOC/s3414/IMG_0052.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3414" data-original-width="2560" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz5hLs3GSqSTXCkCV_uvwntDfxZ6AGAv_myOGHXDXhgUelbSVvWA3hcqrWe76xdHvVqtkj2gUgu3Xkr870du8gPyVf3lT313DjjyZAgFybF-hO-4COF75XCWKyFZkSpTAWFuSTYQjTY9uJ2QTyBGHY2nt3S5fCAUV6a5104A0HZIpnRhrlwz6tlhwNjOC/w480-h640/IMG_0052.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We stopped at the store on the way out and bought a bag of soil specially formulated for citrus. I also cleaned up a large clay pot we had. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqXbUiynUyP60aopF3aJKGY6oVlrOJiQLxp37Zb7V8Mg6V5ihmL_MMg0cq4XAknCi4uAaq2RU5uH4fKVm7YUvaNPYbToCoim-qwxn443Z8NWBICQfO18hB0UQ7qhh_YPTvRBJ6QrflP2ITz_o56Uhb6vAUrlzNrVodb-tF7c7uNIi3tXpqbVDcnBjo26R/s3544/IMG_0062.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3544" data-original-width="1859" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtqXbUiynUyP60aopF3aJKGY6oVlrOJiQLxp37Zb7V8Mg6V5ihmL_MMg0cq4XAknCi4uAaq2RU5uH4fKVm7YUvaNPYbToCoim-qwxn443Z8NWBICQfO18hB0UQ7qhh_YPTvRBJ6QrflP2ITz_o56Uhb6vAUrlzNrVodb-tF7c7uNIi3tXpqbVDcnBjo26R/w336-h640/IMG_0062.jpeg" width="336" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Got it planted and watered in and it's happily resting on the porch now. We will leave it in the pot until we are our there, so that we can move it around as needed for either sun or to protect in a freeze or even another drought if we have one of those again this Summer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now what is it used for? They are used in all sorts of dishes, never fresh of course because they are so bitter. But the rind and juice are most commonly used in all sorts of things:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kLh97EZzj9gCK9hLPZjtAAxouaiDnORIp0zYPjc9p_Vfy_ZiFnN-Ez7sD-PtA2yrYBdIvHYFxk57MAgkn-q54np6_klonEMfIibfMwD0HUAibA272Ut6EduOQ__pNR3Dkst-3sNOZCcivzB5dlBfW7K_alw6Cv94d2dTh-WmJMy7T1s102_ujdEV2F2q/s1000/orange_marmalade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kLh97EZzj9gCK9hLPZjtAAxouaiDnORIp0zYPjc9p_Vfy_ZiFnN-Ez7sD-PtA2yrYBdIvHYFxk57MAgkn-q54np6_klonEMfIibfMwD0HUAibA272Ut6EduOQ__pNR3Dkst-3sNOZCcivzB5dlBfW7K_alw6Cv94d2dTh-WmJMy7T1s102_ujdEV2F2q/w640-h640/orange_marmalade.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bonne Mamam makes a (hard to find) "bitter orange fine shred marmalade". We'd love to make that someday, it would be wonderful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggh0FcNE3pfubDyml2LwL_Q5xuPxxJIk4fMAt9wVxXM-MQxuB0WNmwEsqdAX7owMB8wxbpHWuId-452p69fvx_w_cHdVo19cm4unrTNFo0AW-qm2IC9sB03ytMjicHSX7LB4Gyo1lkJH_VRcSkHup08uSIEVY0UKU-ufIzlQqpk9xflL9QhjL-liVeO3_g/s1500/sour_orange.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="419" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggh0FcNE3pfubDyml2LwL_Q5xuPxxJIk4fMAt9wVxXM-MQxuB0WNmwEsqdAX7owMB8wxbpHWuId-452p69fvx_w_cHdVo19cm4unrTNFo0AW-qm2IC9sB03ytMjicHSX7LB4Gyo1lkJH_VRcSkHup08uSIEVY0UKU-ufIzlQqpk9xflL9QhjL-liVeO3_g/w178-h640/sour_orange.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's used in cooking as a marinade for beef, pork and chicken and even seafood and ceviche. For this, they sell it bottled and ready to go for that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCa_7WliDnly3lG9oCY-lzgyJnGCl5wkreYEpJEHiPyoGbJ-F5rVzrDGP4z6MeeSaMCzQmdsHcYPAiG7EG007Er830jolB8XcIYvYMhEHrel0U5D71eLvB85KlKEyEFqmuOKgvZnSYM1VlRNlt1MDwBb_dMfpCoJy1kbQRExopAKIU3ks9kcLKmO_D9xab/s535/sour_orange_drink.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="357" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCa_7WliDnly3lG9oCY-lzgyJnGCl5wkreYEpJEHiPyoGbJ-F5rVzrDGP4z6MeeSaMCzQmdsHcYPAiG7EG007Er830jolB8XcIYvYMhEHrel0U5D71eLvB85KlKEyEFqmuOKgvZnSYM1VlRNlt1MDwBb_dMfpCoJy1kbQRExopAKIU3ks9kcLKmO_D9xab/w428-h640/sour_orange_drink.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And this is a glass of a sour orange margarita. Sign us up for this too, ha!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Heck, with blooms already on ours, we might end up with a few this season, they will produce while in a container. Even if we only got three or four, that would be wonderful to give us a taste of what's to come!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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No rain, no rain last week so the ground was dry, the humidity was low and it was just, well, perfect.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wished I had Zen Machine 2 but it's in the shop for its annual checkup and touch up. He'll be ready for his <strike>closeup</strike> first mow of the season soon.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, I decided to do something I wanted to do last year and didn't get to. Repotting/touching up all the potted plants on the porch. We keep the bananas there, the avocado trees, grapevines and a few others, just because we don't want to put them in the ground until we know exactly where they are going to go.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXWxW_10Pmhdi7GRS7tGH1Q1kGg79anfRRcUC9Xiyd5Qr9-IcU1kMvjfpGFkdjF8zqIIsroeb5-PILINeT0k2FOoOEaGSNgvY2AIV4A-Pqt5GUrudisTHoGuG7MQVu-c54uqRt5kCV-ryErcsjEIJh_xVPFHA6nfc4QCyufX6ZvX4VhwsyPC8HOM7twnZ/s4032/IMG_0056.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXWxW_10Pmhdi7GRS7tGH1Q1kGg79anfRRcUC9Xiyd5Qr9-IcU1kMvjfpGFkdjF8zqIIsroeb5-PILINeT0k2FOoOEaGSNgvY2AIV4A-Pqt5GUrudisTHoGuG7MQVu-c54uqRt5kCV-ryErcsjEIJh_xVPFHA6nfc4QCyufX6ZvX4VhwsyPC8HOM7twnZ/w480-h640/IMG_0056.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I bought a couple of bags of soil and got to work. You know how when you water a plant in a container, over time, the soil settles and/or washes out (a little at a time) from the bottom? They were all like that and we decided they needed a refresh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW_d5FHHBD0NFKOcVIcHZm5LhFVHPWT4Fe-efqmTBe3-S9maRtTgI7D2ptgiuRSh_oRDpuSlxEauJTIiyptd86KryIuX_L1pOAsAkG2HNUFrGHi2RQDNBHnlyYOUxPiJbIiyY8JbAXiKhxAIzcRJXNHgU6Vu2JDlFoiUDGy_nnpEm8tqH1b0f6XcXgihk/s4032/IMG_0064.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW_d5FHHBD0NFKOcVIcHZm5LhFVHPWT4Fe-efqmTBe3-S9maRtTgI7D2ptgiuRSh_oRDpuSlxEauJTIiyptd86KryIuX_L1pOAsAkG2HNUFrGHi2RQDNBHnlyYOUxPiJbIiyY8JbAXiKhxAIzcRJXNHgU6Vu2JDlFoiUDGy_nnpEm8tqH1b0f6XcXgihk/w480-h640/IMG_0064.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This is the "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" plant (we blogged about it <a href="https://twomenandalittlefarm.blogspot.com/search?q=yesterday+today+tomorrow" target="_blank">HERE</a>). We decided it needed a new pot so we moved it into a nice clay pot (don't worry, it's not sitting on the railing now, that was for the photo, ha). It will much happier now and should have some beautiful (and very fragrant) blooms soon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV4l4MHZ9OeNOuFB9K5MTvFWpyAsSGmlYAYgmpIvLcS2TWMa0K7GsNlwGo3a1LecAe_A40AKllkzYj5bNMBLDxpnzCvnuhe15RIKb8YGJBAaMt3xWMqs0bU1c4VHEHhtiDOtSvjDIZy5nyzDRvCJUS0PsiGlotPvoHVQyXV669hac8i-W6a3f8dkobkT8/s4032/IMG_0067.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV4l4MHZ9OeNOuFB9K5MTvFWpyAsSGmlYAYgmpIvLcS2TWMa0K7GsNlwGo3a1LecAe_A40AKllkzYj5bNMBLDxpnzCvnuhe15RIKb8YGJBAaMt3xWMqs0bU1c4VHEHhtiDOtSvjDIZy5nyzDRvCJUS0PsiGlotPvoHVQyXV669hac8i-W6a3f8dkobkT8/w480-h640/IMG_0067.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These are the two muscadine grapevines (two varieties), took them out of their containers, fluffed up the roots, added soil in the bottom and then put them back in and filled in and around up to the top. The should be happy as well. They will most likely get a new home in the orchard area this Spring, we will be ordering new containers (very large ones) to be placed in the orchard yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZ-qwVh7a-5fgbTX7MWrmwR5lXLMg3YKdVnVR2EbLuxbwZWpMgVmi-qC2QMVZWiXcuxSmKCx1Le4PsCkp-FGp7XWL9BjUl6fOWiaWmM7jvzAaXGI-LQrlhWKj6fJ3-VbPkcwI6qa18P5Jd4z8ma7EQuVrjrUquMYL5qTtPtuJfLM1OjhNrIytdwsANTDt/s3177/IMG_0068.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2383" data-original-width="3177" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZ-qwVh7a-5fgbTX7MWrmwR5lXLMg3YKdVnVR2EbLuxbwZWpMgVmi-qC2QMVZWiXcuxSmKCx1Le4PsCkp-FGp7XWL9BjUl6fOWiaWmM7jvzAaXGI-LQrlhWKj6fJ3-VbPkcwI6qa18P5Jd4z8ma7EQuVrjrUquMYL5qTtPtuJfLM1OjhNrIytdwsANTDt/w640-h480/IMG_0068.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These are the bananas, I pulled them all out, cleaned them up and put them back in with added soil and getting them happy. They have grown so much just in these small containers. Banana is a plant that will get bigger according to its container but if you keep it in something small, it doesn't get root bound like some do, so they stay small(ish). The three colored pots are different (but known) varieties. The two black pots are from my coworkers family house backyard bananas. Varieties "unknown", ha. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We are going to put them in a special planting arrangement we'll have a post about coming up soon.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I did the same for the avocado trees, the other cherry bush, and the goji berry vine. All the plants are now redone and are going to be happy and healthy until they can each get in their new homes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC53jOt-cOOgY0QWvhoQHIIFAbygyezjOnKxK-NXzM-vkVkojYK7E50t-wx4KbcCvTzW4GPtBW5z8IxSbqgNLDZ5zd5tGQfVYI0DEMyyPL7VqrTVEaCZ82TgPXHLxK7RamkF9SxVIiDhXiU_nfG5DrEnV5sew4iPeVwLw8za7cRV5nnn4EEF7OE5T6wHeS/s3844/IMG_4231%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3844" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC53jOt-cOOgY0QWvhoQHIIFAbygyezjOnKxK-NXzM-vkVkojYK7E50t-wx4KbcCvTzW4GPtBW5z8IxSbqgNLDZ5zd5tGQfVYI0DEMyyPL7VqrTVEaCZ82TgPXHLxK7RamkF9SxVIiDhXiU_nfG5DrEnV5sew4iPeVwLw8za7cRV5nnn4EEF7OE5T6wHeS/w640-h480/IMG_4231%202.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><i style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></i></div><span style="font-size: large;">The day was cool.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Birds were chirping.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>There was a breeze blowing.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>We could smell the bloom of flowers.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Cows were mooing in the pasture behind us.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>We could hear a donkey braying in the other pasture.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Life is good...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If we ever have doubts about what we are doing and what our ultimate goal is, these are the days that remind us of it and make us strive all the more to keep moving forward, no matter what life hands us.</span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-89486577505041305332024-02-25T10:00:00.001-06:002024-02-25T10:00:00.291-06:00GOOD FOOD AND HOBART SUNDAY<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> We mentioned last weekend was the Daytona 500 and our tradition for that was always BBQ ribs. I have posted about them several times. The conundrum was how to make them healthier.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Ribs, per se, are not exactly fat free, LOL, but certain cuts are better than others. The way to reduce that even further is portion control and what you put on it. I made a homemade dry rub with no salt at all. Before, we used rubs that, in retrospect, were filled with sodium. Then I found a homemade BBQ sauce recipe that I tweaked and it was SO good and again, minimal salt. It uses "no salt added" ketchup but that contained the only sodium and it barely registered on the nutritional label compared to a bottle of our favorite "Sweet Baby Ray's". But, it tasted identical. I also cooked the ribs higher up than normal on a rack so that it stayed out of the rendered fat.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I also took my coleslaw recipe that had salt, reduced that to zero and instead of a cup of creamy mayo, I used plain Green Yogurt, zero saturated fat. Boom!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cnr_Loti4W6jAfUpHKkI3PeF-fAKzIWSkHvgYYjU_mi-nxErr1Gkoudm2dH-crx2b706_koTlosoVHrvV8mGXH3ow2MVt8l65BwPUczwdIEVDRAdU_A6apxtxlPBwGikJxRriMCJIn6JhwH-aoigLney-xD17yw8zYnk74FvZOIRgPKMyY_b2keISXFv/s3975/heart_healthy_ribs_and_coleslaw.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3975" data-original-width="2980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cnr_Loti4W6jAfUpHKkI3PeF-fAKzIWSkHvgYYjU_mi-nxErr1Gkoudm2dH-crx2b706_koTlosoVHrvV8mGXH3ow2MVt8l65BwPUczwdIEVDRAdU_A6apxtxlPBwGikJxRriMCJIn6JhwH-aoigLney-xD17yw8zYnk74FvZOIRgPKMyY_b2keISXFv/w480-h640/heart_healthy_ribs_and_coleslaw.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I only cooked one rack and we cut that in half and then we each ate half of that (half of what you see above on each tray, I put the whole half for the picture, ha). So a 1/4 rack was our serving size and that was it (froze the leftover meat after pulling it off). Lastly, I added my homemade pickled red onions to it all. It was delicious and since it's only twice a year, it felt good.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3SxO6rJShKEwK5KfFwqWmMgJI9JJCY8aqCY0zNao3dgFlXSzted9YPptbWSZciH_GCuKokbxI_y9qvEfRfLam0S8YyAWvDICiuaPlgpIMq9Otos4NfWWVYDSh3G3JOR2W1rA5yIYCZX1Lg2iFZO_z2KTX5RwsqMUtnKqp1yt88s-YcKE9uSTh2xVi1Zj/s3570/vanilla_yogurt_banana_pudding.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3570" data-original-width="2678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3SxO6rJShKEwK5KfFwqWmMgJI9JJCY8aqCY0zNao3dgFlXSzted9YPptbWSZciH_GCuKokbxI_y9qvEfRfLam0S8YyAWvDICiuaPlgpIMq9Otos4NfWWVYDSh3G3JOR2W1rA5yIYCZX1Lg2iFZO_z2KTX5RwsqMUtnKqp1yt88s-YcKE9uSTh2xVi1Zj/w480-h640/vanilla_yogurt_banana_pudding.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now for dessert. Wait, is that banana pudding? That's not healthy! No it's our new version, ha. This is vanilla Greek Yogurt with fresh bananas and a couple of crushed up graham crackers. Oh my, it was perfect!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmXgVqVSlUs1XBMLf8nhyvE3Q-Q6r7cdFZdqKZlAzPyZMiMQ5L1Z10rDPACzZ8IWKzsMrCewf_94BseCxtwJfdiN4sAvMHgs_f33KTgmJXjPAYEpp66UPbRIu1noecP7fCnX_NoSnYI0uG2t_EMOCdkcIf23aioZEuA8LOen3pQc75LsSutuDuCLyDjw1/s4032/IMG_9908.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmXgVqVSlUs1XBMLf8nhyvE3Q-Q6r7cdFZdqKZlAzPyZMiMQ5L1Z10rDPACzZ8IWKzsMrCewf_94BseCxtwJfdiN4sAvMHgs_f33KTgmJXjPAYEpp66UPbRIu1noecP7fCnX_NoSnYI0uG2t_EMOCdkcIf23aioZEuA8LOen3pQc75LsSutuDuCLyDjw1/w480-h640/IMG_9908.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">During the race, and my cooking of the food Hobart slept, as he does so well. He had played with a couple of his Christmas presents, but even that bored him after a while. So we left him to bask in the sunshine. Because...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>#notspoiled</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-38110074403052492472024-02-23T09:00:00.008-06:002024-02-23T09:00:00.180-06:00PERSIAN SWEET LEMONS DISCOVERY<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Discovered something new (to us anyway) at the store the other day...the "sweet lemon". We stood in the store and did a quick Google search to make sure it was a real thing and not a misprint and also to make sure it wasn't a "Meyer Lemon" (which can be slightly sweet but are still acidic like a lemon). Sure enough, it's a real fruit and so we bought one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFfCweDdWp0X2-eYZF2I7N7JBhxQfiyn7P-d9f3qwDZmer-eLXp1EeUsfw1yEQ9WnAI-zRp-lyB2zZh53HOsyp_Sr1l3aEqiJ30-jVySWKELTRMKY6Qws9lZVx8ksTitFKhhV6NfrkqCFBkM_p4LOc02xpD31PgGqwyK8AgOPCnfExG_MA3O62cIb9ihw/s3416/sweet_lemon.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="3416" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFfCweDdWp0X2-eYZF2I7N7JBhxQfiyn7P-d9f3qwDZmer-eLXp1EeUsfw1yEQ9WnAI-zRp-lyB2zZh53HOsyp_Sr1l3aEqiJ30-jVySWKELTRMKY6Qws9lZVx8ksTitFKhhV6NfrkqCFBkM_p4LOc02xpD31PgGqwyK8AgOPCnfExG_MA3O62cIb9ihw/w640-h480/sweet_lemon.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They have a wonderful sweet floral sent from the exterior. If you look at the picture above, you can see the familiar yellow of a lemon has a bit of an orange tint to it. Slicing it open it looks like a lemon. But taste wise, wow it was SO good. It really was a "sweet lemon"! Not super sweet, but not at all sour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After a little research, there are several varieties of this low acidity, sweet fruit. It is not a true lemon but believed to have been a natural mutation of two citrus species a few hundred years ago. They are native to Asia but have been grown around the world for centuries where they are also known as "Limettas", "Shirin" and "Musambi". There are several varieties with names, Ponderosa Sweet Lemon, Millsweet, Persian Sweet Lemon, Limu Shirin and Moroccan Limetta. They say that the tree is prolific and almost everbearing throughout the year. We're sure they are freeze sensitive like all citrus.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_xmVKqsSuRw-s8F4746QwAzPFFebnQUDtNE92ZaMrxj52hH7AcSpoESs4PaFfCvSuVEXZL2BvMmOW2e2_bxep5vsSZocJhrDj8OWD2KRILntf4kH1ySoye0huJ74nu3Ymn6nUxLGNIpjUGu5aiiv7xolrg1qyinhY6VLbj5luznlIP4-aUTjF2_lFfbJ/s3738/sweet_lemon_in_iced_tea.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3738" data-original-width="2803" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_xmVKqsSuRw-s8F4746QwAzPFFebnQUDtNE92ZaMrxj52hH7AcSpoESs4PaFfCvSuVEXZL2BvMmOW2e2_bxep5vsSZocJhrDj8OWD2KRILntf4kH1ySoye0huJ74nu3Ymn6nUxLGNIpjUGu5aiiv7xolrg1qyinhY6VLbj5luznlIP4-aUTjF2_lFfbJ/w480-h640/sweet_lemon_in_iced_tea.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since we only had one, we figured "let's try it in some iced tea?". SO good. Squeezed a bit in and it sweetened it slightly and gave a great florally, lemon flavor. We could totally see them being used to make a sort of lemonade without needing sugar. Fun fact, after they are cut, in about one to two hours, they become more sour like a lemon...but if you put them "in" something, they stay sweet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Hmm, off to Google to see who sells them...</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-92223151052646938032024-02-21T09:00:00.006-06:002024-02-21T22:22:38.103-06:00QUICK PICKLED RED ONIONS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When I made ribs Sunday, we needed some pickled red onions. We had already used up the ones I made last year. You can see that post <a href="http://twomenandalittlefarm.blogspot.com/2023/03/pickled-red-onions-refrigerator.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But the ribs were the next day and I needed less salt and something that I didn't have to cook the brine first.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I tweaked the earlier recipe a bit and these came out great! We really like them. There is no heating of the liquid so it's quick and easy and it uses minimal salt (still need some) which works for our healthier eating.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcv6hu0noEal6hhZ6hQ_YppRCXdF7Pfl6yJmTx9j7L52Z8VpW67qpwr1Eg30-9PSOnsQiwSdZLr6mhmagg-fOsDrC5dhmBYp8NQUAxV4DBTIXDyAm2kjqxzl6Es2iYI4szLrjm8D75gnMKlzPhE2ujXpXY3tJLnXr6GW7brYcCKkLOi7uMgDOUbT3x46Y/s3297/quick_pickle_red_onions.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3297" data-original-width="2472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcv6hu0noEal6hhZ6hQ_YppRCXdF7Pfl6yJmTx9j7L52Z8VpW67qpwr1Eg30-9PSOnsQiwSdZLr6mhmagg-fOsDrC5dhmBYp8NQUAxV4DBTIXDyAm2kjqxzl6Es2iYI4szLrjm8D75gnMKlzPhE2ujXpXY3tJLnXr6GW7brYcCKkLOi7uMgDOUbT3x46Y/w480-h640/quick_pickle_red_onions.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><u>PICKLED RED ONIONS</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1 cup water</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1/2 cup apple cider or white vinegar</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">2 TBSP sugar</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1/2 tsp salt</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1 red onion, thinly sliced</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnEy7mBzKCopMTsyIKXN8aGDXN-a-xjeHpSf4DvAz44TuQ6xVM3_v2YJbseIkF3_Bras-U24v4tnK0GFXzxtZxcRns3YwBYBTHh4f9Yeh1FqDHQ4PQyhaK8BHt_kZ7J_ig4-VG5bi0V4XARFQ7hnZynDoKpEwWHdtDrXEBlFQr80vRM_5WbqroGOFbEcQ/s3886/slicing%20red%20onion.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3886" data-original-width="2914" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnEy7mBzKCopMTsyIKXN8aGDXN-a-xjeHpSf4DvAz44TuQ6xVM3_v2YJbseIkF3_Bras-U24v4tnK0GFXzxtZxcRns3YwBYBTHh4f9Yeh1FqDHQ4PQyhaK8BHt_kZ7J_ig4-VG5bi0V4XARFQ7hnZynDoKpEwWHdtDrXEBlFQr80vRM_5WbqroGOFbEcQ/w480-h640/slicing%20red%20onion.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Slice the onion as thinly as possible. I like to slice them vertically because it gives you the strips instead of the rings, but hey, you do what you like! The thinner the slices, the more the vinegar mixture will permeate to soften and mellow the onions.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Put them into a jar, one medium to large red onion should make enough for one pint jar and the liquid will be enough to fill it up.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjFHYx9z2IWigAhXlsh_8kXBAh9HRV4AwtauG2bviZZtVGcXo-B_T6PySxQpMsN2i8i3QriTYJRMEX0JfweDaFf1LQafXccagEMK9zROThdpM5J33lNdbexOGC0jnuym3CqHiUZL_T5UXwwVYSgVlMlVtNJ3TWAZSeRy4iax-uYvE2-87cfKueJmuYwOO/s3534/quick_brine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3534" data-original-width="2650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjFHYx9z2IWigAhXlsh_8kXBAh9HRV4AwtauG2bviZZtVGcXo-B_T6PySxQpMsN2i8i3QriTYJRMEX0JfweDaFf1LQafXccagEMK9zROThdpM5J33lNdbexOGC0jnuym3CqHiUZL_T5UXwwVYSgVlMlVtNJ3TWAZSeRy4iax-uYvE2-87cfKueJmuYwOO/w480-h640/quick_brine.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mix all the ingredients together and whisk until sugar and salt is dissolved, no cooking necessary.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRKl9gfHbesUsXZNcMiR0Hu5CGWosvONdFFRT8es3dsYuoPHkoBIQsoNebaRPue1A7mo4GqmhIPK8ZgHWaToX0BQ8WegYqPqnttibj8vR22haPS9WBEAqJqOYUiSNuHDdyWPr6ovYH-D3_sdO0zImSUHf543QnoZFR1Sg453md8Abd7bMpIzmlG81cm32/s2346/quick_pickeled_red_onions.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2346" data-original-width="1760" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRKl9gfHbesUsXZNcMiR0Hu5CGWosvONdFFRT8es3dsYuoPHkoBIQsoNebaRPue1A7mo4GqmhIPK8ZgHWaToX0BQ8WegYqPqnttibj8vR22haPS9WBEAqJqOYUiSNuHDdyWPr6ovYH-D3_sdO0zImSUHf543QnoZFR1Sg453md8Abd7bMpIzmlG81cm32/w480-h640/quick_pickeled_red_onions.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pour it over the onions, put a tight fitting lid on and give it a gentle shake. You can leave them to sit for an hour and eat right away but if you do them overnight, they'll get super good. You can actually keep these for up to two weeks if you keep them in the fridge, though they don't last that long here!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You can also do like our last cooked brined batch and add jalapeños, red pepper flakes, peppercorns, etc.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViqhoK2LIuqeCqEbpgkT3SubpKPUf_JZNoy3JWRG0HwyWb0xnlvbGHR6KxQluXQjxf8_c6Qo2zNOLQo1ATTu2wDNM03mYvvDeibg5cj5UvUin1BlW5bRrBaNG2tL5t6sb6G8ANSf1pSUZs5EHVg1ANhbAQYFiG1WJ8bADyY-noG8FZW9flQnxDid6Zj-i/s1194/pickled_red_onions_and_bbq.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1194" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViqhoK2LIuqeCqEbpgkT3SubpKPUf_JZNoy3JWRG0HwyWb0xnlvbGHR6KxQluXQjxf8_c6Qo2zNOLQo1ATTu2wDNM03mYvvDeibg5cj5UvUin1BlW5bRrBaNG2tL5t6sb6G8ANSf1pSUZs5EHVg1ANhbAQYFiG1WJ8bADyY-noG8FZW9flQnxDid6Zj-i/w640-h600/pickled_red_onions_and_bbq.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They were very good even after just 24 hours of being in the fridge, we'll finish them off over the next few days. They are great with BBQ, adding a tang and crunch. Some people use sliced pickles for this and that's great as well, but Texas BBQ likes the red onions. They are also great on sandwiches, tacos and are a frequent condiment with TexMex food. Heck, last night we had a salad and put the onions in there!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Enjoy!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-28302450457670800322024-02-19T09:00:00.001-06:002024-02-19T09:00:00.195-06:00COLD DAY AND ZEN 2 BEING PICKED UP<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was COLD Saturday. And wet. Ugh.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6U7jO61OpJ5wqC9Zb6czqkIpV8fJGPM43nVVXQ-q6qbf6l6vVIs1apE1p99_-odYCwUCZPk-6mep1i0P4fM2mUh08QG0H-v6cQvRWuBU2Iyzv27yYl247TcLL0_GuDupsMhdRJw_ydlWEIA9jXWHxyNTFLr2Ig_cLAItbbEOczt2NgSProM8dSdlnKj5/s1310/IMG_9847.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6U7jO61OpJ5wqC9Zb6czqkIpV8fJGPM43nVVXQ-q6qbf6l6vVIs1apE1p99_-odYCwUCZPk-6mep1i0P4fM2mUh08QG0H-v6cQvRWuBU2Iyzv27yYl247TcLL0_GuDupsMhdRJw_ydlWEIA9jXWHxyNTFLr2Ig_cLAItbbEOczt2NgSProM8dSdlnKj5/w628-h640/IMG_9847.jpeg" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When I got out there, it was 46 and felt like 39. Actually felt like 29, but that could be the blood thinners talking, LOL!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtJqh0mDxfZoe6cgR5XKjDetzbsJtetAcEdBPXx2H7DIQN8e7JznAKPsOtPJK4X5EzRGTpKxvMCUKpaCZ03KxyjjMYXOgop_ccvgH6Jq84sN5I_Gwdx1qopeTKoxZ8JOc9OPcgpA3giuPNhdvxWhT7XsQn-ztfn2YpL3eCxSu91BQoncNh_FBbw5y8ey3/s3933/IMG_9861.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3933" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtJqh0mDxfZoe6cgR5XKjDetzbsJtetAcEdBPXx2H7DIQN8e7JznAKPsOtPJK4X5EzRGTpKxvMCUKpaCZ03KxyjjMYXOgop_ccvgH6Jq84sN5I_Gwdx1qopeTKoxZ8JOc9OPcgpA3giuPNhdvxWhT7XsQn-ztfn2YpL3eCxSu91BQoncNh_FBbw5y8ey3/w640-h480/IMG_9861.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can a picture convey cold? This one should. That sky. It just looks cold. Anyway, the property is greening up and it will soon be mowing season.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Speaking of...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mNeGk1gCWk4C5imCHyo00HQGcXJ3iXOhX5Fv7Id2ZEJ-lCTfXSAgDYmxE-18XUeeIJJ13FpP0X_Qbn84wUk63fztOkzyPKQC0zE77D9CW0cIMjdEFsP6i7CmH13CzhztI-UgjpCTEuFpkukMCdrKSsiC6SozdE-ln5cdj976P6dFYbNGnBU8Bylbwzr-/s4032/IMG_9864.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mNeGk1gCWk4C5imCHyo00HQGcXJ3iXOhX5Fv7Id2ZEJ-lCTfXSAgDYmxE-18XUeeIJJ13FpP0X_Qbn84wUk63fztOkzyPKQC0zE77D9CW0cIMjdEFsP6i7CmH13CzhztI-UgjpCTEuFpkukMCdrKSsiC6SozdE-ln5cdj976P6dFYbNGnBU8Bylbwzr-/w480-h640/IMG_9864.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Zen Machine 2 is sitting outside, waiting to be picked up this week by the dealer to have its first annual maintenance. It's included for the first two years, they pay the service, I pay for any parts needed. They will change the oil, filters, check the belts, sharpen the blades and make whatever other adjustments are needed. I covered it with a freeze cloth we had, just to keep the seat and dashboard from bird poop (ask me how I know about this potential, LOL!). The rain was gone and Sunday was gorgoeous and this week is clear too. They are supposed to come Tuesday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As soon as it comes back, it will be time for mowing! I checked with the doctors office and they said I was clear to do that as long as it was a riding mower and not me pushing one. At least until my checkup in April where they will do ultrasound and blood panel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-88510026601732481192024-02-18T10:00:00.001-06:002024-02-18T10:00:00.142-06:00GOOD FOOD AND HOBART DAYTONA 500 SUNDAY<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's been an odd weekend of weather. Rain on and off all day Friday (ugh). Saturday was COLD (brrr). Today is nice and getting warmer (phew).</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_e9DQe9WhPSD_nCR_XZ1RC3GS279sNbqwVGIMpjx97niIsEoFo4FR0-k42t5aIrxODXbhW6tIOPEfvZbAIMYIC7pWUCB_ptqYWgE14ul4l7DMPYGwSXVgmMNum82q8gBv7wILwLWkXy6rZkdcKdctKCQvXZLQ-rGoJOhdk2IDQrNudgyDk_3PfXY7YHg/s3495/IMG_9800.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2621" data-original-width="3495" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_e9DQe9WhPSD_nCR_XZ1RC3GS279sNbqwVGIMpjx97niIsEoFo4FR0-k42t5aIrxODXbhW6tIOPEfvZbAIMYIC7pWUCB_ptqYWgE14ul4l7DMPYGwSXVgmMNum82q8gBv7wILwLWkXy6rZkdcKdctKCQvXZLQ-rGoJOhdk2IDQrNudgyDk_3PfXY7YHg/w640-h480/IMG_9800.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The other night, we had pork chops, sautéed squash and applesauce on the side. I have always loved "pork chops and apple sauce" said in my best Brady Bunch impression, ha. If you know, you know!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Of course, as part of our new healthy eating post heart attack, this is a very lean cut of pork, pan seared using olive oil spray with only some pepper and other seasonings. The squash was cooked in the same pan as the pork chops and 2nd Man added fresh herbs. Then, of course, apple sauce on the side. Apple and pork really IS a great combo.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wJfyR7XbWaQ2rS7txOOKACv1g6QG1YO1sjg3vv6tFqS7ipGHWgPgtQTSMXmpUZqP1HlArD-FWBjsBz7M-kfIZoKcxXj3tnF71prE4FM0yArTdorQK579VUhu9RjpSUzYVVLj5hL-zj_5CdsXQ1e_bJ-Z_XSRKZY1ggWXOGF6uesFDyUVFAbIbg6H1_q-/s4032/IMG_9763.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wJfyR7XbWaQ2rS7txOOKACv1g6QG1YO1sjg3vv6tFqS7ipGHWgPgtQTSMXmpUZqP1HlArD-FWBjsBz7M-kfIZoKcxXj3tnF71prE4FM0yArTdorQK579VUhu9RjpSUzYVVLj5hL-zj_5CdsXQ1e_bJ-Z_XSRKZY1ggWXOGF6uesFDyUVFAbIbg6H1_q-/w640-h480/IMG_9763.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hobart, as usual, is unimpressed by anything we do. Just give him a nice place to spread out and sleep. In this case, the couch with back cushion moved so he has plenty of room. We do it. Because...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>#notspoiled</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzHROCdNhmTJKB8S3xLXXj9OgE2-BZioAMaKLEbJwOSZNfPuAn81XoHg662iuy66lN6IgN53xo-rTaCIY3J9tEDnBpigOH2MmRuf1Sq92ocQVluqTbifeu4DjVXbT5GMtfheNyJKaPTi0jhC4YkMaEOmGHVwBZqhI6wbdrjVRkz8jg5UvpmnQD1wZFzey/s454/daytona_nascar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzHROCdNhmTJKB8S3xLXXj9OgE2-BZioAMaKLEbJwOSZNfPuAn81XoHg662iuy66lN6IgN53xo-rTaCIY3J9tEDnBpigOH2MmRuf1Sq92ocQVluqTbifeu4DjVXbT5GMtfheNyJKaPTi0jhC4YkMaEOmGHVwBZqhI6wbdrjVRkz8jg5UvpmnQD1wZFzey/w640-h640/daytona_nascar.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Regular readers know that we are NASCAR fans. It's been off for a few months now and this is the big weekend of the first races of the season: Daytona weekend. The truck race was run Friday night and yesterday was supposed to the be the Xfinity series but it was postponed due to rain. Welp, as this posts, no one is sure if the actual Daytona 500 will even happen today. It may be postponed to Monday. While we're at work. Of course.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We'll still do our annual tradition, ribs and coleslaw. But, I'm tweaking my recipe and there will be minimal salt in anything and we're using a different cut of pork chops that are a little leaner. Will have details on how it came out soon. It's doing it's thing in the oven now and the apartment smells HEAVENLY.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-23677389892250529772024-02-16T09:00:00.001-06:002024-02-16T09:00:00.163-06:00FIVE GALLON BUCKET SCORE<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f6f4e1;"> </span><i>Regular readers know that I have a favorite place to look for bargains...our downstairs trash area! Our building has trash chutes on every floor and they feed into a separate room, but for boxes and other things that people can't put in the chute, there is an area (indoor) near the loading dock where people can put the things they don't want. </i><i>I've found quite a few cool items over the last few years.</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As many of you know, a five gallon bucket is a staple in the garden. And around the house. And in the workshop. Well, just about anywhere.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LqdyeazFYI8IitmHR-wGEYvvIjF71S0mdZ56tXhEfbJKbOp12MkPtdvphYNCPjqEI4zcVjAUfcMlczXPcl0_qqnz_Edlb76a7gs9ug8E_b593PxD66daPjt7CjWsJqd0t4lqp9prAT8xhSFAMIghp4iShEI7ul3gyMZH_FxxRAjRXcSa5hSPqYXK5u49/s2844/IMG_9544.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="2133" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LqdyeazFYI8IitmHR-wGEYvvIjF71S0mdZ56tXhEfbJKbOp12MkPtdvphYNCPjqEI4zcVjAUfcMlczXPcl0_qqnz_Edlb76a7gs9ug8E_b593PxD66daPjt7CjWsJqd0t4lqp9prAT8xhSFAMIghp4iShEI7ul3gyMZH_FxxRAjRXcSa5hSPqYXK5u49/w480-h640/IMG_9544.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After all the years of discovering some fun things downstairs in the recycle area, we were finally able to score some ubiquitous 5-gallon buckets!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EwDhCpU6E2t6oJkd037qlg0bXsWLVokotBJAoffCCWvCHS6494EtJk2p95OkmU8a71-Xd1Y80ph_ALKMCmBEk3QYqZPDR4-46CyxIrjMRlHvXdZYlfFfuhLQJzwMPTFG3YXjbs09n57xpyk5ZLk-CWgmeCxcdeWscfrNmtoL7ae3pNNbpf4V_zoXBVCc/s4032/IMG_9711.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EwDhCpU6E2t6oJkd037qlg0bXsWLVokotBJAoffCCWvCHS6494EtJk2p95OkmU8a71-Xd1Y80ph_ALKMCmBEk3QYqZPDR4-46CyxIrjMRlHvXdZYlfFfuhLQJzwMPTFG3YXjbs09n57xpyk5ZLk-CWgmeCxcdeWscfrNmtoL7ae3pNNbpf4V_zoXBVCc/w480-h640/IMG_9711.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were six in the stack, they are pretty clean but need to be </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hosed off a bit. Otherwise, perfect for use (of course no food storage). We have three that we picked up a few years back at Home Depot (the ubiquitous bright orange ones) and they proved invaluable when we needed to water the wild pear tree during the drought. We also used one as a planter.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLxoRFgZ63J7beXfehi5bc1LBygiI5g2GAI6pIigh6zu2pgEz3WggPU9uoTjwdjDtPlBn0HtQXbxJ6idhT4quY4yjjVQAtRGfOKjjAAdQWlpPdI8q7IKRpYEC6G5pWRWgLHhHwB2q3DHXshEdD6ZScDhml2_DwX94qHTk6tcXXep1KtL7RxjfX3VPUBSc/s1200/five_gallon_bucket.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLxoRFgZ63J7beXfehi5bc1LBygiI5g2GAI6pIigh6zu2pgEz3WggPU9uoTjwdjDtPlBn0HtQXbxJ6idhT4quY4yjjVQAtRGfOKjjAAdQWlpPdI8q7IKRpYEC6G5pWRWgLHhHwB2q3DHXshEdD6ZScDhml2_DwX94qHTk6tcXXep1KtL7RxjfX3VPUBSc/w640-h334/five_gallon_bucket.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">5 gallon bucket ideas, image via Wikicommons.com<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are a gazillion uses listed on the internet, just Google "5 gallon bucket" and whatever it is, I think a 5 gallon bucket has been used, ha.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure we'll have no problem finding something to use them for. Will get them cleaned and hung up in the shed waiting for further use.</div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFV5503NMx-0TN3EDNrtsPekj6Lhd3ni4NPVR9sLYPaN_jmYcX2cWYbGgP_Q2BHhoCBc7O_500voDWCfGaUTRhFgjHCHV2fve3Et2gxf3eX-Rqd1QZMrJmF5WP-elNnvNXtn4ve5jPIRdQ0Ycq23rj-GahtaBcaG60jzgDMv9jZx6JXnkw5lkGGVk_OE7/s640/reduce_recycle_reuse_banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="137" data-original-width="640" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFV5503NMx-0TN3EDNrtsPekj6Lhd3ni4NPVR9sLYPaN_jmYcX2cWYbGgP_Q2BHhoCBc7O_500voDWCfGaUTRhFgjHCHV2fve3Et2gxf3eX-Rqd1QZMrJmF5WP-elNnvNXtn4ve5jPIRdQ0Ycq23rj-GahtaBcaG60jzgDMv9jZx6JXnkw5lkGGVk_OE7/w640-h138/reduce_recycle_reuse_banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-7045346302700276512024-02-14T09:00:00.003-06:002024-02-14T09:00:00.150-06:00HAPPY VALENTINES DAY 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNm_TPECJbEAJIz2NzAs5SRTZvtVq_Gv81IbfVOikMCD__nHLhywq4q6BiTEp3ZqSz60_2MzexTIVe1oqX8eKFCNgnxzyUkvpxD9PHFjdJdLesPmr7h7qjMq59ejm1zjXK3PjfWZSgXGvg8Q8vjfQoDnP28y0esudFAmkkb7-N9XQz2hEPCYa9v_jnV84/s3551/IMG_9728.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="3551" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNm_TPECJbEAJIz2NzAs5SRTZvtVq_Gv81IbfVOikMCD__nHLhywq4q6BiTEp3ZqSz60_2MzexTIVe1oqX8eKFCNgnxzyUkvpxD9PHFjdJdLesPmr7h7qjMq59ejm1zjXK3PjfWZSgXGvg8Q8vjfQoDnP28y0esudFAmkkb7-N9XQz2hEPCYa9v_jnV84/w640-h480/IMG_9728.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Found this last year, after Valentines Day sale, and picked it up. It sort of matches the one 2nd Man found for Easter a couple of years ago (that one had a vintage pale blue truck filled with Easter eggs).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqe0XrdwwCDbn_NDi9IYmAGucDqrLJxoLWBeV6WFnXTfhT_zXwor_6gN7_9-I20KlKyOq0HOgLXqqH4h__DT2CR63-2OJWZy9ximVZSKDrvHQuZPXO-AqBLBJ8ZcgMoRBVL4UcZIpTZQROU2JxJf-cc6zMdmv9PawVFu1NXxfrwQkZV7XKDJIhDUAx03Rz/s3707/IMG_9749.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3707" data-original-width="2780" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqe0XrdwwCDbn_NDi9IYmAGucDqrLJxoLWBeV6WFnXTfhT_zXwor_6gN7_9-I20KlKyOq0HOgLXqqH4h__DT2CR63-2OJWZy9ximVZSKDrvHQuZPXO-AqBLBJ8ZcgMoRBVL4UcZIpTZQROU2JxJf-cc6zMdmv9PawVFu1NXxfrwQkZV7XKDJIhDUAx03Rz/w480-h640/IMG_9749.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Made up some bags of Lindt truffles for my coworkers. We are trying to stay away from chocolate (except for a small piece of antioxidant rich dark chocolate) but I can live vicariously through others, ha.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Saw these below in the grocery store the other day and thought it was a pretty brilliant marketing idea. They used heart-shaped foil pans to create meals to go for Valentines Day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf8MuR20BMm8E0yHudGb44aLa6cpCJ5x86xt92L4CU6XlsDkytt6xaDbsUbK0rLp-G_VMG7HtoZqH4bo5w9lXezkkDsXT3mH7_X18tjzHSGPF6yirGwQVkHc7qQtp0IdrWYvLTFJMfNhiFm3nLK_XELMvn1PLyUQdb8_3PH87ZvFrXfkQ-3IFBxvZffnS/s4031/IMG_9633.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4031" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnf8MuR20BMm8E0yHudGb44aLa6cpCJ5x86xt92L4CU6XlsDkytt6xaDbsUbK0rLp-G_VMG7HtoZqH4bo5w9lXezkkDsXT3mH7_X18tjzHSGPF6yirGwQVkHc7qQtp0IdrWYvLTFJMfNhiFm3nLK_XELMvn1PLyUQdb8_3PH87ZvFrXfkQ-3IFBxvZffnS/w480-h640/IMG_9633.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These were boneless ribeye sweetheart cuts with garlic butter...love the way they even sliced them and placed them opposite each other. Pretty cool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbhjgMkUI9KOE3oQOswiSK1BPdUoB8jS2tEYyogk6T_C6xo6aoNdXDI8OuqZlvc5A-jPDK2m-OHC78WTqEBmmutKHkfjOfUJT71wag-tTbTR161Ly_uRtb0MJYXVV7Ojh8pvEVvN8AG7zHOSqt4eoYssSxeymmfLpHy8rvFtq8iBUI_WhMK03EVrZUIME/s3222/IMG_9634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2416" data-original-width="3222" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbhjgMkUI9KOE3oQOswiSK1BPdUoB8jS2tEYyogk6T_C6xo6aoNdXDI8OuqZlvc5A-jPDK2m-OHC78WTqEBmmutKHkfjOfUJT71wag-tTbTR161Ly_uRtb0MJYXVV7Ojh8pvEVvN8AG7zHOSqt4eoYssSxeymmfLpHy8rvFtq8iBUI_WhMK03EVrZUIME/w640-h480/IMG_9634.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then there were the New York Strip Steaks with garlic butter but they put them in a ready to go meal combo; one with crab cakes and asparagus, and the other with loaded potato and bacon wrapped asparagus.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since red meat is no longer on our list of things to eat (none since 12/8), we won't be buying this of course, but we'll give props to whoever came up with the idea.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9RHJKeEz1LT0aNR39v_uhwZHG4RRc6FWl5jAHQ5jMZwSxhTNRjPtu6exlZc2tE5iAaLBeBl8v3cQUdfhTEx9Hylr-023lNzVvtYl8fUrgmOVwW6NbkXYLrRWjcfO88SyjFlEWDDGITtMgkxTBtVnHIchh8nfq_uKDogoA_I8bvaxI74X4zaqDREcEYIY/s900/happy_day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="900" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9RHJKeEz1LT0aNR39v_uhwZHG4RRc6FWl5jAHQ5jMZwSxhTNRjPtu6exlZc2tE5iAaLBeBl8v3cQUdfhTEx9Hylr-023lNzVvtYl8fUrgmOVwW6NbkXYLrRWjcfO88SyjFlEWDDGITtMgkxTBtVnHIchh8nfq_uKDogoA_I8bvaxI74X4zaqDREcEYIY/w640-h256/happy_day.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-67681396384676499892024-02-12T09:00:00.001-06:002024-02-12T09:00:00.170-06:00RAINY SATURDAY AND STORMY SUNDAY<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We thought the rain was gone and so off to the farm we ventured...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI17Rx3P455CCfmX7mjc3cP9sf5Sg9uRhCDVfGTGvl8gRz06UKxn2X9ldfcsIE8JSfkjtRyTlcnum71gMOznDEaCm0l8TiVfFIRyGPLbuAsK6Th1ZHxC4F2zZLepGwwI4gE95LO7phSxAn4kQYLpheNwQvVcXarZVDCyniiR0w_gds0hRS1JQOiAxDgUnE/s4032/IMG_9714.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI17Rx3P455CCfmX7mjc3cP9sf5Sg9uRhCDVfGTGvl8gRz06UKxn2X9ldfcsIE8JSfkjtRyTlcnum71gMOznDEaCm0l8TiVfFIRyGPLbuAsK6Th1ZHxC4F2zZLepGwwI4gE95LO7phSxAn4kQYLpheNwQvVcXarZVDCyniiR0w_gds0hRS1JQOiAxDgUnE/w480-h640/IMG_9714.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was overcast and getting darker and gloomy. We had to bring some things out there to put up plus I needed to drive the truck since I didn't get to do that last weekend because it was so wet. Also watered the porch plants but that was about it because...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cNNs52GXyWNhwUvX-ERcoBLHdpTxevL39zX7qubs2VJreT5V20AuY6At2qatSGObQAuwo-l7JJBn8dZEAFZFnXL4BRjh1i51iQ4ySw3EvWB4SevUQrDCcxCel0V-lUDU_d9FtTqT2PS0RYEz-8Q5zM3gt1EVEwBCJx61MxkdZioszXLrsdUzClYCR0lT/s3960/IMG_9721.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="3960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cNNs52GXyWNhwUvX-ERcoBLHdpTxevL39zX7qubs2VJreT5V20AuY6At2qatSGObQAuwo-l7JJBn8dZEAFZFnXL4BRjh1i51iQ4ySw3EvWB4SevUQrDCcxCel0V-lUDU_d9FtTqT2PS0RYEz-8Q5zM3gt1EVEwBCJx61MxkdZioszXLrsdUzClYCR0lT/w640-h480/IMG_9721.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...it started raining.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We headed back into town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVAKXdxuUqcEb8wVwoAaBnamDSHJQaDL08C8zjchmk8CM-iTS8lTVNOSgiqfZD8sAjTNzPzXxecldYwyPAnLCQKu3XGCpaXNx-G9YvFlcTbBStEuQz5yk8J4doi9vf1vuwzAowePoaPKNYIo68Padi7qRe76NEK4F4xSuloWwqbWrJDu5P2f8_o7SZg9o/s2778/IMG_9733.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVAKXdxuUqcEb8wVwoAaBnamDSHJQaDL08C8zjchmk8CM-iTS8lTVNOSgiqfZD8sAjTNzPzXxecldYwyPAnLCQKu3XGCpaXNx-G9YvFlcTbBStEuQz5yk8J4doi9vf1vuwzAowePoaPKNYIo68Padi7qRe76NEK4F4xSuloWwqbWrJDu5P2f8_o7SZg9o/w296-h640/IMG_9733.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then yesterday, a very strong line of storms came through, hail, strong winds, heavy rain and of course...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbKrLkDSguvhBmcqM4xoX6wPXR1JSpN0j3fxgBix2d0Tgg5MO94tXoptvlj26KLyvwdARLe5tPVPtV9Do18rnCNO1uEBsxBg00S7LAAb6P8wTTAGjC637Yx3d8E8vk9w7MtjLTR-5hyphenhyphenKYGXGc3eab4iudEgNoyj-BRMsnQzSUAyNkemrkbJLkHd08KEvU/s1284/IMG_9732.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1284" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbKrLkDSguvhBmcqM4xoX6wPXR1JSpN0j3fxgBix2d0Tgg5MO94tXoptvlj26KLyvwdARLe5tPVPtV9Do18rnCNO1uEBsxBg00S7LAAb6P8wTTAGjC637Yx3d8E8vk9w7MtjLTR-5hyphenhyphenKYGXGc3eab4iudEgNoyj-BRMsnQzSUAyNkemrkbJLkHd08KEvU/w400-h384/IMG_9732.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...a tornado in the area! It was far enough away from the farm and from Houston, but the same line of storms that produced the tornado moved over the farm and parts of Houston earlier in the morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZog-l8QUqlRuTgwq_9ddy5FWEBGCtF1Wm5ISwC8f6OLQyQZFfeOOTMzG63qhwh7iLNmFvaxI4cA5EbjwQemuHnusm5ehlIDFsRcNJYPM7AHkHxOkBur1mg-l-i9rys1_DXjnF-xmfOFTwjIj7zjWdvzkxT4hMZm1nMnCQmBpXETNH-orKK9xLQ0w2onr/s4032/IMG_8911%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZog-l8QUqlRuTgwq_9ddy5FWEBGCtF1Wm5ISwC8f6OLQyQZFfeOOTMzG63qhwh7iLNmFvaxI4cA5EbjwQemuHnusm5ehlIDFsRcNJYPM7AHkHxOkBur1mg-l-i9rys1_DXjnF-xmfOFTwjIj7zjWdvzkxT4hMZm1nMnCQmBpXETNH-orKK9xLQ0w2onr/w480-h640/IMG_8911%202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This picture is from a few weekends ago. Several of you have asked how the wild pear tree is doing, the one we had to butcher prune at the request of the power company last Summer. Here it is. It's doing great and this is even after the hard freeze. Now whether it produces fruit this season, we have no idea, but at least it's still doing well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So ready for Spring...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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Very good. Side note, we are obsessed with plain Greek Yogurt as a sour cream substitute...zero fat and and minimal sodium...and tastes exactly the same as sour cream. It's all about healthy choices, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmaMEk_hci29JyQjsbbyGOpyyr9epd53QtReimwVDRUSNHCnneI_mLIHFS_q2N8TD-VI6DxGNPLPcsgAxM_B2bE4P3dI2606om43UONVrkzcapLK0TAjT-30GhjJ520U8p6e_k-XZ_78IVmgYqqIVSLfblpHRVTl7Hr0oNYmTlamgL9ziRmVsKvostk-K/s4032/IMG_9628.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmaMEk_hci29JyQjsbbyGOpyyr9epd53QtReimwVDRUSNHCnneI_mLIHFS_q2N8TD-VI6DxGNPLPcsgAxM_B2bE4P3dI2606om43UONVrkzcapLK0TAjT-30GhjJ520U8p6e_k-XZ_78IVmgYqqIVSLfblpHRVTl7Hr0oNYmTlamgL9ziRmVsKvostk-K/w480-h640/IMG_9628.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So a package came the other day and Hobart did what cats do. Here he is looking back and saying, "WHAT? Haven't you ever seen a cat in a box?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9W6L2hHS3A9BbL04iBLUJk4ViErrqeWPQONSxUAfqBCmwuiki8cClia37IKFr0OwXfYu7U2Pvo8m1EPu3zrhvemXrs6yu-mtldAQCtbXZMNFvRsApROWs_kBeMdZr5kQnC9qufGe6AIojJdUfwBRVITcGXC35_4AGVH7IqQKG3l-MPCM2dR-dU6epAdgM/s3614/IMG_9625.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3614" data-original-width="2711" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9W6L2hHS3A9BbL04iBLUJk4ViErrqeWPQONSxUAfqBCmwuiki8cClia37IKFr0OwXfYu7U2Pvo8m1EPu3zrhvemXrs6yu-mtldAQCtbXZMNFvRsApROWs_kBeMdZr5kQnC9qufGe6AIojJdUfwBRVITcGXC35_4AGVH7IqQKG3l-MPCM2dR-dU6epAdgM/w480-h640/IMG_9625.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"Now leave me alone and let me sleep..."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And of course we did. Because...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>#notspoiled</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-11217142426925706402024-02-09T09:00:00.003-06:002024-02-09T09:00:00.140-06:00BARGAIN LANDSCAPING ITEMS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> So, one of my very sweet coworkers thought of us on a great deal. Her Sister was liquidizing her late husbands's landscaping business and she asked us if we wanted any of the great "pre-sale" deals.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Sure!</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvYjd2EUcRr75BSB16LLaZ590e-VUIJoISRf0cq1NSN1sY0SJghGscWvG_5wLtatM4J4JUCPf-U-cy-mUZD2zseaLM40Oa95WFHYsqi0ZsYGpYsS6MHs3zRrSZoDcmaCgaJwe-tqFAJA10pKC5Em_mhJjYnnlicJ1xPB-1N3ZT4QOuOY1pR_DM5BWIZxS/s3733/IMG_9520.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2800" data-original-width="3733" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvYjd2EUcRr75BSB16LLaZ590e-VUIJoISRf0cq1NSN1sY0SJghGscWvG_5wLtatM4J4JUCPf-U-cy-mUZD2zseaLM40Oa95WFHYsqi0ZsYGpYsS6MHs3zRrSZoDcmaCgaJwe-tqFAJA10pKC5Em_mhJjYnnlicJ1xPB-1N3ZT4QOuOY1pR_DM5BWIZxS/w640-h480/IMG_9520.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">An industrial wheelbarrow, in my favorite color red! It's in great shape (just needs to be hosed off a bit) but it is otherwise in excellent condition and ready to be used around the farm! One can always use an extra wheelbarrow, you never know what you might be pushing around on the property.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-7JlzSL4gT8ubBPgWCg7aMGRuG1-qjMTP9v0YdDUD3ElTd7HsoDl6ItX527UTd0-dE40u6uNrHx38QGDSWfps-Hx-r8dValmfwtygvcXX7ThBtjNQQ4YVIUeOMG75a8trA043Y-GZXVh9KjlaWfXs7Tx1-LdaGSkVWn14I4gvRiqBj8ViZE4HHDpoKI_/s4032/IMG_9519.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-7JlzSL4gT8ubBPgWCg7aMGRuG1-qjMTP9v0YdDUD3ElTd7HsoDl6ItX527UTd0-dE40u6uNrHx38QGDSWfps-Hx-r8dValmfwtygvcXX7ThBtjNQQ4YVIUeOMG75a8trA043Y-GZXVh9KjlaWfXs7Tx1-LdaGSkVWn14I4gvRiqBj8ViZE4HHDpoKI_/w640-h480/IMG_9519.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then there were hoses. We got six unused garden hoses, each 50' long! They also had some brand new sprinklers, so we got four impact sprinklers and two circular spot sprinklers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These will all come in handy with new flowerbeds and garden areas as we develop them around the farm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>All of the above for $15.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There may be one more thing our future, something really cool to have, but trying to figure out the logistics of it (if they still have it) so stay tuned on that front.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. We work hard to create new, fresh and exciting posts and always wish to protect it**
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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-12992284379357565032024-02-07T09:00:00.004-06:002024-02-07T21:04:33.091-06:00HOW TO ROAST GARLIC IN THE OVEN<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">.<span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Since we didn't plant garlic last year, we don't have our usual good supply.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gbR7hWr70l9eOiS2aNRwdX6CXBI2Kec6bjCWe1hYAFcSOV-YjpeATHwN7K7_fxxj1XTmkoybu3K-wzerkdJBbizGXasRAy1jkyxZ2oHP4rRDk3vM-KwHN1JyURD1v6Lj6eRJbVH19l1j58cJ9JGmpo6zijdKks2Ezf_z8elY7g0yN1TJUUPCOOQKcUoK/s4032/bulk%20garlic.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gbR7hWr70l9eOiS2aNRwdX6CXBI2Kec6bjCWe1hYAFcSOV-YjpeATHwN7K7_fxxj1XTmkoybu3K-wzerkdJBbizGXasRAy1jkyxZ2oHP4rRDk3vM-KwHN1JyURD1v6Lj6eRJbVH19l1j58cJ9JGmpo6zijdKks2Ezf_z8elY7g0yN1TJUUPCOOQKcUoK/w480-h640/bulk%20garlic.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, we got a 2lb bag (that's a lot of garlic, ha) and decided to roast some so we can enjoy the added flavor with our new diet of healthier cooking. Plus garlic is SUPER heart healthy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoQS1LrFY4e0eaztKcjyNfv1IsC08jrhQnuqnCUvapDmRBZUYzWPRDHeTg4u1Q0tHIk7s8-RP8KLwgOlgHsTmDzkB51cWzv0NrcR6yRsoPVCvdVQAvu5L3xEcjiqZXbVaxh_sC41FvuYCp8w6ZeZfc19z5pjLsNeFYwkJxnkQb3iTEwAR2zgzcvw276Zh/s4032/cutting_garlic_for_roasting.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoQS1LrFY4e0eaztKcjyNfv1IsC08jrhQnuqnCUvapDmRBZUYzWPRDHeTg4u1Q0tHIk7s8-RP8KLwgOlgHsTmDzkB51cWzv0NrcR6yRsoPVCvdVQAvu5L3xEcjiqZXbVaxh_sC41FvuYCp8w6ZeZfc19z5pjLsNeFYwkJxnkQb3iTEwAR2zgzcvw276Zh/w480-h640/cutting_garlic_for_roasting.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cut off the top 1/4 or so, to expose as much surface area of the garlic as you can and leave the tighter paper skins on (some just fall off naturally). Other people just cut it in half but that's wasting too much garlic, ha. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT74GCAhyzccZWzaMyBExdGWKiqbmXLNSb8U_Y5E9LXltOcyP2JzgEctnbf0RfSVVXma9R58sBbp_76rIwBU2BfyHMyPQC7dk4kuLPpkK82ShF5e45_7A1EXuLq6pQgMTAELSV8pz1u7ckxJqEtCJxEX-Z2WEPR0ru_IL58brvEO_XQfjX-SAL-LA3tr2/s4032/oven_roasted_garlic.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT74GCAhyzccZWzaMyBExdGWKiqbmXLNSb8U_Y5E9LXltOcyP2JzgEctnbf0RfSVVXma9R58sBbp_76rIwBU2BfyHMyPQC7dk4kuLPpkK82ShF5e45_7A1EXuLq6pQgMTAELSV8pz1u7ckxJqEtCJxEX-Z2WEPR0ru_IL58brvEO_XQfjX-SAL-LA3tr2/w480-h640/oven_roasted_garlic.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I like to make a little foil packet, you can put it in a dish and cover with foil, whatever you prefer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh90ZnBAjkPuXndSagX-DRlzyKKoo0PjPRdj6zWds4EcfrztiCYZPD7Xgcy9QlnELuALQ86KmrZuEQ25mBt1LV6_wrTqEmyTocYqHwAIOmnN0pXBcF4um5h7YWuQqSSg_AAuqhnWm_zwD8mD9Q0bJuIt0dS-EiQ1hWb4mXmFs5qQgTWohUUztygdchL9E/s4032/roasting_garlic.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh90ZnBAjkPuXndSagX-DRlzyKKoo0PjPRdj6zWds4EcfrztiCYZPD7Xgcy9QlnELuALQ86KmrZuEQ25mBt1LV6_wrTqEmyTocYqHwAIOmnN0pXBcF4um5h7YWuQqSSg_AAuqhnWm_zwD8mD9Q0bJuIt0dS-EiQ1hWb4mXmFs5qQgTWohUUztygdchL9E/w480-h640/roasting_garlic.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then drizzle them with olive oil. You want the oil to really get down in there so I drizzle it in a small stream and let it get into all the nooks and crannies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You can also add herbs here, salt and/or pepper, etc. We aren't doing added salt so we just used the pure garlic and olive oil flavor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lagR_kwMSp1o659lcdCuDHXAYwH7ZGNJEFESpA289kpT2TTnoNNiq2oUeEI1tHJ3CgjNzl0j8gMGvLA60fuQtRR8-E4ZcmMXov_6Ww-RpU3KYDdmAeW7wqOlYPowWLVQX9HV_-7SOD39QTt1KDXZWRshJBzwmn3CIfg_3NMe8f6HiuNGFi95IKZQx9GI/s4032/oven_garlic_roasted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lagR_kwMSp1o659lcdCuDHXAYwH7ZGNJEFESpA289kpT2TTnoNNiq2oUeEI1tHJ3CgjNzl0j8gMGvLA60fuQtRR8-E4ZcmMXov_6Ww-RpU3KYDdmAeW7wqOlYPowWLVQX9HV_-7SOD39QTt1KDXZWRshJBzwmn3CIfg_3NMe8f6HiuNGFi95IKZQx9GI/w480-h640/oven_garlic_roasted.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we cook with foil, if foil comes into contact with the food, we like to put a piece of parchment over the food so that's what I did here but again, not necessary, you do whatever you like!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH4RbykArGqoXrMLCU0LEMwdHAePF6PR5k8YGxRXZPqjSfCwGYmkMYxagRd9uSItpQkXIQMa7N6JGYVNn2zAOdhZg0ajdRLODuRmhYi6fMumgj2tkVkpnl8HDmdqftq-ca7GvoCQ_zhdgLUp4KV4t-yQfY4Y_p7_LjZmk1ngN0OJrZXTQT2iNbNVJdUM6/s4032/roasting_garlic_in_oven.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH4RbykArGqoXrMLCU0LEMwdHAePF6PR5k8YGxRXZPqjSfCwGYmkMYxagRd9uSItpQkXIQMa7N6JGYVNn2zAOdhZg0ajdRLODuRmhYi6fMumgj2tkVkpnl8HDmdqftq-ca7GvoCQ_zhdgLUp4KV4t-yQfY4Y_p7_LjZmk1ngN0OJrZXTQT2iNbNVJdUM6/w480-h640/roasting_garlic_in_oven.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Seal it up and pop in a preheated 400 degree oven for 45 minutes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYItQwSEECfK1ScNB4SznCuwbp7Wb88LC7qoDMgIXyZA3OJazpq703bRJHPixWmOQiwdItXDwgLJEzv18Oc99ONNWqDm3OwrY6CFbE3N1JXLRa3GLem2vF2TdkSk3p5MiEww-N2kdbRfRm5AhPf4wdb5cT0zLLMpXpbahq3hRoMfk6m3vFKp9dx-4THiV_/s3185/roasting_garlic_in_the_oven.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2389" data-original-width="3185" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYItQwSEECfK1ScNB4SznCuwbp7Wb88LC7qoDMgIXyZA3OJazpq703bRJHPixWmOQiwdItXDwgLJEzv18Oc99ONNWqDm3OwrY6CFbE3N1JXLRa3GLem2vF2TdkSk3p5MiEww-N2kdbRfRm5AhPf4wdb5cT0zLLMpXpbahq3hRoMfk6m3vFKp9dx-4THiV_/w640-h480/roasting_garlic_in_the_oven.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">At the end of 45 minutes, take it out, carefully open the foil (remove the parchment if using) and leave them exposed and put back in for 15 more minutes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoNy_M5dNHA2GhPLeZxenz2MZILZ5RUdn_sdNKmgRgWhb8AB572Zn31T-zn_uAackJ_YiEepRZVGYuTMZu96sx6u3KO96_ZU-9Ejats4RxJC0FVmv4OduMjV9EoNigHiATkFi0Az9TOcLbOtIaC7o0bDS3Q9oKbqQStQ71MQWHfEb7P2vaLrGaFVkqFFG/s4032/roasted_garlic_in_the_oven.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoNy_M5dNHA2GhPLeZxenz2MZILZ5RUdn_sdNKmgRgWhb8AB572Zn31T-zn_uAackJ_YiEepRZVGYuTMZu96sx6u3KO96_ZU-9Ejats4RxJC0FVmv4OduMjV9EoNigHiATkFi0Az9TOcLbOtIaC7o0bDS3Q9oKbqQStQ71MQWHfEb7P2vaLrGaFVkqFFG/w640-h480/roasted_garlic_in_the_oven.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">...or until you like the color, we feel this is a good place to stop, so we always do a total of one hour at 400. It has always worked well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmhwf6WPlUxxZWiz69jWV0sEnhhuRKTfq55QMEHG4vun3O1mTLmaUU-4zbPh1GtTyflQMXfV8QIWHnKTyoX-m7sAuc8oCKUaeF-Ni-HcUeDJW32xiWdcuouiAnLlcUFwIDwYqWiKXHD3kmIIYqecMp1adq42xTO_Mn955kHR_efZGDFV_Pj5N8Nv6uwzG/s2732/garlic_roasted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2732" data-original-width="2049" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmhwf6WPlUxxZWiz69jWV0sEnhhuRKTfq55QMEHG4vun3O1mTLmaUU-4zbPh1GtTyflQMXfV8QIWHnKTyoX-m7sAuc8oCKUaeF-Ni-HcUeDJW32xiWdcuouiAnLlcUFwIDwYqWiKXHD3kmIIYqecMp1adq42xTO_Mn955kHR_efZGDFV_Pj5N8Nv6uwzG/w480-h640/garlic_roasted.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then you just squeeze them out one by one. If you are trying to keep them intact, you will have to be gentle as you remove the papery skin and the usually pop out pretty easily. A few get squashed when I do it but it's OK, they are going to get spread onto bread or stirred into a dish so it's all good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvN7zottKuxFL1tGZj9UFbmMi-plqbQ9rkhpfojlQ0WpaHE0D0LCB75_H5w0J4feRgCdiQKFq4WpWqK5lCB6u3D2jwPoJRsEcp_aNzbVNvW3gH4dSZq3EDWX7jmiPg6M1CCoTQGEG9GnRnEU19cstDtt7xCJt2LckbLW-5EdRLgYrLIufLxdl6YKoHncbd/s2619/IMG_9593.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="2619" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvN7zottKuxFL1tGZj9UFbmMi-plqbQ9rkhpfojlQ0WpaHE0D0LCB75_H5w0J4feRgCdiQKFq4WpWqK5lCB6u3D2jwPoJRsEcp_aNzbVNvW3gH4dSZq3EDWX7jmiPg6M1CCoTQGEG9GnRnEU19cstDtt7xCJt2LckbLW-5EdRLgYrLIufLxdl6YKoHncbd/w640-h480/IMG_9593.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">We put them in a small jar (Mason/Ball of course, ha) and keep them in the fridge. They will keep a few days in the fridge without oil, or you can pour olive oil over them and they'll keep about a week.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>*note: they will spoil and garlic in oil without oxygen can actually run the risk of botulism...so be safe!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PqkkosnUoc93Vs3PjlvRhL_fN6XvLh_njNyMUqNc41CDlR2gZ7K-k9-PMkbzOAfNcMzOAuNZp5mcWpzgsbYdWqglZKBhu5gNAEXCXWsOEFiMozAkS5zYVeBQ71n1gt22a8BqdjV0RuA2TlwidjW-NJvG6mvfC6cO6nkiaCDzTB_RjVpOVMpYE5sV4aMR/s4032/IMG_9539.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PqkkosnUoc93Vs3PjlvRhL_fN6XvLh_njNyMUqNc41CDlR2gZ7K-k9-PMkbzOAfNcMzOAuNZp5mcWpzgsbYdWqglZKBhu5gNAEXCXWsOEFiMozAkS5zYVeBQ71n1gt22a8BqdjV0RuA2TlwidjW-NJvG6mvfC6cO6nkiaCDzTB_RjVpOVMpYE5sV4aMR/w480-h640/IMG_9539.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They are delicious this way. Here are a couple of bagels spread with just a touch of heart healthy butter and a couple cloves of roasted garlic...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">OH MY. SO DELICIOUS!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoTZ9cILjW58BYRoqTQKU5BkAlbJp5bhtlyceDSBod_9FKF2TmlpmBpM2Js4s-uy7dpk4H0wrqSVOdVfz5cJceRCsLMMxNEZKZBrWRGikm2-NPXGQBJGOL8NTs1iEt3DIxvRPYudx3Nk0WLNROZP37oG9gCWZAXEAzWY-NAyiaeBSzmyRw3r93jPaqSn-/s728/FOOD%20PUTTING%20UP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="728" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoTZ9cILjW58BYRoqTQKU5BkAlbJp5bhtlyceDSBod_9FKF2TmlpmBpM2Js4s-uy7dpk4H0wrqSVOdVfz5cJceRCsLMMxNEZKZBrWRGikm2-NPXGQBJGOL8NTs1iEt3DIxvRPYudx3Nk0WLNROZP37oG9gCWZAXEAzWY-NAyiaeBSzmyRw3r93jPaqSn-/w640-h176/FOOD%20PUTTING%20UP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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</div>1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-49679753761840011582024-02-05T09:00:00.001-06:002024-02-05T09:00:00.149-06:00PENCIL BOXES AS STORAGE CONTAINERS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> This is a storage tip for something we use that works great. We like to be organized whenever we can One thing we found that works great for inexpensive storage is a pencil box.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">During the school year, you can find them almost everywhere.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZchydbiYNg5bzBhnbWg1EuO5FkV6fyvcgtL5CLoJ5UtLq5lo5BWDu057ITf3oZgWBhA200zruMcNNP-nMwX7hoi2djsMtQxlTh8-RSa2co9JpOTWT_wyy-OJ2ZjHu0CmEd3yayqm6guuWg80-fjfC8lrrfO1c0VXqinjpVryT5-7L1TnABQsf4PdcklFM/s4032/IMG_6596.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZchydbiYNg5bzBhnbWg1EuO5FkV6fyvcgtL5CLoJ5UtLq5lo5BWDu057ITf3oZgWBhA200zruMcNNP-nMwX7hoi2djsMtQxlTh8-RSa2co9JpOTWT_wyy-OJ2ZjHu0CmEd3yayqm6guuWg80-fjfC8lrrfO1c0VXqinjpVryT5-7L1TnABQsf4PdcklFM/w640-h480/IMG_6596.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I found the long one on the left at our local grocery chain, and the other smaller one on the right was from Walmart. The bigger one was $1.75 and the smaller one was .99 cents.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What makes them great is that you can put just about anything in there as long as it fits.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucDfei9k6Z3jUC2B3NMoYMpcHc1UaJVY5CstpZnGfb6LfwqCnfHsBcus1Jb05C8Rd1wSna1TfzOnnt_n-wOa6SJJ7lWPfIqprJSo9uBPn6LZ9_zZttrjb-9UsdDbtfNuHy2_y5RDWIpBdCWlCsEs2ny7LtVbZLCHy7iutFa7FBarP5udJb4ZiHByO4JQS/s4032/IMG_6602.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucDfei9k6Z3jUC2B3NMoYMpcHc1UaJVY5CstpZnGfb6LfwqCnfHsBcus1Jb05C8Rd1wSna1TfzOnnt_n-wOa6SJJ7lWPfIqprJSo9uBPn6LZ9_zZttrjb-9UsdDbtfNuHy2_y5RDWIpBdCWlCsEs2ny7LtVbZLCHy7iutFa7FBarP5udJb4ZiHByO4JQS/w640-h480/IMG_6602.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This one stays in a large drawer to keep our chip clips and similar items all together. That way, they are in one place and don't move around ending up at the back of the drawer, ha. It's also nice to pull out the box and find just the right clip for the job.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6kwCr4XmhLvIJam68K91sNTbw6mORJDWzdM8vgM1QVmFJFuKfdXQNrRqVMIgK2l9lxBdMFgjuqIOL40NkOUCKksVfcX800_qHshoz5eLoJZ9FNzNf53Ik6vZyNsiQPkMdolTv-HLIvd-PQkFEtGKv6uNcQ9ja86O5ZqKXmiwthkfmPg23ZoQ4lNgeG1P/s4032/IMG_6599.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6kwCr4XmhLvIJam68K91sNTbw6mORJDWzdM8vgM1QVmFJFuKfdXQNrRqVMIgK2l9lxBdMFgjuqIOL40NkOUCKksVfcX800_qHshoz5eLoJZ9FNzNf53Ik6vZyNsiQPkMdolTv-HLIvd-PQkFEtGKv6uNcQ9ja86O5ZqKXmiwthkfmPg23ZoQ4lNgeG1P/w640-h480/IMG_6599.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We used the longer one for the attachments to our hand held mixer. Again, keeps them all in one place (this sits on a shelf behind the mixer) and bonus, they stay dust free and clean until you use them.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1LmMx8E3ZzRkkHP2SIqbgPny6CMTLAVwRbUEYAvcpleUiPVXcKdMN-MjWt4QMj85ipI6K-5MmX248wnrKxinccR-4WvhpMv00yJeAK_w5r4jVhmaStTDi90HgYYj5wM6lg1amUyNYtylP5QuON_gE8KJRCGECAXpwk3q_rxCWr2D4Q3a9Z17c07r2_BP/s3349/IMG_9545.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2512" data-original-width="3349" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1LmMx8E3ZzRkkHP2SIqbgPny6CMTLAVwRbUEYAvcpleUiPVXcKdMN-MjWt4QMj85ipI6K-5MmX248wnrKxinccR-4WvhpMv00yJeAK_w5r4jVhmaStTDi90HgYYj5wM6lg1amUyNYtylP5QuON_gE8KJRCGECAXpwk3q_rxCWr2D4Q3a9Z17c07r2_BP/w640-h480/IMG_9545.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Check this out! Eight spice containers (from Penzey's anyway) fit perfectly in another one. It makes it easy to keep similar spices together. Right now we only have this one, but 2nd Man wants me to pick up some more so we can put jars in others and have "theme boxes". For example, Mexican cooking, Italian, seasoning blends, baking spices, etc.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYGywcmrlHNPyrjphOdGQxs__FtXQ2pQAA4hDv4A6U6A47zaRcgIHpZlY1IVfLeTKpVVIlEYzdvzxBbGefTS8w4vUkU6qyPm2CQj3fJiMAAfmARjHx6tRjrLPFqCMHBgSFfSFgvL8JyoMC_pkZ6dU_7mATUd79rijc1oOKGS9A2Al6v0u62Nl3b3pwU_h/s4032/IMG_6600.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYGywcmrlHNPyrjphOdGQxs__FtXQ2pQAA4hDv4A6U6A47zaRcgIHpZlY1IVfLeTKpVVIlEYzdvzxBbGefTS8w4vUkU6qyPm2CQj3fJiMAAfmARjHx6tRjrLPFqCMHBgSFfSFgvL8JyoMC_pkZ6dU_7mATUd79rijc1oOKGS9A2Al6v0u62Nl3b3pwU_h/w640-h480/IMG_6600.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But, they are not only for the kitchen. This one stays in our bathroom drawer and keeps our bandages and minor would care needs all in one spot.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Grab the box and go!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, you could use them in a desk or craft room. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In our smaller apartment, it helps with organization for sure, but this will be something that helps at the house as well.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Always great to stay neat and organized!</span></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">**Due to potential for stolen content, we do not provide a full RSS feed. 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