Odif, my spelling was off, way off! I meant that the chop was coarse, not diced or fine. Sorry about that! Sjoerd, I use chuck roast for this. Any...
Sjoerd, it is labor intensive, but most good things are! In a large heavy Dutch oven, render out three strips of bacon, remove the bacon strips,...
We are having Beef Stew Gaston in bread bowls. Beef is so expensive that we rarely have it, but chuck roast was on "sale" (still darned...
Yes Sjoerd, it is a young butterfly. We have searched out hop trees (host tree) and Passion Flower vines for eggs or instars, and haven't seen...
Mego, a bit of envy here, but just a bit! We don't have squirrels around here--too many hawks and coyotes. As a result, we don't have squirrels...
[ATTACH] Frankly, I was worried. We have had fewer butterflies, and no swallowtails all spring and summer. But, they are returning! The zinnias...
Each year there are news stories about boats, swimmers, kayakers gone missing on local lakes. Rescue/search boats manned by the local fire...
Sjoerd, oh my stars! About your post--hip, hip, hipporay!
No, I do not garden in my nightgown. That "mild Texas breeze" blowing up the skirt is disconcerting, to say the least! Mart, would you settle for...
With the heat I've been harvesting herbs early in the day (no, I wasn't out in my nightgown cutting herbs!). Today I hung thyme and marjoram to...
Growingpains, we have hardneck garlic. It does better in our climate and it was what was available at the local grocery store. I bought three...
I'm writing a book about WD-40. It's non-friction.
I'm sure you are all tired of seeing our hummingbirds, but my husband took an especially good one of a Ruby Throat on a feeder, so here goes! [ATTACH]
It's a very good morning today! Our ginger tom Buddy had been missing for two days. He got spooked by a large trailer parked in the barn lot while...
Lovely! We have prairie flowers, but none that gorgeous!
Mart, Netty has a big garden, a green thumb all the way to her elbow, and most of the canning jars in southern Ontario! I'm making refrigerator...
Today I picked cucumbers and squash. Tomorrow I'll be baking zucchini bread. I just hope I can find someone 1) who likes zucchini bread and 2)...
[IMG] I may need to make duplicates of some of these.
I heard you say that word! For shame!
Sjoerd, I heartily agree!:smt051
