Posted on 03/01/2025 7:23:36 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Dad always threw a handful of barley in his chili.
Well, let’s see...I spent 18 years ‘in the biz’ and was more than willing to SELL you a Yew - but I certainly wouldn’t TELL you how to propagate your own, LOL!
I may be jeopardizing my retirement holdings, but this guy shows you how. There are ‘softwood’ cuttings and ‘hardwood’ cuttings and a different procedure for each...BUT you didn’t hear it from ME. ;)
https://greg.app/propagate-yew/
The Sriracha is a nice twist!
A favorite of the family is the ‘Whiskey Glazed Carrots’ from The Pioneer Woman. Another layer of YUM for boring old carrots*!
Whiskey & Brown Sugar, Baby! Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that! :)
*Wisconsin grows & harvests about 5,000 acres of carrots each year. Third in the nation. The entire middle section of WI is totally suited for root crops. (Onions, Taters, Carrots, Turnips, etc.) The glaciers ground that soil to the perfect ‘sandy loam’ we gardeners would all die for in our own garden beds. :)
I could see Barley as a thickener of sorts; I love Beef Soup with Barley. :)
i just love a sweet/hot combo.....recipes w/ that flavor profile are treasured.
So the chili with ‘secret’ venison was a success! My crockpot is at least a 6 qt and was just about full to the top. There was less than a cup left & mom cleaned that up when she got home. :-)
Spring equinox 2025: Say goodbye to winter in the Northern Hemisphere today
Spring officially begins today (March 20) with the vernal equinox, bringing longer days and warmer temperatures to the Northern Hemisphere.
The vernal equinox signals the astronomical start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the sun crossing above Earth’s equator, moving from south to north, at 5:01 a.m. EST (0901 GMT) on March 20. This means that after months of being pointed away from the sun during the winter, the Northern Hemisphere will now begin pointing toward the sun, according to In-the-Sky.org.
As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere greets the first day of autumn.
Very glad to hear good news! Onward and upward!
LOL — when’s dinner!
I think it went pretty good. The fact that I’m good on a computer and have experience with drawing/drafting programs is a big plus. Most people here in flyover land aren’t into computers. They have one guy doing that type of thing and are looking for a backup/helper.
Aerospace company that even had some F35 parts in progress. Awesome benefits, including 2 weeks PTO/yr, IRA with some sharing, good ins, and $1000 sign on bonus. Light duty work that I could do until I retire.
Fingers crossed.
As of today, I now have a chainsaw! It’s an EGO 16” battery (I don’t get along well with small engines). The battery polesaw just doesn’t cut it (no pun intended) on larger branches & I have 3 trees to take down as well. I’ve been wanting a chainsaw for a couple of years - hope this one works out.
I hated carrots growing up. Cooked carrots. Always in butter, nothing other than salt, pepper, or canned peas (super yuck!) with them. So, I didn’t make them very often in adulthood. Still don’t eat them all that much. But once in a while they sound appealing.
This recipe looks intriguing! I think I’ll give it a shot when I’m feeling adventurous, and throw caution to the wind! Thank you!
Every now and again, you gotta modify your own “rules”, especially if there’s a worthy cause for doing so.
When we go south, we stop at a place for boiled peanuts. It’s not a gas station, but it’s a private market that has gas at the place 2 doors down. So fill up your gas, and go walk over to the market and get your produce. It’s a neat little place, that we only hit twice a year. On the way to the beach, and on the way home.
Whiskey & brown sugar? Now that might be another carrot recipe I can wrap my head around! ;)
Congratulations! Sounds like it was DELISH!
Good luck to you! I let hubby handle the chainsaw, and I make sure he wears metal tipped boots. Our next door neighbor was only wearing sneakers once. He accidentally sliced where he shouldn’t have, and had to have surgery to correct that mistake. He’s all healed, as this is many years later, but yeah, sometimes you gotta learn from someone else’s mistakes. Just be careful.
I ‘swamped’* for the trail maintainer sawyers for almost 20 years. After watching them (all have to be certified by the US Forest Service), I am familiar with analyzing situations, where & how to cut, etc. I have my own Kevlar chainsaw chaps & I know the other safety gear I need to wear. Believe me, I will start slow & ‘small’ ... eventually I will work up to taking down the big dead chestnut tree near the shop, but I will definitely have help when I finally tackle it.
*A swamper clears cut brush and trees behind a sawyer
I know you’ll love that “sweet-hotness” which enhances the familiar carrot flavor.
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