“There were three bucks and ten-ish does having a deer orgy in my back pasture that evening. I guess they moved to the orchard field to finish up.”
No pictures - PLEASE, LOL!
Nice that you can bury the mare at home where she belongs. Beau STILL complains about the $1,500.00 it cost him to have his wife’s horse cremated (he was widowed in 2010) so she could spread the ashes around here. ‘Shy Anne’ was a really cool horse, though! I knew Linda since I was a teen, and Shy Anne a number of years later.
He also asked me who the dog is on my computer screen, and why am I ‘cheating’ on all my other dogs? LOL!
Eating from The Land, Your Hand, Your Garden:
Supper tonight was Bear Pepper Steak and it. was. awesome! Peppers were frozen, from the garden earlier this season. I used all red peppers as that’s what I had frozen, but any color combo is fine. Also, no reason you couldn’t throw in a few Shishito or a Jalapeno or two for added interest! ;)
I use this Crock Pot recipe, but used a Bear roast that Beau brought back from camp this season. I have also used Elk, Beef and Pork with similar delicious results.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23567/slow-cooker-pepper-steak/
Note: Instead of the Soy Sauce, I prefer Teriyaki Sauce - just personal preference. I also add some homemade gravy mix (a scant 1/4 cup) at the end to thicken it up and skip the corn starch part of the recipe.
Homemade Brown Gravy Mix:
https://iamhomesteader.com/homemade-brown-gravy/
Since I am IN LOVE with a total ‘Meat and Potatoes Guy’ this Brown Gravy Mix has saved me cash and time and effort. They want 50 cents for a little packet of gravy mix? Yeah. No.
Bear Pepper Steak served over rice with crunchy Chinese Noodles and a side salad and homemade bread. Heaven on a PLATE, Baby! :)
Yesterday wasn't all bad, though. Tire truck guy showed up with Nanner's new shoe. It cost a little over $1300 by the time it was done. I'm glad to have the little Kubota tractor here for the light stuff, but when there's heavy work to be done Nanner is so much better. I didn't like having to part with all that coin, but I'm glad that he's back in service.
