'Oneida' Plott Hound
'Ho-Chunk', 'Fox' & 'Sunshine' Treeing Walker Coon Hounds
Oneida is 5 months old now, the other three are 4 months old. They're starting to run and hunt with our Beagle, 'Chief.'
Posted on 08/10/2019 6:23:32 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Beautiful!
Awesome display of yellow hot peppers. I had a decent harvest before weather got too hot a month or so ago. Now all my plants are infested with whitefly and nothing I use gets rid of them. I had a regular Naga Brain and Big Yellow Mama that died before producing any pepper seeds. Got any seeds willing to trade?
It’s a start! :)
I have made this with just zucchini-——its sensational.
'Oneida' Plott Hound
'Ho-Chunk', 'Fox' & 'Sunshine' Treeing Walker Coon Hounds
Oneida is 5 months old now, the other three are 4 months old. They're starting to run and hunt with our Beagle, 'Chief.'
Spaghetti squash, cut in 1/4's makes for excellent supplement for laying mash,
if and when you have laying hens.
When slightly striped of fibers, the hens will eat seeds,
and the fibers will look 'wormey' and edible to the hens providing a nutritious supplement.
Yep. I still had hens that year at my old farm (we were dating at the time) and those hens got plenty of Spaghetti Squash!
He planted something like 10 HILLS of the stuff that season. For the two of us. It was utter insanity. And he also had pups running loose out here, who stole some of the squashes, chewed them open, and then the following year they were popping up all over the yard!
That was also the year he was raising a steer and using him to mow the house yard. *Rolleyes*
Things are a TAD more civilized around here, now that I’m in charge, LOL!
Maybe next year I’ll allow him to plant ONE hill. One. ;)
Gorgeous dogs!
what do you do with it ?
I am dehydrating 2 trays of red ghost peppers today! I am experimenting with it. I have never had so many peppers and didn’t want to waste any, not one! I wasn’t sure if I should cut them up before shoving them into the dehydrator but am trying to dry them whole. If that doesn’t work well, I will slice them up and try again!
Now I just want to love on dogs ; )
Question......the veggie spiralizer.....do you sauteed the doodles or eat them raw? Do they get mushy?
Thanks in advance.
Slice in half and put on your tray.
I dry my peppers this way in about 8 hours.
Sen me a private message with your address and what type of heat level you like.
I cut a few open carefully to save the seeds, put some in vinegar to make hot sauces and dehydrate the rest. They will dehydrate whole, it just takes longer. Personally I prefer to cut mine open before I dry them but people have dried Chile peppers whole generations before dehydrators came along. I used to use a mortar and pestle to grind mine up and I still use it if I want to make pepper flakes but for powders I use a smoothie maker (they may call it a Magic Bullet in the States) with a grinding blade. Takes a couple of seconds to make powder and you don't get dust everywhere. I empty the powder into jars underneath the ventilator hood for my cooktop but after I did powder yesterday my arms were on fire from my knuckles to my elbows. The price you pay :-)
Excellent advice, thank you!
Last year I let my variety of peppers air dry and I made a blend of red pepper flakes. I almost cried when I used the last of it....it was that good! This year I wasn’t prepared for all the ghost peppers I got off my plants! They really took off - makes up for the NO zucchini or cucs I got this year due to some )(*()_*^&^ bug eating them on the vine! I was so looking forward to fresh zucchini!!
It has been said that a watched pot never boils. The same can be said for eagerly awaiting your first ripe tomato. Still waiting for it to happen, even though there are plenty of small green ones and plenty of blossoms! Had to break down and use Sevn Dust on the tomato flowers because bugs have been eating them. I blame the bad weather this year. By that I mean the heat and humidity has been very high which can stunt growth. However, the caladiums and coleus are thriving.
The Coon Hounds are for hunting racoon and the Plott Hounds are used for hunting bear. We raise both breeds for fun and profit. These three Coon Hounds are the first litter from our Yakama, who is most likely going to be a United Kennel Club (UKC) Grand Champion of some kind; he’s really got it together and he’s only 3 years old. He is from a long line of champions that Beau has had through the years.
The Plott is truly my favorite of this current bunch; I just love him to pieces. He’s from a friend, who will eventually want a pup out of him if he does well on bear in another year or so.
Beau has 5 of our dogs ‘Up Nort’ this week, running bear. You can’t shoot them until after Labor Day, but you can use the summer months to train your dogs.
They’ve treed about five so far this season. Beau got the biggest Black Bear in Wisconsin in 2016, 480 pounds! He won’t have another bear tag for 10 years, now, so he’s guiding for others in his club this season.
The Sporting Life is not for everyone. I just raise the puppies and train them in basic commands and Beau or their new owners take it from there.
We deseed some of them, hollow them out then stuff them with different types of cheese and grill them. Others get used in cooking. Still others get made into hot sauce and the rest get dried for flakes and powders.
My favorite way to make them is to spiralize two medium sized zucchini. It’ll seem like a LOT, but don’t panic; they cook down some.
I put them in a large pan with olive oil and saute them until they start to wilt, stirring with a pair of tongs. Takes 3-5 minutes.
Then I add a few ‘glops’ of Cream Cheese to the pan, and a little more oil if needed, and add in chopped fresh herbs, or I use a mix called ‘Sunny Paris’ from The Spice Shop out of Milwaukee, WI. I LOVE that stuff - it’s great on everything. Or you can add that soft Boursin herb cheese, too.
Serve warm as a side for fish or chicken, or top with fresh tomatoes - use them like you would any form of pasta. They keep a nice texture, pretty much like al dente pasta.
My computer is acting up - I’ll find you a recipe if I can, or just look up ‘Zucchini Noodles’ at All Recipes or Taste of Home.
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