Posted on 09/10/2021 6:23:00 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Pulling a large stone out of a field with horses with a metal skid. (And back filling the hole using an bucket excavator afterwards.)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=horse+drawn+sstone+boat&t=newext&atb=v252-1&iar=videos&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNQ-IG_Ts9g0
There is a stone boat parked in front of the shed with the sections of a field drag loaded on, so I suspect it is a tote for loading other things on the boat, such as lumber, more than one board at a time.
Oooooooohhh, be still, my heart.
I’m doing my 2nd batch of jalapeno poppers of the season - an end-of-weekend treat for me. I doubt I do any jalapeno pepper jelly this year .... I still have some left over from last year and pretty much only 2 in the family ask me for it - I’ll have enough for them. The only jelly I’ll likely do is Blackberry Merlot wine - I “owe” some folks for their birthday present. BTW, it’s delicious & people don’t ask for it ... they beg. Literally. This might make a fair entry next year? I use the dry pectin method - has worked every time.
Blackberry Merlot Wine Jelly
https://highlandsranchfoodie.com/blackberry-merlot-jelly-recipe-holiday-gifts-from-the-kitchen/
Whatever variety of jalapenos (just said “hot jalapenos” on the little stick tag in the 4-pack) I’m not a fan. They are shorter/fatter than what I usually grow. Not great for poppers.
Anyway, I have them filled with the cheese mixture & they’re in the freezer for a while. I have a recipe where you fill the peppers (whole - you make a slit in them to clean/fill) & freeze them, put in a bag, then pull out in the winter when you want to make a batch. Freezing keeps the cheese from oozing out of the peppers while the bacon bakes ... so they say. I’m doing halves, not whole, but this will be the first time I’ve tried freezing the cheese/peppers. They won’t be frozen solid ... I can’t wait that long to have some!
Jalepeno Poppers: Grill, Bake, or Freeze
http://picklestravel.com/jalepeno-poppers-grill-bake-or-freeze/
With mature eyesight, it looks like a washboard.
Thanks so much for posting those recipes. Both look fabulous. I love making wine jellies. :)
And don’t even get me started on Poppers! What a treat they are! :)
I feel the same way.
I see what you see, but it is larger than a washboard, 3-4 feet long, and the shiplap on siding on the out building looks like washboard!
Well, here is a Tote used a cheese market in Holland!
I think that all the suggestions were good suggestions! Thanks!
(Diana...any cheese in Shullsburg??)
I’m not sure what all to add, other than “wide mesh for dogs, tight mesh for coons.”
In terms of purchased coops, I’ve heard good things about the “Eglu Go” and the “Eglu Go Up”, from Omlet.us. One person on a quail-raising forum I’m on said it held up to a coyote attack!
Oh, and the biggest selling point when I was lobbying my family to get chickens: They eat beetle grubs like candy! We went from “barely able to see the beans through all the Japanese beetles” to “haven’t seen a beetle all year”.
Last year they were very reassuring during the covid shortages. I’m told there were no eggs in any of the stores here. But my little flock managed to keep us supplied. My family eats a LOT of eggs. We didn’t even realize there was a shortage until someone commented about it on FB.
Oh wow ... the “Eglu Go Up” looks fantastic ... can’t afford it, but that is pretty much the design I’m looking for. It gives me some good ideas if I build my own.
We had Japanese beetles pretty bad year before last, not so bad this year. Having ‘grub eaters’ would definitely be a plus!
Personally, I eat a lot of eggs - generally 4 at a time. My folks usually eat an egg apiece 5-6 days a week. We could keep up with eggs laid by 3-4 hens so that’s what I’d like to have, if I can work out the “details”.
Thanks for the Omlet site. We definitely DO have foxes & raccoons on the prowl all the time & periodically, we’ll have coyotes in the area, too. There’s also a bobcat that shows up on the trail cam every now & then - I suspect a chicken dinner would suit it just fine. We have some large hawks (Red-shouldered) in the area and have had them attack my SIL’s chickens when she was letting them run loose - they’d gone out in the field & the next thing we knew, a hawk was on top of a chicken (we chased it off & the chicken was ok). A sturdy run/coop is a necessity.
I saw the other post about a compost screen and I think that is closer. If you see evidence of a mesh or slats having been attached, it is probably a grain sieve. We had a fanning mill for cleaning oats to use as seed and there was a similar contraption on top.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Rustic-Farm-Seed-Cleaner-5e6663ddc4cd7e8851cde17e
It was another hot, dry week here in Central Missouri. I’m having to run the sprinkler every other day to keep my new seedlings hydrated.
I have a tremendous crop of Anaheim chilis and jalapenos ready for harvest. Perfect timing to pick a bucket full to make into atomic buffalo turds while we’re camping at the racetrack this weekend.
Scratched up a spot Saturday and sowed the carrot seed that I had left over from the spring planting.
After getting home from the races we’ll put the camper away, repack the truck, and take off for a week of sun and fun in Pensacola Beach. Bad timing for my baby plants. They’ll just have to be tough while we’re gone.
originally posted by Greeneyes.
From elsewhere in F/R
To: WildHighlander57
sorry, milk slide -
One of the reasons goat milk is sought out is it is more digestible. That is because genetically all goats milk is A2/A2 as is most mammal's milk including human. Cow milk has had the A1 protein in it since a genetic mutation more than 1000 years ago. So cows are either A2/A2 (rare), A2/A1, or A1/A1. There is cows milk out there branded as only A2. We found it and started drinking it about 5 years ago as our years of milking goats (25!) was over. We have no trouble digesting A2 milk, no digestions issues. I have read that most people who think they are lactose intolerant are really reacting to the A1 beta casein protein. Many are never tested. Many herds through testing and selective breeding have been able to eliminate the A1 genes. I highly recommend people who have trouble with milk check this out. We also made our own kefir for over 20 years with our goats milk and continue to make it and drink it nearly daily from A2 cows milk. Great resource website (very old site) is www.kefir.net
1,837 posted on 9/13/2021, 10:47:52 AM by MomwithHope Slide/
That is interesting! My son and I can’t tolerate cows milk, but we have no problems with our goat’s milk (but he won’t drink it because he thinks our goats are nasty 😂)
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