Posted on 08/12/2023 5:30:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Yeah, this recipe has some heat ... gentle heat. Olive oil should not be used for frying/high heat applications. I will probably use a no heat recipe next time, but I needed this for tomorrow!!
You can see why people keep them as pets until they get too big. Sweet, intellegent and fuzzy!
The breeding sows are fun to watch with the piglets. Two of the 3 have had their 2nd litters & are experienced mamas ... they don’t put up with a lot of the shenanigans they tolerated with the first litter. One of the sows is going to the county fair in a breed display since she is a registered Gloucestershire Old Spot. These are the white hogs with black spots in a lot of folk art & efforts are underway to rebuild this heritage breed in this country. She’s huge - I want to know how she’s going to get a bath so she’s all ‘pretty’ for the fair! :-)
https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/heritage-breeds-list/gloucestershire-old-spots-pig/
I use guacamole instead of mayo. It’s an LBGT samich.
Yes. Some sources say 9, some 10 and some even 9.5!
I agree with what my local gardening columnist once said: walk in your neighborhood to see what grows.
Best advice I’ve ever gotten for gardening - I see all kinds of plants in nurseries and/or the big box stores that I know do not grow here (So Cal)- our climate is very very dry with hot winds and scant rain until December/January.
We also have micro climates (I’m in the foothills) and that can certainly effect what is planted - we get a lot of wind here which dries things out even more.
*** I agree with what my local gardening columnist once said: walk in your neighborhood to see what grows.***
While this is certainly true, I like having things that aren’t as common as what most of my neighbors grow in their yards. Some of them even seem dull because you see them everywhere.
So far, the Beautyberry shrubs we planted in late May are doing VERY well!! I wasn’t sure if they could even grow here, and of course, there’s winter to deal with. Fingers crossed that the berries will grow a little bigger and turn a beautiful shade of purple in the autumn.
On your post certainly!
(A Church Picnic's worth of bacon / Enough for the entire congregation!)
Be still my heart. Someone's listening.
I highly recommend this book:
Landrace Gardening: Food Security through Biodiversity and Promiscuous Pollination
by Joseph Lofthouse
It teaches how to garden where YOU are, not where “experts” or heirlooms are. YOUR climate has to be recognized to grow what’s successful. Here in Zone 10 and on the beach, there are many many practices and species that will simply not survive the heat and salt. Those that can are my “winners” and get to have a legacy. My Yellow Petite Watermelon is the newest winner of the race.
That sounds fantastic! :)
LOL! Dat FACE! :)
Thanks, Pete! Been out mowing - until a front wheel blew a seal - and I got stranded.
Luckily Beau will be home soon. I got the house yard and the front circle done; the garden needs mowing, but it’s not visible from anywhere, so it was a lucky place to break down!
Is there a baby ‘anything’ that isn’t adorable?
Maybe baby spiders or snakes, LOL!
Beautiful flowers all the way around.
The cat doesn’t look like he’s winning that argument - or maybe it’s just too hot to care? :)
Re: Mayo V. Miracle Whip.
I like Mayo, Beau likes Miracle Whip, so both are on hand in the fridge...and never the twain shall meet! ;)
That is so smart with the aluminum foil folded like that!
I learned to bake bacon in the Army on KP. I purposefully would screw up so I HAD KP. I loved to cook even back then. ;)
Avocado in a BLT is the cherry on top! :)
:-)
IKR!?! LGBT is a great sandwich. I say this to Liberals and there reaction is always priceless.
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