Nevadans?

[2seth2]

MS reminds me of MSG

 

[NevadaRon]

 

[Penturner]

Say hello to Steve from all of us. and you both are welcome to come by here any time. I know this place is insane but you can get a hands on look at the heater any time. They can be made into stoves as well. They are made with cobb so you would be able to tackle that project at the same time.

Thank you! Steve loves this pic too so I'll probably leave it for awhile. He's tickled that you voted for his choice. He says "Hi". We are both facinated with the heater. I have been scouring the web for info on it and there is tons of it! Sounds like you've got a winning project on your hands. Maybe you could hold a little class/workshop for a few of us and we can even compensate you for your time. For people like Steve and I seeing it in person is a huge benefit!

Unfortunately the search for this stuff has also got me on a kick to revisit some of the projects I had dreamed about awhile ago but set aside. Like passive and active solar heating, cob or straw bale housing, gray water recovery for landscape and garden. Well not just you. These have been topics of conversation with a couple of other folks as well. I'm thinkin it might be the right time to investigate these further so we have our projects lined up before we settle on a piece of property. Oh I almost forgot, I also want a large outdoor clay oven or "beehive" stove and a small windmill to harness these wonderful winds we get here.

Steve is almost ready to retire (well a couple more years) so we will have some time on our hands.

 

[Peep_Show]

We're making a list so we can tag them as they arrive here. I'm ordering a brahma, so she'll be either Korma or Masala. Then we're thinking Cacciatore, Tetrazini, Parmesan, Buffalo... we may end up recycling some names as we go through roosters and meanies.

(And then, in the middle of this family conversation, my son says he wants to name one Luke Skywalker. He's not good at following the thread of a conversation.)

re: chicken names

Don't forget "Stir Fry"!!

(I always thought that would be a good name for a PBR bucking bull)

 

[Peep_Show]

regarding Martha....

I just found her to be kind of snooty. Like "You can make an apple pie, but my way's a better way to do it." (Thankfully she stopped short of saying she invented apple pie!)

I far more enjoyed watching Oprah....she at least injected positivity into your life. Watching Martha felt kind of debasing, like you were never good enough.... And then her exploits off-screen didn't exactly endear her to many (i.e., the temper tantrums, the stock scandal/jail term, dating her daughter's boyfriend...ewwww)

But, truth be told, I've never thought Martha was very cutting edge. Kind of a hack, actually (Okay, a hack with a really good PR staff and far too much money). Heck, I was making soap, quilting and raising chickens and growing heirlooms and all sorts of country-craft and decorating way before her proclamations of "I'm doing the best thing." We used to laugh about it (kind of like the new phone commercials) when her magazine came out..."Oh, that was so six months ago!" A group of us at that time even thought maybe our own show of "Do it with Dee" which, admittedly, would be more like a "Dirty Jobs" comedy because I'll dive into anything half-cocked and eventually laughing-at-my-own-idiot-self learn how to get it right...mainly to prove that the journey is often more interesting than the destination. Unfortunately, the divorce happened and that idea kind of went "Poof!" (However, I did learn how to brew great beer!)

I do admire Martha's workaholic-ness, though. She has accomplished a lot. I just wish she'd ease back, retire and rest on her laurels without showing everybody how to polish and arrange them correctly....

Okay. I did sometimes enjoy her show, though. My favorite episode of all time, though, was the one where she made a chandalier out of empty cat food cans. I mean, REALLY???

 

[sherylreno]

She did what? Ugh!

My DH, John, got me a subscription to her magazine because he knows how much I love to do stuff. He got pretty upset with me when I wouldn't read them. He put them on a shelf by date order and would ask me - so what are you going to fix from this magazine it looks really good? I would smile and say - it's just way to expensive and she can't cook like I can. He finally asked if I wanted to renew it and I said - no let me figure out what magazines I do want. Well I'm still trying to figure it out.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Ive always liked martha stewert. I find an attractiveness in the fact that no one really likes her but she keeps on truckin and doing her thing anyway. Martha dont give a toss. She will always be my hero. Hell yeah ill put saffron in my pie.

 

[sherylreno]

I knew I read this before and here's a french post on Marans eggs and what you can breed with what to get what you want. I know lots of whats here. This is translated to English already for everyone:

http://www.marans.be/EN/pages/ChrisEieren.htm

 

[SunnyDawn]

I knew I read this before and here's a french post on Marans eggs and what you can breed with what to get what you want. I know lots of whats here. This is translated to English already for everyone:

http://www.marans.be/EN/pages/ChrisEieren.htm

Oops I'm afraid a lot of that information is incorrect. Because of that I would be suspect of other things that are said in that article. The crosses she is talking about were done on a one time basis and a whole lot of conclusions were based on one breeding. When researchers tried to get a consistant color from these breedings they found the egg colors were all over the map (Punnett and Bailey, 1920). Yes the majority of eggs were lighter but they weren't consistant at all plus when they took the offspring and bred them they came up with more variations. Just do a search through the MCCA and you will find all kinds of research that led to... well, not much!

What they are trying to show is that one gene is dominant over another but it just isn't that simple. White seemed to be dominant at first but then they couldn't repeat those findings. I'm afraid at this stage the genetics of the dark brown egg are still not understood very well but folks don't like loose ends and humans especially don't like to admit they don't know the answer so often they just make it up! That is the case with the article you linked. Sorry, wish I could tell you different but that's why we need to be careful when reading one article on the internet and taking it as gospel. You've got to dig deeper, do the research and make sure it jives.

I'm not saying that the marans egg is not salmonella free just that I would need to see it confirmed by other sources that can cite their facts with research journals that used representative samples and were able to repeat their findings as well as other groups finding the same thing.

 

[sherylreno]

I'll keep researching on this.

http://poultrykeeper.com/news-flash/newsflash/newsflash-marans-eggs.html I tried to find the french ministry of agriculture so I could actually read the article on this but to no prevail. Their site is talking about Afghanistan right now and how to change their agriculture.