The Old Folks Home

[Double Kindness]

We have decided to begin learning to caponize on Sunday afternoon. In the basement where I grow special plants. But they are little and legal here and my dr wrote my recommendation with my weed lawyer telling him exactly how to write it after a judge ordered me to get the dang medical mj licence in the first place, so I'm just following what a judge, dr and lawyer tell me to do

Tonight is a treat, my bf is making us dinner, but I made dessert. I'm famous for my desserts. Dark chocolate pudding/custard with raspberries. My bf is making marinara sauce and gluten-free noodles for dinner with fresh salad and tomatoes from my garden, we picked up a bottle of Rex - Goliath cabernet sauvignon wine that we tasted at the fair and their mascot is a rooster, how very appropriate.

We're going to take 20 pullets to the chicken swap tomorrow to trade for roosters. Bah, freezer camp and honing caponizing skills time before the bresse get much bigger we need to get proficient at this, plus yeah, the crowing is getting annoying. My bf didn't realize that sound that woke him up was a slw INSIDE the closed up coop. He thought it was out in the run, when I regretted to inform him, no I don't let them out until after 7 am b/c of the crowing, so at 6am, that sound was coming from inside the coop.

We got a nice fire going, wine open, pasta and dessert ready before a crazy busy hectic weekend planned.

 

[drumstick diva]

Linda B same for my school years - girls were NOT allowed to wear pants. I didn't have my first jeans till late 30's. Maybe they weren't invented when I was in school. I didn't think it was right for females, except for pants suits or dress slacks.

Since I started wearing them, I can't stand dress slacks and pants suits. I love my jeans. I have them in 3 or 4 sizes since the darn dryer keeps shrinking them on me- uh huh!. My son only wears jeans no chinos or anything else. but, couldn't get my brother to wear any till he was mid 50's. Even then only a couple times a year. He doesn't wear them long enough to feel the beauty of jeans that shape to 'your figure.'

 

[Double Kindness]

I didn't appreciate jeans until 5 years ago as I usually wore dresses/skirts. Now practicality rules my life not being cute, but doing what needs to get done. Looking cute anymore is accidental. Or due to liberal application of alcoholic beverages.

 

[LindaB220]

Well we've been busy, we got 6 muscovy ducks 3 are headed to freezer camp in a month. My bf was thinking of TRYING to caponize one, until he went to pick it up and it ripped him up really good.

I remember buying smokes when they were $1.75 a pack in the vending machine lol, but I quit smoking in 03. Except for medical cannabis, I smoke that all the time.

This weekend we go buy a new deep freezer. And stuff to help with processing chickens, ducks and bunnies. In 10 days we breed my bunny Grace. I want rabbit braised in duck fat.

I want the white muscovy ducks too, but I have black and gray ones. We're thinking of adding maybe a couple jumbo peking in the spring in case the muscovies don't give me enough duck fat for my foodie desires.

My bf of almost 9 years lets me pretty much do whatever I want, and has resigned himself to making me things and the never ending to do list. I have 19 chicks in brooder boxes in the barn needing a coop and run sooner than later.

He fell in love with me on our 3rd date when I made him Korean bulgolgi beef in high heels, he's a big foodie too, which is the only reason he has let me begin farming on our .5 acre property in the city. The ordinance says nothing about limit to livestock/poultry as long as it's not a nuisance.

We're learning to caponize this weekend, the equipment came in today. No more crowing after this weekend I hope.

I made 2 grass fed roasts today and coconut cookies in the oven. But it seems my phone doesn't want me to upload any pictures atm.

The big white ones are the muscovy

He said they are harder to get a hold of and quick to lash out but the meat makes it worth it.

 

[LindaB220]

I don't think Alaska weather would allow anything to turn into kudzu.

La doesn't have a LOT of kudzu, but Mississippi now.... Man, Shakin' my head.

Edited: I had to laugh because about 15 miles away down the hiway there is a hugh patch of it covering all bushes and trees for about 1/2 mile.

 

[perchie.girl]

Pretty hops!

Is Hugh Jackman or George Strait what's being had for dinner? (Yum to both)

Making good progress on the coop... Got the coop wrapped with sheathing and the windows in and framed. And while I was back there working on it I looked out into my apple orchard because one of the trees was shaking. "Man, that's a BIG squirrel!" Then I saw the blue pickup parked at the street. APPLE RUSTLERS!!!!!! And, no, it was not a "Gee, your apples looked so nice I just wanted to snack one." It was a manic pick as fast as you can to fill the 45-gal yard bag with these huge organic dessert apples. However, he very nice about being caught (it was later I realized I came out carrying a very BIG hammer). I found out he's a handyman for some folks on the hill....had a little talk with them later about their light-fingered help. This was not a streetside picking, either, as the tree in question is about 50 feet into the yard.
Court date on the 5th.

Oh mannn.... Glad you had the hammer..... What a Dick WAD.... sheesh

 

[perchie.girl]

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Oh I remember Kneeling on the chair so the teacher could measure the length of my dress.... And when it was good to wear pants in high school.... Woo HOo.... and then it went wild for a while... fish nets stocking and HOT PANTS... Oh my NO those were a NO NO in school. Then hip huggers with HUGE bell bottoms... I had a couple of pairs for those.... Hard to tuck into your cowboyboots though....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

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For what its worth Kudzu is edible for humans and livestock..... If you cant beat it Eat it.....

 

[Peep_Show]

Deb,

DH and I were postulating over dinner what he was going to do with all the apples. Duh-oh! Sell them. Didn't look like he was one to have a cider press. Now it makes me wonder if all my nectarines disappeared to raccoons or not...... Needless to say, the peaceful tranquility is definitely disturbed. I should check with the neighbors to see if they've had anything gone missing lately. The guy has been driving up and down the street to his handyman job for a bit...

 

[Peep_Show]

Rex-Goliath is our go-to wine to have on hand... I really like the chardonnay.