The Old Folks Home

[Beer can]

Fried snapper turtle is great, also good on the grill. There is a couple loins of white meat in the top of the shell that some people miss if they don't know how to dress them, taste kinda like crab. I try not to eat it often, big old snappers are full of heavy metals and who knows what chemicals.

 

[Beer can]

I hope not to look at a stick of firewood until we need it again, hopefully a long time from now, lol. Then I'll be wishing I got er done sooner when I'm out in the s*#w cutting cause I don't have a choice.

 

[drumstick diva]

glad for No S*#W

 

[Beer can]

Look what came out of the river!View attachment 1412116 View attachment 1412117
Hubby was trying to find what left the tracks, sent the dog to find it. It was right under the cage i was building !

It'll do a number on a dog nose. They'll even bite hrs after you take the head off, I cut the jaw off to eliminate any accidents if I'm processing one. Snappers lay eggs in my garden every yr, there isn't any good loose dirt anywhere near my or our neighbors pond for laying so they migrate to my garden. Never noticed any hatch and usually see the old eggs the next yr rototilling.

 

[Beer can]

Just jumping around, haven't been on the internet in a couple weeks.

 

[bruceha2000]

Are fiddleheads expensive? I gave her a dozen eggs. I figured that was even for weeds.

Guessing not.

I THINK it was about $7/lb at the store (sale price). So unless you sell a dozen eggs for $35/ you got the better end of the deal. On the other hand, if they were hand gathered maybe the trade was more even.

I would love to taste them some time. I imagine them to taste somewhat like asparagus.

Um, not in the least. At least not to anyone in my house. They are kind of acerbic, more like spinach.

You can make mock turtle soup! I think it uses chicken

So turtle tastes like chicken?

We have about three cords split right now....mind you guys I said SPLIT, not spit......Shooting for 9 before we can safely say we have enough for next winter. We love our log spitter

9 cords!!! OUCH, we burn 4. That heats half the house so I guess if we also had a stove in the other building, we would be close. On the other hand, the half without a woodstove is basically new and well insulated so it would take less to heat. The woodstove side building is all pre US Civil War with some insulation (probably) blown into the walls and not enough in the attic.

I tried to talk hubby into a splitter and he says he would rather do it. Go figure!

He might change his mind at some point. I got a small 10 ton DR electric splitter a few years ago. I have some arthritis in my hands and the impact of the maul was not a good thing. And that was splitting MAYBE a couple of runs worth in the pre-split wood that was delivered. Al cuts and splits by sight so some are a bit too long (can't put anything longer than 18" in the stove) or big. Since he isn't doing wood anymore, I might find I'll need a more serious splitter. Will see after I get my 4 cords cut for next winter.

 

[Beer can]

I never wanted a splitter before until DW mentioned I could get one, TSC had a 28ton on sale for the same price as their 22ton when they switched from the Huskee brand to Countryline. It was the last Huskee they had. I still split easy stuff with the maul, doesn't seem right to waste gas and time with the splitter. But for any of the harder one's and bad gnarly chunks, no more beating myself to death or cutting partway down and using wedges and sledge. That thing will split anything.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Dh wants a wood burning stove.
I told him to forget it that he won't cut up the trees we have down all over the place now.
I don't know how yall have the strength and energy to get all that wood split and put up.
I guess I'm getting old and tired. Lol

It might motivate him to get out there. Plus it is good to have back up heat in case of a power outage. Even if you only use it occasionally, wood heat is a very comforting thing.

 

[chickadoodles]

It might motivate him to get out there. Plus it is good to have back up heat in case of a power outage. Even if you only use it occasionally, wood heat is a very comforting thing.

He really does not need to with 4 crushed disks. And after they fuse them he probably won't be able to.

 

[ronott1]

View attachment 1412777Good morning everyone it's National Donut Day , enjoy yourselvesView attachment 1412783

We had donuts and bagels at work today!