What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

Small things are big things when you can't do them.

Absolutely the truth. Keep up the fight against loss.

 

[Molpet]

Small things are big things when you can't do them.

That's the truth

 

[cj2024]

A couple of weeks ago my throat was feeling a little sore, so I drank a lot of emergence C, gargled with Listerine and got rid of the virus in 3 days, but the very next day after shaking it, I woke up with a mean case of vertigo. I think it was caused by a virus. The reason I say this is because two other people within my family's circle of friends got vertigo too after getting sick. I also saw a YouTube video about 2 possible causes, and they were vitamin D deficiency and a virus. It took about 4 days of vertigo exercises to clear the spinning, and I still feel a little air headed, off and on after 2 weeks.

 

[cj2024]

I hand plucked my red ISA Brown rooster today. I think he is about 5lbs finished. I will try slow roasting it at 225F for about 4 hours and I will place a foil over the breast after it hits 145F, and finish with high heat (450F) for 10 to 15 minutes when the thighs hit 195F.

This is my first time cooking it this way. I was going to hand pluck two chickens today but ended up doing only one.

 

[cj2024]

I hand plucked my red ISA Brown rooster today. I think he is about 5lbs finished. I will try slow roasting it at 225F for about 4 hours and I will place a foil over the breast after it hits 145F, and finish with high heat (450F) for 10 to 15 minutes when the thighs hit 195F.

This is my first time cooking it this way. I was going hand pluck two chickens today but ended up doing only one.

Next time, I will start it in a Dutch oven covered and finish it uncovered to brown skin. It was fully cooked after 5.50 hours, but it was not what I was expecting. The meat was firm unlike falling off the bone texture in a Dutch oven.

 

[Rick589]

I remember my Gramma making wilted lettuce salad with hot bacon drippings. Now THAT was Comfort Food!

Mine made wilted dandelion salad the same way. I collected the dandelion once.

 

[Molpet]

Next time, I will start it in a Dutch oven covered and finish it uncovered to brown skin. It was fully cooked after 5.50 hours, but it was not what I was expecting. The meat was firm unlike falling off the bone texture in a Dutch oven.

Resting until rigor mortis passes before cooking???

 

[Rick589]

On a side note. I’d like to know just who these clinics are that are approving all of this ‘ made for tv’ crap being purveyed on the boob tube.

 

[cj2024]

Resting until rigor mortis passes before cooking???

Nope, my rooster was stiff, and I struggled to tie his leg down before cooking it. Lol, resting it never crossed my mind until now. Nevertheless, the meat was firm, but not rubbery. I ate a leg and thigh portion and enjoyed it. I will try again after resting the bird, I think this will make a big difference. Thanks.

 

[akroberts1085]

I did manage to get out to check on the potatoes. I took the weed block off of the small bed and covered it with a piece of screen material. I used rocks to keep it in place.