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    DIY Vegetable rennet for cheese making

    i love this thread. i have wanted to try cheese making for years. i really like the idea and would love to give it a try. we have a couple of months left of winter here (and i don't think we've seen the worst yet). so maybe i'll use this time to get my supplies together. you guys! so many great...
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    Pie!!!

    blackberry crisp! oh man does that sound good. where am i gonna find some blackberries? :hit
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    Pie!!!

    is this your boat's registration? :celebrate
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    Then and now...

    here we go! this is gonna go on for years... :weee
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    Killer Compost/Murderous Mulch

    i'm on my way to visit your new thread. thanks for the tag. btw, your location shows ireland. may i ask where abouts? my darling wife likes to brag that she is 100% irish: all 8 'grands'.
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    Wine

    i have a friend who converted his basement. i'll ask him for his recommendations. just a word of warning... he 'converted his basement'. are you sure? :D
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    Killer Compost/Murderous Mulch

    you guys are incredible! thanks much. or as my dear old granny used to say: 'moo chaz grassy ass' she was a pistol. this thread just percolated some old memories. my very first exposure to composting. my father's family came from canada and we would visit each year during the summer. i was quite...
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    Killer Compost/Murderous Mulch

    i have a neighbor who talks to me about 'cold compost', he got me so riled up that i had to try it. but my space is much smaller than yours. i've been reading about compost tea brewers. it's pretty complicated, but i think i may try this. has anybody had any experience with these? o_O
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    Wild Plums!

    you have no idea. she grew rasberries in her backyard just so she could make me my favorite birthday pie :D
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    Killer Compost/Murderous Mulch

    a shame to loose that beautiful garden. but they're putting herbicides & pesticides in everything now. ever vigilant, as the saying goes...;)
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    Wine

    i don't have any more room in my basement for a new hobby. . . but then there's always the bathroom. i'm not using that nearly as much...:celebrate
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    Wine

    you too?
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    Jellies, Jams and Conserves, Oh My!

    i think just saying 'rose petal jelly' is worth trying to make it. i mean, really. how often can you offer your friends an english muffin with 'rose petal jelly'? it's gotta make them feel a little bit like cleopatra, right? and that color. it knocks me out. thanks for the recipe... and for the...
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    Wild Plums!

    ah, you have just thrown me back, way back to my youth. plums were one of my grandmother's most favorite fruits. she used to call them 'english plums', the ones with the really purple skin. and each christmas she would make her famous plum pudding. over the years she started sneaking more and...
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    thank you for your intriguing interpretation of my name. the simple answer is 'no'. i cook, they...

    thank you for your intriguing interpretation of my name. the simple answer is 'no'. i cook, they eat, and they'd better like it! but i raised boys and for them it was usually about quantity. they'd eat just about anything as long as there was lots of it. these days they are each trying to...
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    Hello from the Pocono Mountains

    hello, hello. i took a quick peek at your site. we've been known to travel quite a ways for fresh eggs and real raw honey. we hale from the philly area. is the honey from your bees?
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    Hinotori's house

    our son worked as a ranger in the cascades for a couple years so we were out there quite a bit. very lovely country. we just had that discussion about eagles calls a couple of days ago. we have a resident red tail in our park near the house and it is very vocal. keeps the squirrel & rabbit...
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    Hinotori's house

    is that a breeding pair? in your backyard? are you kidding? i'm very jealous.
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    Hinotori's house

    keep playing with the camera. these pics are wonderful
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