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  1. britesea

    The Joy of Rhubarb

    http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/ They even have a recipe for "Star Trek Rhubarb"....
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    Evil Ground Squirrels!

    @grow_my_own how long ago were those raised beds created? I did the same thing when I lived in CA, and never had any trouble with the ground squirrels until they had been in place for about 15 years when suddenly, the ground squirrels were there. I remember watching an onion slowly disappear...
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    What Do You Think

    Made me remember the time my girlfriend found and bought an antique FarmAll... she towed it home using the only vehicle she had at the time- a brand new Chrysler, lol
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    Final Battle of American Revolution

    Making History interesting for students... anyone remember these Newscast From The Past?
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    Apple Delight!

    there are numerous articles and ebooks online for making a cider press. I've heard a lot of good press for the Whiz Bang plans (among other things, it uses a garbage disposal unit to grind the apples before pressing). A friend of mine won a prize at the local fair for the one he built using...
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    Asian Long Beans Thread 2014

    Having lived through several (like 3 or 4) freezers dying, I no longer feel safe keeping lots of food in a freezer. The worst one was an enormous chest freezer the size of a sarcophagus-- We lost hundreds if not a thousand dollars worth of foods in that one. I also don't like freezer burned...
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    Apple Delight!

    oh my. Recipe, please?
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    Apple Delight!

    As I understand it, it's traditional to give a portion of the cider harvest to the owner of the press...
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    Fabalous or Tacky

    Very Zen...
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    Apple Delight!

    Crabapple liqueur is very very easy. I don't measure things much, but it's hard to go wrong. Take a quantity of crabapples and quarter them and drop them into a glass gallon jar if you have one (otherwise, any ceramic or glass receptacle of a good size will do). You want to have about 25% of...
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    Favorite Cold Weather Meal

    Here's a good homemade version of the cream-style clam chowder New England Clam Chowder Ingredients 2 tablespoons butter (or 6-7 pieces of bacon, diced) 1 medium onion, finely diced 2 celery stalks (reserve tender leaves) trimmed, quartered lengthwise, then sliced into 1/4-inch pieces 3...
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    Apple Delight!

    Crabapples are too tart for me to eat fresh; I use crabapples with regular apples in my applesauce- they add a snap, and a lovely rosy hue. I've also made spiced/pickled crabapples, and a wonderful crabapple liqueur.
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    Favorite Cold Weather Meal

    I just tried making something called Rhode Island Clam Chowder, the family loved it. The delicate flavor of the clams comes through much better without dairy or tomato to cover it up: 2 oz. thin-sliced bacon (2 to 3 slices), cut crosswise into 1/4-inch strips 1-1/2 oz. unsalted butter (3...
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    22 Ammunition

    I've heard that the factories that make 22 ammo have been running 3 shifts trying to keep up with demand
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    Anyone Grow Mayhaw ?

    LOL, My brother and I were the ones that cleaned up the mess, while mom yelled at her father in French. I think she was telling him to absolutely never do that again. I didn't get to taste snails until I was in my late teens. They sort of reminded me of clams, but garlicky.
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    22 Ammunition

    22 is the most popular size, overall. Maybe that's why?
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    Anyone Grow Mayhaw ?

    My mother is French; and one year, her father came to visit us in California. He was very excited at the number and size of snails in the back yard and went out and caught a nice number of them. He put them in a pail with some cornmeal (you have to clean out their innards before you eat them...
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    Anyone Grow Mayhaw ?

    People freak out at the thought of someone eating horse or donkey, but I suspect that was the original reason those animals were domesticated. It's all a matter of culture.
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    Anyone Grow Mayhaw ?

    My mother lived on the island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean for 15 years and the way they cure olives there is to take the ripe, black olives and put them in a wooden box, slightly crushed so that there are cracks going all the way through to the pit, and then putting the box in the sea for a...
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    One of These Surprises is Not Fun! (Creepy Alert)

    This was a real eye-opener article. I'm planning on buying one of these Extractors. http://www.badspiderbites.com/spider-bite-treatment/
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