Three out of four of our roosters had to be culled. They were all starting to misbehave, fighting with each other, and even picking on one of the hens(not allowed!)
First task is to get a large pot of water on top of a propane burner to get the water boiling. This is to dunk the passed roosters into to open up their cuticles for easy feather plucking.
Second task is to install a cone-to-heaven onto a post or tree, and tie some nooses onto a branch. The cone is generally used as the most humane way to send a chicken to heaven, by doing a quick slice to the neck. And the nooses are not for lynching since they are already passed, but for draining them.
Since they run around the property like they own it, it would have been a fool's errand to try to catch them. Brian's a good shot with the .22 rifle, so nabbed them all quick and easy.
The dogs devoured the heads, and I eviscerated the bodies to get the meat, bones and feet.
The meat I baked for about 30 minutes, then threw into a pot, with veggies, for sevetal hours. This loosened up the meat and extracted all the good stuff from the bones.
Luci got a few day's worth of meat (way too tough for humans), and I got about a gallon of amazing bone broth.
Vanessa virginiences, or American Lady on Liatrus Spicata, or Button Snakewort.
Both Native
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
Cool! I've never noticed galls on staghorn sumac. Location: SE NH.
Melaphis rhois on Rhus typhina
https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1112
Happy garden with all the heat, humidity, and occasional rain.
I made a yummy zucchini chocolate bread for my sister's visit. Going to air fry some of what I just picked.
