Stauffbier
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I'm new to this time and just now visiting other forums than the standard brew stuff. But I'm digging it.
Hang around a while. We're all crazy, cool...
I'm new to this time and just now visiting other forums than the standard brew stuff. But I'm digging it.
Um, yeah I'd hide the rat poison too...Hubby flippin' out a little tonight, woke me up in the middle of the night. He is making brownies and can't find the 1/4 cup measuring cup or the bleach. I found for him the 1/4 cup, same place it always is, but didn't tell him where the bleach was. At least he's not making green jello for me and asking what happened to the anti-freeze.
Hang around a while. We're all crazy, cool...
BobbiLynn said:Hey, wait.... I'm sane. And hot.
. I'm sane. And hot.
Hubby witnessed first hand tonight me with my favorite chicken. He(the chicken) likes to sit on my lap and be petted. My dog hates him, absolutely hates him to the point that he wants to eat him. I am assuming it's a rooster because it's growing some huge ugly stuff on his head. Sometimes I get chills thinking about how ugly he is and other times, I like the way he follows me around and cries when I won't pick him up.
Hubby just shook his head, didn't know what to say.
I'm seeing BobbiLynn followed by the little chick followed by Number Thirty Two walking down the road together.
Aww, my precious cow and my precious chicken. I wish they could have met. Now who started the rumor that we are crazy around here?
Now who started the rumor that we are crazy around here?
Run little chick, RUN!
Why? What is so scary about a bovine ghost? The little chicken will be fine, and anyway, he's not that little anymore.
Whew. So Number Thirty Two died of.....old age?
Why are you bringing up such horrible memories? Not old age, my neighbors and even my family probably ate him.
Sorry BL. Just thought the little nugget...ahem....chick should know.
Don't you dare tell him about that!!! The chicken trusts me at this time!! Why you gotta ruin that?
Nope, I wouldn't do that. But if the little guy is reading HBT at night, he might have figured it out already.
I was insane once, luckily I escaped.
Man I'm beat.. Doing a huge new garden plot this year, it's about 1/3 of an acre. Tilled in 20 yards of compost and 250 lbs of dolomite today. I got totally nuked out there.
Varmintman said:Man that is just to dang big for me. My idea of a happy garden is the produce isle in a store while my wife wants to have one big enough to dwarf yours.
I have been tilling for weeks now But we are going to end up much smaller
Man that is just to dang big for me. My idea of a happy garden is the produce isle in a store while my wife wants to have one big enough to dwarf yours.
I have been tilling for weeks now But we are going to end up much smaller
Why tilling for weeks? Doing it by hand with a hoe? I guess I am lucky that hubby collects old tractors. Plowing and disking only takes a short afternoon to do a big field. All together I've probably planted 2+ acres so far this year plus my container garden. Peas, green beans, lima beans, cucumbers, basil, oregano, chives, onions, hops, sorghum, bell peppers, jalapenos, moringa, turnip greens, mustard greens, potatoes, asparagus.... But we depend on our crops for income. The berries grow wild, can't wait to see how many we get this year. All the rain we've had, we should be overwhelmed by blackberries, 10-15 acres. Takes 20-30 minutes to pick a gallon. Some friends are going to help this year. Wondering how much to pay them. Been getting $25.00 a gallon for the berries in past years, more when sold by the pint. Maybe pay by the gallon for picking. Dang, I can't wait.
That's a lot of stuff Bobbi! Hey, you know what you should do is let people come and pick their own black berries, and charge them less.BobbiLynn said:Why tilling for weeks? Doing it by hand with a hoe? I guess I am lucky that hubby collects old tractors. Plowing and disking only takes a short afternoon to do a big field. All together I've probably planted 2+ acres so far this year plus my container garden. Peas, green beans, lima beans, cucumbers, basil, oregano, chives, onions, hops, sorghum, bell peppers, jalapenos, moringa, turnip greens, mustard greens, potatoes, asparagus.... But we depend on our crops for income. The berries grow wild, can't wait to see how many we get this year. All the rain we've had, we should be overwhelmed by blackberries, 10-15 acres. Takes 20-30 minutes to pick a gallon. Some friends are going to help this year. Wondering how much to pay them. Been getting $25.00 a gallon for the berries in past years, more when sold by the pint. Maybe pay by the gallon for picking. Dang, I can't wait.
I'm much to anal retentive to brew with a hop that I don't have any idea what the AA level is.
I decided that hop growing was something I'd leave to the pros. I've got my one nice centennial plant just so I can say that I do. I have no problem at all spending $200 a year on hops over all the effort of growing those things.
Mine will be more to say I have them than to really use them. I'm much to anal retentive to brew with a hop that I don't have any idea what the AA level is.
Isn't that usually the case?...so as long as you're happy, that's all that really matters.
Isn't that usually the case?
Since I have now opened my December batch of cider, I started another one today. I checked my notes from the August batch that was so good. I'm going to use a couple of the methods I used for that batch in this one to try to improve the cider. The December batch is just "meh".
I got some more skim milk to try the mozzarella experiment with. I'll probably do that tomorrow, though maybe not. I'm a little tired. If I get some energy back I might even do it tonight... I haven't really decided.
I forgot to turn my colby every day like I was supposed to. About 1/4 cup of cheese smelling water was on the bucket lid I've got it sitting on when I went to look at it today... Apparently I was also supposed to dry it before waxing too. Oh well. This should be educational anyway. That should be ready in just over two weeks.
I planted some trees that the idiot mail order plant company shipped to soon. Then the grapes, same idiot company. Setup some fairly ridiculous hose systems to get water out to everything. Have I mentioned that there is no functioning exterior water at my house? I have everything running off of hoses connected to the cold water faucet for my washer. It isn't pretty, but it works.
Bought a chainsaw. Tested the chainsaw, didn't cut anything just ran it for a minute to make sure it worked. Started the lawn mower to make sure it is still in working order.
Fixed a minor leak in the washer fluid bottle in my truck with a little metal HVAC tape. It's up fairly high on the neck of the bottle, so not really a big deal. I just want to slow down evaporation loss out of the hole, and/or leaking if I'm sitting at a really extreme angle.
Cleaned my trucks air filter, and MAF sensor. I've been getting a little bit of a rough idle and an occasional stall right after ignition. Since I just ran seafoam into the engine through the vacuum assist line for the brakes, and those are really the only times the truck pays attention to the MAF I'm hoping it's just a fouled sensor.
My air filter is drying in the garage, I'll oil it tomorrow I think. It's a little late now. Hard to tell if you've gotten the oil on it evenly in the dark.
Since it's brew day,
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