I buy selenium for my goats.
It is a natural mineral that some areas are deficient in it and so when raising goats you have to give them selenium paste for their health. I never new it was a byproduct of refineries.
Must be a too much of anything is not good kind of pollutant.
Congrats!
Small business ownership is a tough thing and the exit is so often where people end up working much past when they should be. What an opportunity to have and take.
What in the world do you do with a Carolina Reaper pepper, eat it?
One idea we have is adding to maple syrup.
My brother loves spice and so we freeze dry and will send him some.
I love summer and fall with all the fresh produce. It is so wonderful having consistent good food.
Yes, you can overwinter peppers. I might try that after this year. I had three peppers off a reaper plant and a single pepper off of a scorpion. I saw a few videos about it and you basically just hack the top off, leaving the main stem and bring it indoors.
Curious what tomato varieties you do best with, outdoors4life? I’m about an hour west of Green Bay, so our climates should be similar. I had a poor season with my testing. I tried 14 different varieties, 73 plants total, and the only ones I’m definitely planting again this year are Amish Paste and Rose. The year prior I had less than half the number of plants and about 3x the yield with only three varieties. Last year we were able to keep up with eating them fresh.
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Amish paste and Soldaki are our favorite.
Lots of companion planting for better pollinators.
We are overwintering our reapers and trimmed them down so hopefully they do well next year. We have a freeze dryer so we like peppers to powder. There is no way I’ll ever try the reaper though. I sell them to the crazy people who can handle them.
If you want to see pics there are all sorts of fun pics posted on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/BramblewoodFarmMN
This! Just be advised a few plants go a long ways. I remember the first year I did a garden and I planted like 10 jalapeno plants. LOL Now I do 2.
2 things I can grow well, Jalapeno’s and dandelions.
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Cayenne peppers produce like crazy too! We have so many from 4 plants last year. 2 Carolina Reapers produced like 8 peppers but we heard you can overwinter and they produce better the next year and same with other pepper plants. Hopefully it works so we can produce more peppers.
Aaron, holy smokes! Do you sell stuff or ??? With 6-7 tomato plants, I usually end up giving some away.
Ralph we do sell our excess. If you are in the area some time give me a call if you want to see our place. There are days we pick 100 pounds of tomatoes. We processed close to 1000 pounds our just for ourselves. We can enough to last the year. Our goal is to grow as much of our food is possible. I dedicate about $1,000 to our garden every year and soon I hope to dedicate even more.
Here is a pic of my stand in the driveway. We put a small sign out for people to know we have produce every day. It is fun to have people stop by and interact or just be able to shop any time. The other pic was a morning’s harvest.
We sell Eggs, produce, maple syrup, Whole frozen chickens, goat milk soap and other goodies as we have some. The stand was built out of lumber I milled with my step father.
Sharing with others who don’t want to take the responsibility for all the work is great. It helps offset the huge costs to eat clean food.
We don’t use any sprays and use companion planting for pest deterants, manure and fish emulsion for fertilizer and minimal soil disturbance. Our soil is not good and every year it gets better and better.
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Gardening starts in February in our household. Starting seeds and ensuring we have all our supplies and plans. Typically 75-100 tomato plants get into the ground. 30 or so peppers and many many other plants. It is something my wife and I can enjoy together. Our garden includes perenial berry bushes and we try to grow that portion every year.
A good barn cat takes care of the bunnies and the deer stay out with a 4′ fence with wires up higher 5-6-7 foot.
We seed save many things and it is surprising how much that saves in seed costs.
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Ten years ago I had frozen shoulder after an accident and surgery for my rotator cuff. Worst pain I have ever experienced. I went through over a year of physical therapy. People twice my age were in and out of therapy during my time there. Eventually I had a chiropractor that helped with my range and I was much better in a short amount of time.
The longer you do nothing the worse it will get and that is why mine got so bad.
I would like to know who or how a house inspector gets certified.
JMO
There is no licensing in MN or requirements.
The interesting thing is that even in licensed states there is little difference in complaints filed between licensed states and non licensed states.
The Bank does an appraisal not inspection, that is for the bank not for the buyer.
The inspector is your choice. Realtors can refer but the client is always the buyer.
For those that think that home inspections are a money grab you have probably met one that did not have much experience.
I’ve inspected for over 8 years and it has it’s ups and downs for sure. This year I have seen the number of people not having inspections. I’ve inspected some homes that needed over $50k worth of work because the person moves in and finds a few things and calls me. Most people have had minor issues and maintenance items that in the end they ended up fine.
I’ve inspected a lot of homes for general contractors who had wives who hired me. Most of those guys end up happy we inspected. When I get a client like that I will point out things to them and tell them my view of the issue and they will tell me theirs. I see so many homes and know many quirks that most people never see. Home inspections are a lot harder than most people think.
Realtors that ask me to hide things do not like me. Yes I have had that happen but not as much as you would think. The realtors who have been selling a long time that I know want a happy client because happy clients refer more business.
Eelpoutguy, the reason for that is a house is much like a car. Parts can fail with no warning. Furnace, AC, Plumbing leaks can even pop up without warning.
Like every profession there are bad apples.
As for the market…….I doubt we will see a crash like before. It happened because too many homes were taken back at one time. Banks will not make that mistake again.
Ralph tonys word is as good or better than mine.
That is a heck of a shorty.
If you are trying to avoid corn you should use an alternative to corn starch.
I can not eat corn, onion, or garlic in any forms.
I use a similar recipe to yours but instead of onion and garlic I use paprika.
Nice Quillback!
This time of year they don’t fight so much with the water temps. Once the water warms up they will fight better.
Billy does it right at Hagbergs. Been going there for over about 30 years. I love the meat cut thick like they do for ribeye and the ragnar, makes it so tasty.
Thanks for sharing that!
I have a friend who made his own after getting an IFISHPRO. They will all catch fish and same basic function. I like the size of the Finicky.
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Lolo’s or Bricks and Burbon are great choices. Bricks and Burbon have a few more burger choices but both places are very good.I have heard a lot about this place but haven’t tried it yet. Is it just the name or do they actually have a good bourbon selection?
I am not a drinker so I am not sure but that is what I have heard.
Matchsticks is the newest resteraunt in town (Part of the Crosby Hotel) and they have a heck of a selection of “Spirits” and happy hour is the time to go there.
Lolo’s or Bricks and Burbon are great choices. Bricks and Burbon have a few more burger choices but both places are very good.
Dima This group is not very active with that. There are other sites that are dedicated to most of the species others ignore often called “Roughfish”
Ralph!
I caught a nice one a time or two. You have seen pics of them over 5 before.
John Lyons is basically the guy who wrote the book on much of Fish ID.
He was pretty clear that much was speculation. The real part of it for me was listening to him afterwards.
We know many of the same people but I had never spoken with him. HE is always willing to share his knowledge.
I am a little late to the party but my FIL has a Pilot and hauls his Honda Pioneer SXS (about 2k pounds) all over and it does well for him. He has a trailer with trailer brakes and makes it much better.
The other part to think about is a crash. Unfortunately after about 4 weeks a lady broadsided him and never hit the brakes until she hit him doing 30-35 on his driver door. He had no injury other than a little sore.
There are plus and minuses for every vehicle.
I just got this from my grandma tonight. Looks like it would work for what you want to do.
https://skinny-dipper.myshopify.com/
https://www.campchef.com/woodwind.html
If you want a good laugh watch the ads from woodwinds.
I hate going to friends for grilling now. I even brought my grill before so I could use it vs a friends gas grill or cooking inside. We had our turkey on thanksgiving on the grill. I bought one from menards and the tem does not stay constant but I still love it.
Jamin
I did that last year and I lost a lot of screws. I have a separate set of tires and rims for winter. It scratched up my driveway pretty good where I spun my tires.
I lost a lot of screws when I went fast on the ice too. I may have had too short of screws but I also did not want ones too long. It helps a ton on glare ice for fishing but plowing it just makes it noisier on the pavement.
This is what I use for smaller hooks.
My detector saved my life on Friday!
In my line of work I carry one all the time. It has saved my life 2 times. Mine would not wake me up but it does get my attention.
Yup happened on Friday. I took a long way home that night.
Wow, those Armored <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>Catfish will give a Grayling a run for the money in the dorsal fin category. Are they common throughout Florida or just in the mid and northern regions?
Nice fish!
My understanding is that Orlando is near the northern range. They are common in many areas of Florida. They are a pain to catch as well. They are native to south america and were released as overgrown aquarium fish. It is very sad to see the natives get pushed out of their habitats.
