Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

PJSprog
No bears here, thankfully. No hedgehogs either.
?????...

Well that doesn't seem fair.

We don't have much in the way of large dangerous animals around here. Coyotes are about the biggest, and they're not much of a threat to humans. We have some bobcats. There have been some reports over the last few years that indicate cougars are returning to Illinois, but they are few and far between.

Our biggest problems are the pesky critters like skunks, possums, and groundhogs. There are a pair of raccoons that sweep through the barn pretty much every night, about the only activity I get on the game cameras.

 

[PJSprog]

I planted horseradish in my garden 30 years ago. A major mistake. It took me 25 years to "almost" eradicate it.

I worked on a horseradish farm for a few years in my 20s. There truly is nothing like fresh horseradish.

 

[jbrumberg]

".... There truly is nothing like fresh horseradish."- Paul

Definitely a experience. The bottled product available in supermarkets is too mild for my taste.

I still am finding sprouts in my field. I advised a bud not to plant horseradish in his garden. He did not listen and ultimately abandoned the garden. It began a burn pit.

 

[txdon]

Yikes! we have two rattlesnakes in the garden, a big one and a little one. For some unknown reason the person spotting them did not get them removed. Now I'm on full snake alert, again.


Drew the three collard plants given to me a month ago ave been producing leaves like crazy. We have had 4 meals of them with beans, rice and cornbread. One meal consist of 10 - 10" leaves with stems. It looks like we will have another 8-10 meals before they are out. I did not like collard greens till my wife fixed them using this recipe.

Without Instant Pot:
1/2 yellow onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
2-3 cups vegetable broth
3 drops liquid smoke
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 lbs collard greens
black pepper
hot sauce

Saute onions and garlic, add vegetable broth, add greens and simmer for 1- 1 1/2 hours. add hot sauce or vinegar if desired.

With instant Pot:
Use the saute setting to brown the onions and reduce vegetable broth to 1 cup and pressure cook for 10 minutes.

How many meals of collards do you have? Each plant should produce at least 5 meals for two people.

 

[daugen]

thanks for recipes Don. I will give them to food pantry kitchen lady to try out.
volunteer left, 9 boxes filled between she and I, enough for me, got 3 out of 7 rows done.
Promptly got the Super A out and cultivated the just picked rows, pics later, and heading back to get tractor
again for one last row to cultivate.

My helper picked all the radishes, and was talking about horseradish too. Fresh horseradish makes the best cocktail sauce for shrimp, need to get some noise quivering action going on...:thumbsup:
Apparently it's like asparagus, once you plant it, you've got it for a long time.

Ate a pbj for lunch and headed back out in sunshine and blue sky.

PJ, bet those speaker stands put a smile on your face, get the speakers elevated to the right spot and off the floor.
Cleaner bass.
And now starring, in the TBN band, we have PJ on the bass guitar, Toppop on the sax, Buckeye on the ?

 

[PJSprog]

I still am finding sprouts in my field. I advised a bud not to plant horseradish in his garden. He did not listen and ultimately abandoned the garden. It began a burn pit.

Yeah, it's a hearty plant. Horseradish is replanted by taking the sprouts off the sides of the main root and replanting them. So, if any of those break off when you're digging them out of the ground, they'll grow into new plants. They can be tough to eradicate.

 

[freedomlives]

We've had a few always growing in one spot of our yard. For a long while, there was also one coming up at the same isolated spot on our orchard as well, but either pigs dug it out, or getting grazed down by the goats and sheep did it in.

Yeah, it's a hearty plant. Horseradish is replanted by taking the sprouts off the sides of the main root and replanting them. So, if any of those break off when you're digging them out of the ground, they'll grow into new plants. They can be tough to eradicate.

 

[freedomlives]

Kids, wife are all fine. Gloria started walking several weeks before her first birthday this month.

I need to try with the dSLR to get a good sunset photo. The phone camera doesn't cut it.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Now if it can just stay organized... I've tried and tried to catch the person that gets the shop so messy....I'm gonna have to get some cameras set up....

Whoever it is, they've been in my barn too.... I hope you catch 'em.

If I go really really really fast backwards in my car . . . it could work.
Faith Picozzi in the Kia Stinger Super Bowl commercial starring Steven Tyler "Feel something again" - YouTube

Your diet has accomplished nearly the same thing IMO.

But, you could always use it for a........wait for it.........a backup plan!

Bears on the loose on the east coast, along with some new flies. Be careful

Glad to hear from you Andrew.

Jay, I can relate to a glacial pace. Get better. Bear and Brogen does not sound like a happy encounter.

PJ, my buddy had his 2 year old grandson have to stay with them for about a month. He's had to keep all his instruments in the closet to keep them safe. The kid and parents finally got a job transfer and moved out. He got some self music time finally yesterday. It calms the savage breast of man IMO. Although my daughter with misophonia thinks otherwise.

We got quite a storm last night with about 2" rain. Nice a cool this AM.

Don, nice wooden toys. Someone put some time into them.

 

[PJSprog]

Wife was kind enough to put a warning label on the almonds in my lunch today. And, you know what they say about stupid warning labels ... they exist because some idiot tried it.



So far, so good.

 

[jbrumberg]

Don- Thanks for the recipe. My recipe is similar; I really think collards need vinegar or a vinegar based hot sauce. I generally use smoked turkey legs for the smoke flavor instead of smoked pork hocks or fatback.

RonJH- I have not seen Spotted Lanternflies around here yet. Another invasive species to which to look forward.

Andrew- Thanks for sharing your world. I am happy to read that your Wife and children are doing well. Thanks for the pictures.

Horseradish is done. It took some extra time and breaths as the core of what looked to be a really healthy root had a rotten core. I am getting quicker and much less messy prepping this stuff nowadays.

I have this poltergeist inhabiting the house who loves to hide hand tools and small parts. It seems to be more active at night. Stuff is always some place different than where I left it. Maybe it’s Col. John Bryant looking for his hand tied flies.

Paul- I like your Wife's sense of humor.

 

[ronjhall]

Wife was kind enough to put a warning label on the almonds in my lunch today. And, you know what they say about stupid warning labels ... they exist because some idiot tried it.

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So far, so good.

The problem is some want someone else to be responsible for them being a idiot.
Your wife is looking out for you eyes.

 

[jbrumberg]

RonJH- Thanks for the link. I checked in the MassGov site and they are not here in MA yet. Spotted Lanternfly - Lycorma deliculata

PA apparently really tried to clamp down on this invasive species once discovered.

 

[ronjhall]

My day went down hill quickly. I had the new computer and monitor setting on top of our desktop calendar. Did not take wife long to remind me she had a Dr appointment this morning. Took care of that. When we got home removed old computer from desk and properly installed new computer. I think I am out of the dog house until the next misstep.

 

[txdon]

Wife was kind enough to put a warning label on the almonds in my lunch today.

Were they pepper flavored?

 

[jbrumberg]

Don- They were coated with wasabi powder/paste very similar to horseradish in heat and intensity. Most dried Wasabi powder sold in the USA is actually powdered horseradish + green dye and made in Japan.

I really like wasabi coated nuts, rice crackers, etc., but they can really put a hurting' on you if not careful.

 

[txdon]

Thanks J
Wasabi/horseradish is a flavor that is very bad tasting to me. I think it’s a genetic thing.

 

[freedomlives]

Wife was kind enough to put a warning label on the almonds in my lunch today. And, you know what they say about stupid warning labels ... they exist because some idiot tried it.

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So far, so good.

Way to avoid getting a civil lawsuit over injuries!

 

[freedomlives]

I like such snacks too, but I've noticed, at least over here, that MSG gets thrown into the mix.

Recently I got a tin of organic wasabi powder. In fact, more like a small percentage of wasabi and remainder horseradish, but sharper tasting than the paste we had from Lidl.

Speaking of which, has a Lidl opened up by any of y'all? The Atlanta area has them now, though my mother hasn't had a chance to shop there yet. I'm hoping they have the soft pretzels like the ones here as we're going to stay in Atlanta a few months this winter and my kids and me will miss otherwise that treat when we go shopping.

Don- They were coated with wasabi powder/paste very similar to horseradish in heat and intensity. Most dried Wasabi powder sold in the USA is actually powdered horseradish + green dye and made in Japan.

I really like wasabi coated nuts, rice crackers, etc., but they can really put a hurting' on you if not careful.

 

[toppop52]

Don-

I really like wasabi coated nuts, rice crackers, etc., but they can really put a hurting' on you if not careful.

I feel certain I would not enjoy wasabi coated nuts, sounds painful!

Don’t like horseradish either.