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Baba Ganoush

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Every year we grow lots of asian eggplant, whose only use seems to be for making Baba Ganoush.  Here we are smoking the eggplant on our charcoal grill.  Recipes for Baba Ganoush are easily found on the Internet and we … Continue reading

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Puppies

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About a month ago, we came home and discovered that a stray dog had utilized the crawl space under our house as a birthing bed for a litter of 7 puppies.  Unfortunately, Claudia came home one day to find that … Continue reading

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Tomato Sauce

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Making tomato sauce is super simple. Ingredients include: Tomatoes, garlic, peppers (sweet banana are best), onion, salt, white sugar, pepper, oregano, basil and a slash of olive oil.   Also, tomato paste is optional for thickening and flavor.  Other optional … Continue reading

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Colorado

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We just returned from a trip to Colorado to visit friends.  We landed the Cessna at Boulder Airport after a 7.5 hr flight from Belzoni.  This was the longest x-country flight to date and it went off without a hitch. … Continue reading

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A 54″ Oak makes lots of boards

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Below are a couple of pics of the monster red oak we recently milled into 1×6’s, 1×3’s and slabs.   The tree was one of six that my granddad planted around the house back in the 1930’s.  The trees are … Continue reading

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Simple Dinner

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The garden is starting to bear fruit.   Zuchhini and yellow squash have been producing well for the past two weeks.  Tomatoes are about to start turning pink.  We are about to be covered up in them!  Basil is making enough leaves … Continue reading

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Bird Photos – Photo Gallery Test

Here are some bird photographs from the back of the farm.  Disregard the “error” messages and click SL at bottom right for a slide show or FS for a full screen view.  This is a test.  Let me know what … Continue reading

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Farm “moist soils” conservation area pics

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Two summers ago we built a water impoundment levee on the low end of the farm.  The purpose of this area was to catch farm runoff, provide a settling pond for that runoff and to provide a wetland habitat for … Continue reading

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Panama

Here are some selected photos from the Panama trip.  Most are birds photographed in the parks around Panama City (Soberania and Metropolitano NP’s) and there are some other random shots from El Valle and from Coiba Island where we did … Continue reading

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Panama

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We are currently exploring the Soberania National Park in Panama. The park runs more or less parallel and south East of the Panama canal. The park is bisected by “Pipeline Road” where the US built an emergency fuel delivery pipeline … Continue reading

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