Recent content by DParker75089

Then your claim that your inability to see the shell fragments in the soil must mean that they've broken down into their individual constituent elements makes even less sense, no matter how many condescending emojies you use But as for your "degree in physics", I recall that being on display...

Just because the shell fragments are too small for you to see and differentiate from other parts of the soil doesn't mean that they've decomposed into their constituent elements. They can do so, but the soil needs to be fairly acidic (have a low pH) in order to react with the calcium carbonate...

Yep. I've encountered raccoons during daylight hours numerous times while hunting.

I believe that may be a textbook case of a Pyrrhic victory. 😞

We sold our old house, moved all the way across Dallas/Ft. Worth and bought an even bigger house on 10x as much land...mostly because I wanted to be able to keep chickens, goats, etc. So, let's just say my eggs cost a lot.

My favorite way to eat them is to drizzle a little olive oil on them, apply a little kosher salt and pepper and then grill them for a few minutes. Then pull them off the grill and microplane some Parmigiano-Reggiano on them. It's the king of vegetables.

I haven't even planted anything else yet and already the asparagus I planted last year is putting food on the table (or at least the counter). And yes, they're delicious.

Well, this answers that question.

Sure, they're adorable until you're bailing them out of jail and having to drive them to meet their parole officer every month.

I was thinking it looked like a scene from that lesser-known Broadway play about gang warfare, West Side of the Yard Story.

...that crime never sleeps, even in extreme weather. I don't know what went down in our backyard, but some suspects have been rounded up. Just look at those guilty expressions.

Everything I've read claims that Fava Beans (aka, "Broad Beans") are cold hardy down to 14°F. I'm not sure that's right, at least not when they're starting out. We haven't gotten below 25°F yet.

Me, ever since the neighbor's circulated that petition after I went out to check the mail in what I normally sleep in.

I sure did enjoy those 20 minutes of Fall we got last week. This is at 7:30 AM with the sun up, meaning it was even colder overnight. So much for any more goodies from the garden. I still had watermelons, some okra and the majority of the tomato crop ripening out there.

Thanks, it wasn't half-bad. I cobbled it together from a bunch of different recipes I found, picking what sounded good from each of them. The only thing I think was a mistake was adding the apple cider vinegar one of them called for. The theory was that it would take the edge off the...