Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Our friend that we are buying a boat from is taking it out tomorrow and he has a marine mechanic going out with him to make sure everything is the way it's supposed to be.

These temps in the mid 80's have been a real pleasure but they are saying 97 again tomorrow. We are 2nd in the record books for the most days in the 90's and only 4 days from being #1. I would just as soon not break those kind of records.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Our friend that we are buying a boat from is taking it out tomorrow and he has a marine mechanic going out with him to make sure everything is the way it's supposed to be.

These temps in the mid 80's have been a real pleasure but they are saying 97 again tomorrow. We are 2nd in the record books for the most days in the 90's and only 4 days from being #1. I would just as soon not break those kind of records.

Kinda reminds ya of Florida ....and why you left ???

 

[Mike CHS]

Kinda reminds ya of Florida ....and why you left ???

Hurricanes If you look at most of the storm tracks that come at the panhandle, my house was the bullseye more times than I can count.

 

[Mike CHS]

We made stuffed chicken breast with crispy oven baked okra with fresh tomato and lime rice. This is Teresa's plate as I don't eat rice. I think even Bruce might like okra this way. I made a breading out of Zatarains, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and whipped eggs to put the okra in before the breading. We have a Word file just on okra but so far, this is our favorite.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Being the bullseye for the hurricanes would make me leave too ! .....I can't stand the " days of hype" that preceded the possibility of a storm,.... I find them exhausting

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I'm definitely going to try that okra recipe! I feel ya on the heat - although even we aren't that hot! Lower 90's for us this week

 

[Mike CHS]

I forgot to put in about the Panco Bread Crumbs earlier. I used equal parts of parmesan cheese, panco bread crumbs and Zatarains plus a little salt and pepper in a zip lock bag. The recipe called for corn meal but I always substitute with the seasoned meal. We had enough okra to do a single layer on a 14" pan sprayed with Pam and two whipped eggs was plenty for the dip. Baked at 425 for about 20 minutes and turn once half way through. They got a nice brown crispy edge.

 

[Bruce]

I would just as soon not break those kind of records.

Oh come on Mike, aren't you just a little competitive? Go for the record!

I think even Bruce might like okra this way.

I would try it for sure but no promises

 

[Mike CHS]

We brought the 5 ewe lambs in to pull fecal samples and give a drench of garlic and vitamins. We will be taking two of the ewe lambs to the sale in two weeks so we want to make sure they are still clean after they had their brush with Barbe Pole worms. We spent 15 minutes getting dry fecal matter out of Taffy's tail from when she had scours.

 

[Mike CHS]

I posted a picture of some of these guys last year or the year before. The white projections are the larvae of the Braconid Wasp. Larvae that hatch from the wasp's eggs, which are laid on the hornworm, feed on the inside of the hornworm until the wasp is ready to pupate. These “host” hornworms should be left in the garden in order to conserve the beneficial parasites. We have found several horn worms in the last couple of weeks but this is the first with the parasites on board.