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Friday, September 13, 2013

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

This is my first summer to dry Parsley correctly. Where the bright green color stays and it crisps up just right. I finally figured out that it has to dry in a dark place. I was hanging them in the window at home and at the dc. Which was the wrong thing to do. They got oddly limp and turned black. Not good. So this time I used a coat hanger and twist ties. I carefully yet tightly twisted each branch with w tie and twisted it on a coat hanger then hung it inside a closet at the dc in the big kid room. A week and a half later I checked it. It was perfectly green, perfectly dry and wonderfully held it's flavor and smell. I got it now... look out Parsley!

Funny fact... I read a Farmer's Almanac from the early 1900's that said "Only a witch can grow parsley from seed." I'm sure it was just a tale because it's not really difficult to do.

Monday, September 9, 2013

weekend adventures: dove hunt 2013

My Father-in-Law hosts a big dove hunt at Sleepin Bear Lodge and Farms each year on opening day of dove season here in Tennessee. It's a whole lot of fun. We have a huge lunch, incredible door prizes, skeet shooting and after all that... we hunt. We each walk or get delivered to our stations around the fields and get to see all of Gary's hard work pay off. This year we harvested around three hundred doves. The weather was fantastic and the doves were flying. I brought in more birds this year than I ever have, still not reaching the daily limit though. The whole event, from the dove hunt magazine (that I put together) to the tickets bought, is set up to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Nashville. Including this year's proceeds, we have sent over $30,000.00 dollars to the Ronald McDonald House of Nashville over the last eight years of putting this dove hunt on! That's incredible guys. If you are interested, I really hope you look into coming to the hunt next year. We have a blast!