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I found this November 6, 2018...

Greenhouse Cleanup

I've been getting to work on the Yard, Fence, Garden, and also the Greenhouse lately.  Over last weekend I cleared out that crap that had accumulated in there.  I lot of it was just junk I had accumulated to work on, someday.  Well, it's in the way right now, so I pitched a lot of it.  The Scrapper guy was very happy.

This has been a work in progress over the last 15 years.  It has had many different objectives from sprouting new plants, overwintering mature plants, and ultimately a storage shed for my lawn and garden equipment.  Now I am changing its mission back to grown plants.

There is still a lot of work to do.  I want to add a gate between the Fence, and the Greenhouse to prevent Harley from going around the Greenhouse into the Garden.  Also, I want to replace the white door with a Cedar Gate that is stained like the Walls.

The Greenhouse is already integrated with the Garden Fence.  So, eventually the Greenhouse is an integral part of the garden.  If you haven't noticed there us a little problem with the top of the Greenhouse.  That plant that is completely covering the Greenhouse is a Trumpet Vine.  It is highly prolific, grows like mad, and I am beating it back continuously.  It is fixin to get a serious trimminz...

At one time the Greenhouse had a Plywood Roof.  The Trumpet Vine grew roots into the Plywood, and the also The Weather destroyed the Plywood Roof.  So now only the Trumpet Vine branches are the Roof.  I'm gonna have to fix that.  It looks neat at the moment, but leaks like a Colander.

All of the Frame of the Greenhouse is built with Pressure Treated Lumber.  So, the Bones of the Greenhouse are stable, and strong.  Most of the work I will be doing is superficial, and the structure is stable.  It's Springtime...  More Tilling Required, and Wood Werkinz...

Monster Flux Suckerz

The new 1.9 Amp fan motor is working great...  It's about 23 Watts, and 200 CFM...

Adding higher power fan motor caused the fan to walk around the table a little bit.  So, I replaced the Aluminum Baseplate with a nice thick piece of steel that weights 1.25 pounds.  Now it sits still.  I've also improved the regulator assembly a little.  There is a better switch pot, and better knob.

My Beta Testers are very happy with this one.  Looks like we have a winner...

Shrimp Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

I found some nice looking, medium sized Portabello Mushrooms at the store last week.  Hmmm, what can we do with them?  I don't think I had the idea of Stuffed Mushrooms in my head yet.  Grilled Portabellos seemed kinda of intriguing.  So they sat around a couple days waiting for an idea.

Then I also have a lot of Shrimp at the moment, panic buying, LOL!  So, I start pondering how I would make a Stuffed Mushroom.  I've never done that one before.  So, you gotta make stuffing, right?  Ponder that for a while...

Each one of those is a handful, big hand, full.  So, I found a recipe for Shrimp Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms to use as a baseline.  It's basically a Stuffing plus Shrimp.  You start with some vegetation, when a bread, seasoning, egg, and the Shrimp.

Remove the stems from the Mushrooms, and chop them up.  Dice some Onion, and Garlic.  Then add a little too much Butter.  This is starting almost like one of my Soups.

Gotta move everything over to the Cook Station, and throw the Butter, Onion, Mushroom Stems, and Garlic into a Fry Pan.  This is usually when I season, and flavor the vegetation with Red, and Black Pepper.

Let that cook down until it getting a little soft, then add the Bread Crumbs, Shrimp, and Egg.

Cook that until the Shrimp is starting to look a little cooked, season it a little more, and stuff the Mushrooms.

Then throw them into a hot oven for 15 minutes, and then Nom Nom Nom...  After eating them I felt like there were some things I could have done better.  I didn't use all of the recommended ingredients like cheeze.  I don't think Shellfish goes together with cheeze very well.  Plus I could have diced the vegetables, and cut the Shrimp finer.  Maybe next time it can take a ride in the Robot Coupe, LOL!

Heirloom Tomatoes

My Heirloom Tomatoes are showing a nice spurt of growth over the past month.  Maybe I'll get some funny looking Tomatoes this year.  I can't wait to see...

Apple Pork

There is something about pairing Apples with Pork that just clicks.  Pork Chops, and Apple Sauce or Pork Tenderloin with Apple Stuffing are some of the best things you can do with Pork.  Well I am pulling that concept into the Slow Smoker Realm.  This is Apple Juice marinated, Apple Wood Smoked Pork Picnic Shoulder Roast, or Apple Pork Butt.  Look at that color...

I start this process with a kinda small Pork Butt, 6 pounds.  Then I marinate it in Apple Juice, ordinary Apple Juice, for more than 12 hours.  It went 16 hours this time.  At this point I am not adding anything else, just Apple Juice.  Then after the marination time is done I'll drain the Apple Juice, and dry off the Pork Butt.

Then, like anything I put in the Slow Smoker, I'll add a Rub to the Pork Butt.  This time I used Adam's Spices Texas  Style Pork Rub.  It has a good flavor, and is not too hot.  In the meantime I am firing up the Oklahoma Joe's Smoker with the Apple Wood.

I usually pair the Pork with some sort of Beans, and Vegetation.  This time I am using Anasazi Beans which I'll prepare with Tomato, Jalapeno, Onion, Garlic, and a Herb.

The Anasazi Beans will soak in water while the Pork Butt is finishing in the Crock Pot.  The Pork spent 2.5 hours in the Smoker which gave it that great color.  Then it will spend another 8 hours in the Crock Pot, on low, to finish it off.  When the Pork it ready I'll pull it out of the Crock Pot, and use the Au Jus to make the Anasazi Beans.  The Au Jus from the Pork makes the Beans So Delicious...

Making Colloidal Copper

Making some colloidal metals takes some electrical stimulus.  Copper is different.  Letting water sit in a Copper vessel will cause the Copper atoms to infuse into the water.  I am still figuring out the chemistry.  But there is evidence that Copper kills bacteria, and viruses.  Drinking Colloidal Copper has some significant health benefits.  There is some very old science that supports this.  Look at Ayurvedic Medicine, which is Ancient Indian Medicine.  The method, I understand, is to let water sit in the Copper Cup overnight, and drink it in the morning.  Let's give it a try...