Jess's Itty Biddie Chick Farm and Container Garden

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Winter can be hard on chickens, so here are some basic tips for keeping you flock safe and comfortable during these cold midwinter days and night.

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How to grow petunias from seed. These prolific blooms are great for sun & partial shade gardenPlanting petunia seeds, fertilizing, deadheading & more.

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Correctly spaced tomato plants will reward you with healthy, disease-free, delicious tomatoes. Even if you have a small garden, don’t overlook the importance of spacing and planting your tomatoes…

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The Queen of Hungary's Water, a rinse for dark hair.

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If you commonly find yourself working in the dark, an electric lantern works better than a flashlight. Here are five reasons why you need an LED lantern.

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Recipe: https://honeybunchhunts.com/bacon-tomato-grilled-cheese/
Bacon Tomato Grilled Cheese is one of my favorite lunches, and they make a great dinner too!

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These six books offer invaluable advice for anyone curious about starting with cattle, from keeping a beef herd to milking cows to butchering and more.

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Haggis 😍😍😍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 join our group: https://web.facebook.com/groups/scottishoutlook

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If you want the best southern-style potato salad, you've gotta try my recipe! My secret is in the dressing🤫
Full recipe: https://iheartrecipes.com/southern-potato-salad-recipe-soul-food/

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Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad - easy to make this salad is perfect for a light lunch or easy dinner. This yummy salad will quickly become a family favorite!

Recipe - https://bit.ly/3gc0lgw

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Add some spice to your life with this DIY Chipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Bowl Recipe!
Get the full recipe here ---> https://iheartrecipes.com/diy-chipotle-mexican-grill-chicken-bowl-recipe/

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💚 And just like going to the gym, take it easy with your first garden workouts in spring. Last year I hit it hard and got achy "Gardener's Elbow" that lasted six months!

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Crescent Roll Chicken Bundles
➡️Full Recipe: https://mastersofkitchen.com/?s=Crescent+Roll+Chicken+Bundles

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STRAWBERRY BROWNIE KABOBS...how cute for Holidays, BBQs, Baby showers, or any themed events!!
RECIPE : https://sugarapron.com/2023/02/22/strawberry-brownie-kabobs/

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Melting Potatoes

Ingredients
2 lb. Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1" slices
1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
4 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 c. low-sodium chicken broth
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp. fresh rosemary, chopped, plus more for serving
1 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped, plus more for serving

Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425°. In a medium bowl, season potatoes with salt and pepper and toss to combine.
Step 2
In a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, cook butter and oil until butter is melted and starting to bubble. Add potatoes and cook, undisturbed, until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip potatoes and cook until second side is golden brown, about 5 minutes more. Stir in broth, garlic, rosemary, and thyme.
Step 3
Transfer skillet to oven and bake until potatoes are tender and liquid slightly reduces, 20 to 25 minutes.
Step 4
Transfer potatoes to a platter. Drizzle with pan juices and top with rosemary and/or thyme.

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1957 Metropolitan Station Wagon & Portafold Caravan

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03/03/2023

"Hair ice", or "bearded frost" is a rare phenomenon that only occurs in a small percentage of the world. It has played a major part in inspiring me to go "above and beyond" to capture and learn about the amazing wonders of nature. When I first came across this unique substance I was absolutely astonished. I had to know more, there were only a few pieces of wood that had this on it and I wanted to know why. ❄️

So there I began my studies and learned so much about what causes this. Though it is similar to the phenomenon called "Hoar frost" they are 2 completely different things. Hair Ice grows specifically on the decaying wood of an Alder tree branch, while hoar frost can be found on just about any surface in cold temperatures. Hair Ice is caused by a fungus that lives within the decaying wood, and this fungus "breathes" or releases its spores through the night pushing the moisture harnessed within the wood out of the woods pores, causing it to immediately freeze with contact of the below freezing temperatures. The small hole of which the moisture is released from is as thin as a strand of hair, therefore causing the hair-like ice to form. 📖

I wanted to know how to find it so that I could show my family, I began to go search any morning there was frost on the ground and was surprised at how uncommon it really was. Because I had a hard time finding it again I began to take note of the conditions. I wrote in my journal the temperatures, wind-spead, humidity level, and cloud cover present in the hours leading up to my search. I eventually determined the precise conditions required for this to occur. 🤓

Surprisingly google didn't help much in learning about these things, I even had to make the determination myself that it only grows on dead alder branches. From there I waited for the right conditions to occur again, I wanted to not only know what caused it, but I also wanted to see it grow.

Equipped with only my cellphone at the time I went out at night when the conditions were projected to be within the "Golden zone" and set up my phone pointed at a fallen alder branch that I had seen it grow on previously, and began to take a timelapse of this incredible phenomenon.

I ran into so many problems with this plan. My phone would get too cold and shut off, the battery would drain too fast, and the lighting was very difficult to make work. So I taped hand warmers to my phone and plugged it into a battery pack, and then used a few lanterns to provide the proper lighting. It took atleast a dozen attempts to finally work through all my issues and achieve my goal of a timelapse from start to finish of the formation of hair ice. 🥶 I will include the link to this timelapse in the comments 🙂

I was so proud and felt so accomplished by the end of it that my passion for photography reached a whole new level. I saw first hand what determination and persistence can create and never looked back. For this I will always have a special place in my heart for this unique phenomenon and will never walk past it without taking some time to admire its beauty first. 😍