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Got out and mowed today since we are possibly getting rain from the storm remnants Sunday. Grabbed a stick, set the tunes to 70’s rock and was able to get the entire yard done. First time since July it was dry enough. Now time to trim back all the trees along my trails.

Here in OH we suspended tax on gas/diesel for 90 days. Makes no sense to allow people to run off-road in their vehicles. Same cost right now anyway. As I see it the goal of letting people run dyed diesel on road was to get around the “diesel shortage”. At least in my area, prices were falling...

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Yeah. Called forgetting the actual starting weight of 12.5 lbs. not sure which orifice I pulled the 14.6 out of. Had to go back to photos of the labels to verify.

Did the cut and packaging. For those of you who care, 3 lbs of weight was lost due to the curing and smoking leaving a little over 9.5lbs of smokey goodness. Tracking numbers this time to see if I want to start selling on the side.

Bacon day. 14.6lbs when it went on, not sure what we will weigh out at. I did not move it once the smoke started. 8 hrs at 190F and a finish temp of 170F. Will wrap and back in the fridge till I slice Monday.

Not much cooking here. Plate of sliced tomatoes with cheese, olive oil and a little S&P

Well, it was dry enough to get most of the grass cut. Took the B1700 for a spin and knocked it down. First time in two weeks.

Broke out the B3200 and did some prep to drop some standing dead ash. Needed to get the invasive roses and olives out so I can get to them with a chainsaw. One of these days I’m gonna rent a skid steer with a brush head and make it an easier process than backing up with the brush hog. Now I...

Stopped by Sam’s on Saturday and they had a good price on pork belly. Did I need it? No. Do I have several in the freezer? Yup. My justification was that these were not frozen. Do I need to cure more bacon? No. Am I? Yup. Any other questions? Off to the fridge for 10 days.

Reward for mowing. Leftover wings with some green devil home made hot sauce. Hot from mowing and now I’m on fire.

Got the 1700 lubed up, a stick lit and off to airboat. We got .6” yesterday and it is all still on top of the ground.

Well I had self control and left them for 4 days in the marinade. I was pleasantly surprised at the results. Great flavor, a bit of heat and not too salty. Less issues with the fire as well since there was minimal oil in the marinade. Definitely a keeper. Grabbed some maters between showers and...

Found myself with a taste for wings but the wife is out of town watching the grandkids and I don’t feel like driving an hour to get what I need and get back so here is something a bit different. The wings are off my meat birds so I had to cut the drummies and flats and discard the flappers. I...