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My young ( 13 month ) border collie found a shot animal on Thursday evening and ate the skinned head on friday eve in the dog run. Cave the back of the skull so the dog can have 'sweet breads' for...

I do my cuts on the ground, same as bumblefoot, but then hang them by the head and skin head down. The membrane stays on the carcass. Because i dont normally keep the skin, I now split a deer skin...

What I was told is 'chinese Quince' is quite different to both the standard type and the Smirna Turkish quince I have here and would not cook and soften

bumblefoot What are the uses of Chinese Quince ? I tried some of what I was told were CQ and they were useless for anything I tried on them

I always rub a roast with olive oil to seal the surface and brown it in the fry pan before putting in the oven. With a fatless meat - which is pretty much all our game meats an oven bag makes a huge...

That's one classy pie !

Is she a cross with a silver laced winedot ?

Perhaps Kuni's aren't the best choice alone and they need the company of another breed that will dig up the roots? I did read that pigs love the roots

How well do you think the collagen hydrolizes ? It is not really possible to mimic the industrial process at home. I have not tried acetic acid (vinegar) myself - good idea

Whats your reasoning for putting it through a fine plate ? I do mine through an 8mm plate for better mouth feel and texture. makes it more versatile IMO

Often there are 'suckers' around the base of Quince trees, inspect below ground for roots and then tear them off the tree if they are rooted. They can be layered if they dont have roots. I have some...

I picked some from a tree at Southern woods nursery and tried cooking them at home. They looked great but I couldnt make anything useful of them, so its interesting that you cracked it. I have plenty...

If you are starting with a clean slate vege wise, the ultimate system I have seen is to fence an area twice the size needed and have chooks on one half one year and the other half or side the next....

Did you eat that false quince or were they there just for flavour ?

If you want to get a vege garden going then now is the time to get it ready. Clean up the area, dig, rotary hoe or maxitill etc and cover with a heavy layer of weed seed free mulch like old baleage....

You are not anti vege it seems just antigreen which may not be so bad after all. As for the 'frute' above do you mean 'jobby jabbers'?

Vege denier / denialist

Well give me strength, what would Carl Linnaeus say to that ?? Spuds, Kumera, onions, Garlic, tomatoes are actually VEGE !!

Do you eat spuds gt ?

I still have a copper, set up with an outside bathtub

Where are you planning to retire Dicko ? I think the first thing is to buy land with good soil, then get planting fruit trees, they need time to get fruiting. I have 40 + fruit trees. Is it a place...

I live 20 mins from Rangiora and have always considered it a bit of a shit hole - so even if it isn't that, it's close by being a dunny roll !

Not a tree, but you could plant a row of 'Flannel Leaf' plenty in wet high country areas

Is that a bunch of 'Fartichoke greens in you arms Bumblefoot ?

Good effort Phil. How do you have Pumpkins and onions ready now ??