[my sweets]

Most days on my way to work I pass a home hobby garden filled with an abundance of sweet potato vines. How would I know such a random piece of information without knowing the gardener? I have been growing my own patch of sweet potatoes this year.

On a whim after seeing an article in Mother Earth News I decided to order some vine slips and take a chance at what I could grow. My results were varied. Although my sweets did not get nearly as large as I had hoped, I did get a decent selection that would be good for baking and eating with steak. I would contribute this to my delayed planting of the slips a little late and the densely packed soil.

This Fall I think I'll incorporate some aged manure from the barn animals as well as some leaves into the area where I planted the sweet potatoes this year and see what happens. I also planted some sweet potatoes in the area inside my garden which has had the soil worked a bit more. The results were four to six inch long sausage shaped sweet potatoes. I had planted these really late, maybe even mid to late July. If these had more time to mature, I don't doubt that I would have had some nicely sized sweet potatoes.

Back to the hobby farmer... I had dug all my potatoes last night, unsure if I was pulling them out of the ground too early. The deer in the area have been feasting magnificently on the sweet potato vines. Combined with the cold nights and the leafless plants I decided to pull them out of the ground. I suppose my timing was perfect since the hobby farmer was pulling his out of the ground this morning when I drove past. I need to stop by and make his acquaintance, It looks to me like he could give me some pointers.

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[Blogger app test run]

Just found the blogger app while catching up in my tech news. iDygest ran the article and it was interesting that o couldn't find the app by searching for it. I had to look at one of the source links that was at the bottom of the page, then follow one of the links from that second article which redirected me to the app store description of the app.

Downloading it was a breeze, and I already like it better than "that other" app that I tried to use to blog from my phone. Granted using the bluetooth keyboard with my iPhone is a little cumbersome, what was really the worst part was not being able to close the app, and reopen it without having to rewrite my whole post. So far with blogger when my screen has timed out, or when I've closed out of the app I haven't had to start over at all.

[ camping with condiments]

My latest instructable has been published to the homepage. http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Condiment-Solution-For-Camping/ It's been way too long since I've posted, I know. I haven't forgotten about this blog. I promise, I've been thinking about moving over to another hosting service that makes it easier to post from my iPhone. Anybody have any ideas? I never really use a computer anymore except at work, and blogging on company time is frowned upon I suppose.

[no title]

It has been quite some time since I have written. My apologies to all of those who cling to every word that I write. Not too much has been happening, or too much has been happening? I don't know. Things are still busy at work, we are gearing up to sell another cell phone carrier, and the pressure is on to do well.

I have been thinking quite a bit recently about what "Foothill Frontier" should be aside from a catchy name and logo that I thought up. I'd like to turn it into some sort of marketable material, but don't have too much (or have too many ideas which fill my mind ) and keep me from realizing my true potential. I enjoy (on occasion) looking at the blogs of my friends and think that I'd like to have a web presence that other people will miss if I go on vacation. There are so many blogs that have become enterprises after becoming noticed by the public. thechive, cakewrecks, peopleofwalmart, fml, minibulldesign. All good representations of websites that have a 'cult' following. Seems like a lot of work though. Sometimes I wish that I had more time to follow my dreams instead of working retail. Then again, maybe there are dreams that I have not realized yet. My Brother-in-law brought up a good point a few days ago when I was talking to him which i will paraphrase. Doing God's work doesn't mean doing it for free. Maybe doing Gods work means getting paid to do something you love and being able to live comfortably.

[morels]

Tonight we're firing up the old dehydrator to try and dry some wild gathered morel mushrooms. Tonight for dinner we had some of the morels and they were quite good. You see, I'm nor particularly a fan of mushrooms. Their typical rubbery texture and mushroomy taste just make me frown. However, once i stared reading that morels are one of the best tasting mushrooms available I decided to give tastebuds a lesson in variety.

Tonights dinner actually reminded me a lot of the time that I was forced to eat a mushroom omlette at a Castle in France. The story about my castle retreat will wait for another time. For now we're talking about mushrooms. The mushrooms that I had eaten in France were called Trompette de la Mort. This translates into Trumpet of the Dead, and with a name like that you can probably imagine why I was hesitant to eat something that was found on the floor of the woods. Fortunately they are named this because of their black color and conical shape, not their effect on humans and animals.

Have a Great night and a Better tomorrow.

[morels]

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[back lane culvert repairs]

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[gravel]

2 tons of rocks got delivered today to repair the culvert at the end of our drive. It was dark when I got home so lighting was too poor for a photo. I'll try and get a photo on my way to work tomorrow morning. At least I don't have to drive an extra 5 miles to get to work now.