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Is it November already? Really? Whew, I'm a little late getting this post up, to say the least! It's been a very, very busy summer (AND fall). One of the most exciting things I did this summer was to enter the Archway Sweet Summer Treat Contest that was held back in July. Bakespace.com and Archway partnered up and there were several of us who were chosen to receive an array of cookie packages in exchange for creating original recipes for the Archway contest. You didn't have to be a member of bakespace to enter the contest, but being a member has it's perks indeed. They sent us one package of each variety of tasty cookie just for experimenting. (thanks bakespace for hooking us up!)
There were 3 categories to enter, with a grand prize winner in each category; Dessert with Ice cream, Dessert without Ice Cream, and Non-Dessert. You could enter as many times as you wish. I created and submitted 4 recipes, one in each category (two in the Dessert without Ice Cream). I'm happy to report that my recipe for "Heavenly 5 Layer Ice Cream Chocolate Cheese Pie" submitted to the Dessert with Ice Cream category was a grand prize winner! I won a $250.00 visa card, more packages of the cookies that were used in the winning recipe, and a nice printed recipe of the winning recipe suitable for framing. (thanks Archway!)
Here is the grand prize winning recipe along with the 3 other recipes that I submitted.
Heavenly 5 Layer Ice Cream Chocolate Cheese Pie
For Pie Crust:
1 ½ C (about 28) Archway Crispy Iced Oatmeal Cookies
¼ C white sugar
3 Tbsp melted butter
For Pie Layers
1 C Archway Dutch Cocoa Cookies crumbs (1/2 of an 8.75 oz pkg)
3 C chocolate chip ice cream
1- 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1/3 C confectioners' sugar
1 ½ C milk
1- 5.9 oz pkg instant chocolate pudding
1- 12oz container of whipped cream, divided
For Chocolate Curls:
3 oz semi-sweet baking chocolate
1 Tbsp shortening
Preheat oven to 350F.
Break up and add the Iced Oatmeal cookies into a food processor. Pulse until a fine crumb is achieved.
Pour into a small bowl and add in the ¼ C sugar and stir. Next, add in the melted butter until all crumbs are evenly coated. Pour crumb mixture into a 9"x3" spring form pan. (you may use another type of pan, just be sure the sides are at least 3" tall) Press crumbs evenly onto bottom of pan using the bottom of a glass or measuring cup. You do not need to spread it up the sides.
Bake the crust for 10 minutes in a preheated oven. Remove and let cool slightly, then place pan in the freezer while you prepare the rest of the pie. While the crust is cooling, set out the chocolate chip ice cream so that it can soften.
Next, break up then pulse the Dutch Cocoa Cookies in a food processor only until pea sized (slightly larger pieces are ok). Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, add in the softened cream cheese and the confectioners' sugar. Mix with a hand mixer on high until well incorporated and there are no lumps.
Slowly begin adding in the milk, a little at a time, mixing well in between additions. Continue until all of the milk has been mixed in.
Next, begin sprinkling in the pudding mix, again, a little at a time, mixing in between additions. This will help to eliminate any lumps. Occasionally scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Continue mixing until all is incorporated. Add in only one cup of the whipped cream. Mix on high just until well blended. Mixture will be thick. Set aside.
Take out the crumb crust and add in 3 cups of softened chocolate chip ice cream. Quickly, press down and smooth evenly. Top with the Dutch Cocoa cookie crumbs and spread them out evenly, then pour the chocolate cream cheese mixture over the top and quickly spread it out evenly.
Spread the remaining whipped cream over the top and return to freezer. Freeze for at least 4 hours or cover with plastic wrap and freeze overnight.
Meanwhile, for the garnish, chop the chocolate into small pieces and add in the shortening. Melt in the microwave for 30 seconds.
Pour chocolate into an aluminum foil square mold, or into a small flat square dish that has been lined with aluminum foil. (about the size of a candy bar) Set in fridge until chocolate is solid. When firm, pull out of the foil and use a vegetable peeler or sharp paring knife to "shave" off curled pieces from the long edge onto waxed paper or aluminum foil. Place curls back into fridge until ready to garnish pie.
Tip: When ready, use a toothpick to place on pie to avoid them melting from the heat of your hands.
When ready to serve pie, warm a large sharp knife under hot water and dry off. Use to cut the pie with ease.
Recipe #2, submitted to the non-dessert category. Probably my favorite, only because it was different and what I thought, a very creative approach to cooking with cookies. I wanted to "de-construct" the cookie and make something totally unexpected!
Thick n Spicy BBQ Sauce
A quick and easy BBQ sauce that is spicy but not overly sweet. Not only do the cookies give the sauce a deep rich molasses flavor, but they help to quickly thicken the sauce as well. Use over grilled meat such as beef, chicken, or pork. It also makes a great dipping sauce for meatballs or chicken nuggets.
10 Archway Iced Molasses Cookies
1/3 C warm water
3 tablespoons Teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons minced onion
½ teaspoon minced garlic
1 ¼ C ketchup
1 tablespoon hot or buffalo wing sauce
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic salt
2 tablespoon butter
Crumble cookies into a wide, shallow dish
Pour the water and teriyaki sauce over the cookies and stir. Set aside for cookies to dissolve.
Place a 2 qt saucepan on medium heat. Add olive oil and minced onion. Saute on medium heat just until onion is soft and translucent. Add in minced garlic until heated being careful not to burn garlic.
To the onion and garlic mixture, add in the ketchup, hot sauce, paprika, cumin, pepper, and garlic salt. Turn heat to low setting and stir occasionally until mixture is just simmering.
Add in the cookie mixture and bring back to a simmer, stirring constantly. (using a heatproof rubber spatula works best and keeps sauce from sticking to pan)
Remove from heat and add in the butter. Stir until butter is melted.
Keep sauce in a warm place on the stove until ready to use.
At the last 10 minutes of grilling the meat of choice, brush on sauce. Serve leftover sauce on the side.
Lemonade Peach Cobbler
4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
2 C (48 cookies) Archway Iced Lemonade Cookies crumbs
¾ C milk
¼ C white sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 – 29oz can sliced peaches in heavy syrup
½ Tbsp white sugar + ¼ tsp cinnamon
Ice cream or whipped topping if desired
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Place rack in middle to lower shelf of oven.
2. Place cookies (24 at a time) into a food processor and pulse until a fine crumb is achieved. Alternatively, you may place cookies into a large plastic zip lock baggie and roll with a heavy rolling pin. Place cookies into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the ¼ C sugar, baking powder and the pinch of salt and set aside.
3. Gently warm milk in a microwave or on the stove until just hot.
4. Pour warm milk over cookie mixture and stir. Let stand for about 10 minutes until the cookies are soft and dissolved.
5. Meanwhile, cube butter and place into a 9x9 square glass baking dish. (If you prefer a thinner cobbler you may use a 13x9 size dish. Just reduce the baking time by 10 minutes or so) Place dish in oven while it is preheating to melt the butter.
6. Pull out hot dish with melted butter from oven. Pour cobbler batter over melted butter, spreading it out evenly but do not stir.
7. With a slotted spoon, spoon peaches directly out of the can over the batter, allowing a small amount of the syrup but not too much. While the cobbler bakes, the peaches will sink in and the batter will rise to the top.
8. In a small dish combine the ½ tablespoon sugar and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the cobbler.
9. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs clinging. Be careful not to over bake (until toothpick comes out clean) or your cobbler will be dry.
10. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped topping
11. Store tightly covered.
Recipe #4- Last but not least, I made a yummy coffee cake. Like the peach cobbler, I created a batter with the crushed cookies but in this one, I used some of the crushed cookies in a filling/topping mixture.
Almond Raisin Coffee Cake
1/3 C Archway Windmill Cookie crumbs
2 Tbsp all purpose flour
4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) butter, chilled
1/3 C firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/3 C blanched almonds, chopped or slivered
For the Cake:
½ C raisins
¼ C brandy or light rum (may substitute water)
1 ½ C Archway Windmill Cookie crumbs
¾ C heavy cream
4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
1 egg slightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
½ C sugar
1 C all purpose flour
¾ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
Preheat oven to 350F. Position a rack to the middle of the oven. Lightly grease an 8 or 9" round spring form pan or cake pan.
In a food processor, crumble an entire (9 oz) package of Archway Windmill Cookies. Pulse until a fine crumb is achieved. (Alternately, you can crush the cookies in a large zip lock baggie with a rolling pin)
Measure out 1/3 C of the cookie crumbs for the topping/filling into a small bowl and pour the rest of the crumbs (there should be about 1 ½ C) into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
To the 1/3 C of crumbs, add 2 Tbsp flour and stir. Cut 1/2 of a stick of chilled butter into cubes and cut into the flour/cookie mixture with a fork until pieces are about pea size. Add in the brown sugar and cinnamon, stir until combined and set aside.
In a small shallow dish, heat brandy for 30 seconds in the microwave. Pour in raisins, stir and set aside. (the warm brandy will not only add flavor, but plump up the raisins as well)
Heat heavy cream and 4 tablespoons of butter in the microwave until just hot and butter is melted (about 1 minute). Pour cream and butter mixture over the 1 ½ C of cookie crumbs and stir until combined. Add in the brandy and raisin mixture.
Next, add in one slightly beaten egg and the vanilla. Stir until combined.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add the flour mixture all at once into the cookie mixture and stir quickly until combined.
Spread half of the cake batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle half of the topping/filling mixture evenly over the top.
Pour the remaining cake batter over the filling, then sprinkle the remaining topping/filling along with the chopped almonds over the top of the coffee cake.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350F for about 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs clinging. (do not wait until toothpick inserted comes out clean because it will be too dry)
Remove from oven and cool slightly before running a knife along the edges and releasing the spring form ring.
Serve warm and enjoy with a nice cup of java!
Very soon, I'll be posting even more Archway recipes and ideas for the holiday season! Stay tuned.


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Connoisseurs of music and dance, welcome to another edition of Margazhi Season. It's time when musicians practise hard, sabhas spruce up their halls, and rasikas prepare their concert calendar. Yes, the Pancharatna kritis are juxtaposed with padams and javalis. Tyagaraja, Dikshitar, Prabandham, Tiruppavai, Kshetrayya and Dasarnama... they are very much invogue throughout the year but find more prominence during the coming days. Here's what a few artistes feel about the December Season...
Mandolin Shrinivas: "December means Chennai. The Season brings back my childhood days. I must have been 9 or 10, before I became a professional musician. I would wait for the December 1 supplement of The Hindu. I would pore over the sabha schedules and prepare my sabha hopping schedule. For me, playing during the Margazhi month has not only honed my skills but also brought me name and fame. I enjoy playing and listening; there's an almost religious fervour in the air."
Sudha Ragunathan: "I start counting the days even as November dawns! I am excited but at the same time, I know it's time to worry and practise hard. For this season, I plan to polish and bring back some old kritis which my guru and her guru had popularised."
Nithyasree Mahadevan: "It's a celebration of the classical arts. As an artist, it maybe tough at times, but it's something I look forward to. I enjoy the planning process. Also, serious music listening happens with connoisseurs from across the globe thronging the sabhas. Real vidwat takes centre stage now."
Sikkil Gurucharan: "Music and excitement… these words sum up the season for me. Rasikas get to gauge their favourite artists – the state of their voice, the repertoire chosen and the way a programme is presented. It's time for something new (kritis), plenty of faith (in God, myself and the rasikas) and hope (that my listeners and I go home satisfied).
K. Gayathri: "Challenging… that's the word that comes to mind. For me, each concert is like facing an examination. It is motivating and, at the same time, tiring. The season opens up a world of opportunities for artistes like us, as people from the world over come and listen to us."
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(ABC 6 News) – A snowmobiler was injured after crashing his sled into a revenue near Chatfield.
It happened on Sunday just before 4:00pm. The driver, Tyler Gehling, was riding on a trail going roughly 30 mph when he almost hit a bridge, swerved, then crashed into the ravine.
He broke both of his femurs and was taken to the hospital by Chatfield Ambulance. Gehling told police blowing snow hindered his visibility. Police are still investigating the crash.


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If support and encouragement are the foundation of a strong team, Team GavMad showed about as solid a base as possible on Thursday.
Made up of 9-year-olds Gavin Gristy and Madisyn Lords, from Shelby, the team competed in bocce ball at Rocky Mountain College against much bigger and older competition.
After his throws, Gavin would usually report back to his teammate with what he'd learned.
"Don't throw the ball out of bounds," he offered at one point.
But the next round, he was satisfied with simple cheering.
"Let's go Madisyn," he chanted. "Let's go!"
The teammates — nicknamed GavMad by their coaches and other teammates — were just two of the athletes competing in the second day of the summer games at numerous venues across Billings.
More than 1,000 athletes from all corners of Montana are in Billings through Friday to compete in 13 Olympic-style events for the summer games, as they will be each summer through 2014.
Organizers said that if the first two days of competition are any indication, the bar for the next few years' summer games has been set pretty high.
"Things are really going well," said Nolan Taylor, Special Olympics Montana's training and competition coordinator. "Billings has been an incredible host community. You better knock on wood because I'll say things are going about as well as they can."
Across town from the RMC bocce competition, where hundreds of athletes, coaches and family members had gathered, a smaller group got together at Wendy's Field at Daylis Stadium for track and field competitions.
A few seconds after cruising through the 800 meter walk, a breathless Lisa Johnson, 25, high-fived her coach, Todd Hoar, who brought Johnson and 22 other athletes to the games from Butte.
"I love it," she exclaimed. "Everything. The games, the (opening) ceremonies, the dance, all of it."
Across the field, a few dozen athletes lined up to take their turns at the standing and running long jumps, stretching in the field or waiting patiently for volunteers to call their names.
Hoar said the athletes train year-round, and competing, as well as often earning a medal, in the summer games is a reward for that work.
"They practice hard training for that," he said. "We see their eyes light up and they say, 'Oh, I did it.'"
Nearby, Anne Trout and her teammates from the Lighthouse Christian Home in Kalispell were getting ready for their events, standing near the track and chatting.
She served on the SOMT board for six years and said that experience showed her the games give many of the athletes a voice across the state.
"I think it gives them an opportunity to see how important they are around the state and it gives them the opportunity to see other athletes they don't see," she said. "We live in Kalispell and came all the way here and said, 'So this is what it's like.' But it's good."
Taylor agreed and said it gives the athletes, coaches and the community a chance to show off.
"They're not athletes with disabilities, they're athletes with abilities," he said. "That's clear to see. To be able to sit back and watch what it means to these athletes and these coaches, it's really a chance for them to come somewhere and be treated how they want to be treated."
Other events through the day included powerlifting, equestrian, aquatics, cycling and bowling. Later in the evening, Billings restaurants planned to host athletes and coaches for a Dine Out Night.
Back at the bocce competition, Gavin and Madisyn walked happily through the grass toward the awards podium, not at all concerned or upset that they came up a few points shy of taking the match.
The duo explained how to play bocce, noting that they were a bit nervous at first but settled in pretty quickly.
"We just hold the ball, and then we throw it," Madisyn said.
When asked about his favorite part of the games, Gavin grinned and casually tossed his arm around Madisyn's shoulders as they neared a crowd waiting for the awards announcement.
"We're best friends," he said.


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Midwest Living Review
Brewster House Restaurant has the feel of a local standby, as if many of the people eating here always come around this time on this day of the week and order more or less the same thing. It's not trying to be innovative, and people like it that way. The menu includes a comfortably predictable lineup of sandwiches (French dip, burgers); salads (grilled chicken, raspberry spinach); entrees (baked cod, bacon-wrapped filet mignon); pastas (marinara, alfredo); and desserts (fruit pies, brownie sundae). Just two items leap off the menu as specialties: the Sawdust Pie, featuring coconut, graham crackers and pecans, and the Shullsburg Cheese Soup, featuring the cheese that makes the town a household name for folks in the upper Midwest. Shullsburg cheese is widely available in supermarkets around here, and you can buy it at the shop next to the restaurant. A Sunday brunch buffet brings in crowds for biscuits and gravy, broasted chicken, French toast and other breakfast-lunch fare. Nothing fancy, but the pans are frequently refilled and the food is hot.Brewster House and the Shullsburg Creamery outlet are in downtown Shullsburg, in a handsome old building with exposed stone walls and wood floors. Some of the furniture could use an upgrade (the vinyl is split on some booth seats), but the atmosphere is cozy and friendly and for the most part, the food satisfies. Lunch runs around $8, dinner between $10 and $20.


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.- The president of the Committee for Media and Culture of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Baltazar Porras, denounced President Hugo Chavez for escalating his rhetoric against the Catholic Church, saying he is trying to distract Venezuelans from fundamental issues such as constitutional reform, the education of children and young people.
"I think we have seen an escalation since the month of May, when the president spoke out against Pope Benedict XVI and began a series of attacks on the Church, the latest of which was against Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga," the archbishop told Union Radio.
Archbishop Porras said Chavez's attacks are an attempt to politicize religion and set himself above the Church. He also said the Venezuelan leader is trying to distract the public from important issues that would have a great impact on the country, such as the proposal of no presidential term limits. "This is an attempt to distract public opinion and turn (the reform) into an issue that only interests one sector of society," he warned.
The archbishop went on to note that the public is also being distracted from the growing crisis facing schools in Venezuela. Government subsidies have not been received in many places and school employees and teachers have not received their vacation pay. The result, he said, is that "the schools are sinking."
Archbishop Porras also denounced the Chavez government for seeking to indoctrinate students from pre-school all the way up to the post-graduate level. The government, he said, is seeking to impose "one way of viewing and thinking about society and the world" upon the entire country, and that such a policy poses serious risks for civil rights.
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If there's one constant in the Pioneer League, it's that hitters sit on fastballs.
Helena's Dustin DeMuth, who's currently hitting .403, admitted as much after a game in Billings last week. And Idaho Falls' Ryan O'Hearn, who entered Tuesday as the league's leading hitter at .448, said the same thing after his team battered the Mustangs 10-6 at Dehler Park.
Mustangs starter Tyler Mahle had trouble locating his offspeed pitches, and that made his fastballs, which were up in the strike zone, that much more tantalizing to Chukars hitters.
The first six that strolled to the plate reached base versus Mahle, many of them on two strike counts, and Idaho Falls led 4-0 before a good chunk of the 3,504 in attendance found their seats. That included O'Hearn, who drove a Mahle offering the other way into left field to push across the Chukars' first run.
"I was getting ahead (in the count) on foul balls. And they weren't really missing them," offered the 19-year-old Mahle, who's had an up-and-down go of things through the first four weeks of the season.
"It looked like they were missing them, but they were sitting on (fastballs) and hitting them foul. And that's what they'd end up getting their hits on after I threw balls in the dirt. I threw my offspeed outside or down or up or whatever the case was."
Mahle has struggled at home but has been solid on the road. In his previous start in Missoula last Wednesday Mahle threw five shutout innings. The start before that, at home against Helena, he allowed 10 hits and eight earned runs in 2 1/3 innings. That's been the pattern.
A seventh-round draft choice by the Reds in 2013, Mahle isn't sold on his stats -- even when they're good.
"The last game, for instance, it might have seemed like I had a good game, but guys were hitting the ball," Mahle said. "Even though some days I've got five shutout innings, I still got hit and guys aren't off balance.
"The whole season guys have been sitting on my fastball, and I've got to work on getting them off balance."
To date, Mahle is 1-2 with a 7.78 ERA in 19 2/3 innings. He's struck out 19 but has allowed only six walks.
"All pitchers try to have fastball command, and hitters are taught to track fastballs and whack them," said Mustangs manager Dick Schofield. "If the kids can't hit fastballs at this level then they really have a hard time doing it anywhere else.
"Sometimes it's good for guys to have a little failure to enjoy success. (Mahle's) been really good, bad, really good, bad … and next time he goes out there we'll count on him to do his job."
KEY MOMENT: Mahle had a two-strike count on leadoff hitter Luis Valenzuela in the first inning but surrendered a double. Corey Toups then singled, also on two strikes. Soon the floodgates opened. O'Hearn, Wander Franco and Kyle Pollock each had RBIs to put the Chukars up 4-0. They never looked back.
ON THE MOUND: Mustangs players were heard talking in the clubhouse about their difficulty facing Idaho Falls reliever Tim Hill. Hill, a left-handed side-armer, struck out five in the eighth and ninth to close the game.
AT THE PLATE: Franco went 4 for 5 and finished a triple shy of the cycle. Billings' Jimmy Pickens hit his second home run of the season, a solo shot in the fourth. Pickens came into the game hitting just .130.
ON DECK: RHP Jeremy Kivel takes the hill for the Mustangs on Wednesday. Kivel (0-1, 5.17) still seeks his first professional win. He'll oppose Chukars RHP Torey Deshazier (1-0, 2.16). Schofield said Kivel "is the type of kid that sits at 95 (mph) when he's just letting it go. And that's hard to hit at any level."


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The Cincinnati Park Board has decided to cancel Saturday's Balluminaria at Eden Park because of the forecast for high winds.
Officials said in a release balloons like calmer wind speeds, in the single digits, especially for inflating in smaller areas such as Mirror Lake. Wind speeds Saturday are predicted to be 20 plus miles per hour.
The park board said it doesn't want to risk the safety of the balloonists, staff or guests.
The event will not be rescheduled.
Cincinnati park officials are laying out some drastic changes you could expect this summer if proposed budget cuts are approved by City Council. Fountains could be turned off, lakes could be drained and flower beds could go unplanted.
Ault Park's Facebook page lists more closings that could be considered including the Mt. Airy Dog Park and Disc Golf course, a handful of entire parks, and all park restrooms.
Here's a letter being circulated by one park advocacy group:
The Cincinnati Park Board is arming its visitors with information. A pilot project is underway at Ault Park and Krohn Conservatory using smart phone quick response technology.
Ault Park horticulturist Dave Roberts is in demand. Plenty of park visitors seek him out to ask questions about what they are seeing.
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I'm giving my first shot at starting some plants. I had to go to Earl May and get some seed to start as I couldn't wait for my Sand Hill order to get here. This will be my first attempt at growing seedlings.
I don't have a heat mat like many of you mention, is there anything I can to do help my tomatoes and peppers along? I have kicked the heat up a degree or two in my apartment. I'm using Jiffy starting mix from Walmart and some small 6-cell plastic trays. Then I am going to move into larger cups. I also planted some in 8 oz styrofoam cups. |
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Tomato seeds like 70-80şF. Peppers like it even warmer, 78-85şF. And that's the temperature around the seeds, not the air around the pot. Feel around the top of your refrigerator or freezer and see if it is warmer there. But don't forget them! Put them in a plastic bag or cover with plastic wrap to help trap the warmth. Water beds are mostly passé now, but if you happen to see one of the heating units in a thrift shop, grab it and use that. (They're usually black or blue, maybe a foot wide and 30" or so long- varies.) You might post on FreeCycle or Craigslist. Sue |
Other warm surfaces include the top of the DVR, a desktop computer and the tops of fluorescent shop lights. Can you tell I have little bundles of seeds marinating all over my house? :) Obviously, you have to be very careful to avoid getting any moisture on any of those surfaces. I wrap the cup/plastic container completely in saran and make sure it's dry before setting them on any of the electronics. Better make sure my homeowner's is paid up, just in case! :) |
- Posted by oilpainter 3 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 13, 10 at 23:01
Do you have forced air heating? A cake rack on top of the register and a closed container will work good. Tomatoes do not need light until they germinate. A good thing to use for tray and humidity cover is those larger clear plastic containers that you buy bisquits or cousants in at the grocery. If you don't have any ask to buy one. They will probably sell you one, my grocery does. Hold it closed with a clothes pin or bag clip. You can plant your seeds in a second smaller one that you've separated into 2 pots and poked holes in the bottom. Transplant into pots or your cups when they get their second leaves. |
- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva 5b (My Page) on Sun, Feb 14, 10 at 0:39
I use an electric blanket. I know some say it is a no-no but it works great for me. You can also use lamps with regular bulbs because they get warm. Get them close to the soil and then bring your regular shop lights in for the seedlings light requirements. You do not have to have heatmats or 75+ degrees for most of your seeds, they will just peek their heads out later than with heat. Keriann~ |
- Posted by austinnhanasmom 5 Broomfield, CO (My Page) on Sun, Feb 14, 10 at 9:42
Last year, I started seedlings, in disposable seed starting trays, on the heating mat, with the clear plastic dome. When they were too tall for the dome, I transferred them into bigger pots and placed the seedlings into my cool, 65 degrees F, house air. Nearly every one died. The temp shock was too much. Be careful with that - I think I cried. The younger the sprouts are, the more heat and humidity they need. Peppers usually like it warmer then tomatoes. Transferring them to too cool/dry of an environment before they have developed the roots can be deadly. I hope to never repeat that mistake. Happy Gardening - |
Thanks for all the advice!! Can a guy find a heat mat at a earl may or at a home depot? I'm going to start more seeds in a friends basement and it probably would be a good thing to have. |
Can a guy find a heat mat at a earl may or at a home depot? I doubt it since it is a specialty item. Never seen one there but Earl May can likely order one for you. Most all the seed catalogs carry one or two types to order. Keep in mind that it is the soil temperature that counts, not the air temperature. Without a direct supplemental heat source on the containers the soil will always be colder than the air. Dave |
I use a standard rope light coiled loosely beneath the trays. I turn it on when I wake up and back off when I go to bed. It keeps the soil nice and warm. However as soon as there is any germination, the covers come off, the rope light is gone and the trays go in the sun and then under lights for the remainder of each day. I like to give the seedlings natural light whenever I can. |
- Posted by heirloomjunkie 5a (My Page) on Sun, Feb 14, 10 at 16:54
I did see one heat mat for sale at HD. However, it came as part of a set with the trays, cells, etc. Probably not the most quality mat in the world, but it wasn't too expensive. Kim |
Those heat mats that come with the bubble top flats are not very expensive I use on that was for a dog house pulled it out of the trash there are heat mats at walmart for sore muscles In the basment dont forget the top of a water heater can be ideal or a furnace air duct |
Mehearty -- Using a rope light, how warm does it get? Would it be a fire hazard? I could use it during the evenings when I'm at home. I found the top of my fridge to be around 73 degrees. This is the warmest spot I could find in my apartment. |
When they were too tall for the dome- Oh my! I think you left them in the dome too long- usually recommended to take them off the heat and out of the dome as soon as they germinate. The dome just keeps them moist until they sprout. And the seedlings don't need humidity- it can cause damping-off. I not surprised they died. |
Frank... I'm lost??? |
I think he was referring to the post by austinnhanasmom where she said she kept the dome on until the seedlings hit the top of the dome, then pulled the dome off & all the seedlings died. |
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saved seeds to be grown (my 1st time)
posted by: purple1701 on 03.20.2014 at 05:43 pm in Growing Tomatoes Forum My kids had a blast helping with the garden last year, and one of their favorite parts was sprouting seeds in baggies. We had a prolific crop of cherry tomatoes, a ton of ginormous beefsteaks, and 2 kinds of roma-type plants, one of which was a hybrid. The hybrid *sucked* and the other one was awesome. Guess which one of the 4 I did not keep seeds from!
This year, I plan to split the 3 varieties so that half of the seeds are started in baggies and half are in a starter kit of some sort with a seed starter mix. I first want to reaffirm a couple things to make sure I'm on the right track: 1. Once the seeds in baggies have sprouted, they should be immediately placed in the starter mix correct? 2. I don't have a heat pad that I can safely leave on while I'm not home, but we do have old style radiators. The one in the living room has a wooden plank across it almost like a bench. Would this work as a heat source? 3. I will be using some standard fluorescent bulbs on them once they emerge (sprout?), but as soon as I can I would like to start setting them out on the porch or in the backyard before I leave for work in the morning. What is the minimum temp at which this is acceptable and feasible not to absolutely kill the plants? They should be about 4 weeks old by this time. I'm more interested in creating hardy, sturdy plants than super-producers. In my mind I see this like the human immune system being strengthened by exposure to germs and such. (So I WON'T be using Miracle-Gro). The main reason for this is that I don't think the light I have will be sufficient for them once they start to really grow, and I don't have any windows that get decent sunlight. 4. Lastly, I have resigned myself to the fact that I will have to use a seed starter mix (I'm a cheapskate and hate spending money if I can DIY it for less or free!) but when it's time to pot them up, (that's the middle stage before they get transplanted out right?) couldn't I then use some of the well amended dirt from my garden? Like not all of it, but maybe mixed with the leftover starter mix if I have some left? Or even bagged garden soil from a store instead of 100% soil-less mix? Thanks!! NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 03.20.2014 at 05:43 pm last updated on: 03.20.2014 at 05:43 pm
Is peat moss necessary 2nd time around?
posted by: purple1701 on 03.20.2014 at 04:51 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum So I'll begin this post/inquiry with the obligatory "yes I've searched but I didn't find an answer to this specifically"
My question is: do I need to till peat moss in again this year? The garden area is about 4'x24'. Last year, we did the following prep work: in the fall (of '12 that is) we tilled in about 6 large garbage bags of leaves. In the spring (of '13) we bought 7.6 cb ft of peat moss, and tilled that in. My hubby went pretty deep with the rototiller both times, about 4-5' I think. There were some fireplace ashes, and a bit of organic matter thrown in as well as well. The soil was a bit clay-ish to begin, but after those amendments it seemed pretty good. I did some ph testing and that seemed okay as well. My tomatoes did extremely well, peas, green beans and lettuce all thrived too. Kohlrabi, beets and potatoes languished and basically I got nothing from any of them, although I think this was due to a combination of design error, poor planning and a lack of expertise on my part more than the soil quality. I have read that peat moss takes years to decompose, so this would seem to indicate that I won't need it this year, is that accurate? NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 03.20.2014 at 04:51 pm last updated on: 03.20.2014 at 05:32 pm
Dill companion planting?
posted by: purple1701 on 05.01.2013 at 05:57 pm in Companion Plants Forum First, an overview: My garden is a 4'x24' strip, running east and west, with a fence on the north face. I have 3 a-frames, each made from 2 pallets. The first one will have beans on one side, then tomatoes and peppers on the other. The middle one will have tomatoes and peppers on each side. The 3rd one will have tomatoes only on one side, and peas on the other. The 2nd and 3rd a-frames have lettuce planters made from rain gutters under them. The first a-frame has kohlrabi (in the ground) under it . The 3rd one has iceberg lettuce, kohlrabi and beets (in the ground) under it. The first 2 also have 3 potato plants each, but this is more experimental, I don't expect them to do superbly well. I have a separate potato patch at the end of the first one, next to the beans at the west end. I already have marigolds, daisies, lavender, and some basil planted sporadically, as well as a perimeter of onions around the whole thing.
My companion questions are as follows: I have a ton of culinary herb seeds I'd like to try planting (dill, coriander, mustard and caraway). I've read that dill in particular is good for root veggies, and so might be good by the kohlrabi and/or beets, but that it also attracts hornworms which would then find my tomatoes growing just over them. Can someone weigh in on the potential validity of this and whether it may be an issue or not? NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 05.01.2013 at 05:57 pm last updated on: 05.01.2013 at 05:57 pm
Second guessing watering??
posted by: purple1701 on 04.30.2013 at 05:06 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum First time gardener here. I've read a whole bunch about watering needs, I know that while the "one inch a week" is an approximate some plants may need more, especially in hot weather. I even made a list of which plants I have and what they will need, and did some (or plan to do) companion planting based on hydration needs.
Week before last we had torrential downpours to tune of over 4 inches, and then last week we got a little over 1/2 an inch, but temperatures did not even hit 70. I did some watering on Sunday, but haven't yet determined the gallons per minute on my hose to do so accurately. Now, hubby has me questioning whether or not to water more. It was almost 80 yesterday, over 80 today and will be tomorrow, and then going to get more rain and lots of it, for the rest of the week. The ground does look a bit dry on top, and even cracked in some places, and I haven't had a chance to check deeper down to see if it's still moist. For reference, what I have in the ground so far is: seeds planted in ground: seeds sprouted in baggies then put in ground: Any advice would be appreciated. Even if it's just to point me to a resource that would be fine. There's lots of general info but this is pretty specific... If there is a better forum to ask in, I'm happy to go there. FYI my local extension wasn't very helpful either lol. This post was edited by purple1701 on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 17:14 NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.30.2013 at 05:21 pm last updated on: 04.30.2013 at 05:21 pm
Slightly informed questions about grocery store beans
posted by: purple1701 on 04.24.2013 at 04:33 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum I've read up a bit on this topic already, but have some unanswered questions. It seems like the things that may be the most obvious to expert gardeners are rarely mentioned and thus that knowledge is hard for beginners to find.
I plan to plant some beans I purchased from the grocery store to eat (we eat a lot of beans as a cheap substitute for protein since corn-fed meet is an expensive commodity lately). I have black beans and pinto beans. I plan to pre-sprout them so that I only plant the ones that are definitely viable, because I'll eat them if they're not LOL, and am hoping to get them in the ground sooner than later, since I have no idea exactly what variety these are, how long it will take them to mature and put out fruit, etc. I do know that they are most likely bush beans, but I do plan on giving them some support if necessary. I have well-amended soil, and plentiful sun in the area they will be grown. My questions are: 1. If I am planting one 4-ft row, would 4 plants be too many for that space? The only thing around them will most likely be some strawberries, onions, and herbs. Oh wait I can't put onions by the beans, so scratch that (Companion planting). For what it's worth, I do realize I may not get very many beans, this is more to placate the DH since he doesn't seem to believe that the time and effort to harvest them may far outweigh the relatively cheap cost at which they can be purchased and low output of bean plants. Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this, and I appreciate your feedback! NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.24.2013 at 05:10 pm last updated on: 04.24.2013 at 05:10 pm
Pictures of successful baggie seed sprouts?
posted by: purple1701 on 04.22.2013 at 05:35 pm in Herbs Forum Hi there!
I did post this in the seed propogation area as well, but seeing as these are mostly herbs and flowers (lavender, daisies, marigolds, basil and parsley) I'm hoping someone here might have specific answers :-) Yesterday I put a variety of seeds into baggies with the wet paper towel method (well I'm using napkins, but anyway). I am unsure as to exactly when I should put them into the soil? FYI - I am on a very limited budget and so I do not have many of the things that people may say is "necessary" like potting mix, peat pellets, or whatnot. I have dirt from my garden (which does happen to be very well-amended with a good ph)and some empty egg cartons. I also have a nice uv lamp under which I plan to put them once they have morphed from sprout to seedling. What I would really like to know though, is does anyone have pictures of what the seed/sprout should look like in order for me to know when to remove them from the baggie? That would be most helpful. Thanks much! NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.22.2013 at 05:36 pm last updated on: 04.22.2013 at 05:38 pm
Pictures of successful baggie seed sprouts?
posted by: purple1701 on 04.22.2013 at 04:36 pm in Growing from Seed Forum Hi there!
Yesterday I put a variety of seeds into baggies with the wet paper towel method (well I'm using napkins, but anyway). I am unsure as to exactly when I should put them into the soil? FYI - I am on a very limited budget and so I do not have many of the things that people may say is "necessary" like potting mix, peat pellets, or whatnot. I have dirt from my garden (which does happen to be very well-amended with a good ph)and some empty egg cartons. I also have a nice uv lamp under which I plan to put them once they have morphed from sprout to seedling. What I would really like to know though, is does anyone have pictures of what the seed/sprout should look like in order for me to know when to remove them from the baggie? That would be most helpful. Thanks much! NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.22.2013 at 04:37 pm last updated on: 04.22.2013 at 05:05 pm
Do my tomato A-frames need to be disinfected?
posted by: purple1701 on 04.15.2013 at 05:56 pm in Growing Tomatoes Forum My wonderful hubby built these out of pallets we "recovered" from a friend's work parking lot. Main motivations - they were free, and we are going to have some beefsteaks as well as other types of tomatoes and some bell peppers, and I've read/heard horror stories of wire cages not holding up to the weight of a fully loaded tomato plant. On to the question: is there something I should do (or should have already done??) to make sure that my plants, once they start climbing Mt Palletness, don't contract urban-back-alley-itis or whatever, if they get a scratch from one of the rough boards?
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clipped on: 04.22.2013 at 04:37 pm last updated on: 04.22.2013 at 04:38 pm
Early Girls
posted by: CaraRose on 04.16.2013 at 12:36 pm in Growing Tomatoes Forum Hard to tell cause of the angle, but they're probably 1 1/2 feet high and close to a foot wide with the leaves. Since this shot they've been repotted to a larger nursery pot and moved to a new shelf by themselves. I planted them deep in the new pots.They're now dwarfed by my super sweets too, which also are huge. I guess I did good on the lights, cause these guys are nice and wide and not leggy. I'm going to have to start hardening them off soon, then am thinking of keeping them in containers outside and moving them in if it looks like it's going to be too cold. I fully expected I'd kill them starting from seed the first time. I have three of each variety (super sweet, early girl, big beef, and brandywine) I wanted one of. I think I'm going to be giving tomato plants free to a good home once I'm sure I have the four plants I want. NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.22.2013 at 11:00 am last updated on: 04.22.2013 at 11:00 am
best tomatoes for cloning?
posted by: purple1701 on 04.16.2013 at 05:17 pm in Growing Tomatoes Forum Sorry if this is out there already... I've read quite a few posts about cloning and several posters have mentioned that some varieties take to it better, but as far as I can tell no one has said which do and which don't.
Anyone care to tell me about varieties that did really well with cloning, vs others that did not? NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.22.2013 at 10:43 am last updated on: 04.22.2013 at 10:43 am
your best (and worst!) cheap, thrify, and diy garden tips?
posted by: purple1701 on 04.16.2013 at 02:23 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum Hello there friendly fellow gardenwebbers!
I am starting my first vegetable garden, inspired by memories of tending one with my mother as a child, as well as a desire for a more healthy diet. I am constrained to a minimal budget, and I would really love to hear everyone's best tips for how they saved money using unexpected, non-traditional garden items, oddball tips, or did things themselves! (ie - more than just things like "start from seed instead of buying plants". That's pretty much common sense, I think?) Or even, what you thought was a great idea that turned out to be not so much a great idea at all! I'm hoping to hear lots of great stories :-) NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.22.2013 at 10:38 am last updated on: 04.22.2013 at 10:39 am
Too early for potatoes in Chicago?
posted by: purple1701 on 04.12.2013 at 04:46 pm in Vegetable Gardening Forum Hi there! I'm new, so I apologize if this is a "stupid question"... I'm hoping to do some planting this weekend, and after quite a bit of searching, haven't found an exact answer.
Here in Chicagoland (I'm a few blocks outside of city limits in a near-west suburb) it's been a long-awaited, late, cold spring. In addition to that, it's been raining almost non-stop. Seems like I live in Oregon right now lol. This weekend I was hoping to plant my potatoes. My soil is all amended and ready to go, and daytime temps are finally getting into the 60's, but the nights are still pretty chilly - anywhere from the high 30's to low 40's. It's forecasted to rain a whole bunch next weekend too. I don't have way to test the soil temp, unfortunately. I'm on a very limited budget. Here's the big catch: I already cut up the seed potatoes a couple days ago, when the forecast for the weekend was showing warm and sunny. The cuts are healed, and I only did this to about half of them, the other half were small with only one or two eyes so I didn't cut them. SO.... my question is 2-fold: if I plant the potatoes this weekend, will they survive the next 7-10 days of colder nights? If I don't plant them, will I lose all the seed pieces I already cut? Thanks so much! NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.12.2013 at 04:47 pm last updated on: 04.12.2013 at 04:48 pm


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A Skeptical Foodie
A catastrophe is looming. Farmers are raping the land and torturing animals. Food is riddled with deadly pesticides, hormones, and foreign DNA. Corporate farms are wallowing in government subsidies. Meatpackers and fast-food restaurants are exploiting workers and tainting the food supply. And Paula Deen has diabetes.
Something must be done.
Or so you would believe if you listened to the hysterics of an emerging elite who claim to know better what we should eat. I call them the food police to be polite, but a more accu- rate term might be food fascists or food socialists. They are totalitarians when it comes to food, and they seek control over your refrigerator, by governmental regulation when they can or by moralizing and guilt when they can't. They play on fears and prejudices while claiming the high mantle of science and impartial journalism. And their dirty little secret is that they embrace an ideological agenda that seeks to control your dinner table and your wallet.
A chorus of authors, talk show hosts, politicians, and celebrity chefs has emerged as the self-appointed saviors of our food system. They are right about one thing: There is something sinister about our dinner plans. The food police are showing up uninvited.
Whatever tonight's plans, you'd better make room for another guest. It isn't the polite sort who calls ahead and asks what he can bring; it's the impertinent snob who's coming over whether you like it or not, demanding his favorite dish to boot. Be careful what you choose to serve—if isn't made with the finest local ingredients painstakingly bought from small organic farms, expect an evening of condescension and moralizing. And at all costs, avoid the meat from cows fed corn, or you'll have a riot of political correctness on your hands.
Like it or not, the food police will be at dinner. It is impossible to turn on the TV, pick up a book about food, or stroll through the grocery store without hearing a sermon on how to eat. We have been pronounced a nation of sinful eaters, and the food police have made it their mission that we seek contrition for every meal. We are guilty of violating the elite's revelations. Thou shalt not eat at McDonald's, buy eggs from chickens raised in cages, buy tomatoes from Mexico, or feed your infant nonorganic baby food. There can be no lack of faith in the elite's dictates. There are no difficult trade-offs and no gray areas. Thou shalt sacrifice taste for nutrition, convenience for sustainability, and low prices for social justice.
And if we won't willingly repent, the high priests of politically correct food will regulate us into submission. If you aren't convinced, consider just a few examples of the food police in action.
4 Trans Fat Bans
Try a doughnut the next time you're in New York City or Philadelphia. Not as tasty as it used to be, is it? For this we can thank the food police and their war on trans fats.1 And what a service it has been; we should be grateful to have been taught the shocking truth that too many Oreos and doughnuts are unhealthy!
4 Outlawed Happy Meals
Do you have children? Want to reward them for an A+ on their spelling test? Don't even think about taking them to McDonald's in San Francisco or you'll have a backseat of unhappy campers. The city's board of supervisors tried to ban toys in Happy Meals as a way of "moving forward an agenda of food justice."2 The hypocrisy is astounding. So now, "in the City by the Bay, if you want to roller skate naked down Castro Street wearing a phallic-symbol hat and snorting an eight-ball off a transgender hooker's chest while underage kids run behind you handing out free heroin needles, condoms and coupons . . . that's your right as a free citizen of the United States. But if you want to put a Buzz Lightyear toy in the same box with a hamburger and fries and sell it, you're outta line, mister!"3
4 Twinkie Taxes
Despite the economic research clearly showing that fat taxes will do little to slim our waistlines, food police across the nation are hiking food prices by implementing various forms of taxes on soda, fat, and fast food. In his book The World Is Fat, University of North Carolina professor Barry Popkin says, "Taxing the added sugar in beverages is a favorite strategy of mine."4 So now you know whom to thank when your grocery bill is 100 percent higher and half as tasty.
4 Local Food Subsidies and Purchasing Requirements
Rather than using our tax dollars to shore up Medicare or Social Security, the food police want to subsidize your neighbor's purchase of local asparagus. With the help of lawmakers, bestselling author Michael Pollan wants to "require that a certain percentage of that school-lunch fund in every school district has to be spent within 100 miles."5 Tough luck for citrus-loving children in Minnesota.
4 Affirmative Action for Cows
The Obama administration tried to implement rules on the "fair" pricing of livestock that would have required ranchers and meatpackers to justify to the government the prices they freely pay and accept for cattle. Cowboys across the nation would have had to tell Uncle Sam why they paid more for a hearty registered Angus than a scrawny half-breed. In a move projected to have cost farmers and consumers more than $1.5 billion annually, and radically altered the structure of the livestock sector, the food police unwittingly married George Orwell's two greatest works by bringing Big Brother onto Animal Farm.6
4 Dirt Taxes
As if just now realizing that corn grows in the ground, the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to implement rules enabling it to fine farmers if their tractors kick up too much dust. Charlie Brown's friend Pig-Pen had better watch his back.
4 Fruit and Veggie Subsidies
Convinced that the food industry is "incapable of marketing healthier foods," New York Times food writer Mark Bittman wants to expand the welfare state by cajoling farmers and consumers into growing and buying the stuff he prefers that we eat. Bittman wants to enact policies that will "subsidize the purchase of staple foods like seasonal greens, vegetables, whole grains, dried legumes and fruit."7
4 Foie Gras Bans
Only after a groundswell of outrage from chefs and restaurant-goers did the city of Chicago rescind its ban on the duck and goose liver delicacy. Undeterred by the suffering palates of their Midwestern brethren, the state of California now bars its own citizens from buying what can be found on almost every street in Paris.
4 Regulating Happy Hens and Hogs
Despite the fact that fewer than 5 percent of consumers buy cage-free eggs or pork, activist efforts have led to ballot initiatives and legislation in at least eight states requiring farmers to use cage-free production systems. The laws force farmers to adopt practices that consumers aren't fully willing to pay for.8
4 Technophobia
Wirelessly pontificating on Facebook and Twitter via their 64 GB iPads, the food police welcome new technology—that is, unless it relates to food. Unwilling to accept the scientific evidence on the potential price-reducing and safety-enhancing advantages of new food technologies, the food police promote bans, taxes, restrictions, and propaganda on technologies such as preservatives, irradiation, biotechnology, cloning, and pesticides. They even spread fear about age-old practices such as pasteurization, hybrid plant breeding, and grain-fed livestock.
4 Schoolroom Indoctrination
The food police seek to indoctrinate our children, not by teaching food science and nutrition, but by advancing the cause of fashionable foods. Famed food activist and restaurant owner Alice Waters wants "a total dispensation from the president of the United States who will say, 'We need a curriculum in the public school system that teaches our kids, from the time they are very little, about food and where it comes from. And we want to buy food from local people in every community to rebuild the agriculture.' " She says that we "must get Obama to understand the pleasures of the table."9 His wife was listening. Michelle Obama's signature childhood nutrition bill took $4.5 billion away from food stamp recipients to expand the federal government's role in regulating school lunches and significantly increased food costs to local schools throughout the nation.10
4 Restrictions on Freedom of Speech
A team of four government agencies—the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Agriculture, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—have banded together under the auspices of an Interagency Working Group to recommend prohibitions against certain food advertisements to children. Some like-minded members of the food elite want to invoke a version of the Fairness Doctrine, demanding equal airtime to run government and activist-sponsored ads about food.
These are but a few examples of the growing intrusions by the food police. Taken in isolation, any one of the regulations might not seem so bad and may even appear helpful. Therein lies the danger. You won't yet find a single omnibus piece of legislation restricting your food freedoms, but the planks in the road are slowly being replaced without the travelers even realizing construction is under way. And guess who is left to pay the toll at road's end? With a ban on trans fats here, a fat tax there, here a local foods subsidy, there a pesticide ban, everywhere an organic food—before you know it, Old McDonald has a new farm.
Michelle Obama's White House garden was a symbolic nod granted to the growing reality of a movement that seeks more control over what we eat. Even New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg supports the encroaching government hand in food. After congratulating himself on helping New York City ban trans fats, successfully pressuring food companies to reduce salt, and selectively licensing "green" produce vendors, Bloomberg told the UN General Assembly that "Governments at all levels must make healthy solutions the default social option. That is ultimately government's highest duty."11 Never mind national defense or the government's duty to life and liberty or leaving unenumerated powers to the states: healthy food is now apparently the be-all and end-all of good government.
These are many of the same people who scream, "It's a woman's body," any time the subject of abortion comes up. According to them, a woman has the right to do what she wants with her body. That is, unless she wants to eat something deemed morally defunct. You know, something as reprehensible as a Nestlé Toll House cookie or a Big Mac.
Susan Dentzer, former PBS news correspondent and current editor in chief of Health Affairs, wants to change our eating habits by creating a "broadbased set of interventions comparable in scope to the four-decade assault on smoking."12 Others are "turning to multilevel interventions, which . . . target . . . the individual, the social network, the community, and policy."13
What exactly are these interventions? Consider the proposal mentioned in Harvard Magazine: "There was once a very successful U.S. government program aimed at changing eating habits . . . It happened during World War II, and it was called 'food rationing.' They made it a patriotic thing to change the way you ate. The government hired the best people on Madison Avenue to come to Washington and work for the War Department. It worked splendidly."14
Food rationing! Really? I suspect that many of the millions of people who actually lived through food rationing during World War II would recall the policy as being anything but splendid. But apparently if the food police are to have their way, we must be prepared to stand in line and register for a coupon booklet to buy sugar, bread, and flour. It's as if we have already forgotten the dreaded food lines of the USSR.


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Do you vary your chokes depending on enviroment/range or do you always use the same choke when shooting skeet?
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I'm not advanced enough to know the different choke and what not, but I know of others that definitely change it. I think it is more an advanced technique and the novice shouldn't' do it, but they may just be because I don't understand it too much. What do you do?
The skeet choke is designed to give the best pattern at the distances you see in skeet, when using #9 shot. There should be no reason to go to a tighter choke unless you are trying to "test" yourself. But the best way to test, or make it more difficult, is to drop down in gauge. The 28 and .410 are quite a challenge.
I find that a skeet choke (5/1000 constriction) works well in 12 ga. For 20, 28 and .410 I'll often just use cylinder bore - it hits plenty hard, and a broken bird is a dead bird - you don't have to see smoke.
Usualy the choke for 12 ga. skeet is improved cylinder(skeet)shooting any other choke is a handicap but good for pratice
The range does not vary in skeet. You are thinking of sporting clays or handicap trap.
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Make a frameworthy collage with the kids using materials from Gilbert's local art gallery. Different collage methods will be demonstrated.
DETAILS >> 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Art Intersection, 207 N. Gilbert Road, Suite 201, Gilbert. Pre-registration is $25 for one adult and one child 6 or older, drop-in is $30. Additional child admission is $10 each. (480) 361-1118 or artintersection.com.