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« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 11:00:17 am »I gave my muscadines a trim so I could see the fruit better when it got ripe.
After I thinned the vines, I found that some of the muscadines were starting to get ripe. This is early for muscadines to get ripe, we have had 16" of rain above usual average for this time of year, everything has grown like weeds
I have a deer problem where I live and have to put up an electric fence to keep the deer and coons out of my garden and muscadines. Without the electric fence I only get a handful of muscadines off of my vines, with the fence I get 20 gallons +. Putting up my temporary electric fence became a priority when I saw the muscadines turning.
Done, I tie it into the electric fence around my garden with a jumper cable.
After I got the electric fence up, I decided to make deer stew, I like the crockpot because I can just throw everything in, walk away and not have to worry about anything burning on the bottom of the pan like I would if I cooked the stew on the stove. Four hours with the crock pot set on high got the job done.
I don't use a recipe and make things up as I go, when the stew is done, I thicken it with instant mashed potatoes. This batch came out really good.
Start;
Finish, I was called to help my neighbor so I froze the stew in single serve packs for later, I had 7 meals worth out of the crock pot full of stew.
I got a call to help my neighbor move some large tractor implements with my tractor, this turned out to be a chore and I didn't get home until after 8pm. I have a compact tractor, the implements were for a full-sized tractor, hook-up was a challenge. He had a 6'-disc, landscape box, bush hog, turning plow and a hay spear that were in the way for a huge landscape project he was having done today. His dad's tractor was in storage across town and he asked me to help him, I didn't realize what I was getting into but I got it done.
After I thinned the vines, I found that some of the muscadines were starting to get ripe. This is early for muscadines to get ripe, we have had 16" of rain above usual average for this time of year, everything has grown like weeds
I have a deer problem where I live and have to put up an electric fence to keep the deer and coons out of my garden and muscadines. Without the electric fence I only get a handful of muscadines off of my vines, with the fence I get 20 gallons +. Putting up my temporary electric fence became a priority when I saw the muscadines turning.
Done, I tie it into the electric fence around my garden with a jumper cable.
After I got the electric fence up, I decided to make deer stew, I like the crockpot because I can just throw everything in, walk away and not have to worry about anything burning on the bottom of the pan like I would if I cooked the stew on the stove. Four hours with the crock pot set on high got the job done.
I don't use a recipe and make things up as I go, when the stew is done, I thicken it with instant mashed potatoes. This batch came out really good.
Start;
Finish, I was called to help my neighbor so I froze the stew in single serve packs for later, I had 7 meals worth out of the crock pot full of stew.
I got a call to help my neighbor move some large tractor implements with my tractor, this turned out to be a chore and I didn't get home until after 8pm. I have a compact tractor, the implements were for a full-sized tractor, hook-up was a challenge. He had a 6'-disc, landscape box, bush hog, turning plow and a hay spear that were in the way for a huge landscape project he was having done today. His dad's tractor was in storage across town and he asked me to help him, I didn't realize what I was getting into but I got it done.