I'm conservative therefor I have no party and only a handful of politicans i support. I've been called names on here, had hateful PMs, told I'm a turncoat, anti Semitic, etc.
I don't even remember who cussed me out anymore on here, I forgot who I'm supposed to hate on here. I'm a man with a family, a farm and buisness, I can't be bothered by some guy on Tman who has a different political opinion, apparently some on here have to wrap themselves in their political identity and any debate on their beliefs they consider a attack on themselves, their beliefs are likely the only thing they have.
Sounds like a sweet operation. I only have 8 trees. My dad has 6 trees, and together we'll press about 30 gallons of cider a year. I enjoy taking care of them. I'll be pruning mine tomorrow.
Do you have your own press? If so, I'd love to see pictures. We have ours pressed at a nearby orchard.
Well Keith just added that they add sugar. This would allow you to convert an alcohol content far higher than what is in unconcentrated sap to become what most would consider a wine. And being exposed to oxidation once primary fermentation is completed would move on to souring to vinegar. The “wine” would be very raw or “young” without the secondary fermentation or “aging” that characterizes modern “wines”. Not saying an alcoholic drink from birch isn’t possible was just uncertain how it could be done with straight sap or be considered wine. For us a birch sap flow has always been shortly after our maple has finished and only been for a few days. Not near the same volume per tree as sugar maple don’t expect a lot. I do want to explore this more as we make finished wine from our maple sap without adding sugar(partially concentrating sap to higher brick) and so this would be fun to try with maple sap as well while waiting for that aging to happen. I don’t think one can expect much on palatability though or I don’t see why it has faded with time and more modern fermentation. Meads were made under many peoples beds.
Beautiful! I wanted one that was getting auctioned off at the NTA national in South Dakota a couple years ago, but stopped bidding at $2000. IIRC I wasn't even close....lol.
So, $1.25 on a wild mink, and .65 on a ranch mink. I can see that if you use an agent for pick up, but what about if you deliver them to the depot?
This has absolutely nothing to do with how the fur gets to FHA,
The chart in the original post where your quoted numbers came from is what the buyers are charged by FHA that is over and above the hammer price when they buy fur at the FHA Sale.
At least you guys got to go and do something different! At least that's what I always tell myself when trips go that way.
Life never goes as planed. How we adjust to it is what matters.
Im starting to kick myself for not stopping at the cmp store and looking over their m1 grands in the rack. It was not far out of the way and I havw wanted one for decades. Its what grandpa carried across Europe. But it was out of the way some and I was having some minor issues with my body acting up and wanted to get home ASAP. Im scheduled to work nights and starting night shift weeks already run down is not a great idea. Nightshifts have not gone well in the last few months as it is.
I did realize how much of a work out it is operating and being on a boat in rougher water and wind. And for on the ocean it was not rough water just rough for the around 27or 30' boat we were in.
Youngest didnt puke but was feeling and looking pretty green.
Getting some vole calls. Ground is still frosted some here. Got cold again the last few days. Most likely our mole calls won't roll in for a couple weeks or more. I havent seen any surface mounding when driving along past the road side homes yet. Thats when I know our calls won't be long coming in.
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