The Potato Witch

My side blog for recipes, crafting, cooking and more.  Follow me as I build a farm and learn to be a hedge witch.

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Not done yet, but do you see the vision!?

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Dear Mr Rattlesnake,

It's 2 in the goddamn morning

Can you please take less than 30 minutes to get yourself outside the fence? I want to go to sleep, I can't put the dog back out until you leave, and I don't want to have to try and juggle you on a rake and a flashlight in the dark to carry you out

Shoo!

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Bad news

A heat wave hit while I'm out of town and my pet sitter called me to tell me all my adult rabbits died

Most of the babies are still alive, but they're only 3 weeks old

My flight home isn't until Thursday

It's not looking great

[stewgoblinapprentice]

@the-stew-goblin i’m beginning to make bread bowls!!!

[the-stew-goblin]

INCREDIBLE!!! Good job! Gold star stew for you tonight

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Waging war against the tumbleweeds by eating the tumbleweeds

... I may now love tumbleweeds

[libraford]

Googled something about quick hydration and it suggested big jug of water, couple tbsp pickle juice, dash of lime juice.

Its surprisingly tasty????

[libraford]

Pleased to report that after a day of this i am not longer craving caper brine and my mouth is not dry as usual. There's some good suggestions in the notes too that I want to try.

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-Agua pepino: water, cucumbers, lime, sugar, optional mint.

[libraford]

I have been reminded of:

-shrub: vinegar, sida water, elderberry (or other berry), sugar.

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I have now been informed of

-sekanjabin: honey, vinegar, mint, water.

[libraford]

"Wow, I wonder why this post was popular this week."

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

"... ah."

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More baby buns have been born

Will take a count either later today or tomorrow. Good job, Roxxie!

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Results are in. We've got a total of 7 buns

1 blue, 2 chocolate and 4 black

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More baby buns have been born

Will take a count either later today or tomorrow. Good job, Roxxie!

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I

CAN

HAZ

HOUSE!!!!!!

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I think it's official. Belly flaps are my favorite part of the rabbit to cook with

[beardedmrbean]

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Seriously? What is with all the snakes this year?

Over the 3 previous summers, I've only seen 2 snakes, and now I've run into 3 in the last 2 weeks

Saw this guy coiled in the middle of the chicken yard today: a prarie rattlesnake. You can tell from the triangular head and the polite disposition. It didn't hiss at me, didn't rattle, didn't move a muscle or bother the chickens, so I gave it a wide berth and... went about my business. It didn't even bother the chickens

However, when I came back with my camera, I wasn't about to get close, so these pics were taken with full zoom. Upside, my camera is a DSLR, so you can see lots of details if you click the picks to zoom in

[depsidase]

[moniquill]

Biodiversity can be achieved through executive dysfunction!

[todaysbat]

Image description: a very simple meme. On the left are four insects: what looks like a monarch butterfly with pink instead of orange on its wings (I am unsure if this is representative of a real species of butterfly or not), a wasp (or similar insect), a green praying mantis, and a tarantula spider above the text "thank you for leaving the weeds for us to feed and live in". On the right is watermarked clipart of a gardener over the text "I am too lazy to clear out the weed".

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Gods damned fucking bull snakes! I appreciate that they eat the rodents and stuff, but they are rude little bastards

I was feeding the chickens when I heard Wyatt do the Bad Bark and found a snake coiled under a sage bush inside the yard. Which, good job, Wyatt, that is exactly your job, but please next time be easier to call away from the potentially venomous snake

Anyways, got Wyatt away and put him in the garden, and went to see what he found, especially since the rattle I heard sounded... off

Just a bull snake vibrating its tail against an old scrap from a potting soil bag. Further confirmed when I saw the end of its tail and when the "rattle" stopped making noise when its tail moved over soil instead of debris

But it was still being a little jerk and wouldn't leave and then tried to "strike" at me, so I went to get some gloves and something to turn the snake into dinner and a hat band.

Got my gloves. Found the point shovel! (it had been missing for weeks) And by the time I got back, the snake was gone. A quick inspection by the dog confirmed no more snake in the yard

So, no snakes died today, Wyatt got a treat, and I found my point shovel. Calling it a win

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Fucking hell

So today's snake encounter was with a rattler, and I could tell for 2 reasons:

First, it happened at night

And second, the rattle. I don't care how good of a mimic a bull snake is, whether they're hissing or shaking their tail against debris, their "rattle" always sounds off

This was not off

All I was trying to do was fill up the cats' water from the IBC tank I've got out by the garden, and I don't know if I nearly stepped on it or what, but I shrieked and ran back inside the fenceline

It happened outside the yard, so I'm not gonna fault it. Plus, it ran away as fast as I did. I came back outside with a flashlight in seconds and couldn't find it, but also didn't hear it rattling anymore.

This is why I like rattlesnakes. Unlike bull snakes, they're nice and polite. Please enjoy all the water I spilled, Mr. Danger Noodle, and for the love of all things holy, don't go giving me another heart attack like that!

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Credit: perfectopat2

[potatoes-are-magic]

Gods damned fucking bull snakes! I appreciate that they eat the rodents and stuff, but they are rude little bastards

I was feeding the chickens when I heard Wyatt do the Bad Bark and found a snake coiled under a sage bush inside the yard. Which, good job, Wyatt, that is exactly your job, but please next time be easier to call away from the potentially venomous snake

Anyways, got Wyatt away and put him in the garden, and went to see what he found, especially since the rattle I heard sounded... off

Just a bull snake vibrating its tail against an old scrap from a potting soil bag. Further confirmed when I saw the end of its tail and when the "rattle" stopped making noise when its tail moved over soil instead of debris

But it was still being a little jerk and wouldn't leave and then tried to "strike" at me, so I went to get some gloves and something to turn the snake into dinner and a hat band.

Got my gloves. Found the point shovel! (it had been missing for weeks) And by the time I got back, the snake was gone. A quick inspection by the dog confirmed no more snake in the yard

So, no snakes died today, Wyatt got a treat, and I found my point shovel. Calling it a win