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The garden is producing regularly now and I’m using vegetables and herbs a lot more so in my everyday meals. I want to show the produce and meals of why this is a special time of the year for me … Continue reading →

Went to the HPE Discovery trip in Las Vegas for 2026 and as with all conferences had unique experiences outside of the sessions as well.

Pulled weeds in vegetable and flower gardens, trimmed bushes can plus did some extra work on the pool. Got a lot done in the yard before the weeds could take hold with the veggies starting to hit growth spurts. The … Continue reading →

Updated my dhoytt.com ssl certificate as I do annually about now. I also updated the certs on my music relay servers so they can be played secureld on your players or from the site at https://dhoytt.com/snake-ice-radio-blog/now-playing/ . I have much … Continue reading →

Been building up the soil and redoing a few items and moving forward with my gardens. Progress adding more soil nutrients and mixing them into the soil. Redoing irrigation. Moved a grape vine from growing around irrigation controls. Tweaked irrigation … Continue reading →

Making lots of progress on my new virtual servers that will take over for my Bl460C blades servers, I’m running out of a C7000 blade chassis from HPE. I can’t believe I have been running the C7000 blades for almost … Continue reading →

I decided to liven things up and cut up some chicken breasts and cook them the same way I cook my chicken wings on my Traeger smoker\grill! I really enjoyed them like that, so definitely doing this again! Was moist … Continue reading →

I removed a lot of weeds and this is a great time to get rid of more of mint roots. Still paying for putting mint in the garden years later instead of an enclosed area. I then planted some thyme, … Continue reading →

This batch of homemade bacon might be the best batch I have made. Carving it up I had to make a quick sandwich with avocado and egg. The bacon was nice thick with an easy bite through without any tug. … Continue reading →

Made a nice Eggs Benedict since I picked up some English muffins, plus have been playing with different Hollandaise sauce recipes. I poached the eggs in a couple of ramekins pouring the additional egg whites leftover after separating the yolks … Continue reading →