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These ducks have shown up a few times this time of the season the past several years. Have no idea how this got on their migration radar. Other pool owners in the area have similar occurrences. Comes the same day … Continue reading →

Smoked a leg of lamb Sunday and it was better than expected! Brined for about a week unexpectedly due to a busy schedule then slow smoked at 225 degrees Fahrenheit. Covered with garlic and rosemary in ghee butter took it … Continue reading →

My homemade bacon from a 9.5 pound slab of pork belly is complete. Finished smoking it at about 165 degrees on my Traeger with cherry pellets. I complimented with some apple chips in a smoke tube mixed with the cherry … Continue reading →

Got the pork belly bringing in the bag for the next week plus for my next batch of homemade bacon! This is a 9 pound belly so I essentially doubled my recipe and then vacuum sealed it. Will have pics … Continue reading →

I was finally able to migrate my web server to another system and OS (Operating System) to better keep up with updates. I was on Fedora 34 Linux, and I moved the web server over to Rocky Linux 9.x. Fedora … Continue reading →

Updated my site ssl certificates so just refresh your browser and you will see the site is secured.

The vegetable garden is in motion this 2024 year! I had to scalp the top soil about 4 inches deep to get the clumps of weeds out of the garden. Had about 300 lbs of debris in the yard waste … Continue reading →

I had a plethora of patches to update on my XCP-ng systems and I ended up having to restart the toolstacks on my systems. I started on my slave server restarting my “XCP-ng toolstack” which caused issues as it could … Continue reading →

Finally finished painting the pool after lots of prep work after years of neglect in my rental. With Covid restrictions gone, I was finally able to move forward clear debris, prep surface (lots of hours) and paint. I used Dura Seal … Continue reading →

After all the storms, getting the fences back up plus other projects still in flight getting the backyard and vegetable garden in shape.