A few weeks back I wrote about Farmland Spiral Ham Pieces and Slices in my Neat Stuff column. I’d like a mulligan on that one. It’s not such neat stuff after all. Last week I went to Wal-Mart specifically to buy a package of Spiral Ham Pieces and Slices. The first pack I bought – basically trimmings from a delicious spiral ham - had lots of nice cuts of meat and very little waste. The second … [Read more...]
UVA! UVA!
Following UVA’s stunning win over Purdue last Saturday and a subsequent invite to this week’s Final Four, I enjoyed reading this series of emails from some of my my friends, and UVA Basketball fans that go WAY back. Here’s some of the the chatter. From Sherman Shifflett: Even if you are not a UVA -Purdue game Saturday night, you have to admit it was pretty exciting. The Purdue fans, and … [Read more...]
Get Ready To Gobble
Spring gobbler season opens April 13 in Virginia and according to VDGIF, it’s an important tool for future conservation efforts. Participating in spring turkey hunting prospers the species because of the funding procedure that enables the work of DGIF. Money from license and permit sales, and spring turkey hunting gear, are the primary financial components of research and … [Read more...]
Stripers at Nags Head
After three months of nothing to report except dogfish and skates, things are finally starting to happen in Nags Head, so if you’re heading down for Spring Break, bring your rod and reel. Capt. Reese Stecher has been mixing it up with stripers for the past week or so, The season is open back in the bay and sound till the end of April, with a two-fish per day per man creel limit of … [Read more...]
I Haven’t a Clue
Was it Col. Mustard with the lead pipe in the ballroom, or could it have been Mrs. White with the rope in the conservatory? If you haven’t a clue, then you likely aren’t a Boomer. On a winter day and with a rare school closing due to snow, Boomer kids raced up and down steep hills in our Flexible Flyers until exhausted, and then we gathered up a gang and went to someone’s home for hot chocolate … [Read more...]
Tunnel Vision
As a backyard gardener, nothing makes me madder than planting a row or two of beans, only to have squirrels dig up half the beans, then rabbits taking down the survivors. I have tried squirrel and rabbit keep-out sprays and they work, sort of, until the first rain or until the varmints get really hungry. So….. I have bought myself 20-feet of Garden Tunnel Netting. If the squirrels … [Read more...]
Raising Cane’s Chicken
When my sister, Johanna, comes in town from her native Houston, one of the first things she does is make a bee-line to Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers. She’ll bring a big bag home and it doesn’t last long. I have to admit; Cane’s Chicken is awfully good. Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers was founded in Baton Rouge, LA by Todd Graves and Craig Silvey in 1996. Todd Graves had always … [Read more...]
Raising and Stocking Stripers
By Dr. Peter Brookes Let’s face it, while some fish species in the Commonwealth do a pretty good job of procreating (e.g., the ubiquitous panfish), while other of our fishy friends can use some help in keeping their numbers up—or even being introduced to new waters. The goal, of course, is better fishing for you, the intrepid angler. It’s also the case that providing better … [Read more...]
Asparagus Fries
French Fries are deadly – in more ways than one. First, they are addictive. Smell a batch frying in hot oil and you’re toast. You have to have some. Then, stick one of those hot, salted spears from Satan in a dab of catsup and you’ll eat how many ever there are, as much as a 10-acre potato farm in Idaho. And they are also fatal to a diet. Go from Monday to a Friday, dutifully watching what you … [Read more...]
Bluebird Strips
In the springtime, too often homeowners hear a “thump” against their window panes. Often, the cause was from an angry bluebird or cardinal which saw its reflection in the window and attacked. Sometimes the attacks are with such force as to kill the unsuspecting birds. Cville Buzz reader, Donald Taylor, was having this problem and rigged up what he calls, “Bluebird strips” “They seem to work,” … [Read more...]
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