tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post3035036640257243461..comments2024-01-30T13:26:43.887+02:00Comments on The Journey: Planning aheadJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-51063591934953682722014-11-03T14:33:12.882+02:002014-11-03T14:33:12.882+02:00Hunkering down is a good phrase. It is the anticip...Hunkering down is a good phrase. It is the anticipation of winter that gets us, once it is actually here we get on and manage as best we can. <br /><br />Ian is fairly careful about his back these days, he has hurt it a couple of times and doesn't want to repeat that. Having said that, I don't think the stones were that big, the stove is only small, the top is probably about the size of a laptop :D if that. I think even I could lift those stones and Ian is pretty strong now with all the lifting and carrying he does do. Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-22020376504394787032014-11-03T14:24:07.207+02:002014-11-03T14:24:07.207+02:00We're hunkering down for winter here too. Las...We're hunkering down for winter here too. Last night was our first night below freezing, so yesterday we brought in the last of the tomatoes, pepper and eggplant. We fired up our wood heater too, so I'll smell like smoke from now till spring (which if fine by me). Some of those stones look pretty heavy to me. Hope Ian is being careful about his back. :)Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640663629610290592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-48888403146335652552014-10-28T21:21:50.291+02:002014-10-28T21:21:50.291+02:00I'm sure they will appreciate them far more :)...I'm sure they will appreciate them far more :)Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-90700202159769044272014-10-28T21:14:13.702+02:002014-10-28T21:14:13.702+02:00Give them to the chickens.
Give them to the chickens. <br />Penehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055949280420755227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-89373874986650817682014-10-27T21:50:12.064+02:002014-10-27T21:50:12.064+02:00We can save them for you Pene, they are frozen :) ...We can save them for you Pene, they are frozen :) Ian says, maybe if it was a difference between life and death then he would eat them. I think I might be the same. I found this about witcheygrubs on Wikepedia "The different larvae are said to taste similar, probably because they have similar wood-eating habits. Edible either raw or lightly cooked in hot ashes, they are sought out as a high-protein food by Indigenous Australians. The raw witchetty grub tastes like almonds and when cooked the skin becomes crisp like roast chicken while the inside becomes light yellow, like a fried egg." Although ours are almost certainly larvae of cockchafer beetles or Maybugs I guess they will probably taste the same, since they also eat roots like the witcheygrubs.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-7236101253965003922014-10-27T21:38:25.492+02:002014-10-27T21:38:25.492+02:00Australian Aborigines would call those grubs "...Australian Aborigines would call those grubs "witcheygrubs" & "YUM".<br />Penehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055949280420755227noreply@blogger.com