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Garden Gate:  OMG, What Have I Just Gone & Done: Part 2  |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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 Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 10:54:04 AM
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Alee, I can just feel your happiness and contentment coming through your words! You're gonna make a fantabulous farmer on your farmette!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 10:56:23 AM
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Or is that a fantabulous farmette on your farm? Or would it be farmerette on your farmette? Hmmm.....
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 12:30:33 PM
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Hello ya'll. I have been at it since 6:30 this morning. I finally had to stop and come in. Note to self: Don't wear mascara and til the garden in 100 degree heat! Ouch! Man, when that sweat starts running down my face into my eyes, it hurts and stings like crazy. I started tilling early this morning finishing up what I didn't get the other day. I didn't have make-up on then. I tilled and planted more Silver Quenn corn, another row of field peas, some cucumbers next to the killdeer family plot. Then had to go to town to get more gas and more squash and zuc and corn seed. And cabbage, too. So on the way to town my DD Heather called and wanted to know if I paid the water bill cuz it just got turned off. She was here cleaning my house for for my birthday present. (She had used thes bleach cleaner and I had to open windows. It was horrible. I only clean with baking soda and vinegar!) But how sweet is she for doing that. So I told her to call the water co. and I'd be right there. They let the reconnect fee slide this time, thank you, Lord. So back to the feed store. I got back home and Heather wanted to finish up the yard and thought I had run out of gas down below the garden. I didn't. I hit a hole and got stuck. So we got it out and she mowed while I tilled the other garden. It rained a little bit but I got it all done. I planted 4 more rows of beats, 2 more Silver Queen and 1 row each of squash and zuc. in that garden. I also finished up the rows in the other garden. So now it can rain. I'm done now! I had to go out to the well and hose off. That is the coldest water ever.
Ya'll talking about brushing kids hair is so funny. We cannot brush Kansas' hair. I keep telling her to just let it go and do dreadlocks. She likes that idea alot. But she screams bloody murder. Only Jef, her daddy, can brush it. She lets him because he beats the brush if it hurts her and she thinks that's so funny.
Oh, I finally saw one, ya'll. Last evening I was putting my momma and baby chicks up in the house and feeding everyone and turned aroung and there it was. The biggest ugliest longest snake I have ever seen! OMG, I just ran screaming making a fool out of myself. I turned around to see where it went and there it was trying to get into the hen house where all my babies just went. Well, that just made me mad and I grabbed the shovel by the house and got close enuf to throw it. It then tried to go under the house and I start throwing big rocks at it, never even coming close to the darn thing. It's not moving very fast so I don't know what it was. But whenever I saw a black snake they go fast. So it could have been a king snake or rat snake. Anyway, it goes toward the hay field and (yeah, I hear my water running again!) I am throwing things and screaming and Heather comes out going to Bible school. She come over and I try to get her to throw a big rock on it's head but it's watching every move she makes. So she finally says she can't do it. She said she'd get the preacher to come kill it. It finally took off into the field heading north. Man I hate those things. So now everything looks like a snake. Sticks, rope, string.
I also unloaded all 40 bales of hay last night. So that's all done. I am glad that's all put up. Now I only have about 160 more bales to get.
Alee, 2 1/2 gallons is great. I only got 1 1/2 this morning. I forgot to get Sadie Mae in from the field or I would have had 2. They sure are pushy critters. The doe with the horns is awful. She uses them alot. And some of them will just head butt for no reason. One will walk by and pow right in the stomach. Evil things.
Ok, I'm done now. hope ya'll have had a great day.
Kris
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 12:31:38 PM
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Oh shoot, I forgot to say I saw bean flowers on some of my beans!!!
Kris
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 04:47:30 AM
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Alee! I am so impressed. I mean, you are really doing it! What are you doing with all of that milk? Are you going to make some cheese?
And, Kris! When will the madness end? LOL! I have lost track of all of the stuff that you have planted and just know that it is A LOT! And flowers on the beans! YAY! But, really, wow! You are going to be covered up in vegetables. You and Alee have my total respect and I am in awe. If I can one day be half as prolific as you, I will have accomplished something!
I am laughing about that snake and you running and screaming. It just can't be helped. It seems to be a gut reaction to run and scream when there is a snakes! And the thing about everything looking like a snake after that, yes, that is exactly what it did to me too. Everything turns into a snake after that, like magic!
Cherry, I hope that you and Brian will get to have many adventures together. Having those kinds of memories that only y'all share really makes ya tight. I guess that is why couples need a honeymoon and regualr dates. Lovin' Man and I still, every once in a while, say in a very proper voice, "This is your captain speaking from the widge." Yes, he said "widge". Seriously. He must not have had the sound of "br" in his vocabulary. And this is our own little inside thing because of everyone we know we are the only ones who heard it and therefore, it really cracks us up. I don't know why I am sharing this but it is just an example.
Y'all some of my tomato plants are growing so fast and some of them are stunted, little runts. I am glad that we are not depending on them for survival. And that is all I have to say about that.
Tomorrow morning, we will be leaving "early" and going to Florida! When I last visited the places that we are going I said to myself, "I would like to bring a kayak back here and really explore this place." And it is going to happen! I can't believe that I am so blessed to be able to make this dream come true and that I get to share it with my family!
Of course, we are going to be doing something that it totally alien to all of us --- we will be camping, sleeping in a tent and cooking over a fire. Well, I have cooked over a fire before. When planning what to bring, I told my mom that we were going lite on the personal objects, like one extra pair of underwear and a t-shirt were all that was necessary. Poor thing, she was frightened then! She is such a girly-girl. She probably already had outfits planned, down to the shoes and the jewelry. Ha! She has said twice that we will be ragamuffins. I am like, "Who cares? I can guarantee you that we will not see anyone that we know and even if we do, so what."
Oh, Kris, about the dreadlocks. I now understand the merits of them. I really do. In fact, when considering a permanent move to the beach, dreadlocking my hair was a part of the plan. Of course, minus the blood and manure, which I think might be a part of traditional dreadlock fashion.
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 05:32:52 AM
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Ooops, Cherry! I didn't see that about the Pell City farmer's market in the paper. I bet it won't be as grand as my dear Pepper Place, but it would be closer and I wouldn't have to drive through a scary part of town to get there. Two pluses.
Oh, I know you love to say, in a magnanimous way, "Enjoy this bounty from my garden!" Doesn't it make you feel rich? If I can't be rich, and I never will be, I can at least take every opportunity to feel rich and giving is the way to feel the richest of all!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 06:18:14 AM
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Ew! Blood and manure. I never heard of that. So maybe she won't get dread-locks after all. That's disgusting.
I sure hope you all have a wonderful time on your mini trip. And be careful on that kayak. Your mom sounds exactly like mine. She has a pair of shoes for every outfit and a purse, too. Plus all the rings on every finger. Every hair in place. Mom would have to sleep on an air mattress for sure.
I just had a call from one of my new milk customers. She got a gallon and a qt. last Sat. She said they just now opened the gallon and it was sour. I can't imagine why. It all came from the same goats and the other girl got 2 gallons. I hope hers is good. So now I will have to give her a gallon. I told her she could make buttermilk or cheese with it. I do when it's like that. Or if it's too bad I'll give it to the chickens.
Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 09:02:55 AM
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They just now opened it? Like 5 days later? Everything I have heard is that raw goats milk shouldn't be kept for more than 3 days or it starts to go sour. Her fridge probably wasn't cold enough to hold it for that long. People forget that the ultra pasturization that commercial milk goes through makes it stay fresh from ultra long periods of time- but it's also very dead. Even pasturized goats milk should be used within 5 days for the same reason.
Well I thought my hands were going to fall off today. All night long my right hand was numb. I should have taken some anti-inflamitory medicine before bed. I took some before milking and it went great! The milk is in it's ice bath right now and I think this is the best tasting batch so far!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 10:42:21 AM
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I have milk go at least 9 days before going sour. I have a fridge in the milk room and the milk goes in there between milking each goat. It's at 32 degrees so it's very cold. Anyway, I heard from the other girl and hers was fine. She gives hers to her 5 month old baby boy.
It's raining a nice gentle rain right now!! I took about an hour nap. I could hardly hold my eyes open. I was slap wore out from yesterday. This rain will be so good for all the fresh seeds I just planted.
Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 10:50:08 AM
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That's great Kristin! 9 days is fantastic! Do you pasturize or is yours raw?
This mornings milk tastes so great! I love it when it tastes so good! I need to go clean out the goat house and I might even rake the yard a bit too. They are such pigs. They waste their hay but then they won't eat it once they step on it so it builds up after a while.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 11:08:43 AM
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Nope. It's pure raw milk. And goats are sure messy critters. I have hay hills all over!
Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
473 Posts
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 1:25:30 PM
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Alee, you are making me laugh with this "They are such pigs. They waste their hay but then they won't eat it once they step on it so it builds up after a while." I didn't know that goats could be picky. All I ever hear about them is that they will eat anything, including tin cans!
Kris, our moms would get along great! And, yes, she did. She went out and bought a couple of single-sized air-mattresses. She keeps calling me every few hours to tell me about some other food or camping item that she has bought. I think she is afraid that we are going to freeze (in Florida) and starve during this less than 72 hour camping trip. It really is laughable, but maybe I won't be laughing when I have to unpack, then pack, then unpack all of that stuff. My sense of humor can only take me so far.
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 3:07:51 PM
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Alee, yes, I clip or really shave the udders and belly and around the back legs inside and out. Also the tails. I can't stand getting hair in the milk. But there is always a stray hair here and there anyway.
And Nikki, my goats are pure picky. That is NOT true that a goat will eat anything. I guess they would if they had to. But not mine. I have 1 doe that will pick around ALL the pellets and just eat the grain. She gets mad when I add pellets. That's all that's left in the feeder is a pile of pellets. But it does make the grain last longer and most of the others will eat it all. They are pigs. But not Sandy. I don't know how she does it but it takes her forever.
I hope you take lots of pictures of your trip and your mom. I bet she will have everyting she needs when ya'll go or she will go buy it when she gets there. I can just see her in high heels and all made up looking good out in the wilderness!
Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 7:17:29 PM
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We are getting perfect rain for the gardens! Not too hard, not too soft but just right rain. I am so glad I got all I wanted to do yesterday done in time for this.
Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 7:36:59 PM
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Alee, my grass fed beef is out in the pasture right now. He'll be ready to go probably by winter, I hope. I traded a gallon of strawberries for a roast from my friend up the road a few weeks ago. It was so good. That's the only beef I will eat. There are a few places close by that raise grass fed beef and I'll buy from them. We also have a guy in Flintstone, which is where we lived for 17 years here in the valley that raises buffalo. It is so good and the same price per pound as the beef. A little drier but really good.
Enjoy that steak, girls!
Kris
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 8:03:22 PM
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Thanks Kris! The Steak was perfect! Absolutely divine! And HUGE! It will be at least 3 meals for Nora AND I!
I love Buffalo! Especially Buffalo Burgers! YUMMMM! If I want a hamburger and there is buffalo burger on the menu- that is ALWAYS what I get! I love it! It's so hard to describe the taste difference. Maybe they taste different because buffalo are a more primitive animal? Who knows. There is a buffalo farm close to my hometown. I should pick up some meat next time I am in the area!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 10:12:07 PM
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Well, girls, today was a day of playing for me! My grandmother invited me and La over for a "girl's day" and she served us lunch and we got to play with the nieces! Too much fun, as you can see....
My Aunt Tootie is in the Alabama t-shirt with La seated next to her then my sister Sharon's eldest, Callie Grace. Lunch was spinach salad with strawberries, walnuts, and rasberry vinagerette, chicken casserole with sweet peas, mushrooms, and rice, followed by peach cobbler. To drink was either Flower garden/jasmine tea or rasberry tea. Yum!!
On the closest end is my mama and baby Cambree Rayne aka Cambree Bee or Cambree Ray and at the other end is Chloe Elizabeth aka Chloe Belle; each nicknamed by their Aunt Cherry-Chipper-Cupid-Sister!
Cambree Bee offering you a bite of her green beans, made 'specially for her!
La and the chickies!
Aunt Cherry getting a work-out playing "Ride the horsey down to town..." with the chickies!
Callie Grace bet me that I couldn't hold her up like her daddy does!! That boy ain't got nothing on me!!
Superwoman Callie Grace!!
Supergirl Chloe Belle!!
And of course Cambree Bee couldn't miss out on all the fun!
Had so much fun she got all tuckered out!
Here it is, Nikki!!! Grandmother in her feather hat!! (One of them! The other she gave to my hairdressin' cousin for one of his fashion shows!)
And coincidences of coincidences, Grandmother wanted to show me this plant to see if I can identify it and it looks just like the one you posted, Nikki! Now we MUST find out what this specimen is!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Jun 05 2009 : 03:27:27 AM
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Oh, Alee! Pan fried steak! Yum, my mouth is watering! I hope that you will get to take some of that home with you!
Yeah, Kris, we got a little of that light rain, too. I am so thankful for it now. LOL! -- And someone in Georgia raises buffalo! That is too cool! I have only had it one time as a burger at Wall Drug and I don't remember much about it. That would definitely be something interesting to serve at one of my locally grown dinners. I'm going to see about looking that guy up!
Cherry, oh, that menu! YUM! And everyone is so darling! I love all of their names! Too cute! I see that La is deftly hiding her cut and she looks so pretty! Your grandmother's hat has a personality all on its own. HA! Oh, it looks like y'all had a wonderful time! I am glad that you got so many pictures. They are such a treasure to keep and share! That MUST be a drug plant. Ha! Otherwise, I cannot account for it.
You know, I have not found a definitive book on the native plants of Alabama. Of course, I may not have been looking in the right place. I am thinking that if there is such a thing that they would have it at the Botanical Gardens library, or at least something about the Southeast. I am especially interested in identifying and sampling as many edible wild plants that our land has to offer.
Yesterday, I discovered the first bloom on my nasturtium and I was so excited! As soon as I took a photo of it, I picked it and Oakley and I ate the petals. I have always, always, always wanted a nasturtium ever since I read that you could eat the flowers. They did taste a little peppery. I hope that I have a ton of blooms and that I will be able to liberally sprinkle them on the salad the next time that I have our families over. What fun! And it makes it so pretty!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - Jun 05 2009 : 05:51:27 AM
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Nikki, the buffalo guy has a web site. It's www.eagleranch.com I think. I'll go look, too. But the burger is like $5 a pound. That's the same for the beef from Sequatchie Valley.
Cherry, what fun!!! I love your grandmother! She's so cute in her hat. And it must be a southern thing but my mom does all the pretty dishes and wine glasses, too. She would NEVER use a paper plate even if there were 50 people there. Even the littlest kid would have a nice plate and glass. The lunch sounds so good.
And I think I found the problem with the spoiled milk. Apparently I had turned the fridge down that's in the milk room during the winter and forgot to turn it back up. It was 40 in there. And on the lowest setting. So I turned it back up (or down) and it's now 28. So I adjusted it this morn and hopefully will get it back to 32 again.
Still sprinkly today. And the goat kids all got out of the stall sometime during the night and so I only got 1/2 a gallon this morning. I have got to get those kids asap!
Kris
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
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Posted - Jun 05 2009 : 06:16:12 AM
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Ok, it's http://eaglesranch1.tripod.com/. Try that one instead. The other is someplace in Colorado. Looks good but wrong place. Then go to the buffalo meat part.
Kris
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