Author Archives: kimerer_brian

When Bread Goes Bad

Posted on January 27, 2018 by kimerer_brian

I have been experimenting with my Ciabatta bread, trying out some on-line suggestions to make it more tasty….. like letting it sit in the fridge over night…. which was a disaster….. or in this case letting it autolyse for an … Continue reading →

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Ewwwww!

Posted on January 17, 2018 by kimerer_brian

Dirt! Ewwwww!!! Due to some allergy problems we have been having…..  and to deal with that New England Catarrh…. which appears to be one of the costs of living here in New England…..  I put an air filter in the … Continue reading →

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Word of the Day

Posted on January 12, 2018 by kimerer_brian

The word of the day is…. “LITHOPS” A lithops is  a little desert plant, also called a “Living Stone”, that looks like this; … or like this…. They don’t do much. They just sort of sit there looking like rocks … Continue reading →

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Chickadees

Posted on January 4, 2018 by kimerer_brian

The Chickadees were back at their house today to check it out. The two of them come by occasionally during the Winter and take a look. They never go in, but they poke their heads in and look around…. and … Continue reading →

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WAKE UP!

Posted on January 1, 2018 by kimerer_brian

Happy New Year! New Years Resolution: Blog more. It has been a few months since I blogged. Been busy. I will come back after I think of something clever to write.

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Back Up

Posted on October 22, 2017 by kimerer_brian

The Chickadee house is back up for the Winter. Say what? For the Winter? Yah. We have seen the chickadees checking out the house all Winter long. They will stop by and look in the door, then move on. We … Continue reading →

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Book Review

Posted on October 20, 2017 by kimerer_brian

I usually don’t do book reviews on this blog. But this book was such a shocker that I thought I would pass it on. If you had told me a month ago that I would read a laugh-out-loud book about … Continue reading →

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Dees and Wrens

Posted on August 28, 2017 by kimerer_brian

Last Spring we had two pairs of birds staying in our birdhouses, one pair of Chickadees and one pair of Wrens. As it turns out, those two types of birds have different nesting habits. So I thought I would post … Continue reading →

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No Tooths

Posted on August 22, 2017 by kimerer_brian

We just plucked this from the garden. Gorgeous tomato. No tooth marks. I think we finally exported the miscreant who was eating our garden. And that’s the tooth.

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Caught the Momma

Posted on August 18, 2017 by kimerer_brian

Our Havahart® trap has been busy lately. We caught Bugs again…. But then, after reading a bit about bunnies, we found out that they do not even like tomatoes. It appears that the tomato-eating culprit is this guy…. The ‘possum is … Continue reading →

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