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We never officially opened this year, but we are now officially closed.
Mom has been bugging me to post this ever since the tropical depression brought us 8 inches of rain last week and I'm just getting around to it.
Between young plants, frost damage, and an aboundance of rain this season, we had virtually no blueberries to harvest.
That being said, the biggest problem, young plants, is a self correcting issue that should be much less of a factor next year!
We hope that you will continue to be a loyal customer if you've been with us for a while or that you will give us a try next year if it's your first time.
Our farm is people friendly. I know that can't be said of all farmers because many of them choose to farm to avoid dealing with the public. That's not the case with us! We are friendly to the young and the old and all ages in between.
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I've started this thing this year that I'm calling Blueberry Farmers in Training (B. FIT for short). I asked our farm kids to come up with the design for a kid shirt that would work well with this program.
They came up with several designs that I'll put on the blog for you to look at. Hopefully we can decide on one and get shirts made for next year.
We were going to do it this year, but with less than no revenue, it didn't make sense to spend money we didn't earn yet. That's one of the values I'm trying to teach my kids...you have to earn it before you spend it. Hard concept when there's the whole but you can just use your ATM card argument.
We've been saving up money to go on a national parks camping trip out west. All of the farm (grand)kids will be participating with the exception of my youngest two nieces. I can't tell you the excitement level to both get out of school and to get started on this grand adventure. They all have roles in the program: mapping out the route, figuring out the supply list, figuring out how much gas will cost, where we will stay, what we will eat, how long it will take to get from here to there and back, what games to take, and on and on. If you see any of our Berry Patch Road kids this fall or next summer, ask them about it. I know they will have lots to share.
Take care, have a wonderful summer, and I'll post more when we get back if I don't get another post in before we leave.
Melissa
23 Haziran 2012 Cumartesi
Simple Equation Editor - Converts Equations To Graphic Files
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If you like equations and formulas like me you will enjoy this simple equation editor.
How To Use It?
Simply hover over Characters, Math or Symbol tab. Select any of the three, and move your mouse down to hover over individual Characters, Math items or Symbol items. Click.
Below you will see two windows. First one is the formula in text format. Second one is the formula in the graphical representation.
Note you can edit characters in the first window by changing them to numbers if desired, or words. Characters which you have on the key board like =, +, (, ) etc. signs can be just typed normally from your key board. For some reason I couldn't locate the x (times) symbol and percent (%) symbol, so if you figure out how to get it please let me know.
Once your equation is completed, simply click on the second window with the nice formula, and it will prompt you to save the file in PNG format.
Then you can use it any way you want to. Have fun!
How To Use It?
Simply hover over Characters, Math or Symbol tab. Select any of the three, and move your mouse down to hover over individual Characters, Math items or Symbol items. Click.
Below you will see two windows. First one is the formula in text format. Second one is the formula in the graphical representation.
Note you can edit characters in the first window by changing them to numbers if desired, or words. Characters which you have on the key board like =, +, (, ) etc. signs can be just typed normally from your key board. For some reason I couldn't locate the x (times) symbol and percent (%) symbol, so if you figure out how to get it please let me know.
Once your equation is completed, simply click on the second window with the nice formula, and it will prompt you to save the file in PNG format.
Then you can use it any way you want to. Have fun!
Just Spreading The Word - Earth Hour March 27, 2010
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The Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) calling every individual, every business and every community throughout the world to turn off the lights. Earth Hour originally started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. About 2.2 million homes and businesses turned off lights for one hour to stand against climate change. In the following year the Earth hour yet to become a global moment, where 50 million across 35 nations started to participate. The following landmarks participated also: Sydney Harbor Bridge; The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada; The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; and Rome's Colosseum. They all stood dark for one hour.
This year in 2010 the Earth Hour will take place Saturday March 27th at 8:30 pm, local time.
The Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) calling every individual, every business and every community throughout the world to turn off the lights. Earth Hour originally started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. About 2.2 million homes and businesses turned off lights for one hour to stand against climate change. In the following year the Earth hour yet to become a global moment, where 50 million across 35 nations started to participate. The following landmarks participated also: Sydney Harbor Bridge; The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada; The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; and Rome's Colosseum. They all stood dark for one hour.
This year in 2010 the Earth Hour will take place Saturday March 27th at 8:30 pm, local time.
Recent Quakes Definitely Doing Their Job - Relocating Cities & Shortening Earth's Days
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That is all I need - a shorter day! Researchers at NASA calculated that the Chilean earthquake shortened Earth's days. It shortened by one-millionth of a second, still small but shorter. I think this is a second earthquake in a decade to result in a shorter day.
After the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake at magnitude of 7.0 with 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater, a chain of other earthquakes surf through the Earth's crust. The second one to start was Chile with an 8.8 magnitude. If I correctly remember, then it was Japan, Turkey, Kosovo, Japan again. I probably missed some. This may be normal after after all, shake the world and it will move - like everything else.
Well, these earthquakes did shake the world enough to relocate cities in Chile. Researches found that cities and islands physically shifted west. From the satellite data, scientist at Ohio State University and University of Hawaii found that city of Concepcion moved about 3 meters to the west. When compared to Earth size it may not be big shift, but to me three meters is a lot. In addition, the Chile's capital Santiago moved only 30 centimeters. Buenos Aires in Argentina moved 2.5 cm.
Scientists say that this usually happens with earthquakes, but usually too small to notice. However, this time it was definitely noticed.
After the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake at magnitude of 7.0 with 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater, a chain of other earthquakes surf through the Earth's crust. The second one to start was Chile with an 8.8 magnitude. If I correctly remember, then it was Japan, Turkey, Kosovo, Japan again. I probably missed some. This may be normal after after all, shake the world and it will move - like everything else.Well, these earthquakes did shake the world enough to relocate cities in Chile. Researches found that cities and islands physically shifted west. From the satellite data, scientist at Ohio State University and University of Hawaii found that city of Concepcion moved about 3 meters to the west. When compared to Earth size it may not be big shift, but to me three meters is a lot. In addition, the Chile's capital Santiago moved only 30 centimeters. Buenos Aires in Argentina moved 2.5 cm.
Scientists say that this usually happens with earthquakes, but usually too small to notice. However, this time it was definitely noticed.
I always wanted to know - what is Lorem Ipsum?
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I am sure you at some point came across text 'Lorem Ipsum' many times when searching for web templates or blog themes. At first I thought that this was just random, but apparently not. Lorem Ipsum is a dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. It has been industry's standard dummy text since the 1500s - yes that long. It was 'invented' when an unknown printer scrambled text to make a type specimen book. Funny, that this scrambled text has survived not only five centuries, but also got into the today's electronic age and remains unchanged. It became popular in 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages. Recently popular with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
21 Haziran 2012 Perşembe
breakfast in bed & a little pie
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Photo shoot of a breakfast in bed. Because it was a Sunday and I wanted to take photos of one. I wish I could say I made the croissants, but sadly they are store bought. Still tasty though because, well it's a croissant.
A little blueberry pie. All for me.
So I have been looking at British recipes sights lately. I have about 200 recipes bookmarked from them. Everything looks amazing and different from what I normally see.
One of the recipes was for Gordon Ramsay's shortcrust recipe. Always on the search for the perfect pie crust, I thought I would give it a go.
Watch the video HERE, do exactly what he says and you will get the most amazing crust. It is by far my favorite. When you cut through the crust when eating the pie, you can see it flake. It's so delicate and soft, sweet or savory, you can use it for anything. I've made four batches of it so far.
I think the pan I used it meant to bake brie or something in. It's not a traditional pie dish but it works wonderfully, just in case anyone was wondering. My aunt let me borrow this old dish, among many other things. And then when my parents got back from Barcelona, they brought me back some kitchen things. A new version of the exact same dish to be exact! And a smaller version. What a small world huh?
I used my special little jar of vanilla sugar that I got in Carmel-by-the-sea a long time ago. It's by Wildly Delicious. The best I've had so far. It even comes in the coveted little Weck jar. I was smitten at first sight.
Still one handed typing, I'm done! Enjoy!
Photo shoot of a breakfast in bed. Because it was a Sunday and I wanted to take photos of one. I wish I could say I made the croissants, but sadly they are store bought. Still tasty though because, well it's a croissant.
A little blueberry pie. All for me.
So I have been looking at British recipes sights lately. I have about 200 recipes bookmarked from them. Everything looks amazing and different from what I normally see.
One of the recipes was for Gordon Ramsay's shortcrust recipe. Always on the search for the perfect pie crust, I thought I would give it a go.
Watch the video HERE, do exactly what he says and you will get the most amazing crust. It is by far my favorite. When you cut through the crust when eating the pie, you can see it flake. It's so delicate and soft, sweet or savory, you can use it for anything. I've made four batches of it so far.
I think the pan I used it meant to bake brie or something in. It's not a traditional pie dish but it works wonderfully, just in case anyone was wondering. My aunt let me borrow this old dish, among many other things. And then when my parents got back from Barcelona, they brought me back some kitchen things. A new version of the exact same dish to be exact! And a smaller version. What a small world huh?
I used my special little jar of vanilla sugar that I got in Carmel-by-the-sea a long time ago. It's by Wildly Delicious. The best I've had so far. It even comes in the coveted little Weck jar. I was smitten at first sight.
Still one handed typing, I'm done! Enjoy!
herbed bread
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Homemade bread, easy to make and even easier to eat.
Having this bread straight out of the oven, it's warm, soft with a perfectly crunchy crust and packed full of flavor because of all the fresh herbs you stuff in it.
After long searching for no knead bread recipe that didn't require the 12-16 hours resting period that most do, I came upon this recipe. It is from the Pioneer Woman's site and looked amazing in her photos. So I decided to give it a go. While mine did not come out looking exactly like hers, she had much more of a pretty 'bloom' to hers when it was slashed on top. I still love this recipe nonetheless. Paired with some herb butter and a few veggies, the bread is magic.
One thing you do need for this recipe is a dutch oven. I have long dreamed over the Le Creuset ones, coveting the one in a cream shade. Many times going into Sur La Table, staring at them thinking 'Today is the day' but never end up walking out with a very heavy bag. They last forever and are a thing of beauty but the 200 or so price tag always makes my practical side run in fear. I will shell out the cash for one, one of these days. But for now my 3 dollar thrift store dutch oven works just fine.
It has been a long weekend. Motorcycle classes, which did not go well unfortunately, but it's not the first thing I have been kicked out of in my life! One memorable time of being kicked out of my high school senior portrait session. Agh, more on that later.
So off to edit some more photos so it won't be so few and far between on my posting like lately!
recipe from Pioneer Woman
Homemade bread, easy to make and even easier to eat.
Having this bread straight out of the oven, it's warm, soft with a perfectly crunchy crust and packed full of flavor because of all the fresh herbs you stuff in it.
After long searching for no knead bread recipe that didn't require the 12-16 hours resting period that most do, I came upon this recipe. It is from the Pioneer Woman's site and looked amazing in her photos. So I decided to give it a go. While mine did not come out looking exactly like hers, she had much more of a pretty 'bloom' to hers when it was slashed on top. I still love this recipe nonetheless. Paired with some herb butter and a few veggies, the bread is magic.
One thing you do need for this recipe is a dutch oven. I have long dreamed over the Le Creuset ones, coveting the one in a cream shade. Many times going into Sur La Table, staring at them thinking 'Today is the day' but never end up walking out with a very heavy bag. They last forever and are a thing of beauty but the 200 or so price tag always makes my practical side run in fear. I will shell out the cash for one, one of these days. But for now my 3 dollar thrift store dutch oven works just fine.
It has been a long weekend. Motorcycle classes, which did not go well unfortunately, but it's not the first thing I have been kicked out of in my life! One memorable time of being kicked out of my high school senior portrait session. Agh, more on that later.
So off to edit some more photos so it won't be so few and far between on my posting like lately!
recipe from Pioneer Woman
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