Incubating Bobwhite Quail Eggs

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I've been back to visit the quail breeder in Fredericton and picked up the hatching eggs.

Sugar Bush 2015 # 2

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Phase 2 in making maple syrup the sap has started to run and I have started the boil.

Birds in Slow Motion

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A few slow motion bird clips shot at 240 FPS and played back at 5% slow speed.

Onion & Mushroom Soup

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My vegetarian version of onion soup.

The five countries with the most slaves

Plants that grow in the dark and other things

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Back in the grow room to talk about a few things including a plant that prefers complete darkness to germinate.

1. Espelette Peppers
2. F3 Hybrid Petunia
3. Hokkaido Pumpkin
4. Meuch Beans
5. Achocha
6. Armenian Cucumber
7. Ethiopian Lentils
8. White Russian Kale
9. Sugar Ann Snap Pea
10. Crown Pea
11. Cutting Leaf Celery
12. Elderberry Bob Gordon (Plant)
13. Ancho Poblano Chile (Plant Plugs)
14. Creeping Savory (Plant)
15. Stevia (Plant)
16. Alpine Strawberry (Plants)
17. French Tarragon (Plant)
18. French Thyme (Plant)
19. Golden Lemon Thyme (Plant)
20. American Flag Leek (Plant Plugs)
21. New England Aster
22. Green Globe Basil
23. Columbine
24. Cucamelon
25. Yellow Pattypan Squash
26. Raspberry Collection (Plants)
27. Zamboni Rapini
28. Sunberry
29. Calypso Cucumber
30. First Crop Beets
31. Delta Squash
32. Defiant Tomato
33. Roma VF Tomato
34. Purple Prince Turnip
35. Kaleidoscope Swiss Chard
36. Purple Passion Asparagus (Plants)
37. Jersey Giant Asparagus (Plants)
38. Norland Potatoes
39. Pacific Russet Pototoes
40. Yukon Gold Potatoes
41. Shepody Potatoes
42. Kumquat
43. Canada Lily
44. Canada Yellow Onions (Sets)
45. Monticello Hybrid Tomato
46. Salavova Mix Lettuce
47. Pansy Swiss Giants
48. Pansy Matrix Sunfire
49. Pansy Matrix Coastal Sunrise

Sugar Bush 2015

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Time to tap the maple trees and make this years syrup.

Richard III's coffin goes on public view

The coffin of England's King Richard III has gone on public view until Thursday when his 530-year-old remains will be reburied.

A day of ceremonies on Sunday ended with a service at Leicester Cathedral where a tomb fit for a royal awaits him.

A crown similar to one he was said to have worn on the last day of his life was placed on the coffin.

Earlier, people lined the procession route in Leicester waving flags and white roses, the symbol of Richard's House of York.

Mid March in the Grow Room

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With hope that spring will eventually arrive I'm planting in the grow room.

Johnny's Seeds Salanova Lettuce video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvJ3LfQpuwk

2015 Plant List

1. Espelette Peppers
2. F3 Hybrid Petunia
3. Hokkaido Pumpkin
4. Meuch Beans
5. Achocha
6. Armenian Cucumber
7. Ethiopian Lentils
8. White Russian Kale
9. Sugar Ann Snap Pea
10. Crown Pea
11. Cutting Leaf Celery
12. Elderberry Bob Gordon (Plant)
13. Ancho Poblano Chile (Plant Plugs)
14. Creeping Savory (Plant)
15. Stevia (Plant)
16. Alpine Strawberry (Plants)
17. French Tarragon (Plant)
18. French Thyme (Plant)
19. Golden Lemon Thyme (Plant)
20. American Flag Leek (Plant Plugs)
21. New England Aster
22. Green Globe Basil
23. Columbine
24. Cucamelon
25. Yellow Pattypan Squash
26. Raspberry Collection (Plants)
27. Zamboni Rapini
28. Sunberry
29. Calypso Cucumber
30. First Crop Beets
31. Delta Squash
32. Defiant Tomato
33. Roma VF Tomato
34. Purple Prince Turnip
35. Kaleidoscope Swiss Chard
36. Purple Passion Asparagus (Plants)
37. Jersey Giant Asparagus (Plants)
38. Norland Potatoes
39. Pacific Russet Pototoes
40. Yukon Gold Potatoes
41. Shepody Potatoes
42. Kumquat
43. Canada Lily
44. Canada Yellow Onions (Sets)
45. Monticello Hybrid Tomato
46. Salavova Mix Lettuce
47. Pansy Swiss Giants
48. Pansy Matrix Sunfire
49. Pansy Matrix Coastal Sunrise

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A visit with the Quail breeder

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I made a road trip to Fredericton to visit with the breeder that I will get my Bobwhite Quail eggs from next month .

Imperial Eagle flys off world tallest building, Dubai, breaking record

A stunning GoPro-style video captured the moment a rare imperial eagle flew from the top of the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, directly to its falconer's arm in a world record attempt. Saturday March 14.

Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket reopens after Paris attacks

Cabin off Grid Solar Temporary Set up

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I decided to assemble the solar kit and set it up temporarily inside the cabin. This gave a chance to try out the 12 volt lights.

Snowshoeing Herring Cove Golf Course

A sunny but cold -6 snowshoeing around the golf course.

Sourdough No Knead Bread

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The link to the King Arthur Flour Sourdough Starter Recipe and method: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/sourdough-starter-recipe

My Sourdough No Knead Bread Ingredients and method

200g Sourdough starter
450g Bread Flour
¼ teaspoon instant yeast
11/2 teaspoons salt
375g Water

1. In a large bowl combine all of the ingredients and mix until the flour is well mixed into the water.

2. Place the dough in an airtight container and let it rise in a warm location for 12 to 15 hours.

3. Turn the dough out on a floured surface and turn it over on itself a few times to get it coated with flour. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and let it rest for 15 minutes.

4. Form the dough roughly into a ball shape and transfer to a tray or peel covered with parchment paper. Dust the top with flour cover with a tea towel and and set aside in a warm location for 2 hours.

5. Ninety minutes later preheat you oven to 450F along with the dutch oven.

6. After the two hour rising period transfer the dough and parchment paper to the dutch oven replace the cover and bake 30 minutes at 450F.

7. Remove the cover and continue baking for an additional 15 minute to brown the crust.

8. Remove the loaf to a cooling rack and allow it to cool for an hour before cutting the loaf. Enjoy.

James Bond behind the scenes car chase, Spectre comes to Rome

A car chase passing in front of St. Peter's Basilica, with the drivers carrying out hearts stopping stunts, can only mean one thing: James Bond has come to Rome.

The cast of Sam Mendes’ new film ‘Spectre’ descended on the Italian capital in the early hours of Tuesday morning (3 March) to film a standoff between Bond’s recognisable Silver Aston Martin and an unknown orange Jaguar.

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Dashcam Time Lapse

I had to go over to Machias, Maine so I did a dashcam time lapse there is a short clip of a deer crossing the road at the very end.

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More Spring Plans & Lunch at the Cabin

Plans to hatch Bobwhite Quail this spring. Lunch and some solar power talk in the cabin and a visit to the grow-room.

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Redpolls Visiting from the Boreal Forest

Another long video of the birds at the bird table for those of you who are interested in Birds. A special visitor that only shows up every 6 or 7 years, the Redpoll. The NB bird expert that is on CBC radio once a week, the Shift program I think, recently talked about them. I knew that I only have them at my feeders once every few years but I never knew why. He explained that they are native to the Boreal Forest just south of the Canadian Arctic and normally they would stay there in winter. There natural food is the cones on the White Birch and every six or seven years there aren't very many cones so they come south looking for food. They are almost tame because they aren't used to seeing humans and they love to go to bird feeders. Something else interesting that he said was that they dig themselves a snow cave at night to conserve body heat.