Bobwhite Quail in the new coop

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The Quail have moved into their new home.

Twelve Varieties of Potatoes and an update

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Chitting potatoes and a look at the garden and hoop house.

Norland : Smooth red skin, shallow eyes white flesh. No internal defects, few irregular tubers. Some resistance to scab and rhizoctonia (black scurf)(Early)

Pacific Russet : Newly released, russet skin white flesh, very shallow eyes. Good yield uniform size. Great boiled or baked. Rated very high in Ontario industry trials for yield and uniformity. (Early)

Yukon Gold: Oval, slightly flattened tubers, yellow, skin light yellow flesh. Tubers can grow quite large and store well. Good for boiling baking and frying. Plants look similar to a tomato plant. (Mid Season)

Shepody : Long tubers, white skin, white moist flesh medium deep eyes. Excellent tasting potato. Excellent for boiling, baking or french fries. Some resistance to rhizoctonia (black scurf) (Mid Season)

Linzer Delekatass: The Linzer is an early-maturing and another waxy potato most popular for boiling or making salads. Potatoes are small & oval with yellow skin. Linzer Delikatess is one of our top selling potatoes to home and market gardeners .(Fingerling)

Novella : Novella is a new variety with a yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. Potatoes are good and of uniform size. Novella is suitable for cultivation on different soil types but can be susceptible to common scab. (Mid Season)

Roko: Oval potatoes with bright red skin and white flesh. Roko has a unique quality of producing high yields with uniform potatoes. Also excellent for over winter storage. (Mid Season)

Gold Rush: Gold Rush is a great alternative to Russet Burbank which has been a staple in many gardens for years. Gold Rush is an early maturing russet variety, great for boiling and baking. (Mid Season)

Caribe: Caribe is a high yielding oblong potatoes with excellent storage qualities. It is one of my favorite baked potatoes as it has a nice moist flesh when cooked. (Early)

Amarosa: AmaRosa is a mid-season fingerling potato with a smooth bright red skin, and deep red flesh. These creamy nutritious fingerlings are great for baking, roasting, and grilling. AmaRosa also make fantastically colorful potato chips as they retain their bright red color when fried.(Fingerling)

Nicola: Long to oval shape with a rich yellow skin and yellow waxy flesh. Excellent as a salad or boiling potato, wonderful for mash. Also excellent for baked potato dishes and roasting. Originally from West Germany, now widely grown around the world. (Mid Season)

Cara: A wonderful dry floury potatoes that I am growing from my own saved seed from last years crop. I find they best way to cook these is to steam them whole. (Mid Season)

Link to Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes: https://www.seedpotatoes.ca

Yellow Spotted Salamanders

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Lots of these guys around this morning.

Britain celebrates arrival of new princess

Bobwhite Quail Hatching Cam

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A few clips of the Bobwhite Quail hatching and in the brooder.

Sugar Bush 2015 #3 Final Production

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Finished collecting and making this years maple syrup. Not a lot but the best quality I've ever made.

In the Hoop House & Candling Quail Eggs

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Link to Woody's Allotment Channel :

https://www.youtube.com/user/1962mrwoody

At last I'm in the Hoop House and I candle the Quail Eggs again to show the development.

Time Lapse Clouds

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Just a short time lapse of the clouds.

3/4 Treasures of Ancient Greece (Ep1) - The Age of Heroes

First broadcast: Apr 2015.
In the first episode Alastair Sooke explores the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, legendary home of the Minotaur. He travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii', and finds gold in the fabled stronghold of Mycenae and dazzling remains from Greece's Dark Ages. Alastair discovers the beginnings of a defining spirit in Greek art, embracing mythology, a passion for symmetry, and an obsession with the human body.

Grow Room & Candleing Eggs & Chickens Free Ranging

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A look at what is growing under lights and I candled the Quail eggs that have been in the Incubator for a week now. Enough snow has melted that the chickens are able to get out and free range again.

2/4 Treasures of Ancient Greece (Ep1) - The Age of Heroes

First broadcast: Apr 2015.
In the first episode Alastair Sooke explores the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, legendary home of the Minotaur. He travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii', and finds gold in the fabled stronghold of Mycenae and dazzling remains from Greece's Dark Ages. Alastair discovers the beginnings of a defining spirit in Greek art, embracing mythology, a passion for symmetry, and an obsession with the human body.

Wild Turkey (Male)

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A special visitor to my bird table today.

1/4 Treasures of Ancient Greece (Ep1) - The Age of Heroes

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In the first episode Alastair Sooke explores the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, legendary home of the Minotaur. He travels to Santorini to the 'Greek Pompeii', and finds gold in the fabled stronghold of Mycenae and dazzling remains from Greece's Dark Ages. Alastair discovers the beginnings of a defining spirit in Greek art, embracing mythology, a passion for symmetry, and an obsession with the human body.

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.