Brummet's Conscious Blog

Oh SQUASH It  One of our favourite harvests is winter squash with its many varieties of colours, flavours, shapes and sizes.  It is hard to get tired of using them for making some really good food recipes.  When choosing any winter squash from a farmer's stand, test the skin with your thumbnail. It should feel hard, solid and nearly impenetrable. The vine end should be dry and shrivelled; the small bit of vine will often fall off as the squash ripens more in storage. The base end, likewise, should feel very dry. Choosing squash that have been fully ripened and properly cured ensures your squash will keep well into the winter.  When you are in the possession of an unripe winter squash, you can still use it in the kitchen and turn it into another delicious, super easy dish.  Simply cut in half (or quarters) and scoop out the seeds (don’t bother saving unripe seeds for snacks, there’s no meat in them). Then cut it into 1.5 " thick slices.  In a small bowl, mix...

 Recommended Resources Grand Valley Trails Association : a non-profit working to build and maintain hiking trails and promote low-impact hiking within this Ontario-based park. Info : GVTA.on.ca Grand Trees Climate Solutions : identifies and works with some of the best tree planting organizations, focusing in the greater Toronto area. Info : GrandTrees.org Grasslands Conservations Council of British Columbia a network of groups, volunteers and organizations building networks that strengthen grassland ecosystems. Info: BCGrasslands.org ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca   ~~

== Announcement == Dave and I partnered in this book, Rhythm & Rhyme, his poetry and mine fill the pages offering different styles and topics but all ranging in the realm of observations of life, music, nature and grief. This book was recently featured on the Discount Book Man website and we wanted to celebrate that with you here today : https://discountbookman.com/rhythm-and-rhyme/#more-437890   ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

World of Writing - Author Interview New York Times bestselling author Margaret Brownley has penned more than fifty novels and novellas. She's a two-time Romance Writers of American RITA® finalist and has written for a TV soap. She is also a recipient of the Romantic Times Pioneer Award . Margaret loves hearing from people and invites our readers to visit her at : http://margaret-brownley.com   Q: Margaret, it is so nice to have an accomplished writer like yourself drop in to talk about your experiences. I'm interested in how you developed your craft - did you take any writing classes?  A couple, but the one that proved to be a turning point for me was the class taught by D.C. Fontana, the creator of Mr. Spock on Star Trek. She explained the elements of story in a clear and precise way that really made sense to me. She also said that each paragraph must have something for the reader to “see”. After taking her class, I reworked my manuscript, and the book launched my career. ...

-- Quote of the Day --  © BrummetMedia.ca    "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.  Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.  The winds will blow their own freshness into you,  and the storms their energy,  while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.  As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed,  but Nature's sources never fail. " ~  John Muir ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

== Announcement ==  How nice it was to find that we were featured over at the Book Readers Magazine via this interview where we talked about where our fascination with the world of writing began, our favourite types of books to read and more.  Please check it out when you have time and do feel free to share it :)  https://bookreadermagazine.com/featured-author-lillian-and-dave-brummet-2/ ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Control Carrot and Celery Fly  * Today's article was written by Richard Haigh; he  writes regularly at The-Organic-Grower.blogspot.com   and invites you to read more of his articles about organic gardening there. That little pest that really annoys me is the Carrot fly: A creature that is a member of the Psilidae family, also called " Rust Flies ". Apart from eating carrots, they can also be found on: celery, parsnips and parsley. I seems me that they are out to get my crop, what ever I do. To understand them, the place to start is to know what they do. The fly lays their eggs at the base of the plant, they hatch and start eating the nearest food, which is, your crop. The fly is attacked to the seedlings by the odour of them There are two ways of preventing this, both of them, try to make the crop distasteful to the fly. One way of doing this is to soak sawdust in paraffin and spread this down between the rows. Another idea is to spread wood ash over the whole seed-bed. H...