-=> Quoting Bill Swisher to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> groundhogs invaded

 BS> next door / a moose grazed it's way through it.  Wasn't much left.

That would be like garden Armageddon!

While we lived in Ottawa, my parents kept the country home and we
used it summers. It was impossible to keep a garden without living
there full time and with dogs wandering around loose. The deer and
racoons massacred everything the groundhogs and rabbits didn't get.

When I was young I hand dug a pond in a low spot that was always
damp. It was about 24 feet in diameter and 2 feet deep except for a
"well" in the middle about 8 feet wide and maybe 6 feet deep, just
big enough for a few goldfish to survive in over winter. It would
have dried out every summer except that it was lined with plastic
sheeting and fed from the house's basement sump pump. One year blue
herons flying overhead noticed the goldfish and swooped in to devour
them. Their claws pierced the plastic while they were wading in the
pond and it dried up overnight.

Pulses in Ontario: the further one gets from Texas the more twisted
the concept of chili con carne becomes ...

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Chunky Beef And Vegetable Chili
 Categories: Canadian, Groundmeat, Beef, Mushrooms, Chili, Beans
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
    3/4 lb Ground chuck
      2 c  Sliced mushrooms
      1 c  Chopped onion
      1 c  Diced bell pepper
      3    Cloves garlic, mashed
  2 1/2 c  Diced zucchini
  1 1/2 c  Water
      1 c  Diced carrot
  2 1/2 tb Chili powder
      1 tb Sugar
  2 1/2 ts Ground cumin
  1 1/2 ts Dried oregano
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Pepper
    1/4 ts Hot sauce
     32 oz Canned Kidney beans, drained
     29 oz Canned tomatoes, Undrained
           -and coarsely chopped
     16 oz Tomato sauce
 
  Cook the meat in a large Dutch oven over medium high heat until
  browned, stirring to crumble the meat.  Add the mushrooms, onion,
  bell pepper and garlic and cook until the vegetables have softened.
  Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and
  simmer 1/2 hour longer, stirring occasionally.
 
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(I do not endorse this recipe at all!)



Cheers

Jim


... Every time you do that a bald eagle flies into a jet engine.

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