Waching daily Oct 2 2018

Hi I'm Mike, we've got the new cover on the old high tunnel, with a little help from

some friends that are here on the ranch for hunting from Sacramento California.

Today we are going to show you what went into getting them here, the modifications we made

to the old high tunnel to hopefully make it better and stronger and what almost turned

out to be a disaster of getting the new cover on, it's all coming up, on the project list

on our Wyoming life.

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along with us as we explore the ranch life and escape the ordinary, 3 times per week

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Not every single day can I be out working with cows, or moving hay, or cleaning the

pig stalls.

As much fun as that sounds.

Projects can come from all over the ranch, and this board behind me is where we keep

track of what needs done.

We call it the project list and we bring it to you every Tuesday.

Most people know how the honey do list goes and Erin has gotten smart and started writing

her honey do's right here on the list along with other projects around the ranch.

They usually get bumped up in priority, mostly because I want to stay married but also because

the things that Erin adds to the list here, help keep the ranch going.

The big book says man cannont live on bread alone, and just like that saying, the ranch

cannont live on cows alone.

We diversify to bring money into the ranch and keep things going, everything here is

very fluid.

Some years you might have good calf prices and that's enough, others they might be

in the toilet.

Its years like that we really appreciate Erins gardens and other ventures that help bring

that bottom line up and keep the ranch going.

Its all a give and take and if you know Erin she keeps growing to help.

This year we added a new high tunnel to the market gardens here on the ranch, giving Erin

more and more produce to take to farmers market.

Today we are going to be finishing work on the old high tunnel, which lost its cover

this spring but I'm trying to plan ahead here, because we have hunters arriving today

from Sacremento California.

I'm hoping that those hunters are going to be able to help us get it done in one day.

It's a huge undertaking, as we are going to be replacing the ribbon board on the tunnel,

making it stronger and hopefully able to hold up to wind load better.

But before we get that far, we need to prepare for the hunters arrival.

And that means getting their hunters den cleaned out and ready for them and their equipment.

Hunting season here on the ranch is the entire month of October.

They will be hunting mainly Pronghorn Antelope and they utilize the sales barn as their headquarters.

Right now it is in disarray, as all year long, I use it for storage.

Tractors live in here throughout the winter, sometimes animals, you just never know what

you are going to find.

Anything, that doesn't have a place, usually ends up in the sales barn to keep it out of

the weather.

Cleaning it up, is mostly a game of rearranging and organizing, something I should be better

about all year long, but I'm not.

So a few hours of back and forth, taking things to the incinerator to burn.

Moving shelves and cleaning up, will hopefully give them a nice place to hang out while they

aren't hunting.

They will park 4 wheelers in here and we will keep them locked up and safe, they will also

sometimes butcher their animals here as well, and freezers allow them to preserve their

meat.

In the end, the whole area looks different and a lot more organized.

And when our first group of hunters arrive, they kids give them a huge welcome.

They have been looking forward to the hunters return for almost a year and for them it's

a part of their lives they will remember for years.

Hunters that come to the ranch are like family to us, they have to be.

We turn them lose in our back yard, armed and trust them to do the right thing, to treat

our home like it is theirs and for years we didn't even allow hunting due to some bad

experiences but now I wouldn't pass these friendships up for the world and even Erin

and I look forward to their arrival, although no one brings us candy.

As the hunters get settled in we can get to work on the tunnel.

We are going to be installing a new 2x6 ribbon board across each side.

The existing 2x4 ribbon board will be removed and we are increasing the size to accommodate

two rows of channel that will hold on the wire that secures the cover to the structure.

Using our old ribbon board as a guide we add new 2x6 one at a time, securing them together

and to the ribs of the tunnel using bolts.

Then its off with the old board, salvaging the old channel to reuse on the new one.

After snapping a chalk line for a guide, new channel is installed along the new board making

up the top row, an inch below that, we add back on some of the old recycled channel to

help hold the cover on and this side is complete.

Then we repeat for the other side.

Erin and I then get a little break as we wait for the hunters to finish up their first day

of hunting but not long after, they are volentold to come on out and give us a hand.

Hunting season for me, is the busiest month on the ranch.

Not because I have any more to do, or more projects, but because we have a constant flow

of people though the ranch.

A new group every few days, each and everyday we spend time with them, helping each other,

going out to dinner, and basically getting a bunch of the socialization with people that

a lot of the year we don't get out here.

No one wants to come visit when its 30 below and the wind is blowing you over.

Luckily these guys are here and we can start the process all over again of pulling another

cover on a high tunnel, we just did this a few months ago with the new high tunnel, but

each day brings with it unexpected surprises and complications.

Today it's the wind, we don't have much of a window to do this in.

We would love a calm day to do it, and as we get closer to evening a 10 mile pre hour

average wind of the day starts to die down.

We are expecting winds up into the 20s and 30s the next few days, along with temperatures

dropping into the 20's and snow.

More snow is coming, we are forecasted for 5 inches next week.

So getting this cover on to protect the seedlings and plants inside is imperative.

The new cover on both high tunnels is now 12 mil thick, our old covers were half the

thickness at 6 mil but the big difference is now we are working with a woven plastic,

with threads woven throughout.

This fabric should be stronger, less likely to rip and tear and last a lot longer than

the regular plastic ever did.

Light transmission is cut a bit, but it's a trade off we are happy to take if we can

keep these covers on longer.

So just as before, we attach ropes to the cover and over it goes and right off the bat,

this is starting to look like a bad idea.

The wind kicks up a bit, maybe only a few miles per hour but that's all it takes.

A sheet of plastic that is 75 feet long and almost 40 feet wide is a big sail and our

job is to keep it on the frame and not in the next county.

Buckets full of bricks are used to hold it down in place while we quickly start attaching

it to the channel we installed earlier to hold it on while we try to figure out a solution

for the massive amount of air blowing the plastic up and out.

We attach what we can and sometimes the best strategy is just to wait and as the sun starts

to set, everyone helps hold the plastic in place.

The wind starts to die down and soon the plastic lays down just like its suppose to and we

can start securing it all the way around.

Pulling it tight and laying a spring like wire called wiggle wire into the channel to

hold it down.

As we move to get it all attached the sun continues to set of course and soon we are

left in the dark to take the final steps.

Headlights for light and a crew of 8 to finish it up.

For now.

Its not all done, in fact even this morning there are still a few things to finish up.

We have to install the roll up sides and add rope to keep the sides from billowing out

with the wind but other than that we are good to go.

Erin is excited it is done, and I am relieved.

Not only that its done but that we had the help here to do it.

For many weeks out the year, Erin and I are by ourselves out here, figuring out how to

do things by our selves that in some instances you should tackle with a crew of 3 or 4 but

that's just the way it works.

When we do have help, its like a godsend and you appreciate it even more.

That's one thing the ranch has taught me, everything is a give and take.

Sometimes you struggle by yourself but others you have all the help in the world and it

always seems to work out right.

When you need that help, its there and its something you can count on.

With that, I am off to get the rest of the tunnel buttoned up.

I have hay being delivered today also and I need to work that in too.

Hunters are back out doing their thing and we will have more from them this week, a livestream

featuring myself and Erin and maybe a hunter is coming up on Thursday and on Sunday we

have a hunter filled episode for you, which is going to be a blast.

Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss a beat and until I see you again have a great

week and thanks for joining us in our Wyoming life.

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Honeycomb Toffee - Homemade Sponge Candy - Food Wishes - Duration: 6:40.

hello this is chef john from food wishes comm with honeycomb toffee that's right

this beautiful confession goes by many names including a cinder toffee sponge

candy and some people even call it hokey pokey

although i probably would have went with holy poli but anyway no matter what you

call it this homemade candy is very easy to make

although please don't confuse easy with not dangerous ok this is a procedure we

have to be very careful with but if somehow we can manage not to horribly

burn ourselves this really is a fun and simple recipe to make so with that let's

go ahead and get started by prepping a few things we have to have ready before

we head to the stove and that's gonna include some kind of parchment lined

baking dish or if you want you could oil some foil but I do find parchment works

best for this and then besides that we're also gonna want to measure out our

baking soda as well as have on hand a heat proof silicone spatula ok so we

definitely want to have that stuff set up ahead of time before we move on to

start the actual recipe and for that what we're gonna need is some white

sugar too which we will add a little bit of corn syrup and I know you're a little

nervous but relax this is not high fructose corn syrup this one's only a

little bit bad for you and then we will also add in a little touch of honey

which by the way is not included in most recipes but I do like the flavor it

gives and it is called honeycomb after all and then last but not least we'll

add a little touch of water and we'll go ahead and take a whisk and give that a

mix then what we'll do is go ahead and head to the stove where we'll place this

over medium heat and as this comes up to temperature it's gonna turn from kind of

a thick sludge into something that's thinner but still cloudy and once it

does get to this stage we can just lose the whisk and we'll just let it go the

rest of the way without stirring and what's going to happen is that mixer is

gonna clear up and start to bubble and what we're gonna do is cook it until it

reaches a temperature of 300 degrees Fahrenheit

okay now Celsius 300 Celsius would be a little too hot and I didn't really have

time to show it but I was definitely checking with a probe thermometer and in

the blog post I will give you a few tips on how to monitor the temperature but

anyway like I said we're gonna cook that until it's 300 degrees Fahrenheit at

which point ish you look coals some like this

and once we've reached our target temp we'll go ahead and pull that off the

heat and make the magic happen and all we need to do here is dump in our baking

soda and whisk it for a few seconds until it's just incorporated and be

cautious because it will bubble up and then as soon as we have that mixed in we

will quickly switch to our spatula and very very carefully transfer that onto

our parchment paper okay this stuff will burn you severely if you touch it or it

splashes on you so you are responsible for yours and everybody around you

safety I mean you are for all the Steve Jobs of

your dangerously hot blobs so transfer that in carefully and thoughtfully and

by the way do not under any circumstances try to spread that out

with this spatula okay we don't want to compress this at all because you're

gonna ruin the bubbles so bottom line we just basically dump it in and then we

wait and wait okay at least 30 minutes or however long it takes for this to

cool completely and then once it is cool completely and theoretically rock-hard

we'll go ahead and remove that from the dish and break it up starting with the

old drop it on the table trick which if it's cool enough should cause it to

crack and that's it I went ahead and broke it up and then I layered all those

pieces up for a nice provocative photo so you can get a great view of what

exactly happened which was our baking soda activated by the heat forming

hundreds of thousands of bubbles which basically turned what would be hard rock

candy into something that's very light and crisp and basically melts in your

mouth and I try not to do a lot of eating sounds because some people are

kind of put off but I did hear so you could hear that crunch

oh yeah so this stuff sounded right and tasted right had the right texture and I

should have been satisfied and stopped but I didn't since I had the ingredients

I decided to try another batch you see twice as much baking soda which I had

heard gives you even more volume and a more pronounced honeycomb appearance as

well as even more of that signature addictive melt-in-your-mouth texture so

that's what you're seeing here with batch number two same exact procedure in

ingredients but with like I said twice the amount of baking soda and it really

didn't look that much different but there did seem to be a little larger

volume and again I cannot stress enough how careful you have to be with this

stuff all right most people think third-degree burn is the worst but it's

not this will actually cause a fourth degree burn

which is the same as a third-degree burn except you'd have molten hot rock candy

fused to your skin which continues burning for what seems like 20 to 25

minutes so unless you're tired of heavy fingerprints please be careful but

anyway I transfer batch number 2 in and let it cool and I went ahead and broke

that one up so I could compare oh and by the way punching it to break it up is

not recommended I almost split open a knuckle there and as far as appearances

go the second batch did look much better okay a lot more bubbles and it wasn't

quite as flat and it really did look more like a honeycomb and I know some

nerds in the audience are like wait a minute those aren't hexagons all right

take it easy you're right we're using the term

loosely here so with the second batch the appearance was better and it was

just as crisp but there was one small issue

this batch did have a little bit of baking soda aftertaste

okay was subtle but it was there so when comparing these two batches we're

presented with a classic culinary philosophical debate is it better to

have something that looks good and tastes great or something that looks

great and tastes good but before you answer I should probably mention we

could just split the difference and maybe have the best of both worlds so I

might have to do a third batch and if I do I will pass along the results but

anyway that's it the technique for making honeycomb toffee whether you eat

this as is or cover it in chocolate to simulate a

fairly famous candy bar as long as you promise to avoid fourth degree burns I

really do hope you give this a try soon so head over to food wishes calm for all

the ingredient amounts of more info as usual and as always enjoy

you

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HSN | Healthy You with Brett Chukerman 10.02.2018 - 04 PM - Duration: 1:00:01.

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Songwriting Tips and Techniques - Duration: 10:28.

Wonder what songwriting tips and techniques writers use in their hit songs? Keep watching

this video, and I'm going to show you exactly how Maroon 5 did that with "Girl Like You"

and made it such an earworm. Hi, I'm Heather Greenslade, with Singer Songwriting

School. For the best tips on songwriting, make sure to subscribe to our channel and

hit the bell, so you're notified every Tuesday when I upload a new video.

If you're wondering what songwriting tips and tricks you can use to grab your listeners'

attention and really hold it throughout an entire song, keep listening. I'm going to

show you how the writers of Maroon 5's "Girl Like You" did that by varying the phrase length,

varying what beat those phrases started on, and whether Adam Levine was singing chord

tones mainly or nonchord tones in various sections of the song. Now songwriting can

seem like it's magic, but there really are certain tips and techniques that every great

songwriter uses. They're their particular tools of the trade. It's obvious that the

writers of this song knew one of the fundamental tenants of great songwriting, vary your sections.

The first thing I'm going to dive into here is phrase length. The verse in Girls Like

You has a phrase length of 10 beats. Take a listen.

(singing). We spent the last night making things right

between us. Now let's examine the same thing in the pre-chorus, or the ramp.

(singing). Four beats now. Now I'm all good, babe. Roll

that back wood, babe ... Those phrases are four beats each. We had 10-beat phrases in

the verse and now 4-beat phrases in the ramp. Let's see what happens in the chorus.

(singing). They're long phrases. It's sort of a run on

sentence, but it lasts that whole 16 beats. Then he takes a break, and goes again. Now,

the only section we have left is the bridge. Let's listen to that.

(singing). In this section, he's got two three-beat phrases

followed by a four-beat phrase, and then that all repeats. Maybe it's 6:45. Maybe I'm barely

alive. Maybe you've taken my shit for the last time. To recap this issue, the verse

has 10-beat phrases, the pre-chorus has 4-beat phrases, the chorus has 16-beat phrases, and

the bridge has 3-beat and 4-beat phrases. Varied, for sure. Nice.

Okay, next up, let's look at which beat each of these phrases starts on. This song is in

four-four, so we've got four beats in every measure. Let's hear where Adam's jumping in

in each particular section. Let's start with the verse.

(singing). In this verse, he comes on the second half

of the third beat. Bear with me. I'm going to count in, counting one, and two, and three,

and four, and, and then show you where he comes in. One, and two, and three, spent 24

hours, I need more hours with you, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and

three, spent the weekend ... He sticks with that for the pre-chorus. Let's go listen.

(singing). Okay. Is it going to be the same or different

on the chorus? Let's go check it out. (singing).

In this chorus, he's really coming in on beat one. Girls like you run 'round with guys like

me 'til sundown, but because he throws that 'cause on the beat four before, you could

debate it, but the second time through ... We talked about there's a phrase of 16 beats,

the second time he does a phrase like that, it solidly girls, so I'm really not paying

much attention to 'cause. Really, the driving force on the chorus section

is that beat one. We were kind of at beat three and a half, so landing right on beat

one, it's a smart place to go for a chorus because the chorus should feel like coming

home, and beat one, that's a solid place to start. That feels comfortable. That feels

like home base. Now, we have the bridge. Where is the bridge

going to come in? (singing).

On this one, he's coming in on beat two. One, maybe it 6:45. Maybe I'm barely alive one,

one. What's cool about that is the bridge is supposed to knock you off your feet a little

bit, like, "I thought I knew where we were. This felt comfortable. This felt stable. Then,

oh, this is new. I haven't heard this before." It's cool that we're starting on the second

beat, which we haven't done yet. It feels a little bit like, "Oh." Then, what's cool

also, is right after the bridge, you come right back home to the chorus. Beat one, girls

like you. Perfect. The next thing I want to point out in this

particular song is the use of chord tones and nonchord tones. Actually the next video

that I'm going to put out, and that'll be on October 9th, 2018, when it's up, I'll put

a link right here, it'll be all about this topic, so make sure and come back to get more

if this is something that interests you. Basically, in certain sections of the song,

Adam Levine is singing tones that are actually in the chords that the guitar is playing at

the time, or that all the instruments are playing at the time. Then he's just passing

through some other notes, and we call those passing notes, as he's getting from one chord

to the other. However, there are certain places in the song where a chord is being played,

and he's mainly singing notes that are not within that cord. That's important too, to

recognize that he's varying that up through sections. Listen really quick to the verse,

and I'm going to show you something important. (singing).

The song is playing a C chord. Spent 24 hours. That is da-da-da-da, C, C, C, E, D, C, so

mostly C and E; and a C chord is C, E, G; so we're singing primarily chord tones, just

passing through that D. 24 hours. I need more hours. Once we get to that, that's a G chord.

A G chord is G, B, and D. I need more hours, but we're still singing C, E, and then D.

C and E are not in the G chord. We're singing nonchord tones here. We're really focusing

on some tones that are not in our chord. (singing).

Then it goes to with you, and that's D, but we're playing an A minor chord, which is A,

C, E, so again, we are on nonchord tones.

(singing). For the verse, basically, we go singing chord

tones, nonchord tones, nonchord tones; chord tones, nonchord tones, nonchord tones ... That's

really hard to say for some reason ... In the pre-chorus and the chorus, we're solidly

on chord tones the whole way, just with some passing notes in between. Once we get to the

bridge, we once again throw in some nonchord tones. I think if you listen to the song now

with that in your head, you'll feel there's a different flavor. There's a different intensity

of the words when you're seeing nonchord tones. Think about it, your primary message that

you're really driving home the point of the song is the chorus, so for the chorus to be

starting on beat one, really focused on chord tones, makes a lot of sense.

Is there another song that you'd like to hear me analyze in this way? Just shout it out

in the comments below, and I'd love to. This is basically my favorite thing to do.

Now, there's one other aspect, in particular, of varying the sections of your song that

comes into play significantly, besides chords, we should get to that too at some point ... Actually,

I do have a video all about choosing cords for your song, so why don't you find that

here? I also do have a series all about melodic contour, which is the shape of your melody

throughout your song. That's another thing to be aware of and pay attention to when you're

going from section to section. I have a whole video series about that, and I'll throw that

up here in the cards as well. Now you know some of the songwriting tips

and techniques that hit writers use to create songs that grab listeners' attention and hold

it throughout the song. You saw how they did that and how it's been applied in Maroon 5's

song Girls Like You. Would it be useful to you to have a template, where, as you're writing

a song, you can lay it all out and say, what did I do in this section, what am I going

to do in this section, with some ideas to vary things up? If so, I've got something

for you, and it's free. Go check in the description below, and you can download a copy of my song

template. Make sure that you have subscribed, and share

this with any other songwriter you think might be interested in hearing it. If you found

this helpful, please comment, "Helpful." Happy writing.

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VERIFY: Can you be called for jury duty twice in a year? - Duration: 2:03.

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Glow in the Dark: Glitter Lanterns / Fairy Glow Jar (MAKE SURE YOUR PARENTS HELP YOU) - Duration: 3:45.

what are you guys doing today?

what's this? funnel! and what are these? okay now we get the water bottles I mean

I'll do it because there's glass in there! can you hold the water bottle? okay!

oh yeah and yellow make orange it's a good guess yes we'll see put that to

this side all right and then mommy will hold it and you can put glitter through

the funnel whoa let's do one more let's do what do you think daddy Gold red or

green okay daddy said green let's do green

let's get a better look we got silver and green and red and yellow glue stick

water in there so now we're gonna put the cap on so now so I want you to shake

the bottle really hard what happened all the glitter spread out look how shiny it

is now

with my blue in the dark

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Ask An Eye Doc: Do Halloween Contacts Affect Your Vision? - Duration: 0:42.

- Josh asked, do costume contacts affect your vision?

Well, Josh, this is the perfect time

to ask that question.

Halloween is right around the corner.

(upbeat music)

Costume contacts don't typically

have a prescription, but they can affect your vision

because they change the shape of your pupil.

So let's say you have a cat eye for Halloween.

It's going to allow less light into your eyes.

That might make it a little bit

harder to see for the few hours that you're wearing it.

If you're going to choose to wear costume contacts

this Halloween, make sure they're prescribed

by your eye doctor and FDA-approved.

Thanks for stopping by.

If you have an eye-related question,

remember #AskAnEyeDoc.

(upbeat music)

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Laurel Can Help You Through A Hoarding Situation - Duration: 1:16.

You know, in the life of a family, you can accumulate a lot of stuff.

and not know what to do with it.

Especially if maybe your parents have passed, and the siblings don't always agree, or it's

just overwhelming because you have your own family to deal with.

Or there is maybe a health issue.

We can take care of that for you.

That can be part of the deal for you.

Selling your house to us isn't a cookie cutter thing.

We can create terms that really work for your family.

If you need to leave stuff like this, we can take care of it.

We can make sure that some charities benefit from it, we can have estate sellers come in

and deal with it for you, you deal with your family, let us deal with the house and possessions

that are no longer serving your family.