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Good golly, Miss Molly, that stuff is expensive! Store bought jerky tastes, to be polite, artificial. Make your own in the oven or dehydrator. Super simple and delicious. Slice a beef roast about a quarter inch thick. Some say to make sure the fat is off it but we like the fat and it doesn't last long enough with this crowd to go rancid so no problem. Dip the slices into a mixture of soy sauce and brown sugar for 30 seconds. No measurement... less or more sugar to your taste. Lay the slices on the dehydrator trays and sprinkle on some black pepper or cayenne if you like heat. Or put in a very low oven. It is done when the pieces are just barely flexible. You don't want to cook them until they're bone dry. Leave them out on the counter for a few hours so you won't have any condensation when you bag it up. It will keep for about 6 months in a baggie in the pantry. You could also make turkey or venison jerky.

The past few days, I've been pouring over garden books and getting my notes in order. Such a mess but maybe I can find all the “what to do if” when I need it now. Also, trying to finalize the spring garden plan but I keep moving plots around and will probably not follow it come planting time anyway. BLAH, the cat just knocked everything including the pencil can all in the floor, grrr. She's been a royal pain because I've been doing desk stuff and not giving her attention. Not! Because she's had more attention because I have been at my desk for 3 days, sigh, don't know about her.

Just came in from picking a handful of pecans. Hubby needs to mow so I can get to them but he's down in his back. It was 73 but we're supposed to get some rain tonight. It's not going to freeze so the ginger pot can stay outside tonight. It is getting dizzy with all the in and out and in again on cold nights.