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<\/a><\/p>\nSpot made some new friends at our annual Hoppin’ John Party on New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Parsley, beets, greens, leeks, daikon and oyster mushrooms. They didn’t last long, because we ate them right up!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob had our rings cleaned by a nice lady in town. Thanks for the recommendation, Tami!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Camille wrote Two Brauds Abroad<\/em> with Stephanie De La Garza, and Bob wrote Backyard Biodiesel<\/em> with Lyle Estill. Camille holds two books side-by-side to show off the front and back cover featuring a photo Bob took of a broke-down taxi on the road in front of our house in Ghana. Bob holds a jar of backyard biodiesel made next door and a knowing smile – the perfect photo for his author bio. <\/p>\n Malcolm and Bob completed the skinning of the greenhouse where Bob\u00a0will soon be cultivating ginger and turmeric as Piedmont Tropicals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob and Ernie (pictured) have been digging a trench and laying electrical conduit in a pipe to bring electricity to the greenhouse.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the other end of the property, the pole barn has received a new roof which will preserve the newly built stairs below. FAC (Friday Afternoon Club), anyone?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We hope Betsy and Doug write a book about the house they are building. Obviously not interested in sticking with straight lines, they went for the rounded-line, sunburst\/shipwreck look.<\/p>\n THIS MONTH’S QUOTES:<\/span><\/p>\n “The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.” Edgar Watson Howe<\/span><\/p>\n “But then I think — well, I’d like to like Bach’s music more than I do, and I could probably make myself like it better if I tried, but I don’t like having to try to make myself like things. I want to spend more time on the things that I already like.” – Gretchen Rubin from The Happiness Project<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth. – Kurt Vonnegut\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The best way to locate a page or photo from past issues is with this handy Search Engine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Get the back story via our blog at Plastic Farm Animals<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Despite frigid January temperatures, we still managed to eat well, party hearty and complete a few outdoor projects. This is perfect weather for writing, and both Bob and Camille have been working on their first books. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n HAPPY NEW YEAR! <\/p>\n \n \n Spot made some new friends at our annual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[36,283,286,285,221,270,284],"class_list":["post-8147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-album","tag-biodiesel","tag-charlotte","tag-hard-labor","tag-hope-and-luke","tag-hoppin-john","tag-mushrooms","tag-two-brauds-abroad","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8147"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8240,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8147\/revisions\/8240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nFRESH FROM THE BACKYARD<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nSHINING IT UP<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAUTHORS!<\/h3>\n
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\nYou can buy Two Brauds Abroad on Amazon<\/a> or on their Website<\/a>. Backyard Biodiesel<\/a> will be available in April. Or, if you Kindle, get a free kindle<\/a> version of Two Brauds Abroad for a limited time. Offer ends Thursday, February 5th!<\/p>\n\u00a0PIEDMONT TROPICALS<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nLAYING THE GROUNDWORK<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nTOPSIDE<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nA HOME TO WRITE HOME ABOUT<\/h3>\n
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