Reznjun

summer is winding down. soon it will be fall. time for our fall dance. the gardens are still producing but soon will be time to till them under. i finally got a load of fill dirt for the raised bed gardens. today one of my homeboys can over and fill the grow boxes up. the fill dirt will eventually settle. it is good black soil that came from bottom land. plans are to score some composted cow manure to add to the boxes and the garden spots. after that then the gardens can be tilled under. next week i have to drive to wichita to check on the garden they have down there. it is under our grant so i have to check on it.

i have a deer hide soaking. it is already scraped. i just have to string it on a coupla hand drum frames. i have a few frames put away for this winter. i talked to a few hunters. they said they would fix me up with the deer hides that they just normally throw away. i will have to see if i can get some salt for the times i wont be able to get to the hides right away.  i can salt the hide down and save it for later. that is better than losing the hide.

i bought a pick up  load of corrugated tin from a guy i know. i want to build  a smoke house to make some deer jerky this winter. i used to just set the oven on low and dry it that way. but a smoke house would greatly improve the taste. i remember back in my militant days when i hitch hiked around the country. i stayed with some indians out west. they had a smoke house. it was going all the time. we would smoke salmon, sturgeon and deer. i liked the taste of smoked meat. thats why i want to build a smoke house.

i mentioned earlier i am going to vegas with two of my kids. kinda looking forward to that. i checked into some shows. i dont want to spend that much money watching some old singers. i can see old singers cheaper at indian casinos. i would rather spend money at the black jack table. i do want to go see where tupac got it tho. and i want to find a cheap buffet. maybe have a picture taken with an elvis. i probably will just walk the strip too. gotta log some miles walking. might as well see the sights.

one more day for this work week….