Yes, the Black Flies have returned & in abundance with the warm/sunny days.
They are swarming the dogs but not biting due the addition of Garlic Powder in their feed. I have been using the garlic everyday for the past couple of years and it seems to make a difference preventing the biting by the flies.
We also had a storm pass here on Wednesday with very strong winds. These winds continued through Friday, although with less velocity.
The photo of the sunset was shot Wednesday.
Saturday was nice and calm, that gave me an opportunity to get the new Bradley Smoker in operation. The menu for the day was Hickory Smoked loin of Pork, Pork Chops and Chicken legs/thighs. The pork was dry rubbed with my homemade recipe and infused for 12 hours. The chicken was also infused with a homemade dry rub for 5 hours before smoking. The smoking process took 5 hours, all the time tantalizing me with the smell fresh hickory smoked meat.
THE RESULT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT! (The smoke also helped keep the Black Flies away!)
Time to enjoy the Summer like weather.
Until next week.....
They are swarming the dogs but not biting due the addition of Garlic Powder in their feed. I have been using the garlic everyday for the past couple of years and it seems to make a difference preventing the biting by the flies.
We also had a storm pass here on Wednesday with very strong winds. These winds continued through Friday, although with less velocity.
The photo of the sunset was shot Wednesday.
Saturday was nice and calm, that gave me an opportunity to get the new Bradley Smoker in operation. The menu for the day was Hickory Smoked loin of Pork, Pork Chops and Chicken legs/thighs. The pork was dry rubbed with my homemade recipe and infused for 12 hours. The chicken was also infused with a homemade dry rub for 5 hours before smoking. The smoking process took 5 hours, all the time tantalizing me with the smell fresh hickory smoked meat.
THE RESULT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT! (The smoke also helped keep the Black Flies away!)
Time to enjoy the Summer like weather.
Until next week.....
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