I went to the local brush dump late last week and collected some miscellaneous greens. This weekend my son and I made some Christmas wreaths. It's the dumpster diving gene that apparently gives me pleasure in making something from what others have discarded. Ron

Stacy, I have more time now, and thus, here it is: I started by browning the brats, added chopped garlic, and carrot slices, then the chopped up cabbage simmered all for a bit, then added chicken stock. That's the stock I had at hand. simmered till the whole house smelled yummy... ;) I had one package of sausage, I think it was 6 a BUNCH of garlic, almost a whole garlic I think it was 4 large carrots and there were two heads of cabbage, and finally 1 container of chicken stock Hope this helps. Moni

Many of the developers of wind farms have begun placing their turbines in off-the-land locations. A large lake, for instance, would not take up land space and the winds are just as predictable. The Gulf of Mexico will have hundreds of wind turbines within the next decade. As to waterfowl being affected by the movement of the turbine blades, most birds would recognize the situation if the first bird were to be caught in the slowly moving blades. The rest of the flock would veer away and only a few animals would be harmed. In the case of Canada Geese, that would not amount to a large percentage of those animals that are considered pests where I live. There is also the assumption that migratory waterfowl would fly at that particular altitude. Some geese fly much higher as they migrate.

That IS pretty Annie. This afternoon I had 10 cardinals at my feeder. This was in between the invasion of starlings and grackles - hundreds of them swamping the feeder. When they invade my neighbor's feeders she wraps on her window to shoo them away, then they fly up to my place!