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First let me start out by stating up-front that I am not a professional on food plot
management. I do not play a biologist on TV, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express
last night. However, it is for my lack of experience that I chose to write this article
for those who may be slightly less experienced than myself so they might benefit to some
extent. I do this largely because no one did it for me, and the research to get myself
started was a bit confusing and over-barring at times. The possibilities food plot farmers
face are rather endless so I'm going to start off by being as basic as possible, and let
the professionals higher up on the food chain give you more information to find yourself
confused on.
Food plots need to be determined by what exactly you wish to get out of it. Are you building
a QDM (Quality Deer Management) program? Wishing to increase the number of deer in
your area? Wishing to advance the overall health of the population or increase sightings,
or all of the above? According to research a deer needs about 16 percent protein in the
diet to reach its maximum genetic potential. Average natural habitat can provide about
100 pounds of deer browse an acre each year. Good native browse averages only about 10
percent protein. A quality food plot can yield more than 10,000 pounds of forage per
acre averaging over 20 percent protein! And that's just for warm-season plots. Total
annual production of both warm- and cool-season plots on a given acre can top 15,000 pounds.
So adding it up you can see that a one-acre food plot can grow more deer feed than 100 acres
of natural habitat, and that food-plot forage is far more nutritious. What does that mean
to you? Deer numbers have the potential to be at least doubled and body and antler size
increased by as much as 20 to 25 percent under serious food-plot programs.
How big a plot do I need? It is generally recommended that at least 2 to 3% or your entire
area should be in plot for the best effect. This does not mean that if you have 200 acres
that you need to plant one 4 acre food plot, but it would not be out of the question to plant
a 1 acre plot, and two 1.5 acre plots in different sections of the property. This would allow
you to spread the wealth if you will, and also allow you the opportunity to not over hunt a
specific area. Here I have 3 plots. Plot 1 and 3 are fall/winter plots. Plot 2 is an annual –
year round plot. Plots 1 and 2 are a bit over ½ acre and only 100 yards apart. Plot 2 and 3
are 250 yards apart. Plot # 3 is 2 acres which is today's project. The first season all three
plots showed 3 completely different visitation patterns. All I can say is variety is the
spice of life!
An acre is 43,560 square feet. To determine your plot size use this formula:
Avg. Length (ft.) X Avg. Width(ft.) and divide by 43,560 = total amount of acreage.
Ex: 150 ft x 150 ft = 22,500 / 43,560 = 0.5165289 or ½ an acre.
Topography plays a role in plot effectiveness as well. What makes the separation between my plots unique is #2 is on a hillside bench. It lays 60 feet higher than plot #1 and 150 feet higher than plot #3. In short what I'm trying to say is play the land to your advantage when you can.
The first thing you need is a plan. Examine what it is you wish to accomplish with your plots and work towards accomplishing that goal. There are spring plots, summer plots, fall and winter plots. There are perennial plots (re-seed themselves and re-establish on their own each season), and annual plots (those that must be manually planted every season). Both have their advantages, but their use will largely depend on your plan. I don't have time in this article to go into a full blown QDM programs so the best immediate advise I can give you is purchase your seed and follow the recommended planting instructions that are on the package. Plain and simple!
Taking under consideration your herd density and what agriculturally is being grown in surrounding properties. This should help make your decision for plot types. Ex: If there is a 200-acre cornfield just over the fence will a ½ acre plot of clover draw deer to your area in early season? Not likely. It will pay you to do some homework and find out what is around you and plan accordingly. If there is a question on what you need a TWRA biologist or similar professional can help you find the answer.
For any plot you must first and foremost figure out what kind of soil you're dealing with. Believe it or not most soils are not compatible for planting unless they are properly prepared. Your goal is to test for soil pH or percentage of acidity or alkalinity the soil content has. pH scales range from 0 to 14. The lower the number the more acidic the soil, the higher the number the more basic. A pH reading of 7 is considered neutral. The optimum range for most food plots is 6.0 to 7.5! This is where most plantings thrive. Planting instructions on most seeds will tell you what your seeds require. (See chart below). A soil test will tell you what you need to prepare your soil for maximum growth potential. Remember, healthy plants make healthy deer, and happy hunters.
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Your first task will be to take a drive out to your local co-op or farm conservation agency and obtain soil sample boxes. Be sure to tell the dealer what kind of plots you intend working with. There will be instructions on the box, but essentially you should use 2 boxes for each plot. Core samples are to be dug from at least 4 locations in the field for each box you use. A bit of each core sample is combined into a single bag to represent the field in its entirety. This insures an accurate reading of the overall plot. If you are using different seeding in sections of a single plot try to sample from each section.
Then you mail off your samples along with the associated fee. Usually about $7.00 per box. A few weeks later the lab will send you your results. Follow the recommended applications. If they say your acid is a bit high and needs to be neutralized with 2 tons of lime per acre then do so accordingly.
Lime comes in several forms and price ranges. Check around and see what's best for you. In general palletized lime when integrated into the soil will give you faster results, but it is very expensive. You can purchase bulk lime very cheaply, but it usually takes around 6 months to get the results you expect so timing of you're applications is critical. If you intend on having a fall plot then you will need to lime in the spring, When working plots remember just about anything you need can be rented if you don't have it. If drivers can easily reach your plot location, bulk lime can be broadcast straight off the delivery truck. Otherwise you can rent appropriate lime applicators or do it the hard way and spread it with a shovel. However, you'd better have a strong back. Even distribution is important as lime pretty much stays where it is applied.
Good spots for food plots can be equated to an old real estate slogan. Location, location, location. This location needs essential elements to provide a successful spot. Plots should not be planted in plain view of the general public for obvious reasons. They should also not be planted in areas of extreme drought or wet areas unless the seed is specifically designed for those conditions. Thin and irregular plot configurations are preferred to large open fields. Why? Deer are like bass; they are cover and edge oriented. Not so much as fish, but they require edge and cover to be nearby to feel comfortable because it provides quick escape for them. Deer also use edges as travel routes. If edge does not exist in your plot you should do your best to provide it. A whitetail deer will almost certainly hesitate to step out of a wood line directly into a food plot. However, if you provide a soft edge for them to transition into the plot they'll be more prone to feel comfortable, and comfortable deer is a good thing. I've done this with my plot by simply letting the native grasses grow uncut to create a 30-yard border on the edge of the food plot to the wood line. Hence I have added an extra edge and the deer love it. To maintain this edge I'll only have to bush hog the line every two years to prevent re-forestation. Cut it every other spring and forget it.
Last fall I planted Dwarf Essex Rape (of the turnip family), Winter Rye, and White Clover in this particular field. Plot usage last season led me to the following conclusion. Winter Rye was not utilized, Clover did not mature well until this past spring, and the Rape was eaten to the dirt. Rape is known to be utilized more after first frost, but the deer were hammering it by the opener of bow season in September. This you should remember. Some plots and seeds need experimentation before you know what will work for you. The field now has a good stand of clover. So this season I will leave a section clover in place and put the rest of the field in Rape and natural cut grass, and yes they feed on that too! This map is this seasons "Plan". Area 1 is native grasses left uncut. This provides extra cover, transition and borders to the filed. Area 2 is cut grass. Area 3 is rape, and area 4 is clover. The box blind is located at the south end. The field is a gentle upward slope and it is 250 yards from the blind to the top end of area 2.
My pH test is complete and this time and I don't need to add anything probably because I did it last summer.
The last thing you want in a plot is competition. Seeds have to work hard enough to establish and don't need to waste energy to fight native weeds and grasses. It's time to kill them out. There are a few good products out there for this. Post, Round-Up, and Gly-4 are to name a few. If you shop you can save some money, but nothing is cheap. If the field is too high in growth you may wish to bush hog and let new growth start before spraying herbicides. Herbicides are most effective when applied during the growth stages of the plants it is applied to. They can be applied with hand sprayers, however even in the smallest plot you're dealing with a lot of water, a lot of mixing, and a lot of work. Specified drip rates are essential for proper application as well and that is difficult to obtain without the proper equipment. I recommend an ATV style applicator if possible and a unit with a boom even makes the job even easier
Follow instructions and pay attention to them when applying herbicides. Again timing is important. I am working on a fall/winter plot. My preferred planting dates for my area are August 15 to October 1 (see chart below). I want my plots to be planted by early September because I don't want to be doing plot work near or during bow season for obvious reasons. So I established a plan. I will cut the field in mid July and the first week in August I will spray. In general 2 weeks is all you need for an effective kill. However, some fields may require a second application. When you return and your field is brown you've done your job. Now it's a matter of preparing your seedbed.
If you cannot use a proper sprayer for herbicide application it is not the end of your food plot dreams. Disking is your answer. A plot tilled several times can usually temporarily kill off enough unwanted stuff to at least get you through one season, but don't expect to see a perfectly healthy plot without extra work. I use a 3- point hitch disk tiller pulled behind a tractor. ATV tillers or even hand tillers can be used it just depends on the size of the plot and the amount of work you want to do. If your ground has never been broken before you will need to till several times regardless. If you are double or triple disking the field to replace herbicide application it is best to wait a week or two between tillings. Staggered multiple diskings tend to take out any secondary emergent growth you may miss on primary rounds. However, some grasses and weeds always return. One way to control them is with regular mowing
Another way to control weed and grass growth is the application of Post or similar product, which has a grass-killing herbicide that does not harm broadleaf plants. Once your plot is established if you have a broadleaf plot like clover for example, this can work wonders.
My planting instructions for this particular seed call for good seed to soil contact with a firm bed. After your final disking you need to cultipack the ground. Cultipacking is simply "packing" the dirt to prepare a hard bed. There are several ways to accomplish this: A lot of driving with an ATV or tractor to let the tires flatten the dirt, dragging a hurricane fence with cinder blocks on top, chaining several logs together and pulling them, or use a cuptipacking device. Mine is a cylinder about the size of a 55-gallon drum filled with water for weight.
Cultipacking is done twice. After your final disking cultipack the field. Then use a seed broadcaster placed on the proper spread setting to broadcast your seed and then cultipack again. This assures proper seed to soil contact. When it comes to spreaders most any will do the job weather it's a hand or automatic spreader. The purpose is to insure an equal distribution of your product. Timing is important here too as weather plays a huge role in your immediate success. Soil cannot be wet for planting, but you want it good a wet after the fact. If time allows watch the weather and attempt to sow seed a day or two before rain is expected. Last year it wasn't supposed to rain until the next day, but I got lucky when I no sooner finished cultipacking a 50-pound bag of winter wheat into the soil when the heavens opened. The result was 4 inches of growth in one week. Again it all gets back to that planning thing I keep mentioning. All this hard work should pay off by the end of the season when hopefully you'll be able to say, "I love it when a plan comes together." while you're taking a nice buck to the taxidermist.
Seeds. The list is endless and so are the prices. Just like hunting apparel there is a vast plethora of varieties to choose from. You can also choose to section your plots like I did, or use a variety of mixes. Prepackaged seeds are convenient, but extremely costly. It is much more cost efficient to have your local co-op mix seed for you. Plus, they know what works for the area and are usually more than willing to help you out. For Tennessee a typical mixture per acre for cool season plots may look like this:
Seed prices vary year to year and are dependent on the markets yield. Regardless, seed by the pound at the local co-op is cheaper than buying it in a plastic bag with pretty colors and deer pictures all over it. The below information is provided by the UT Agricultural Extension Service: * Note: all legumes should be inoculated prior to planting. This ensures crop success. Ask for pre-inoculated seed.
white clover
winter pea
5.8 – 6.5
60. – 6.5
5.8 – 7.0
6.0 – 6.5
6.0 – 7.0
6.5 – 7.0
climate; wet bottomland soil
drained, sandy loams-light clay, good reseeder
Loam &
Clay soil – tolerates poor drainage; good reseeder
adaptive; excellent reseeder
moist bottomland
loamy to clay
adaptive; best on fertile moist bottomland
Well-drained loams
drained - drought tollerant
Well-drained, light texture
Well-drained, light texture clay or sand; not poorly drained
Well-drained, most textures; tolerates poor drainage
Well-drained, light texture; not in poorly drained or heavy clay
Common (kobe)
5.5 – 6.5
5.5 – 7.5
Moist to
wet, light texture, not droughty
Moderately to well drained including bottomland
Well-drained; drought tolerant
adaptive, well-drained
sorghum (milo)
& German millet
proso millet
5.5 – 7.0
adaptive, well- drained
soil; tolerates shallow flooding after establishment
Well-drained; tolerates dry sites
Essex & typhon Rape
Moderately to well-drained sandy or loam; avoid clay
Rate #per acre
Clover (perennial)
Clover (annual)
Clover (annual)
white clover (perennial)
Clover (biennial)
Dutch Clover (perennial)
winter pea (perennial)
trefoil (perennial)
Sept 1 –
Oct 1
Aug 15 –
Oct 1
Sept 1 –
Oct 1 ; Feb 15 – Apr 1
Aug 15 –
Sept 15 ; Mar 1 – May 1
Aug 15 –
Oct 1; Feb 20 – Apr 1
1 – 2"
(annual or perennial)
Sept 1 –
Oct 15 ; Feb 15 – Mar 15
Sept 1 –
Oct 15
Aug 15 –
Oct 15 ; Feb 15 – Apr 1
Aug 15 –
Oct 15
½ -1"
½ - 1"
¼ - ½"
jointvetch (annual)
Alyceclover (annual)
Mar 1 –
June 1
May 1 –
June 15
May 1 –
June 15
Mar 15 –
Apr 15
1 – 2"
1 – 2'
& German millet
Apr 1 –
May 15
Apr 15 –
June 15
May 1 –
Aug 31
1 –2"
Apr 1 –
May 15 ; Aug 15 – Oct 1
Apr 15
–June 1
Mar 1 –
May 15 ; Aug 15 – Oct 1
Apr 15 –
May 15
Mar 1 –
May 15 ; Aug 15 – Oct 1
½ - 1'"
1- 2"
Are the deer hitting you plots? Unless you take steps to monitor your plot you will not have accurate information on its usage or how healthy the plot may be. If you are lacking good growth it could be soil problems, a need for fertilizer or lack of proper pH and such, or it could be that the deer are feeding so heavily they are keeping the growth to a minimum. In order to determine what you are facing an exclusion cage is needed. Pick a section in your plot and stick 4 stakes in the ground and surround them with chicken wire. Make sure the top is covered also. A good size to go with is and area 3 feet x 3 feet. This area will be protected from feeding and give you a clue as to what your plot is actually doing. If you find a cage with 3 feet of growth in it and the rest of your plot is only 4 inches high it is pretty easy to assume that deer are hammering your food plot. This information helps you plan for the future. Perhaps you need a larger plot next season, or you need to thin the population a bit. Whatever the case you know that particular plot has something the deer like so make note of it.
Maintenance and feeding of your plots is another ballgame. Some well maintained perennial plots can last as long as 5 years. It's only a matter of following the instructions. It's hard work, and not a cure all to successful hunting by any means. It's just another tool in our arsenal in our search of healthy whitetails. I hope I've helped somewhat. I wish the best of luck to you with your future projects.
Thomas has been an outdoorsman for the majority of his 46 years. He started chasing whitetails in Eastern Tennessee about twenty years ago. He moved to Mt.
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hello....it's a STARTER zone.
and for those screaming about needing harder content -- go do sartherion+3.
blizz (imo) did an amazing job creating raid content that scales with the needs of it's playerbase this time around -- a fun and easy-to-do large instance to get gearing up done quickly and some fights that can be as hard or as easy as you want them to be. honestly, what is not to like about this?
But no, see - the guys that cleared Sunwell want the new raids in the new content built JUST FOR THEM so that you have no chance of getting to the point that you can take this content if you haven't been raiding on the same schedule they have.
The mere /idea/ that maybe the first big raids in the new expansion may have been built to get the 'scrubs' and 'facerolling casuals' interested in raiding again, plus Blizzard's reported three MILLION new players post BC launch not having any chance at all to do some of this higher end content until now..
Well, this is a perfect storm of 'resetting' the /gear/ difficulty in raids without resetting the /skill/.
The trouble is, I think, all the folks looking at people like .. oh, I dunno, /me/, being one of those new three million, is that they view things through the lens of their own experience. "But everyone was at 70" they say - VERY not true, thankyouverymuch.
But the biggest one that seems to pervade these folks's arguments is: "If you haven't raided what we have, you don't deserve to start." And this is lame.
I'm all for keeping boss encounters difficult, and the strategies tough to implement. But the /gear/ requirements have been 'nerfed', if that's even the word, to make the Entry Level Raid that is Nax accessable to those groups that have not raided before, either due to timing, lack of interest, or the absence of people to fill holes on the lower level raids.
One example: My guild BARELY hit the level cap before WOTLK. We were trying to put together a Magtherion (sp?) raid - and /just/ got to do Kara for the first time, with the guild overpowered, in WOTLK instance blues, for it. Sad, huh?
How were we supposed to gear up to do BT? But we /can/ gear up to do Nax. It's a possibility. And we can join y'all in the WOTLK content.
Why. Is this. Bad?
But but but you heard what some people have said! They want challenges! However, they don't WANT to do Sarth +3. It's like tying their hands behind their backs!
I really don't get this mindset which has cropped up regarding raids being too easy. People need to look at the raid as a whole (achievements included!) before they stick that label on this content.
No, raids today do not have soul crushing difficulty and endless amounts of trash with quick respawns. For now, like Allison said, this is a good thing.


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I am an author, speaker, and loud-mouth on the design of enterprise software. I work for ThoughtWorks, a software delivery and consulting company. This site contains lots of my writing on software development, which primarily focuses on software design and agile methods. To find your way around this site, go to the intro guide.
My atom feed (RSS) announces any updates to this site, as well as various news about my activities and other things I think you may be interested in. I also make regular announcements via my twitter feed, which I copy to my facebook page.
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Some notes from my experiences in setting up a Vagrant VM to help collaborators use my web publishing toolchain. I used Chef to provision the VM and rbenv to install and control the right version of ruby.
Sun 31 Aug 2014 10:48 EDT
I recently deleted a note on my Notes app on my apple laptop. As someone who is a paranoid keeper of backups, and usually commits all my work to a repository like git, I don't worry much about accidental deletion. But Apple's notes app doesn't have any form of version control, and it's all too easy to delete something by accident. I have a daily rsync backup and run time machine, but googling couldn't uncover a simple way of getting the note back. So in case someone else needs to do this, here's what I did.
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As I talk to people about using a microservices architectural style I hear a lot of optimism. Developers enjoy working with smaller units and have expectations of better modularity than with monoliths. But as with any architectural decision there are trade-offs. In particular with microservices there are serious consequences for operations, who now have to handle an ecosystem of small services rather than a single, well-defined monolith. Consequently if you don't have certain baseline competencies, you shouldn't consider using the microservice style.
Wed 27 Aug 2014 08:35 EDT
Retread of post orginally made on 12 Aug 2004
When you a write a class, you mostly strive to ensure that the features of that class make sense for that class. But there are occasions when it makes sense to add a feature to allow a class to conform to a richer interface that it naturally should.
Tue 26 Aug 2014 09:22 EDT
A maturity model is a tool that helps people assess the current effectiveness of a person or group and supports figuring out what capabilities they need to acquire next in order to improve their performance. In many circles maturity models have gained a bad reputation, but although they can easily be misused, in proper hands they can be helpful.
Sat 23 Aug 2014 15:28 EDT
Wed 13 Aug 2014 09:52 EDT
When I wrote Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, I coined what I called the First Law of Distributed Object Design: "don't distribute your objects". In recent months there's been a lot of interest in microservices, which has led a few people to ask whether microservices are in contravention to this law, and if so why I am in favor of them?
For a long time I've been a champion of Continuous Integration which reduces integration risk by integrating early and often, an application of the principle of Frequency Reduces Difficulty. We've found CI to be a core technique at ThoughtWorks and use it almost all the time. At the heart of this is a style of development that minimizes long feature branches with techniques like Branch By Abstraction and Feature Toggles.
While this is useful, there was still risk present from software that works in the development environment to getting it to work in production. As a result we developed Deployment Pipelines to reduce this risk, moving closer to our aim of Continuous Delivery: building software in such a way that we confidently deploy the latest builds into production whenever there is a business need. We find this improves feedback, reduces risk, and increases the visibility of project progress.
For more information: take a look at my guide page on Continuous Delivery.
I've been involved in enterprise software for two decades and while we've seen huge technological change during that time, the relational database has been a constant figure. Previous attempts to dethrone relational databases have failed, but some people think the new rise of NoSQL databases will finally consign relational databases to history. While I think relational databases are going to an important part of the landscape for a long time, I do think that there is a big change coming in the database field.
I've been collaborating with my colleague Pramod Sadalage, on exploring and explaining this shift. For more information take a look at the nosql guide.
I discovered ThoughtWorks in 2000: then a small American company whose philosphy of software development was remarkably similar to my own. Now we've grown to around 2500 people world-wide, but kept the values that make us special. My colleagues have built critical systems for many clients in that time, and I've learned many lessons from them. While doing this, we found we often didn't have the tools we needed, so we started to build them. This led to open-source tools such as CruiseControl, Selenium, Frank, and Moco as well as commercial products.
I have many opportunities, but I've stayed at ThoughtWorks because of the quality of my colleagues, who include both well-known speakers and those who may not be famous names but do an excellent job of software delivery (and feed me the information to write about). We are inspired by working with each other and our unusual three-pillar philosophy that raises professional excellence and social justice to the same level as financial performance.
And we are always looking for more great people to join our curious company. Maybe I'll see you in one of our offices some day.
As with any style of process, agile software development has bred lots of interest in metrics. The thinking goes something like this, "We need a number to measure how we're doing. Numbers focus people and help us measure success." Whilst well intentioned, management by numbers unintuitively leads to problematic behavior and ultimately detracts from broader project and organizational goals. Metrics inherently aren't a bad thing; just often, inappropriately used. Pat Kua, author of The Retrospective Handbook, demonstrates these issues and offers an alternative approach that uses metrics well.
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Last day here.
Spots of rain after breakfast came as a shock but had passed by11.30 so we took the opportunity to go on the bikes as planned for today. We cycled to the small but pretty town of St Loup and although the round trip was less than ten miles there were a lot of hills to tackle and the heat was excessive. The town (being a Sunday) was deserted, and I half expected to see ...
Market Day - Airvault.
... any fresher? There has been a market on this site since before 1370 when the present one replaced a wooden one. There is a sense of community here as everyone appears to know everyone else, a meeting place for locals who welcome strangers with the same friendly manner they have for each other. A very nice market, one of my favourites!
Gas Mark 3 in the Loft
... where the girls slept was like a slow cooker. They stripped back to their nappies and laid on top of the bedding but it was hard to get them to sleep. The next morning (Saturday) we tried the pool, which was heated. The girls wore water wings but at this stage were were more comfortable playing in the foot bath. We set off again at 13.15 for another "3 hour journey" to Bugue which is the town closest to the Eurocamp ...
Sightseeing and swimming.
... br> After returning from our morning of activity we found that there was no-one in the pool and so a quick swim burned a few more calories before lunch. Tomorrow is market day and we will again walk to town to explore and shop, Sunday we are planning another bike ride before Monday and our departure north to another part of France for our last two days before the ferry and home on Wednesday night. But for now the sun is still shining and we still have six days left.
... where I was needed to perform first-aid and open cold beer as medication. The distance was seventeen miles and we cycled another four later on to the Intermarche to buy more sticking plasters. That situation now resolved I am trying to decide whether to have quick swim before getting ready for our fish, chips and beer at 7pm.


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Ask A Stoner: Toaster Ovens, Pick Up Lines & The CIA
Dylan Mallett is medicinal budtender and cannabis connoisseur living in LA. From California to Amsterdam to other parts of California, Dylan's passion for pot has taken him all over the world and allowed him to smoke virtually every strain of sticky-icky on the planet.
I don't have a stove, my microwave broke, and I'm sick of eating tuna and cereal. What's the best food I can make in a toaster oven?
When it comes to the toaster oven, if you build it, it will cook. I've seen some old college buddies do some Wolfgang Puck shit on a toaster-oven. Chicken Parmesan, sautéed Louisiana shrimp, edamame, crabcakes, enchiladas, soufflés, and about half the Cheesecake Factory menu. How? Because they didn't focus on the restrictions of a toaster-oven, only it's possibilities.
Also, why are you eating tuna cereal? That sounds disgusting. Haven't you heard of a dollar menu? Hot pockets? A banana? There's other options besides StarKist Cheerios, dude.
What's the best pick up line?
"I'm incredibly rich. Here's a new iPhone 5 with my number in it. Call me sometime." It's not a sure thing, but if you do this to twenty or thirty girls a night, one of them is BOUND to be down. It's all about planting seeds. (NOTE: must be incredibly rich to actually use this pick-up line. If it doesn't work, just pick up some high-class prostitutes – cuz hey, you're rich!!!)
How do you feel about the government?
They're behind everything, man. Like, even this question, I bet. Nice try, CIA. I'm not biting.


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The annual Bake 'n Bike Valentine's Day fundraiser is rolling into its ninth year.
Right now, volunteers are taking orders for a variety of Valentine's Day treats, including heart-shaped scones to deliver to you or a sweetheart, that raise money for a cause.
The proceeds will benefit Community Bikes, a volunteer-run bike shop, and Books Behind Bars, which donates books to prisons. Last year's fundraiser raised more than $2,000.
"Yeah, we definitely put the fun in fundraiser. You can't go wrong ordering something for your sweetheart, and bringing that to someone, it really brightens their day that someone was thinking about them on Valentine's Day," said volunteer coordinator Shelly Stern.
A costumed cyclist will deliver orders in the city. This year, people can place their orders online until Valentine's Day.
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Bake 'n Bike Valentine Scone Fundraiser
It's that time again! Get ready for the 9th annual Bake 'n Bike fundraiser to benefit Books Behind Bars and Community Bikes. Every year we raise well over $1000 for these organizations (last year we raised almost $2,500!), and with your help, we can raise even more this year!
Place orders now for delivery on Thursday February 14th. For a $15-20 donation, a costumed bike rider will pedal a half dozen freshly baked, heart shaped, fairly traded chocolate chip scones - complete with a homemade card - to your door (or your honey's/friend's/co-worker's door) in town. Pick up also available at the Quest Bookshop for county folks.
This year, you can place your order online: cvillecommunitybikes.org (you will see the "click here" link)
*We will take orders even on Valentine's Day!* Please tell all your friends!
Call or email Shell at 882-1516, or email email@example.com with additional questions. Thanks so much for your support!


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These 2 bedroom apartments are located at Waterhead in the popular village of Ambleside.
With onsite lesiure facilities including a pool, whirlpool and sauna, shops, bars and restaurants on the doorstep these modern apartments are sure to appeal to families and groups looking to explore Ambleside and the villages around Lake Windermere.
As the name suggests these luxurious apartments are located on the shores of Lake Windermere at Waterhead.
Ambleside is a true Lake District village with facilities and amenities for all, there is a large selection of shops ranging from walking and climbing to antiques and art galleries.
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WATERHEAD APARTMENT 3, (Swimming Pool), Ambleside
Ambleside, Cumbria, England
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