February 2009

  • For the Birds: Recipe for Peanut Butter Suet

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    Mike Matenkosky
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    Here’s a simple and easy recipe for Peanut Butter Suet that birds just love. Ingredients1 cup Lard1 cup Chunky Peanut Butter4 cup Yellow Cornmeal1 cup Flour1 cup Bird SeedCrushed Egg Shells Directions Bake shells in the Microwave for a 1-2 minutes. Crush the egg shells. I used a plastic bag and a spoon. Add lard…

  • An Old Friend is Gone….

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    Mike Matenkosky
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    In January 2006 I needed a wheelchair after my first knee replacement. Unfortunately, it went bad and for two years I was either in my wheelchair or using a walker. Finally in August of 2008, I was able to stand and walk again, without the wheelchair. It sat here “just in case” until I decided…

  • Busy or Boredom?

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    Mike Matenkosky
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    Not really sure if it was boredom or just busy work, but I just finished adding over 700 entries into my backpacking website database, The Backcountry. About 6 months ago, a friend of mine helped my convert this site, Images in the Backcountry, from a html site to a database-driven site…using php and MySQL. It’s…