Earlier this month, Mr. Pikko’s efforts with his new batch of rabbits from the mainland finally began to pay off, with much larger litters than what he’d been getting with the line he got locally. It’s taken months to get to this point, but two bunnies had litters of 8 and one had a litter of 6. The bunnies from the old line sadly had litters of 1 and 2, so there’s really no question now that they’re just bad stock.
Deals & Steals – 2012 Halloween Specials October 18
I still haven’t bought the kids’ costumes and today Mr. Pikko reminded me I could still buy online, so I went looking around for deals and such and found these. Hope this helps your own shopping! I ordered from Oriental Trading Company for work recently and their shipping prices are a bit rough, so the sooner you order from them the better as the express option is way worse.
Giveaway: Soft Scrub Total All Purpose Cleaners
A while back I joined the Purex Insiders group, which lets you try out new products, and got my first kit a couple months ago. They sent me two household cleaners that are part of their new Soft Scrub line of Total All Purpose Cleaners.
Homegrown Ong Choi: The Bite Test
As I mentioned in my last post about ong choi, cooking stuff you grow at home and the stuff you buy in the market is pretty different because the stuff we grow just shoots out and grows like the wind, which means a lot of the stems are older and extremely fibrous. I’m still trying to get the hang on how to harvest it right, but in the meantime, I have a more simple (and kinda gross) method of checking the stems.
Ong Choi: The Weed That Keeps on Giving
Back when I was in high school, my mom brought home some big bunch of greens and said the farmer’s market lady told her it was ong choi and easy to cook. With just some oil, garlic, and salt fried in a pan until the leaves are cooked down and you’re done.
She gave it a try and I don’t think I tried it the first time, but my mom loved it. Eventually I realized how amazing it was in both taste and health factor.