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		<title>Green 911</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The farm has always had issues, at one time or another, with a variety of pests, so I&#8217;ve always got my eyes open for different organic pest control info that would benefit us all the way around. This year the corn earworms are supposed to be hitting us bad, which is very disturbing news indeed, considering that corn earworms do major damage to other plants as well. The tomato plant and cotton also is a favorite of these nasty little moths and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The farm has always had issues, at one time or another, with a variety of pests, so I&#8217;ve always got my eyes open for different organic pest control info that would benefit us all the way around. This year the corn earworms are supposed to be hitting us bad, which is very disturbing news indeed, considering that corn earworms do major damage to other plants as well. The tomato plant and cotton also is a favorite of these nasty little moths and I don&#8217;t look forward to having to deal with this time around.</p>
<p>Organic bug control is the only way to go, in my mind. Too many chemicals have been used in the past around here at the farm, but those days are over and I intend to change a lot of things that I have in power to do so. I&#8217;m all about going as &#8220;Green&#8221; as I possibly can, when ever I can.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to share with you the following video that can be found online on YouTube. It is a five minute segment that speaks of Safer® brand and its wide range of OMRI Listed® Organic pest control products in a recent show, that I have found most informative and interesting and very relevant to this organic pest control.</p>
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		<title>Green Wine Info</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would have to live under a rock some where out in the middle of No Man&#8217;s Land not to have heard about the green movement that is going on so strongly these days. I find it interesting how many industries and companies are trying so hard to do their part in this very important movement, even today&#8217;s wine makers are getting into the act. I found a very interesting website that talks about the ways that wine makers are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You would have to live under a rock some where out in the middle of No Man&#8217;s Land not to have heard about the <span style="color: #008000;">green</span> movement that is going on so strongly these days. I find it interesting how many industries and companies are trying so hard to do their part in this very important movement, even today&#8217;s wine makers are getting into the act.</p>
<p>I found a very interesting website that talks about the ways that <a href="http://www.wine.com/">wine</a> makers are going <span style="color: #008000;">green</span> and I wanted to share it here because I feel very strongly about these important <span style="color: #008000;">green</span> issues. So please take a moment and check out what they are saying at wine.com.</p>
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		<title>Easter</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2012/04/08/easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Easter I am taking all most the entire day off from the farm to spend time with my family and have our traditional Easter dinner at my sister&#8217;s house. After I tend to the milking of the cows and a few other minor chores are done I&#8217;ll be off and running. It is supossed to be a great weather day and I&#8217;m really looking forward to time away from the drudgery of the farm. May you and yours have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Easter I am taking all most the entire day off from the farm to spend time with my family and have our traditional Easter dinner at my sister&#8217;s house. After I tend to the milking of the cows and a few other minor chores are done I&#8217;ll be off and running. It is supossed to be a great weather day and I&#8217;m really looking forward to time away from the drudgery of the farm.</p>
<p>May you and yours have a blessed Easter Holiday.</p>
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		<title>Wet and Cold</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2012/02/19/wet-and-cold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the worst of weather days here at the farm, below freezing with the rain and snow is on the way later in the evening. Waking up in the early a.m. to a damp and cold day makes the morning hard to face, and manuver around, but it has to be done. My milking cows aren&#8217;t in the most pleasant of moods either on mornings like this, cold hands on their utters make the daily task of milking a most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are the worst of weather days here at the farm, below freezing with the rain and snow is on the way later in the evening. Waking up in the early a.m. to a damp and cold day makes the morning hard to face, and manuver around, but it has to be done. My milking cows aren&#8217;t in the most pleasant of moods either on mornings like this, cold hands on their utters make the daily task of milking a most unpleasant experience for them and me both.</p>
<p>A good day to be near a hot fire with a good hot meal in hand.</p>
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		<title>Inflammation Relief From Nopalea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that I just can&#8217;t get away from hearing so many depressing stories from people all around me that are suffering from one or more health conditions. I guess the older I get the older other people are getting and with age comes health issues, what a crazy vicious cycle of life that we are stuck in. It really makes me wonder what I am going to be in store for the older I get. I all ready deal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems that I just can&#8217;t get away from hearing so many depressing stories from people all around me that are suffering from one or more health conditions. I guess the older I get the older other people are getting and with age comes health issues, what a crazy vicious cycle of life that we are stuck in. It really makes me wonder what I am going to be in store for the older I get. I all ready deal with a few health problems, nothing serious but enough to keep me going to the doctors more often that I would like to be going.</p>
<p>Inflammation seems to be a great concern for many of us and I&#8217;ve been told about a product called <a href="http://www.nopalea.com">Nopalea</a> that is supposed to help your body neutralize it&#8217;s inner toxins which helps reduce it&#8217;s inflammation issues. Nopalea comes from the Nopal cactus and it has been used by native peoples for centuries. We can now benefit from this cactus ourselves these days, it comes in a 32 ounce bottle and you can receive a free bottle of this wellness drink by calling 1-800-206-0086 and only pay the shipping and handling charges in order to try it for yourself.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve all ready called for my free sample earlier today. I&#8217;ll let you know when I receive it and see how it tastes. I&#8217;m a pretty picker eater/drinker, if I can&#8217;t get it past my nose then there is no way it is going into my mouth, even if I know that it is something that is good for me and will benefit me well after I swallow it.</p>
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		<title>Pancake Restaurant Was Nasty</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2012/01/06/ihop-was-nasty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I went to a pancake restaurant in a town that I don&#8217;t usually go to.  I met a friend there for brunch.  I ordered what I usually order at &#8220;my&#8221; local pancake house - fried potatoes, and poached eggs.  I asked that the potatoes be fried without any onions, because I don&#8217;t like onions!  Well, this place just could not seem to get it right!  It was awful.  Poached eggs are supposed to be soft and runny in the middle, and these [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This morning I went to a pancake restaurant in a town that I don&#8217;t usually go to.  I met a friend there for brunch.  I ordered what I usually order at &#8220;my&#8221; local pancake house - fried potatoes, and poached eggs.  I asked that the potatoes be fried without any onions, because I don&#8217;t like onions!  Well, this place just could not seem to get it right!  It was awful.  Poached eggs are supposed to be soft and runny in the middle, and these were like hard boiled eggs.  The potatoes came out with more onions in them than potatoes, and the coffee and toast were stone cold!</p>
<p>When I complained to the waitress, she sent the breakfast back but still nothing was right.  She brought it back a piece at a time, and the potatoes still tasted strongly of onion, the coffee was still cold, and so were the eggs.  I was totally disgusted and left without eating any breakfast at all.  I won&#8217;t be going back to THAT place again!</p>
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		<title>Plus Size Clothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are so hard on us since our parents left this world over 3 years ago now and it is always a struggle to please everyone in the family trying to accommodate each others wants, needs and feelings. My eldest sister has basically taken on the task of having the Christmas family dinner at her place, while others have been taking turns holding the Thanksgiving dinner and festivities at their homes, which so far has worked out fairly well. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The holidays are so hard on us since our parents left this world over 3 years ago now and it is always a struggle to please everyone in the family trying to accommodate each others wants, needs and feelings. My eldest sister has basically taken on the task of having the Christmas family dinner at her place, while others have been taking turns holding the Thanksgiving dinner and festivities at their homes, which so far has worked out fairly well.</p>
<p>For all my of eldest sister&#8217;s hard work I always try and buy her a present that she really likes and needs and will utilize instead of just some junky gift that was purchased with little or no thought involved. So I have been looking at some nice <a href="http://www.onestopplus.com/Plus-Size-Clothing.aspx?DeptId=11542">plus size clothing</a> online, trying to find her something that she will be able to wear to church on Sunday mornings. She takes a lot of pride in her hair, make-up and her clothes so I have to be careful to make sure that my choice is spot on, and returnable if needed.</p>
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		<title>The energy crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the cost of fuel increasing, and it is increasing once again, it is getting harder for the farm to be making enough money to pay for the fuel I need to run the tractors to tend the farm.   I&#8217;m growing enough crops to feed my own livestock, assuming that the weather cooperates I won&#8217;t have to buy too much winter feed. I&#8217;m thinking about putting in a windmill and some solar panels to try to generate some of my own [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the cost of fuel increasing, and it is increasing once again, it is getting harder for the farm to be making enough money to pay for the fuel I need to run the tractors to tend the farm.   I&#8217;m growing enough crops to feed my own livestock, assuming that the weather cooperates I won&#8217;t have to buy too much winter feed.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m thinking about putting in a windmill and some solar panels to try to generate some of my own energy to cut down on electricity costs.  It&#8217;s hard to find ways to conserve energy when you are running a farm!  I&#8217;ve been reading articles on the Internet about how different plants like algae can be used to create biofuel instead of using corn (which I think is a great idea) and how many areas of the country are looking into wind farms and solar farms, too.  I think that all of these areas are good investments into the energy futures of the country.</p>
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		<title>Farm Humor for Twisted People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good old farm humor, gotta love it!       Keeping it real down on the farm&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good old farm humor, gotta love it!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-651" title="1" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/1.jpg" alt="1" width="278" height="322" />    <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-652" title="2" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/2.jpg" alt="2" width="301" height="321" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-653" title="3" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3.jpg" alt="3" width="273" height="339" />  <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-654" title="4" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/4.jpg" alt="4" width="320" height="338" /></p>
<p>Keeping it real down on the farm&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s Sweet Tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not been a big fan of McDonald&#8217;s for some time now. After eating so much of their food for so many years I got totally burned out on it some time back. I do have to say that their sweet tea is the best iced tea ever and you just can&#8217;t beat the price anywhere else, a large sweet tea anywhere else will cost you at least double that and if you dine in you can have free [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have not been a big fan of McDonald&#8217;s for some time now. After eating so much of their food for so many years I got totally burned out on it some time back. I do have to say that their sweet tea is the best iced tea ever and you just can&#8217;t beat the price anywhere else, a large sweet tea anywhere else will cost you at least double that and if you dine in you can have free refills as much as you like. Just don&#8217;t purchase it through the drive through or as take out because trying to get a refill that way is a real non-no. So as much as I like zipping through drive through it is worth it for me to go in and order and eat in the cool air conditioning and get as many free refills that I can guzzle down before heading out again into the summer&#8217;s heat.</p>
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