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The Perfect Turkey

11/29/2013

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This is how we do it on Akua Lani LLC.

 Organic Turkey & 3 Day Herb Brine Soak is the Key

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Yumm. 

Things You'll need.   Organic Turkey,  Herbs,  Bread,  Butter,  Carrots, Onion,  Garlic,  Sea Salt,  Large canning Pot to Brine the Turkey, Turkey Tin  and  *Turkey Bag.
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Make your herb salt brine mix.  I used Garlic, Rosemary, Basil, Hawaiian Sea Salt, and one bottle of Akua Lani LLC Hawaiian Lava H20 TM.

Brine Your Organic Turkey for Thee Days

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I put my Frozen Organic Turkey in this Canning Pot and let it unthaw in the Herb Brine Water for thee days in the refrigerator.

Three days are up and now it time to take the brining turkey out and let it get to room temperature.  About the same time you are done making stuffing from scratch, the turkey should be ready to stuff.
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Take The bird out its stuffing time

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Turkey stuffed and stitched closed in a heart shape with Lemon Grass.
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Turkeys in the bag decorated with Kefir Lime Leaves, Rosemary, Garlic, Butter and a Sprinkle of Cane Sugar.  Also Cloves of Garlic, Ginger wedges and a few hot peppers have been inserted under the skin.

                      Oven Time

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 Fires going for the rest of the cooking.  

Potatoes cooking and turkey neck gravy in the works.

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    Brining takes away about an hour off of oven use

Feast Time

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Hope you enjoy :)
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Happy  Thanksgiving     Keep on thanks Living

*Turkey Bag.  Not the greenest thing to use.  You can achieve the same results with foil on top with a few holes. You have to baste it several times during the cooking.  We use the turkey bag because our oven isn't the best. The propane runs hot and the handle is missing on the oven, we have to use needle nose pliers to turn it and guess the temperature. The bag makes it so I don't have to keep my eye on the bird as much and from opening the oven a lot.  When I get an oven upgrade, I will end the bag.
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Friendship Pins are Back In

11/28/2013

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Black Friday Do it yourself gift Idea

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    Simple and Creative
Show your friends you care with a          
       handmade Friendship Pin
          Easy and Fun to Make

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Here's my stuff.

Things you'll need.

Safety Pins, Beads, Round Nose Jewelry Plier and Flat Nose Pier : )
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Get your safety pin out and open it.

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Take your round nose pliers. Do like you see in the pic and with the other hand start to straighten the safety pin.

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You got this!

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Now take you flat nose pliers and try and make the pin as straight as you can.

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Getting closer

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         Now for the fun part

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Start putting Beads on!

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Put beads on untill you reach the bent part of the pin.

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Take your round nose pliers, put them as tight and close to the last bead.

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Wrap the metal around the plier towards the closer end until it looks like this.

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Way to go!  Don't stop now Keep going!

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   Get Creative      Happy ThanksGiving

            Keep on Thanks Living!!!

Akua Lani LLC
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   Orgone Generator Rainmaker

11/24/2013

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Drought Stopper

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For the last past 8 years, South Kona Hawaii has been in Drought. A year ago it was at its peak. It was so sad looking at all the trees dying for water.  Akua Lani LLC is located down a mile long really crazy 4x4 wheel drive road, with no county water. We need the rain to fill up our Water Catchment tanks.  During the drought we had to cut down on the amount of garden beds we had.  Also trimmed the fruit trees back so the tap roots could keep the trees alive.

In Total Despair

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There was nothing I could do. Drilling a well would cost about $250,000, just for the drilling.  Paving my road to get water truck deliveries, was going to be about $40,000.  Not so ready for that.

One day we were discussing the above options and I remembered hearing about Orgone generators bringing rain.


I went online and looked up Orgone Rainmaker…….

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What I found was this piece of glass with sacred geometry printed on it.  Ok.  It says it's a organ generator capable of making it rain among other things.

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I was desperate, the drought was making us all weak.  Besides, a $100.00 to make it rain.  I'm running out of options, I'm about to look up Shaman Rainmakers.

           Now for the rainmaking

      The Orgone Generator arrives

They have these funny directions that make you feel a little silly.  I did read the reviews and other people said this worked.  
Good thing I'm an artist, doing funny things that make you feel silly, is kinda normal for me.


During the waxing moon before the full Moon, walk in a large figure eight, with the organ generator, clockwise 30 times.

             Sounds like magic

 Well its been working!!  This is the greenest I've seen it here in years! Normally this time of year we have to trim everything back.  I'm seeing fruit on vines that I never have before.

Today was a very hot day and it seriously started raining when I started typing this Blog.

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    Author:  Carmen,  Artist  Farmer and owner of Akua Lani LLC.
     
    Sustainable Living, Gardening and  Art have been my passion as long as I can remember.
    Before moving to Hawaii in 2002 to live on a sustainable farm.  I was part of several non profit groups, such as   The Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center and Toledo Grows. These Groups have created many beautiful community gardens and have amazing volunteers flourishing today!
    Be prepared for some interesting Blog topics.  From Solar Power,  Organic Gardening,  Art,  what to do when your goat is sick and more.


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