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Sometime back I ran across a page, probably via StumbleUpon, that had an interesting variation on the concept of the garden. I only wish that I had bookmarked it or could find it again. Instead of doing something ordinary like plant things in his yard or a window box, this guy decided that his garden had to be where he could keep an eye on it… or maybe he didn’t have any other place to put it.

Anyway. He got one of those big plastic car covers and put it on his car. Then he cut out pieces of it for the windows and made other cuts so that the doors, hood, trunk and gas cap could all open. That’s when he got out the glue and glued the thing to the car.

Once that was set he applied another layer of glue to the outside of the car cover and packed it with topsoil. Along the sides of the car he had grass planted and on the roof, hood, fenders and trunk he had various vegetables planted. Instead of washing his car he would have to water and weed it. He also had to make sure that he didn’t grow anything that needed a lot of depth or would get very tall.

I know this sounds like one of those “yeah, right.” kinda things but it was there, complete with pictures of the “greenest” Towncar anybody’s ever driven.

If anyone happens to run across the site please let me know the url.

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I was surfing around looking for interesting recipes when this one showed up on allrecipes.com titled simply “Outer Banks Style Clam Dish”

You start with 1/3 pound of fatback diced (Personally I’d probably use bacon instead) and cook it in a skillet over a medium-high heat until it’s good and crisp. Remove the pieces and keep them to one side for use later.

Cut the heat back to medium and add a large diced onion. Saute the onion in the bacon (or fatback) grease until they’ve turned transparent. Dice up 4 medium red potatoes and stir them into the onions. Be sure that the potatoes are thoroughly coated with the bacon grease.

Season generously with black pepper and pour in an 8oz bottle of clam juice. Cover and simmer at a medium heat for about 15 minutes.

While the potatoes are simmering, chop about 24 shucked clams into pieces. Add clams (with their liquid) to the potatoes during the last 3 minutes. Serve in deep bowls with the crispy bits of bacon sprinkled over the top.

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