How many of you are planning a BBQ this weekend?  Too many.  Wait… can there be too many BBQ(s)?  Nah – that is like having a too much money, or too much bacon…  just can’t do it.

To help you BBQ the best you can, we are stringing together a few easy to remember tips this weekend – so keep coming back often.

First tip… ALWAYS have a BBQ rag to keep your hands clean.  Seriously, this seems simple – but it is important.  The last thing you want to do is have dirty hands – because then you have dirty beer…

No one likes a dirty beer.

I have the same BBQ Rag. Ever.Single.Time.  I feel naked (nekked) if I’m w/out it – here is mine…

I know some of you gangstas out there are going to say – hey… dont’ be disrespecting our “color” like that.  Not my intent my gangsta buddies.  Total respect to the Crip BBQers out there – nothing but respect.  I’m an equal opportunity gangsta BBQer – sometimes I might rock the red – sometimes the blue… this is mine at the moment.  Simple & effective.

More BBQ Tips:

Double Danger’s BBQ Tips

Tags: BBQ Tips, Barbeque, Food, HOT AS HELL, ONLY in Texas, Pictures by James
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It all started with a text message from my Stepdad. 

Then a phone call with him.

Then a phone call with my Mom.

Then before I knew it, we had agreed to buy a plant (sight unseen) that was over 6 hours away at the time of purchase.  Seriously.  We might have a plant buying problem.  We are so bad, we even have little plant scouts that we didn’t even know were on the payroll.

So what was the plant you wonder?  Only the coolest plant on the earth… the Agave Neomexicana.  For those that don’t speak latin/mexican/plant – thats an New Mexican Agave.  Ok, it might not be the coolest plant on earth, but it is one we have big plans for.  There is a bare spot on our back fence that would be AWESOME if it grew gigantic and filled.

The guy told my parents that it might get as big as 16 ft tall (shiii… not the way we grow plants, it will be lucky to be alive), and will shoot a candelabra like spike (you know how agaves do).  Should do good in our climate, should be easy to take care of… if it just liked beer & BBQ it would fit in perfectly.

Here is a pic of it as of today, not quite 16 ft yet.  It is more like 8 inches.  But still… long term, we are thinking LONG TERM.  Check it…

Anyone have some new plant babies to show off?  This is our first big purchase of the season… but it is early, so expect TONS MORE soon.

Tags: A Boy And His Beer, Flowers, Gardening, Growing Agave, HOT AS HELL, ONLY in Texas, Pictures, Springy, West Texas, West Texas Gardening by James
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It seems that our garden had a slow start this year, but things are in full bloom and the veggies are starting to show up.  Gardening is said to teach us patience and this year it has done just that.

We bought some cucumber plants from a local store, because the ones that we started burnt up in the hot sun.  [Read more →]

Tags: Container Gardening, Eating At Home, Food, Gardening, Growing Okra, Growing Peppers, HOT AS HELL, Living Green, Organic Gardening, Pictures, West Texas by Shala
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