Although the clam is very delicious and has the reputation of being the freshest in the world, it may be that I have not tasted such a small ingredient buried in the sand for a long time.

I even forgot to leave the shells for a while to wash the sediment before putting them in the pot, which made the eating process unpleasant......

Now I miss the clams and abalone, even the oysters, they are more enjoyable, and although the clams taste good, they are destined to be used as a snack to pass the time.

So fishing for seafood in my free time was put on the agenda again, and I hadn't tasted lobster and abalone for a long time, and after a while, I started to miss each other again!

However, the trip was postponed due to another delicacy, and the first season of this year ripened peppers, which is also the largest planting area, because considering the next items to be made, the area is close to 50 square meters.

At first glance, the area of nearly 50 square meters is red, and at first glance it is particularly gratifying, and the picking process is even more gratifying, picking more than 20 catties at one time.

Don't underestimate twenty catties of chili peppers, especially the lighter weight chili peppers, spread on the ground and red slices.

Unlike the usual green peppers, the varieties of peppers found on the island are similar to those of Erjingtiao, which are long, not particularly spicy, and have a certain aroma.

Because it tastes good, and the cycle of fresh chili is short, even if it is two seasons a year, it is only three or five months, so I have the idea of expanding it to make chili sauce!

In addition to being a dish in itself, chili sauce is also a seasoning, and for me, who lacks seasoning for three meals a day, the difference between having it and not having it is very obvious.

Dishes with chili peppers are not only more layered, but also have a similar function like ginger to remove the fishy smell of some ingredients, which makes food more delicious than anything else!

The method of home-cooked chili sauce is very simple, wash the red pepper and dry it for a while, then chop it, and stir it evenly according to the ratio of one pound of broken chili pepper and half a handful of salt.

Then I put it in a clay pot after a day in the sun, and then it's none of my business, just waiting for the pot to come down.

The idea of making chili sauce has been around for a long time, and it was already considered the last time the clay pots were made, and two of the pots were specially made kimchi jars, equipped not only with a rim for water, but also with lids.

I finally got my wish and made it, and the food on the island will be even more satisfying for me in the future, and my saliva is about to flow down when I think about it!

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The world is so difficult, and it's not always easy to live a stable life, and the anteaters have caused me trouble again, this time with the crops!

Although I didn't witness them destroying their crops, a little analysis showed that they should have stepped on them in the process of looking for an ant's nest.

Among the crops they destroyed, the most serious were greens and carrots, with almost a fifth lost.

For me, who has deep pockets, this loss has little effect, but it is always a bit heart-wrenching to lose it in vain, and it is not only the crops that have harmed me, but also two times since the end of the year, which has caused trouble outside the house and affected my sleep......

If I hadn't been bent on keeping them, I'd have gone up with my bow and arrows and killed them once and for all!

But they didn't pose a big threat, and at the same time they had a certain effect, and finally gave up on this practice.

The anteaters feed mainly on ants, and I am very concerned about them when I have been hurt by ants, and I am happy that there are several anteaters on the island who help me get rid of this small threat.

If the ants are allowed to develop unscrupulously without natural predators, even if the island does not become an ant nest in many years, it is very possible that it will be everywhere.

The amount of food for an adult anteater can solve 20,000 or 30,000 ants a day, and the four or five large and small anteaters on the island can conservatively estimate that the number of ants can decrease by 100,000 a day.

If 100,000 ants were placed on the ground, they could only be described as dense, and if they were placed in a room, I would probably have to give up the house and move.

What's more, it can reduce 100,000 in a day, that month, a year, or even five years......

So in any case, a few anteaters are not the ones they should be killed, and they have to find another way to solve their behavior of harassing me in the middle of the night and damaging the crops!

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Thinking about it, it seems that only the wall is the most reasonable way, but it is also the one with the most work, and if I had to choose, I would definitely not choose this one.

But sometimes there are compromises that can be dealt with, unlike the previous fence to hold back chickens and ducks, several of the island's large anteaters are large, the largest one is more than two meters long, and even if it stands, it is close to one and a half meters tall.

In some cases, it's not a good thing to be big, and the bigger it is, the bigger the wall I need to build, the bigger the gaps and the easier it will be to build......

It's just that the workload is still not to be underestimated, the vacant area of the house needs to be encircled, and if a few acres of crop land are also encircled, it is estimated that this work will not be completed in a month, and the scalp is numb when I think about it!

It's certain to be lazy, it's strange not to be lazy with my character, and after I kept compressing the vacant space of the house, I decided to just surround the house and the drying field, and don't care about anything else.

The crop field is only about two acres, and the rest of the area is planted with corn, peanuts, and sweet potatoes.

Therefore, the workload was directly reduced to less than one-third of the original plan, which saved a lot of time, and it was enough to build a room!

Fortunately, the timber left over from the logging was still piled up into a mountain, especially the timber of a few acres of crop land occupied an area of hundreds of square meters, which could not be solved due to the problem of demand.

The construction of the wall was a great way to kill two birds with one stone, not only to digest some of the timber that had been piled up to occupy the space, but also to eliminate the need to look for additional materials.

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What's strange is that before the start of construction, I thought about all kinds of complicated designs and how to build the fence perfectly, but the result was ......

After a day of perseverance, I simplified the design to just drive the stake into the ground, and I didn't even think about tying the wood horizontally.

Because if it is built according to the complicated plan, it is estimated that it will not be completed in half a month, and the temperature is getting higher and higher, so I don't want to spend so long tossing and turning here!

I cut all the wooden stakes, which were as small as the thickness of my wrist and as large as my arm, into stakes of 1.8 meters in length, and then drove them into the ground one by one at a distance of 20 centimeters.

As long as the large anteaters weighing up to 100 catties cannot go in to cause damage, even if the minors enter it, they will not cause any big damage, and the prevention is mainly adult anteaters.

And they are not like chickens and sheep, they have no interest in the green leafy vegetables inside, and they will definitely change their route after encountering obstacles, based on these conditions, I can boldly simplify the fence continuously!

Needless to say, the process of building the fence was extremely simple, but it was also extremely physically demanding, and it took less than 100 meters to walk in a day.

The whole construction time is already the tenth day of construction, and the time has reached the end of July, and the temperature has risen to a staggering stage!

Although I missed the descent for a while, I think the results of the last ten days are very necessary, and I don't have to worry about the crops being harmed by them in the future.

What's more important is that you don't have to worry about sleeping soundly at night, and when you are sleeping soundly, you will be disturbed by a few uninvited guests who suddenly break in, which will indirectly affect your work the next day.

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The upside of the warmer temperature is of course that I have more time to rest, but the upside is also the disadvantage, I will have a lot of time idle because of the heat and worrying about heat stroke, and I will waste a lot of time!

The first few days were leisurely, but it was a bit boring to be idle, so while looking for various things, I thought of making some items out of bamboo.

Many items in the house have already reached the stage where they should be discarded because of the poor quality of the materials, such as straw mats, which are so rotten that they can't be used when they are taken out again!

Thinking of using bamboo to weave bamboo mats can recall the experience of sleeping on mats in summer, I have to admit that the best material for mattresses is bamboo, whether it is from the economy, practicality, or comfort are difficult to have opponents.

From the point of view of production, it is less difficult than a straw mat, and you only need to tie up bamboo strips that are slightly thinner than chopsticks next to each other to complete the whole step......

Another highlight is its longevity, the mat made of more than four or five years old bamboo is not only durable, it is not a problem to use it for three or five years, and it is not a problem to keep it properly for ten or eight years.

Lao bamboo does not have to worry about being eaten by insects, for items that need to be stored for a long time, being eaten by insects is always a very important aspect, just like the preserved corn needs to be dried after being wet.

The purpose is, of course, to prevent insects from being eaten off after wetting, and the bamboo mat has almost no trouble in this regard!

So, with all the benefits and the materials I have now, I didn't hesitate to start making it.

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Judging the age of bamboo is a test of eyesight, and the average professional can tell the age of a bamboo almost at a glance, as if it has a pair of fiery eyes.

My knowledge in this area mainly comes from my experience when I was a child, generally speaking, the young bamboo skin of young bamboo under three years old is green, the bamboo body seems to be a little prickly to the touch, and the bamboo leaves have a feeling of vitality.

The old bamboo that is more than a few years old usually has a green and yellow skin, the bamboo body is relatively smooth to the touch, and the bamboo leaves are relatively yellow.

After selecting the bamboo, I sawed it into a length of 1.5 meters according to the width I needed, and after subdividing it continuously, it finally became a bamboo strip with a width of 5 or 6 millimeters.

These bamboo strips are the prototype of the bamboo strips required for bamboo mats, and they only need to be finely polished to the point that there are no burrs before they can be used.

It should be noted that the rope used for weaving should not only be thin, but also quite strong, I don't want the bamboo to be brand new when the thread is broken, although the difficulty is not great, but it is always very troublesome to weave once!

In the end, I chose a rope that I found on the boat, and split it into thin coins about the same diameter as a fishing line, and fixed them in the middle and on both sides of the bamboo strips.