It’s been ten months since I started Mantis Plant Protection LLC and I’m proud to say that business is going pretty good! It’s not generating the kind of money where I can quit my day job as a pest control adviser and start house hunting for a beach property in San Diego, but it has […] Read more

W e made some tamales yesterday following Rick Bayless’s recipe…Tamales de Dulce. It’s basically a ton of butter and sugar but is also mixed with masa, pineapple puree, and stuffed with raisins. Pretty good! However, we learned not to open them up right after cooking as they need a little time to dry and harden-up […] Read more

Y ou ever wonder where table grapes come from? Well that all depends on the time of the year. Between June and September most table grapes you can pick up in the grocery store will most likely come from California. When in season, California produces 99% of commercially grown table grapes for the United States. When […] Read more