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Coffee finally showed up. It's almost noon. Still chilly outside. Now I'll probably head outside and see what kind of trouble I can get...

No breakfast yet. He had the reheated leftover pizza that gave him heartburn last night. I need to go get my coffee and get my stumps movin!

Breakfast today is coffee and leftover pan fried rock sole with panko crumbs! We caught a few yesterday and had them for dinner last...

Garden is still really wet. Pulled a few weeds. I put catnip and yerba mate mint alongside the bottom of the nuc in the greenhouse...

Husband moved the beehive out of the greenhouse this morning. It was 52 degrees, sunny, at 7:30 am. Still missed a lot of the early...

Well, the turkey under the globe arb is finally off her nest and nothing there. Don't know if they hatched and she absconded with them...

Didn't get morning coffee. He gave me TEA!!! I've got the freezer stocked with ice cream, a flask of cinnamon fireball on the coffee...

Breakfast today is first coffee, then sausage n egg McMuffin with American cheese. One of my faves! 😋

We live next to a lime plant that is now closed down (past 10 years). It killed off all the bees and we used to go out and find a fine...

Thanks! That really helps. I'm doing mostly pole beans this year for dry beans and I hadn't done that before...

I've just acquired several varieties of beans to grow. Typically grew up with the canned bean products so I've no clue how to best show...

Would you like to try the chili recipe I mentioned earlier? It was originally on the Omaha Steaks website many years ago (I think it...

Sounds like the faces of people when I try to explain my mom's shepherd's pie (which I am actually having for dinner tonight). They make...

@digitS' have you ever had Cincinatti style chili? that's a lot more complicated and has layers of flavors going on. plus i do love a...

Perhaps Mexican chili varies by region? I was taught to use fresh hot chilis (the small, yellowish-green ones), boiled until tender...