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I see on the North American radar map that storm in @baymule 's corner of Texas has now moved east. It looks very severe in Mississippi and Louisiana. The winds are greatly reduced here at 9AM. It's funny to look over at the trees bordering the elementary school's playground that were so...

Parsnips are a worthwhile crop to grow. Their flavor is unique and Winter storage quality is excellent. One other reason is that they are difficult to find at the soopermarkets. A long-term crop, parsnips were relegated to the distant gardens and the better soil here at home was allocated to...

Wow, @Dahlia , that's the conditions here this morning! The wind gusts are above 40 mph. There was a power outage not far away — unusual since we are only a couple of miles from a hydroelectric dam. Temperatures in the mid-30's (4-5 C). We had less than 1/3rd of an inch of rain. The Weather...

Yes but nothing but sprinkles overnight and now & then through the morning. Finally, the sky darkened and it rained enough for puddles. Back to sprinkles at the moment. Maybe we will have more from this Pacific NW storm.

It was bothersome. And, I was gaining little economically. As a child, I always had pets. This included birds that had to live indoors, and this continued even into DW's arrival. She was not very happy about the old parakeet spending daytime out of the cage in her tree – bothersome to DW. At...

I hardly know how it would be otherwise, @heirloomgal . We all must eat. When I moved out of the sticks, I became a vegetarian for a time. Other than purchasing, I was no longer responsible for the animal proteins that I consumed. It didn't work all that well with family. For quite a few years...

More shovel work and double digging the beds. With so few square feet here at home, it isn't the 33%/year that I practiced years ago for the veggie beds. They are all being dug out. There is a fair amount of material to plow into that ground. The beds that were treated this way, all the time...

Baked Honeycrisp apple in the bowl with Crispix and Honey Bunches of Oats. The 30+ year old furnace could have been replaced tomorrow but it won't happen until next Thursday. When these service outfits say that text message communications are okay, it would be nice if they actually check them...

A new word. Be careful not to chip a tooth! That harvesting after snowfall was a real problem during my first adventure growing kale. I had the plants at such a distance from the kitchen of my, then, country home — that I had to shovel all the way to the end of the garden to reach them. Steve

175 years ago The First National Woman's Rights Convention in the United States: October 23, 1850 "...they are absolutely equal in their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- in their rights to do, and to be, individually and socially, all they are capable of... " Abby H. Price

The temperature just made it to 60°f (16°C) this afternoon. The chance for that much warmth for the remaining days of 2025 might now have passed. Steve, who had to bring the clothes in off the line after all day out there, to dry in the dryer. So, saving resources by using the clothesline will...

Only once have I tried growing a Capsicum chinense. It developed a single fruit there in the garden and that wasn’t even fully developed let alone ripe. Peppers are perennials. They are survive-oriented. Best of Luck, Steve

I'm a little late for the "northern tier" in the US but I didn't know about it until today. Just use your finger to slide through the months below the map. https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map

Continuing morning freezing, even with sunny and warmer afternoon temperatures. We may have a 60⁰f (16⁰C) day, today :). We had one on Wednesday of last week ;). Seems like we should be due on a week after such a warm Summer. Rain back for the weekend. Apparently, Mother Nature isn't granting...

I didn't realize that there was a black variety available that grew that large, CatJac. So many pumpkins are maxima rather than pepo. That's Fine! More chance that they are tastier than just for decoration. Smashing Pumpkins. We may put our gray maxima out on the porch for Halloween but it...

That guy, dog-rescuer Rocky Kanaka, has a new book out. LINK  Your library should be buying that for their shelves!