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we do chuck roasts in the crock pot. other than the first fry to brown we don't do much else other than put onions and mushrooms in there and then at the end put some cream of mushroom soup in for gravy (we both like mushrooms a lot so it works as a quick gravy instead of dealing with the flour...

we have a winter storm warning (windy, cold and snow) for tomorrow into the next day so likely Mom won't be heading out. we're not setting the thermostat down tonight as low as usual because some weeks ago when the power went out overnight and we'd had set the furnace back we didn't like how...

this was my planting list for 2025 (i thought i had done this by now, but my records don't have it so ...) - Blaugraue - Conserva - Half Whites - Pale Yellow and White - Red and White - Small Black and White - Lavender - Lavender Outcrosses - Christmas - Gray...

glad to hear! :)

it's not that i think buying seeds from catalogues is bad or anything it is just not something i need to do at this point of my life. :) i have all the beans i can possibly grow, when i need more i can get them from places i already know or find more but it usually hasn't involved ordering...

made good progress on bean sorting this evening. :)

@Marie2020 don't be sad, i really don't mind winter that much, sure being cold isn't great but we do have heat and i know how to deal with being outside in the cold weather and all that. i lived much further north in much worse weather than what we get here and it is pretty mild in comparison.

thermal mass, below the frost line for an area the ground should be a fairly stable temperature. heatsinks, geothermal heat, heatpumps, insulation, underground houses, etc. i would do a lot of research before sinking a lot into it as ground water can be issues. also mold can be a problem for...

a bit of snow shovelling today. mainly because i didn't want the packed down snow from where Mom had driven on it to get turned into ice so i wanted to get that scraped off the top part of the driveway before it gets colder again. the wind and cold wasn't too bad and the exercise and fresh air...

LEDs are efficient enough now to make underground efforts workable, just have to be sure there is enough ventilation.

limes are also great for cooking certain dishes and of course there is key lime pie (which can also be made with regular ol' limes).

i always liked the coconut candies and still do. it always meant i had a lot of goodies around Valentines Day because others didn't care for them.

i like limes, lemons, oranges, grapefruit and things even more bitter so i doubt i'd dislike them.

i have seen it before, but i don't remember if it was here or some other place. :)

almost all A's and one B... (the first question didn't have an answer that fit so A was the closest - i don't get seed catalogues in the mail) i have to translate a lot of the questions into what fits close to what i do here. also the talk of seed packets. i don't buy those at the stores any...

i hope it works out well for him. what kind of work will it be? :)

sunny and cold this morning, a little snow out there to shovel as soon as the sun comes around enough to get the driveway warmed up a bit...

i'm not complaining because most of this is my own fault, but after getting all the beans shelled out and somewhat sorted i think i have maybe 5lbs of dry beans (a normal season is about 20 - 30lbs). my own fault being not getting some gardens weeded before they got overgrown and not being able...

the colder weather is returning. i'm not sure i'll have snow to shovel. news at <local weather report time>...

if you can find enough square pots that are fairly deep you can put them all in the same area right next to each other and fill them with some potting soil and perhaps a mix of your garden soil and then use your seeds in those pots and remember to water them enough so they don't dry out. when...