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DD pulled out the tractor last week and we pushed the post straight, holding with a sacrificial strap. Here is what it looks like. I have shoved some cement pieces and small bricks in on the north side. It only has to hold somewhat this winter. DD's and DH and I plan to take off the gate in...

So far, 7 1/2 quarts of canned tomatoes and 1 1/2 quarts of dehydrated tomatoes from this batch brought in on October 13th before the 2 nights of serious frost earlier this month. THIS is what is left as of this morning. Family has been eating on them--didn't know how much youngest DD loves...

@Shades-of-Oregon , Eva stole my quart of vanilla yogurt that I left next to my chair. Yea, the WHOLE.THING!

You will be reunited in Heaven.

DH helped me straighten out the fencepost that holds the gate into the Inner Sanctum yesterday! That tractor moved the 8 ft (8 inches thick, 3 ft in the ground) post over 4 inches to straight, and I put a wheel piece on the corner. NOW, I won't be dragging it on the ground this winter. DD's had...

I have now fermented 4 sets of tomato seeds this year. I am using these buff colored cone coffee filters. They came with a camp coffee maker and I will never use them for making coffee, but I saved them, anyway. They are great to use for seeds bc you can write on them with a Sharpie, and the...

DH used the tractor yesterday to push the post holding the stainless steel 13ft gate straight. He suggested that we use a HD ratchet tie down strap the hold it against the post just south of it. NOW, the gate, with it's wheel, is sitting 8 inches above the ground Next to the gate, on the ground...

Still eating tomatoes, which are still ripening on the kitchen table since I brought them in before the frosts last week. We WILL be eating 2yo frozen okra that will be fried up to go with the Thanksgiving turkey aGAIN this year. And, we are eating on the pickles I made from the cucumbers I grew...

Well, you didn't SAY that you froze them!!! I can tell you after hot water bathing pumpkin, then seeing it go bad after 5 months, it takes a LOT to poison yourself by canning tomatoes. If they go bad, you can SMELL it across the room!! The only time I ever saw anybody use wax was canning grape...

I have used solar lights--we call them "fairy lights" bc DD and I first saw them about 20 years ago in a graveyard--since about 2003. I used to even change the rechargeable batteries, but they have gotten so cheap, I don't bother anymore. I also have these inside, multi-colored: My purple one...

I feed DD's cats while they are away. I always make sure that the water is clean and fresh, Sometimes, if it's over a week, I will clean the litter boxes, and I take daily phone photo shots, P.roof O.f L.ife. I was Told that I overfed them, until i could feel Troll Bridge's (8yo) spine, so now...

Don't feel bad, you will heal. I kicked the inside of one of our 2 garage doors (4 car garage) bc it was frozen from water and temperature drop, and I left a PERMANENT dent on it, cannot repair and constantly reminding me that I Could have found a better way. NOW, every time I think it might...

NO, the cherry tree looked NORMAL in the Spring, lots of blossoms, Couldn't physically harvest ANYTHING this year, but it would've been a boatload of cherries. By August the tree started deleafing. I have watered it and it has leafed out 2025 leaves and some blossoms, so it's still alive. The...

Did it again--bought more seeds!!! I picked up about 16 packages of seeds at Dollar General, 15 cents each, then I bought Giant Jalpano and Fooled You jalepano at seedsNsuch, Then, I bought a package of Amish Paste tomato seeds at St. Claire Heirloom seeds, and THEN... I bought an Apple...

:welcome from Central IL. Anybody who starts garden vegetables indoors is Really growing "houseplants", so you fit right in!

Yes, BUT, none of my TW's or TW crosses had the excellent amble of my sweet Mountain Horse mare that just passed away. ("Warrens Cindy", 1998-2024, RIP) SHE was a Cadillac ride and smooth as silk. Don't even ASK about the gaited horse "broken washing machine" gait, when they aren't happy!

No, they didn't abort ANY fruit. Just first one died after 2 years of summer shedding leaves and 2nd one is doing the same, just delaying leaf drop, by two years. 2nd one produced abundant fruit this year, and starting dying back, I Guess due to drought, but not sure. ALL OTHER TREES Close to...

@baymule, you Need a coffeemaker with a timer!! :lol: The "maid" starts My coffee at 5:45AM Every morning. ;) Dunno What is the problem with these cherry trees!! Looking at the variables I think it's just the trees themselves, maybe bad stock. Hate to start over, but I am thinking I need to...

@baymule 1) do you drain your slices before dehydrating? 2) how thick do you slice OR how do you prepare tomatoes for dehydrating? Haven't ever done it before this week, so I need to ask an expert!! :hugs

My Arabian, "Corporal, 1982-2007, RIP" was a terrific horse, I thought it, he did it, BUT, he also did other stuff, too, like when we were riding as a family down from Harney Peak, SD, and I dismounted to fix a DD's saddle, and he started walking off down the trail without me. NONE of my other...