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too bad you can't use a ramp and roll it from the side of the field to where you want it - like playing marbles on a bigger scale...
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too bad you can't use a ramp and roll it from the side of the field to where you want it - like playing marbles on a bigger scale...
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Settling back in the lazyboy with my herbal tea after a breakfast of Corn Chex and a microwaved Cosmic Crisp apple. I ventured into family history. Someone has put a picture of my mother as an infant on the internet. I have never seen a picture of her as a baby but there she is with her mother and older brother.
The anniversary of her death is less than a week away. Eighteen years have passed – I can hardly believe it has been so long ago. It was a bright, sunny early March morning. Probably one of the first in the year that suggested the promise of Spring.
We had a day like that yesterday. I have some pepper seeds in the soil mix and will start tomatoes next week. Mom especially liked melons fresh from the garden. It's too early to start those. Let's see ... she was enthusiastic about the health quality of greens. Yes, I could start some of those setting out in the hoop house when I have that up and running in about a month.
Steve
The anniversary of her death is less than a week away. Eighteen years have passed – I can hardly believe it has been so long ago. It was a bright, sunny early March morning. Probably one of the first in the year that suggested the promise of Spring.
We had a day like that yesterday. I have some pepper seeds in the soil mix and will start tomatoes next week. Mom especially liked melons fresh from the garden. It's too early to start those. Let's see ... she was enthusiastic about the health quality of greens. Yes, I could start some of those setting out in the hoop house when I have that up and running in about a month.
Steve
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we are off to the races here today already, have two pots of dry beans on to cook to make into baked beans.
then Mom is starting on some sweet breads or muffins so we went through a few lbs of walnuts looking for the shriveled up dried ones or bits of shell. normally i just do it but she wanted to help so we learned her something new. can't believe she'd never done it before, but perhaps she forgot. you never know when bits of shell can get in those and some people (including Mom) have dumped them in recipes without even looking (i know becuase i've gotten bits of shells in cookies, etc.).
i have beans to continue to go through today to get ready for the seed swap. since we are going to be going tomorrow afternoon to set up early for some of it i'd like to have these last ones gone through, but then i still have my collection i want to go back through and reorganize so i can take fewer boxes with me on Monday.
it's been a busy week. i'll be ready for a few days off after Monday i'm sure. several hours on my feet or sitting is always a challenge. at least when i'm home i can take a time-out and rest for a bit.
then Mom is starting on some sweet breads or muffins so we went through a few lbs of walnuts looking for the shriveled up dried ones or bits of shell. normally i just do it but she wanted to help so we learned her something new. can't believe she'd never done it before, but perhaps she forgot.
you never know when bits of shell can get in those and some people (including Mom) have dumped them in recipes without even looking (i know becuase i've gotten bits of shells in cookies, etc.).i have beans to continue to go through today to get ready for the seed swap. since we are going to be going tomorrow afternoon to set up early for some of it i'd like to have these last ones gone through, but then i still have my collection i want to go back through and reorganize so i can take fewer boxes with me on Monday.
it's been a busy week. i'll be ready for a few days off after Monday i'm sure. several hours on my feet or sitting is always a challenge. at least when i'm home i can take a time-out and rest for a bit.
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You might want to winter sow those sugar snap peas and give them a head start this weekend. Then you can put them in the ground 8-10 inches high.
I am suspicious that when I have direct sown peas in the spring, the rabbits and squirrels ate the seeds.
I am suspicious that when I have direct sown peas in the spring, the rabbits and squirrels ate the seeds.
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@flowerbug, as I clean out jars with produce that I shouldn't have canned in the first place, I am adding to that list pressure canning beans.
I am a Good pressure canner, but I opened up 2yo pressure canned beans, that had a tomato base and I Swear they were rotten!
I think I'll try baked beans in the future as fresh, instead.
Youngest DD and Eldest DD are back on calorie counting diets.
I am doing DH's old trick, "diet awareness week," where you write down what you are eating and figure out how to start the diet next week.
Youngest DD and I agree that we like high calorie breakfasts, low calorie lunches and lower calorie dinners.
DH doesn't much like any food before lunch, but his Dr. has him on injectable Ozempic bc of pre diabetes, and he has lost 40 pounds and now fits in a wool jacket that he wanted to pack for the Alaskan cruise in late May.
Oh, and I had smoked swiss with my coffee this morning, as well as a can of peaches.
I am a Good pressure canner, but I opened up 2yo pressure canned beans, that had a tomato base and I Swear they were rotten!
I think I'll try baked beans in the future as fresh, instead.
Youngest DD and Eldest DD are back on calorie counting diets.
I am doing DH's old trick, "diet awareness week," where you write down what you are eating and figure out how to start the diet next week.
Youngest DD and I agree that we like high calorie breakfasts, low calorie lunches and lower calorie dinners.
DH doesn't much like any food before lunch, but his Dr. has him on injectable Ozempic bc of pre diabetes, and he has lost 40 pounds and now fits in a wool jacket that he wanted to pack for the Alaskan cruise in late May.
Oh, and I had smoked swiss with my coffee this morning, as well as a can of peaches.
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i don't can anything that isn't very acidic because we don't do pressure canning here (or at least i don't). i have canned three or more bean salad which is done in a sweet and sour brine like bread and butter pickles. that has always turned out well.
for green beans other than the bean salad i would blanch and freeze instead of canning.
beans and tomatoes, nope, not on my list of things to try. i like the tomato chunks plain so they can be added to things later.
dry beans, i prefer to keep dry until we cook them up in a big batch and then we will freeze them. i made up about four gallons of dried beans yesterday and they are already gone out the door or in the fridge in baked beans. we still have some quarts of cooked up dry beans in the freezer and they'll get used up eventually (most likely for burritos).
