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it has been too cold here still for planting out tomatoes or peppers but perhaps next week we'll be closer to warm enough. overnight temperatures down to 40F is still a bit chilly. i was hoping to be planted in one garden by now but that is not going to happen today so perhaps tomorrow it can...

as long as you don't rapidly increase the number of fish going in or out that helps the system keep the nutrient cycling in balance. for freshwater systems this isn't as finicky as saltwater, but it is still an important consideration as you don't want so many nutrients in a system showing up...

the washing machine is acting up again so we had another visit from the repair service. luckily we're still under the extended warranty period. the agitator wasn't agitating. now we have a new one on order. hope it lasts longer than this current one... will take several days to a week, but...

almost completely unhealthy - chocolate chip and walnut cookies and a glass of milk with a certain percentage also being in the form of cookie dough.

hope you get enough but not too much! :) we had pretty hard squall line come through yesterday which took out the power to a lot of people but luckily didn't get us this time.

i don't know if the rootstock has any immunity influence over what grows up top, but i could be wrong and corrected on that? :) the primary influence of the rootstock is to limit the size of the growth up top (the root system can only supply so much and that keeps the tree from growing).

on the way back from last Thursday's appointment i stopped in and picked up some ground chuck. fried up some burgers for us and then turned what i had left into a few quarts of tex-mex chili which has been good eats (spices ! :) ) since then. i have a few more days of chili to finish off. we...

it has been fairly dry here the past few weeks too so all the farmers out plowing and planting are kicking up large plumes of dust. we did get a little rain yesterday but not enough to completely wet things down. today the chances for more rain continue and through the next several days so...

some rains last night and this morning. i'm not sure what i'm doing today. i told Mom i was on vacation today. she said (earlier this week) she wasn't going to be cooking any more this week. she lied. currently she's making cookies and asked me how many i wanted, i said, i'm fat and that i...

it is tough and i'm sorry your Mom is having troubles. i'm glad you were able to visit with her and to help her out. so many parents are pretty much abandoned.

in looking at the weather forecast for the upcoming week i saw that the heat is coming along with chances of rain most days so i got out and mowed while i could. glad i got that done as mowing when it is 80-90F would probably put me under. as this was my 2nd outing i made myself get the whole...

same here. i tend to stay inside in the mornings and evenings. middle of the day i usually don't have too many camp followers... :)

a term to look up and think about mushroom alcohol...

lead poisoning if along any kind of busy road.

looks very nice! doesn't it need to cure a bit before you put loads on it?