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two nights in the upcoming forecast for down in the low 20sF so i need to get the hoses brought in and any gardens put up that i can get done. i should be able to finish the one i'm working on right now before we get either of those deeper cold mornings but i'd like another week of mid-50sF...

we always skin, core and then chunk the tomatoes we put up so it doesn't matter what they look like. i'm not sure what you are doing with yours to worry about what they look like? are you concerned about them looking like distinct slices or quarters or halves or something else? :)

sure, that can work (i don't think we'd spend $20 for those items here), grow your own vegetables and forage to supplement the carbs. beans (both fresh and dry), tomatoes, garlic, peppers and onions are all crops that do well for us and i'm glad to work in the gardens for what they provide...

i'm not sure about tonight... it might be something as simple as a few crackers and cheese as i had a pretty big lunch and still am not feeling very hungry. if Mom warms something up that smells good that will likely wake up my hunger. we have baked potatoes to stuff or pea and ham soup still...

Gilligan's Island? Looked like a nice place (was probably some indoor set :) )...

dug a trench in a garden, then went down the middle of it another shovel deeper to help break up the hardpan layer that is down there from eons of farming compaction and no deep ripping at all ever that i've seen any evidence of, oh and they never seemed to grow cover crops either. whenever...

as far as i know we only had school lunches subsidized (we paid half rate) for a year, but then Mom got enough work and i was mowing lawns and that was that. since then i've paid directly and indirectly to the state to more than compensate them for that measly amount - my pay at the university...

it's not the bugs i'd worry about as much as the hurricanes and being nearly at sea level all over the place and the lack of pretty much most of what i'd care about doing and ... i've been there and would love it if i could live about 50ft underwater in a bunch of big glass domes and grow beans...

well, i've changed my mind, we have a bit of rain chance and 40mph winds coming at us and i sure am not going to be out there fighting the wind while getting a garden cleaned up as it will all end up blowing into places where i've already finished. tomorrow is supposed to be calmer - i can save...

another day on beautiful planet erf. :) that's what i'm normally wearing around here too in the warmer times of the season. it has been cooler lately that i'm able to wear longer pants and not have to bother with the sweatband. :) i gotta get outside today too even if it might be chances...

the dreaded word SN*W has started showing up in our forecasts so even if there are chances of rain for today i should try to get out for at least an hour here or there and see if i can get more gardening in...

yes, we'll replace it as we use them both several times a week and the other pans are not as big (though sometimes we also use all four pans).

yesterday when making split pea soup (with ham, celery, onions, tomato chunks, and carrots) Mom was trying to get the water to heat up as fast as possible with the two 3 gallon stainless steel pans that we use the most. one of them had a funny issue with the bottom where it bubbled/bent down...

very simple here, cheese, crackers, hot sauce. we cooked yesterday some split pea and ham soup and that was good and we'll be having that tomorrow for lunch with cole slaw, biscuits and stuffed potatoes.

yesterday what beans i could find in there that looked interesting and in good enough condition to pick were picked. today a little rain this morning, windy and i wasn't sure what i would do outside. i did have some food scraps to bury and a garden i wanted to scrape because there was some...