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Fair weather and corn woman- so sorry about your losses. At least mine was just icing on the cake so to speak. It didn't really hit my pocket or the ideal food for my baby. Fair , look on the bright side they could have been 8 weeks and ready to butcher. Corn here's hoping they aren't used to...

You can try ashes, sharp sand , diamotaceous earth, or salt for the slugs. Of course with the rain all those tend to get washed away and you cannot put the salt around your plants. But since it looks like most of your stuff is in raised beds you might could put a thick layer of your choice...

I have done that for a couple of years- bring them indoors that is. I keep several in pots just because of that. I keep mine in a small shed which has a double slidingglass door on the southern side but it is under several deciduous trees so it still only gets filtered light. Especially by the...

BTW any suggestions as to how to go about securing a tree from the varmits? It's about eight foot tall now and probably five wide. Netting doesn't work the squirls chew right through it so it would have to be metal and or electric. I hate the thought of building a cage around the tree but that...

Like the live trap idea but in general around all the critters have gotten smart to that idea. We did finally get one a few years ago that had gotten especially adept at getting into stored feed even with snap lock lids on the buckets. We finally trapped the little sucker and carried him off...

I am livid this morning and need to vent somewhere where I cannot hurt someone or something. Thanks in advance for all your understanding. Our little 5 variety apple tree really outdid itself this year for the first time. It's produced a few apples before but this year I have counted at least...

That's because while you are pregnant they consume some of your brain cells. After they are born you no longer have the capacity to understand kid things anymore. It's what makes us into mothers.

Turns put it was just a fuse which the service man didn't have one but showed us how to put new one in and we found a TSC which is only 10 minutes away. K15n1 thanks for those suggestions. Yea we can survive the heat and in my younger years did really well which is part of the reason our...

It will either get fixed or replaced. Cannot go without it. Already wringing out the shirt I have on. I'm just trying to balance fixing vs replacing and how much a new unit would cost and how much it might save us on electricity. And balance that with the fact that we will sell the house in 5...

Fisrt off let me say we live near charleston,sc. In case you don't know we have three seasons here spring and fall(lasts a few weeks each) and sauna - temps in the upper 90s and humidity almost always above 80%. And we are just close enough to the coast to get more of the humidity from the ocean...

I almost always put the skins in all my tomatoe products- stewed,sauce and paste. I have even heard that the highest concentrations of lycopene are in the skins. For stewed tomatoes I will peel and put the peelings in the blender( I have a VitaMix which really pulverized everything) then add...

WBF, wish I could offer some advice but I've been very lucky in the boyfriend/girlfriend area. DS is in college and found his first girlfriend his freshman year. Too far away for me to be involved but he found out fairly quickly that some relationships can be a pain and now is being much more...

It's all about marketing. They collect zip codes and phone numbers to learn where people are coming from and made find an area for a new store. They track goods to see the type of things people buy and in what combinations and how much at a time. I don't like it generally but there's not much I...

Well today I am only reprocessing a few that didn't seal. I haven't had this happen in a long time must have been asleep when I tightened the rings yesterday. But yesterday's haul was 28 pints f tomatoe sauce and 8 quarts of juice. And I dehydrated one quart. Terri, wish I could send you a few...

If it's mice that you are worried about then you're going to need a vault at least. I've had them go through tupaware and rubbermaid boxes and wooden boxes. Into cabinets and onto shelves and even through walls. Yea we had problems, there was a lot of construction and deforestation going on...

A couple of years ago I had about a half bushel of tomatoes but was headed out of town with not time to do anything with them. So instead of letting them sit and rot they got tossed into a plastic grocery bag and dropped into the chest freezer. They ended up staying like that for close to...

Moolie thanks for pointing out my not thinking. I never thought about the melting points of metals. I was only thinking of things that might have been used at a time when they didn't know it wasn't safe. K15n1, I agree I think there is probably more issues with over tightening rings. In over...

Baymule, apparently I wasn't clear enough. It's the round ones that are older,sorry. Supposedly they discovered that by making them slightly square they could use a little less material (at a time when materials were a premium) without sacrificing volume. Someday soon I'll try to get some pics...

I've been using tattlers for a few years now. Love them. Have had no problems with edges chipping. I use a keychain opener like tattler sells but I got mine free from conferences, home shows,etc. tattler does some specials every now and then especially around holidays. I got my last supply of...

Can you use a few end tables? If so stack a few boxes next to a chair cover with a pretty cloth and call it done. Have also made a desk before by stacking two stacks spaced chair width apart to support a board that serves as desktop. A pain when you want to use them but when space is tight you...