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I bought a large dual fuel generator last year. The plan is to hook it up on our exterior propane tank. Its a 50 gal one. With that I can keep two freezers and pare down to one frig, to keep them running. Sadly, hubs refuses to start up the generator, put a load on it, and make sure its...

Speaking of getting old. I needed to wash our new to us winter comforter. Dog hair, muddy paws, and such. I knew I needed a large washer. I went to the laundromat right in the middle of Battle Ground and found ppl putting their comforter in the ONLY large one there - 49 min cycle. So I drove to...

We've been inundated with raspberries. I saved up a whole bunch and made raspberry jam.

Two years ago I completely cleaned the Weber gas bbq. It needs it again, and it needs to be refurbished. I've asked my son to do this for me. Order parts, get the dang thing up to speed again. Its 10 years old. So last nite, I had several chicken thighs from '23 and wanted to grill them. Nope...

You may remember that I volunteer at our small town food pantry. With the County's Main Food Bank warehouse cut of $900,000 in Fed funds, all the pantries are struggling. I stumbled across two gals (there is a 3rd gal too) who have hobby farms. They each have sheep, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks...

We got one inch of rain over the last two days. Sooooo helpful!! Now unless a storm comes in from the Pacific, this will be the last of our measurable rain for the next few months. This is when my water bill skyrockets!!

@theporch: yes there was. I get the alerts because I have two families renting there in Eagle Point. As of this morning, all the levels of evac are cancelled. It was pretty nasty!

We got 0.30 inches of rain today! Maybe more tomorrow?

The fires and smoke is the primary reason we left Medford three years ago.

I'm south of The Porch, and yes, my pastures are browning up. We don't get any measurable rain until late fall. We are used to brown as a color. Where Hinotori lives is in a drought classification. "On June 5, 2025, the Department of Ecology (Ecology) issued a Drought Emergency Declaration for...

It was on the news about how much rain Texas has received. So much in so little time. Weird for sure.

I'm on septic and it all goes into a large tank and then percs out. I suppose you have a different system.

I went into my deep pantry and emerged with 6 items. Some home canned and others old stuff needing to be used up. Voila! Sausage pasta casserole. Its too hot to heat up the regular oven, so I'll fit my casserole pan in my large toaster type oven.

Thank you, @Hinotori. I had to look up some of the words you used. Very interesting and something I learned today.

Grandmother was 100.5 and my 94.5 year old Mother is on a three week Alaskan cruise. Maybe I'll get lucky too!

Me too, Mini. I'm sick of all the constant bad news. Over here, we've had a large increase in domestic violence deaths, car accidents, etc. Not to mention that deranged man who killed his three daughters with plastic bags over their heads. He's still on the run. Also an egg factory in Calif is...

I've spent the last three hours watering. Garden big time, foundation plants, flowers, etc. Its supposed to get up to 92 tomorrow and I want everything well watered. Hubs hasn't finished up doing all the sprinklers for the summer/fall.

I got in touch with one gal locally, who has a contract (along with two other ladies) with one of the 3 Costco's here, to pick up their produce discards. She gets their throwaways 2x a week, while another gal does 2x a week and one gal does once a week. They each get a full pallet of fruits and...

Holy crap.