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I knew what was happening but I hadn't gone to the post itself.
Here I thought this was going to be a post on actual ham.
I'm with LoneJack -- I do mine myself, one-story house. Super-fast inside and out once you've got a good technique down and have the right tools. It would take me longer to fiddle with a machine than just do it manually.
Five storey town house, 11 eight over eight or six over six wooden sash windows with balconettes. I don't see a robot in my windows' future. Impossible to clean myself and working from a ladder at height is illegal here so our old window cleaner retired. The guys with brushes on long poles can't do them because of the balconettes. Result: dirty windows except for the ground floor which we can reach.
No skylights in bedroom.
@ Emily; jck910 ….. my bedroom is also my reading room, so the more light the better for me. Also, a pitch black bedroom creeps me out, I opted not to have blackout shades, just lined Roman shades.
Light affects my ability to sleep so would never want one in my bedroom. However I have 2 nearly side by side in a vaulted area in my kitchen and a single on my porch which has a full vaulted ceiling. All are Velux, open with remotes , have screens and can self-close if it rains. After a hot day when the temp drops late in the day and when humidity is low, opening the windows and the skylights sets up a good convection current coolong the house down like never happens for me with just windows open.
More goes into planning for outlets and switches than choice of one singular location. What is likely to be plugged in? What does code require? What else do you need on switches? What is the most convenient in terms of use?
I would separate the light switch from the power outlet in the location you show. You likely need light switch on that wall for when you enter the room, but not a power outlet. If you leave the set-up at the edge of the wall it would be hazardous to plug something on the counter into that outlet (too easy to snag the cord). If you move the set-up further in on the backsplash, it's too far of a reach for easy on/off of lights. So, put the light switch at the edge of the wall (next to the stool), and outlets along the counter according to code.
Consider something like these!
Take a pill If you had shared more info at the beginning then we could answer better from the beginning. I still think one plug and one switch are not enough even in the tiniest kitchen whereever youare .
#1 that gets under my skin: Use of the present tense when talking about past events. How or why this ever became the preferred tense in storytelling or relaying of past events leaves me scratching my head. I understand there are instances where this style of speaking or writing might be used invoke a sense of urgency or excitement, but it's seems as though it's become the norm, and I hate it.
Last November, Johnny flies into town. He clears Customs, and he walks across the baggage claim area to greet his mother. NO!!
Last November, Johnny flew into town. He cleared Customs, and he walked across the baggage claim area to greet his mother. Correct.
No wait, I take that back. #1 for me has to be use of a pleural pronoun when referring to a singular person. It can be verry confusing.
How about "I seen her yesterday". Nails on a chalkboard...
No dear, you SAW her yesterday.
KW, thank you. It was sad to think a dog so sweet could be treated so badly. I'm still with the same vet that took care of him. He was always so upset being in the little examining room, so Lisa (my vet) took him out into the waiting room and sat on the floor with him and did her exam. It was so kind of her. I saw his chart and saw it had 3 stars on it. I mentioned that I was impressed that he got a 3 star rating. She laughed and said that was not a good thing. He gave the staff a hard time when they would take him in the back for any procedure. Once she started treating him in the lobby, he was fine with anything they wanted to do. Poor baby.
I apologize. I'm still sick. And frustrated from being so sick. I would kill to be relatively normal, health-wise. I know I will never be a "normal" person. I shouldn't have said what I said. Truly. I thought of y'all today, when I was reading a statement that is going to be put out by the American Heart Association, and I was looking for things as proper and formal as possibly could be. Could be seen for decades, and maybe even generations? It was about cardiac biobanks, the world I live in. For my full-time job, that's not nearly as fun as my fun job.
That said, I love!!!!!!! ❤️ 😍
Incentive = reward, punishment = consequence.
Example: Not committing a crime is not an incentive not to go to jail. Nobody wants to go to jail. Rather, not committing a crime is avoidance of the consequence of going to jail.
" positive reinforcement - a very good training method for animals, especially dogs. It should also work for toddlers. "
It works very well for children too, long past the toddler stage. We used to joke that the dog training experiences we had before we had kids, made raising kids much easier.
I always thought that an element of Pavlov's demonstrations included his success in using positive reinforcement to communicate, not just to train. The thing about animals is that you can't tell them in words what you want them to do, or do only in certain circumstances, as you can with humans. Most learn eventually that a firm No means they did something wrong but that's different.
Rewarding a animal for a desired behavior, even if at first it's physically induced, gets the message across that that's what you want them to do.
^ except that in my area, the jail time may be so minimal that criminals are back out on the street commiting more crimes., so the consequence/punishment is no longer effective...
"Good job, you must've gotten a big, heavy root-ball."
Actually, not as big as I anticipated for being in the ground this many years. She just didn't like it there, apparantly. Will see how she does in her new spot.
Did you loosen the root ball. A compacted root ball may be the reason it was not growing.
"Did you loosen the root ball"
Yes. Roots with free range off the rootball.
Oh, she'll survive -- but she looks like cr*p.
The birds are useless in all this. Utterly useless. Sitting there up on the wire right above a tree covered in tasty treats, rose bushes nearby clothed in crunchy snacks, and they couldn't be bothered.
I ended up moving it here mid-August. The weather will start cooling down soon, it's a good time. I found a good spot for her about halfway between the house and the road, she's far enough away that I won't see the damage. Actually, it might end up to be a better spot in the long run, she'll offer more screening from passerby as she grows, already looks good from the window.
LOL hopefully you sat on it and squished it!
:)
Dee
That confirms it. There are way too many of those things. lol
Indiana and Ohio have gotten deluged from what I hear on the news, but nothing here. Maybe tomorrow....have to remain hopeful, at least. It sure has been gloomy for a few days, though.
Watering?! 0 need to water anything this Summer. Rain is pretty persistent now. See growing drought in Florida..., and this is their rainy season. South Florida having some record heat now, near 100F, which is very unusual, sure it is partyl the arid conditions. Was speaking to a gentleman visiting from Santa Fe (northern NM), they are over 7,000 feet above sea level, and rarely go over 90 in the Summer, not this Summer. He showed me a picture of a local smoke plume, looked like a mushroom cloud! He expressed a bit of cultural shock by all the rain and the all the GREEN. But like I said, it's like a facet turning on and off, now it is wide open but I can see it going into flash drought in the Fall!
46df here this morning. 🥶
But back to 80 and sunny today.
That gives us longer periods of time in the morning to work outside without the oppressive heat to deal with.
The biggest benefit of soaking rains this time of year is that they coincide with the root elongating period for most Northern Hemisphere plants, letting roots travel in the moist soil, as far out away from the tree as they prefer, without being hindered by dry soil.
I don't try to predict the future because most times, I end up being wrong. I just take what comes and deal with it accordingly. Sometimes it turns out good and sometimes not so good but why worry about things that you have no control over? Life is made to be enjoyed imo.
Not having to water also gives me more time to be a little more laid back this time of year and enjoy what I'm seeing and doing outside. It's something that I really like to do and am not as limited or time now that I'm retired. So don't burst my bubble! 🤣
Hope all that are getting extraneous amounts of rain fair well and get things repaired back under control. We still haven't had the damage on our house fixed.
It's coming along very nicely! You have much more patience than I do, to grow those from seed.
Thanks! It gives me something to do while I'm waiting for my other plants to grow. lol
I have quite an inventory of trees I've started from seed, some now 20 ft. tall.
Very good. I dearly love Ottolenghi but the lists of ingredients usually makes me just put the book away. Gently of course.
LOL! I think I've seen them all except the kindergarten. :op
Don't wreck good caprese by getting to cute-sy or fancy. No. Just fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, and ripe fresh tomatoes with a gentle sprinking of salt and balsamic glaze. Simple and bursting with flavor when tomatoes are at the peak of ripeness.
I'm sorry if I seem quarrelsome--I just find your recipes interesting. So here's a totally different tomato and cheese recipe I like, to return the favor, for those who feel like cooking.
https://leitesculinaria.com/101609/recipes-cherry-tomato-tart.html
Cherry Tomato Tart Leite's Culinaria — Not Quite There See Notes
MAKES: 6 servings
PREP TIME: 25 mins
COOK TIME: 1 hr
This cherry tomato tart calls for a homemade herbed crust, heavy cream, goat cheese, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and tons of tomatoes.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon rosemary leaves, minced
1 tablespoon thyme leaves
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
12 tablespoons (6 oz) cold, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
4 to 6 tablespoons ice water
3/4 pound (about 35) cherry tomatoes (or more...)
olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups heavy cream
Handful basil leaves, thinly sliced, plus a few small ones for the garnish
1/2 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated
3 ounces soft and creamy goat cheese (nb: mild)
Equipment
11 -inch tart with removable bottom
DIRECTIONS
1. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse the flour, rosemary, thyme, and salt until blended. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal with noticeable chunks of butter no bigger than small peas, somewhere around 13 to 15 one-second pulses.
2. Dump the tart crust mixture into a large bowl and drizzle with 4 tablespoons ice water. Using a fork, gently mix just until the mixture forms a “shaggy” dough. Squeeze some of the dough in your hand. If it doesn’t hold together, add enough of the remaining water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough does hold together when gently squeezed. Form the dough into a disc, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
3. While the dough is in the fridge, position the oven racks in the middle and lower thirds of the oven. Crank the oven to 400°F (200°C).
4. Toss the tomatoes with a drizzle of olive oil on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper and season with salt and pepper. Spread the tomatoes in a single layer and roast on the lower rack until they’re split, wrinkled, and releasing some of their liquid, 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of your tomatoes. Let cool on the baking sheet.
5. While the tomatoes are roasting and cooling, roll out the dough into a 13-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Ease it into an 11-inch tart pan, fitting it snugly against the sides and bottom, and trim the excess. Prick the bottom with a fork and cover with parchment or foil. Fill the tart with or beans. (If the tomatoes aren’t done, slip the shell into the fridge.) Bake the tart crust for 20 minutes. Remove the weights and parchment and bake until pale golden, 5 to 10 minutes more. Let cool slightly.
6. Whisk the eggs, cream, sliced basil, half the Parmigiano-Reggiano, and a pinch each salt and pepper in a bowl. Pour the filling into the baked tart crust and distribute the tomatoes equally in the tart crust. Pinch off bits of goat cheese and place them between the tomatoes. Sprinkle the filling with the remaining cheese. Bake on the middle rack until set and golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool until warm. When ready to slice and serve, dot with the teensiest basil leaves you have.
NOTES
Better with more crust. Better with more tomatos—no bites without. Very thin custard leaks. Use pan under. My goat cheese too strong. Romano good sub for parm.
That sounds very good! I have a couple tomato tart recipes I like with one being very simple. Both have a buttery, herbed crust. I might sub Boursin or feta for the goat cheese. Definitely a pan under for possible leaks! I tend to do that most of the time.
I saw a recipe recently for a Caramelized Corn and Tomato Tart. Because why not good corn with good tomatoes?👍🏻
I'm another one who doesn't have a coffee table.
No coffee table here either. I had one, a mahogany butlers table, that I gave away 30 years ago. (Never kept anything on it.) 7 years later my daughter bought her own house and was happy to get the rest of my formal LR furniture - I haven't wanted one since.
We have a globe, a smallish handgun and my bong. Purely utilitarian.
I never had any problem with insects or rodents in my detached garage. It's not sealed tight and I always have a few doors hanging open so insects can come and go with ease.
I've had these racks at least 10 years and use them for garlic, tomatoes, onions, potatoes or anything else it need to stack, and now I don't know what I'd do without them. When I'm not using them they stack half the height behind the garage uncovered and haven't faded, gotten brittle or degraded a bit. Big tomatoes are placed in one layer, Roma's and other paste tomatoes are filled to the top and never had them squish or not ripen evenly.
You can buy them new for $11.49 each and shipping is $20 for up to 6. ordering 7 to 12 is $40 and so on. Ordering just one rack is still $20 shipping so think in half dozen quantities for the best value, I have 12. If you want your name or logo hot stamped in them it's $400. These are commercial grade that takes a beating and the same ones the bread companies use. Ordering website link.
I started a thread in another forum about living options. Join the conversation.
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6584459/senior-living-options#n=14
Yes to what Jan and Arcy said. I'm in my 50s, DH in his 60s and we've already had this conversation. When we start to get to the point that keeping up with the house and property is becoming too much, we will seriously consider one of the senior living places. An extended family member just moved into two years ago, and I gotta say I'm kinda envious of how NICE the place is, I wish my own home had thoughtful features like that (extra wide halls, zero steps not even to enter, no cumbersome interior doors, etc). She's in a place where she can pay for a different "package" if she needs a higher level of care, which is huge because she won't have to move as her abilities decline and need for care increases; you can take it all the way to the end of life there. Yes it costs a heck of a lot more but how great you wouldn't have to move at that stage of things. Dining hall a short walk away, all sorts of activies, a bus that takes you shopping or to appointments (with a reservation), no property maintenance. She even has a cleaning person that comes in weekly included.
The drawback? The sheer cost of it. My hope is that by the time DH and I need to seriously consider this type of thing prices will come down (or at least not have increased substantially), they seem to be building more and more of these places in the area.
ETA: All that to say, is the $$$ your mom is going to spend on renovations wise at this point? Would that money be better spent on minor cosmetic things to make her enjoy it while she's there, but the big money saved/invested for future need for a move to a senior living place?
I had an outdoor rug a few years ago and ditched it. I got tired of having to sweep it off, I have trees near the deck and there's always debris. Debris doesn't seem to "stick" to the deck to the same degree it does to a rug, even an outdoor rug. My deck isn't covered, that probably makes a difference.
Even though I really like the Dalyn rug, I just learned it is not a TRUE outdoor rug and should be used on a covered deck. Mine is not covered . . . I like the sun. So that one is ruled out. Maybe I'll buy a small Addison sample to see it in person.
From Trex.com.
Tre
"I even loved to diagram sentences in school..."
Me, too! Was (am) darn good at it, too!
I saw an online recipe that gave a both a shortened and full version of the recipe. The shortened version would say brown beef, remove then saute vegetables.
The full recipe of course said to heat pot over medium high heat, add 2 tbsp oil, and brown beef 5-7 minutes, flip and brown the other side. Remove to a plate and in the remaining fat add onions and celery, etc etc etc
Very nice option
Jasdip, that is a nice option too. When I explain to people why I rarely use recipes to cook (vs. baking), I explain that I understand the basic techniques (like saute, braise, deglaze, brown, poach, etc) and I don't need them explained again.
Oh wow, I've never seen a pine tree anything like that.
maackia, that tree is looking at us with the "weevil-eye". :)
It would be a tough assignment to measure the DBH on that one ;)
This odd layout of garage next to the master bath at the opposite end of the house from the kitchen would be a complete deal-breaker for me. If that's not bad enough, there's not even a mudroom from the garage into the bedroom. This is an example of truly horrible design and something that absolutely affects resale.
" and the traffic noise was terrible! The realtor told us some people actually enjoy the sound. Go figure but someone did buy it.🤷♀️😵💫 "
I have a sound app that came with my headphones, and you can program it for sounds to help you sleep. There are the usual suspects (wind, rain, bells, meditation music, etc) but there are some really weird ones, like traffic, office noises, boots on gravel, and even slicing onions!
Forty years from now, it will be adding back walls between the rooms.
Yes nicely done!
Very nice and lovely for the community. Wish our drive thur did such a nice flower garden! 👍
How pretty. I wish our various businesses did the same.
I had a clump many years ago. Didn't care for it, it lacks the grace and elegance of the taller anemones ("Honorine Jobert" being hands-down my all-time favorite).
Me too @porkchop_z5b_MI ie I love HJobert. I just cant get it to thrive for more than few years.
Take a look here @roxanna:
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1672424/1st-year-review-of-anemone-wild-swan
(I was so excited when "Wild Swan" was brought to market way way back.)
Update: I finally got one! I brought an eastern redbud home with me yesterday, along with another river birch (I have a deep-seated love of river birch). The redbud is not a named cultivar. Got them planted today.
Beautiful specimens, porkchop! Very nice indeed. Good luck with them. River birches are really quite beautiful.
:)
Dee
You could order Maria Killam's white color wheel thingamabob to help you out.
I love the colors you described -- I'd describe them as being taupes. Those colors looked terrific in my other house. Here, no way, not with my flooring and other fixed elements.
The floor is what should drive the wall color and color of the soft furnishings in the this room. First step is to determine what you're going to do with the floor -- keep it or carpet it. If you carpet it, bring home different samples to see what you like and what is going to look good in your space/light conditions. Don't neglect to consider the transition into other rooms and what you've got going on there to determine what color carpet to get. Paint can come last - it's the floor you have to think about first.
If you're going to keep the floor, then work from there with furnishings and paint.
That is excellent advic, thank you!
I would not be happy with that. It's not so much that a seam is there -- most of us have seams -- but the seam in combination with the abrupt change in direction make it looks like the countertop was cobbled together.
A color matched Sharpie will make that seam nearly disappear.
"Why wouldn't they just make a straight seam instead of that odd curved one."
It's called a French Miter.
Important info. Thank you for sharing and for the work you do on this.
Thank you @StarCraft Reviews for the post and reviews you host.
As a builder we try to "herd" our clients to trusted suppliers such as Ferguson as they do a great job of filtering out garbage & materials illegal in CA. Occasionally a selection or an owner supplied product slips in with an almost familiar brand name we always research. Lots of dead ends & false fronts, non UL listed fixtures, questionable connections, worthless warranty. The latest was an appliance dealer we traced to an apartment in NYC. Great price but I'm not sending money.
"It makes me wonder - is having such items in a car really necessary?"
I think it depends. I travel a lot for work by car, and sometimes I'm out in the middle of proverbial nowhere without cell phone service and it might be a bit before a car passes to help. A first aid kit is good to take care of minor emergencies that might arise. If I'm lying dead in a ditch no, but what if I gash my leg or something if I'm out taking a break and walking? I could bandage myself up to hold me until I could drive for help. Just an example.
What about someone who is in the outdoors a lot? Say a kayak-er or fisherman or hiker? If the supplies are in the car, easy to toss in whatever backpack you're using or throw in the kayak -- if it's in the car and ready to go, you're less likely to forget it.
There's all sorts of examples. Better to be prepared than be in a situation where you really wish you had that gauze or tweezers (ticks, anyone?) or band-aid or whatever and don't.
ETA: It's kind of like keeping a small snow shovel and bag of kitty litter or sand, emergency flares, flashlight and batteries along with an emergency supplies kit if you live and drive in a snowy state. You hope you never need the supplies but are awfully thankful if you do.
"I pay $9 per year for emergency roadside service from my auto insurer."
You must have missed the part in my comment about sometimes being in areas that don't have cell service. Yes, AAA is great and I've had a membership for as long as I can remember (and have used it a few times), but if you can't reach them what good are they?
"And in the event of a surprise New England blizzard, all bets are off."
Or a nasty Midwestern one.
This comment was a sarcastic fib ———
“a miniaturized sphygmomanometer.”Obviously so. There’s no such thing.
While traveling down I-70 to our daughter's house in MD. We witnessed a crotch rocket wreck, went end over end about 6 times. A van clipped him and threw him out of control. Luckily for the guy he landed in an unmowed part o the median strip. We stopped, helped him up, put up the hatch of our suv and had him sit down. Gave him a blanket to wrap around himself and a bottle of water. Had to use our phone coz his went flying. Glad we had some supplies to help.
Another time we were driving home and saw an old lady lying on the side of the road!! We stopped, put a pillow under her head, covered her with a blanket. Didn't want to move her in case of any severe injuries. (she was in her nightgown and robe!) Called 911, I flagged down cars to slow down while DH stayed with her til help came. She had wandered off from a nursing home nearby. The staff was extremely flustered, no damn wonder, but said we can't lock them in, so they do wander sometimes. 🤦♀️ Luckily she was not seriously hurt.
We do live in a rural area so having some general stuff in the trunk is never a bad thing, for us anyway.
Sounds like your visitor lifted your day! :0)
Isn't it the best when we're not hoping to spot anything and then boom! out of the blue some creature pays us a visit!
So happy you had this visitor. I hope you see it again.
Such a nice visit surprise! Thanks for sharing with us. Enjoyed the pic!
According to the patent, Berry Poppins originated as an open pollinated seedling of Red Sprite, and is described as being "more compact" and "produces more berries" than Red Sprite. So if your Red Sprites are setting heavy crops of berries, you should have good luck with Berry Poppins (especially since you also have Mr. Poppins).
^^ That is reassuring. I wonder if I actually needed the Mr. Poppins, since whatever male is pollinating the Red Sprite is doing quite a fine job.
Lucky you!!!
Looks normal to me. Never thought to be frustrated by it.
Hmmm...I've seen it written many times that blueberries do just fine in partial shade (though yes full sun is best). But, I'm growing these for the fruit, not ornamental purposes, so maybe I should just stick with the plan and re-locate them to the mostly-sunny area I am preparing.
I hate to have to move them, some of them are maturing and really churning out the fruit, but I'm relocating my vegetable garden where they currently reside and they have to come along for the move. I won't do this until early September, but I'm finalizing layout and placement of the new garden and am trying to figure out how to get all the small fruits into one area along with the raised beds for the vegetables. I have some space avaialable under the trees, though, which is why I thought of maybe there instead.
I take it these are hybrids developed for crop yield? If that’s the case, and it seems your primary goal, I’d be inclined to move them.
At my previous place we had a sandstone ridge that ran almost the entire length of the property (north to south). On the sides of the ridge were patches of Vaccinium angustifoliam. This is a memory test, but it seems they were mainly on the west side of ridge. They were vigourous, but didn’t fruit heavily, which I assumed was due to the shade thrown by Northern Pin Oaks. I could collect enough fruit for pancakes, but not much more.
Are they pole beans or bush beans? These are way too short in late July to be pole beans so I'm guessing they're bush beans, but what does the plant tag say?
Pole beans don't really pick up and start producing heavily where I am until at least mid-late July, and that's if you start them early indoors (which I do). I can't speak to bush beans. Give them a little more time to see what they do. Good point above about too much nitrogen.
I didn't do nuttin. I'm scared of heights!
"Crabgrass is an annual, but it sets a billion seeds."
I can attest to that. Agree the best course of action is to dig out the clumps and separate out the crabgrass.
At least it's not couchgrass...
Thanks for the tip, DM. My creeping phlox is full of grass too.
ditto. thanks!
"Another native thug that doesn't play well with others is the Northern River/Sea Oats, Chasmanthium latifolium."
Oooh, I love Chasmanthium latifolium! I love the overall plant form and the fact it can grow in semi-shady locations and give some needed height under shade trees. And yes those dangling seedheads that look like minnows bouncing in the breeze! There's really nothing quite like it, not that I'm aware of anyway.
I have my clumps directly under a maple tree and in the general vicinity of another maple tree, which I think keeps them in check because of the intense root competition from the maples. I do find seedlings here and there, but they're easy to pull and because they're distinctive they're easy to spot what they area. At my other house I had a really large clump. That one, too, was under a giant maple; it turned into a gorgeous vase-shaped clump but stayed within bounds.
I tried the variegated variety quite some years ago. No vigor in that one, it petered out quickly.
I feel like you all must live in another world. One without deer! The deer pressure in my NY metro area makes native plants very difficult to protect. In unfenced areas there is no regeneration of oaks for example. Wooded landscapes are dominated by invasives. We gardeners still are committed to restoring native plants but it requires a whole lot of strategy, and many compromises.
Gee I live in a fairly rural suburb - old farms, protected open space, patches of woods - and I have lots of wildlife, including deer. There's a deer path straight through my yard. I hardly ever see any deer damage to my natives. The sassafras is never touched, I have oak saplings, maple saplings, and lots of other small trees that I'm constantly removing from garden areas (they may not all be natives but I think there are cottonwood and juniper trees in there). The virginia creeper is never touched, nor the poison ivy, and I don't know if they are native or not, but lol the weeds are NEVER touched. Seems the only thing deer and other critters go for is my planted garden plants - hostas, daylilies, phlox etc. Maybe there are enough "cultivated yards" so that the deer have developed a fussier palate!
:)
Dee
"Your answer is make it. You can't beat the flavour and texture of home-made."
I used to have an ice cream maker but that was a long time ago. Too much effort when I can just to the store and buy some.
I've had the Tillamook before, it's pretty good but it's a different texture than Haagen Dasz. It's less expensive, too, so there's a plus right there. :0)
Palisade Colorado had a successful peach crop this year. There are buckets of Palisade peaches for sale at EVERY farmers market. Next....Rocky Ford cantaloupe will be ready. Looking forward to the Colorado crops....which even the grocery stores HERE will carry. YUM!
Yes...you can't beat the price of Tillamook ice cream...on sale here for $3.99 for a 1.5 quart container.
Stopped by the Tillamook HQ/factory and restaurant/ice cream shop/cheese market. Was so packed we were unable to grab a parking spot. We had low motivation to go, and it was mainly for the types of cheese that are not broadly distributed.
me too, Porks. It was the yellowing leafage which did for me...and yep, the overall spindly meh effect.
My only experience with this plant has it being 'permanently' potted. And so far I have enjoyed it lots as a late summer bloomer, with zero dieback the past two winters. If I do lose it at some point I will for sure replace it.
Adrianne -- it's customary to put all comments in only one or two replies, not reply separately for a reaction to everything above it. It's too hard to follow, otherwise.
It would be challenging to find a floor lamp that would complement your curvy dining light. However, if that's what you want to do, then get a floor lamp with a drum shade to echo the dining light shape, though the one I posted fits more neatly into the space behind the chair and the brass finish mataches your coffee table.
I like the shape of the one u posted earlier. Shape was very appealing to me
I also use boards to let bugs "try" to hide under. Works good. This year I put out 3x as many japanese beetle traps as every before and hnad killed more then in the last 15 years combined. I also check everything twice a day. I still had 10x the jap beetles then any other year. Tis year almost to SVB but tons of cuc beetles. It goes in cycles.
^^ There sure were a LOT of Japanese beetles this year, weren't there. I still have some here and there but the seasonal onslaught finally ended.