- This topic has 1,688 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 3 days, 7 hours ago by
.
-
Posts
-
The weather guessers are driving me bonkers. They 70% chance of rain, no rain. I’m trying to reshingle the siding on a couple of dormers and can’t plan on going on the roof if they are predicting rain. A slippery and B I’m exposing the wall sheathing.
Yeah, I’d say item A is a bigger deal. Hopefully the weather guys get it right. But if they say no rain, are you sure to get rain so you still don’t go up there? We have had little rain here for the last few months. Next 10 days they are predicting about .25 inches. Not much.
Deer just walked into our garden. We have bird netting as a fence and they just go under it. I chased them out but that just showed how easily they can get in and out. They ate down the habenero plants. Left the peppers alone but ate the leaves. So we need to do something. We will put up a real fence tonight, but it is kind of too late. We’ll have to figure out something for the low side so they can’t just jump in and out. Dang deer.
mspart
I only grow tomatoes and peppers, and have a plastic mesh held up with pvc pipe posts. Deer roam through in the AM and again at dinner for apples on the ground but have not bothered the leaves on the garden plants. My problem is squirrels stealing the apples up in the tree. I’ve trapped and relocated 14 squirrels over the past 2 years. I’ve got 2 left that enter from adjacent trees, not the ground. Aside from a pellet gun, I haven’t figured out how to get rid of the last 2. hey start at the top in July and work their way down taking an, eating maybe a quarter of it then dropping it and moving to another apple, then another and another. Deer eat what’s dropped. A doe and 3 fawns. Last year there weren’t enough apples left for a single apple pie.
Yeah, the deer got our only apple. It looked ready to pick a few days ago and now it is gone. One apple from two trees. Pretty sad.
We put up a wire fence and I don’t think the deer are getting in that way anymore. It is supposed to rain here the rest of the week. Yesterday I stained the boards on the deck that I had to replace some weeks ago ahead of the rain. I’m glad I got that done.
We have I don’t know how many habaneros, all green. We have 2 jalapenos and 2 serranos. Those just didn’t produce much this year. Maybe we’ll try some in TN and see how that goes.
mspart
We had 2 pepper plants this year and lucked out with 4 small peppers. I used to grow jalapenos just for stuffed jalapeno poppers on the grill. I think I’ll try them again next year.
I like growing peppers. We froze them last year and they didn’t stay hot so I’m looking for ways to store them so they keep their caipasin levels.
mspart
Have you tried storing them in distilled vinegar? My uncle used to preserve them that way. The vinegar also kills/prevents mold from developing. I never ate then since I was too young at the time. I’m told the peppers don’t absorb the vinegar. You need to slit the pepper to let the vinegar seep inside.
Just got through 3 weeks of the kids and their kids visiting. We’re beat. I made omelets, eggs and bacon, plus pancakes or waffles every day. I never want to another egg for a long long time.
I have not tried that with peppers. Maybe we’ll give that a shot this time.
Kids will wear you out. We now have 3 kids living with us. They will be here alone when we move to TN. So we are getting the wheels turning to moving. Just a few more pieces need to get into place and we are off.
mspart
Finished with the siding. 5 years, 1 month and I’m finally finished upgrading the house. I originally guessed it would be a 3 year project. Wifey asks, So, where are we going for a vacation.
It’s been a long time getting that done. Congratulations!!
I just talked with a guy that took 2 years to redo his deck in composite. It looks great. I will most likely be doing that next summer here. That will be a big job I think.
My instinct is to say Yellowstone for vacation but it is getting cold there by this time I’m guessing. I could suggest Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. It’s always warm there. Phuket Thailand I hear is great. Rome is good and the temps are nice about now. Ha ha!!
Maybe a drive to Lake America would be a nice time. Or the Gulf of America, that would be a long drive. Trump cracks me up with renaming things. Just in there stirring the pot!!
Dollywood should be a nice visit or thereabouts. If I make it to Clarksville before Thanksgiving, I will try to head to Tuscaloosa for the Iron Bowl!! Big Bama Fan, hate Auburn. But I don’t have any idea when we might actually make it out there. That’s not a vacation spot though. Been there, not a whole lot to see, but we just stayed in the city mostly.
Maybe get lost in Bermuda!!!
Have a great day word!
mspart
If you do Yellowstone then you have to do the Tetons and Jackson JHle also. They aren’t that far away. If driving, take Snake River Canyon route. Head to Bozeman, too.
We’re headed to St Pete’s Beach Florida in November. It’s a good time of year for Florida, 80’s and the rains have slowed down.
From TN, you’ll open a a whole slew of new vacation ventures.
Yeah, I’ve been thinking of that. Lots of places, historical places, beach places, smoky mountain places, etc etc. I think we will be able to do so unless my wife gets a job. She may do that. There was talk of her joining the preschool where the grandson will go so he and she will have the preschool experience he wanted and she wanted. She kept the preschool open for 2 years so that he could come. Now they are in MT on their way to TN. So that plan didn’t work well. I guess we’ll see what happens. Maybe she can just volunteer.
mspart
Wifey and I like going to the Charleston SC and Savannah, GA area, down to St. Augustine FL. True old south not wrecked by Sherman’s push through the south. Lots of pretty southern towns along the coast, nice beaches, great fishing and a lot of great southern food. We usually in spring or fall to avoid the summer humidity.
My folks went back to Huntsville to visit and they drove to Atlanta and went through a town with a local burger joint that you could get burgers rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done and Shermanized. That cracked me up when they told me that.
Savannah is a nice place. Don’t have much to day about SC. Or St. Augustine FL. But FL is great for warm water, nice weather. etc.
Huntsville, AL has the space museum where they have an actual Saturn V rocket and Space Camp. There is Pine Mountain GA (just north of Columbus) that is a beautiful area where FDR had his “little” White House. Callaway Gardens is there and that is a nice resort to visit. I love that area. We lived in Atlanta for some months and we went down there and had a great time.
I hope y’all have a great trip.
mspart
I think I’ll like into a southern road trip for March-April. Just take a few weeks checking out the rural towns and to warm up from winter. Looks like summer is done here. We’ve hit the typical fall weather, 60’s cloudy and rainy. It feels more like the 40’s, downright blah weather. I’m just glad I finished my outdoor work last week.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.