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Appliances are not the focus. If we change out, it'll be later and I'll likely get an electric oven and keep a gas range but may consider convection. The remodel is more about countertops, cabinets, new sink/hardware, backsplash and adding a hood. Refinishing hardwood floors is a must after 26 years, three kids and many Brittanys.

Cewl! Pics please. We've got a kitchen remodel coming this summer and will have a couple nice upgrades for us

Yep. Looks great!

Some of this looks familiar..😀

Things are winding down at the old salt mine, so I have some time on my hands while still needing to be accessible. So, what have I been doing for the last hour or so, besides being accessible? Rereading this thread, that's what. Hard to imagine there are 14,000+ posts here spanning about 11 years! But I notice a lot of folks who previously posted have gone pretty much silent. So, I'm gonna put out a call for a number of you food makers/eaters and try to gin up some posts here. Here we go: @MOPanfisher @Ryan Miloshewski @Johnsfolly @Flysmallie @Gavin @snagged in outlet 3 @Terrierman @Daryk Campbell Sr@joeD And, from the frequent poster club: @rps @BilletHead Post more please, gentlemen! Last night here was an old favorite: angel hair pasta with pancetta, mushrooms, tasty green peas, and a tomato cream sauce. The last time I made this it wasn't great because the pancetta was wrong. I found a better source and it was excellent. Repeat picture: Got this recipe from a local restaurant called Jasper's. Here's a video of him making it, if you care. Sponsor of the video should be pretty evident.

Looking forward to the Medusa write up!

We need rain too. My suburbanite view is that lawns are very dry, almost crispy. Wild temperature fluctuations here make me wonder when we'll see anything. Soils temp in my raised beds ~ 50 degrees.

Molasses-brined thick chops. Deeelicious, but I slightly over cooked them.

Sweet! And, love that last pic

Oh, and 32 degrees this morning and the heat is back on

Not only was this a daily record high, I heard this morning this is the earliest 93 since 1910, and that happened on April 29!

We hit 90+ yesterday. It was gonna be too hot in the house to sleep well so turned on the AC. 50 this morning

Interesting tidbit from the Johnson County, KS Extension Service Last frost probability: 50% 4/15 40% 4/18 30% 4/21 20% 4/25 10% 4/30 5% 5/4 1% 5/13 And, from my own garden notes: 4/30/2011, 31 degrees 4/22/2013, freeze 5/2/2013, 1 inch snow 5/18/2014, record lows of 34 and 35 this week 5/9/2020, 34 degrees and frost 4/19-4/21/2022, low 26 degrees on 4/22 4/26/2022, 31 degrees 4/23/2023, 28 degrees

What's going on with the tape on the ruler?? It's not one of those cut-a-few-inches-out-of-the-middle things is it?? Seriously, what fish!

I've done corn tortillas, but not flour. Tortilla press is gathering dust and cob webs in the basement though.

There are a lot of flour tortillas to choose from in the market, but so many of them are too thick and gummy. They can be improved a lot by giving them a little toasting/char though. We use them for fajitas and shrimp tacos. But...I really prefer corn., soft and hard, over flour tortillas for most other things.

I've never had a crawfish boil. But I think a good point, which applies to all shell fish, it to be sure to not over cook them. If I was tasked with doing one, I'd research the appropriate cook time as well as the method and recipe. Good luck and I'd love to see the results.

Yeah, we used nothing else. They're Kansas City based, so there were several news stories, and then they were gone from the shelves. Maybe 2 years ago.

I had to look up Ruth Stout as I'd never heard of it. So many approaches to this stuff. Square Foot is really just an offshoot of 'French Intensive' gardening developed centuries ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_intensive_gardening?wprov=sfti1#

Hey, I was in that movie!🤪

Ate you getting any thick asparagus yet?

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It's the Holly C. of fishing line!

Well, there's been a little chatter around here lately regarding gardens, so maybe a devoted thread is in order? I'll start. I basically do a Square Foot Garden method, which works well for the small backyard garden I do. Three raised beds, each 4 x 8, feet for 96 square feet total. If you're not familiar, SFG is based on a grid of 1 foot squares, with tight plantings in well-amended soil.For example, 4 heads of lettuce to a square, 16 radishes, 9 beets, 9 spinach, etc. They recommend 1 square for determinate tomatoes. Crazy, huh? Well it works for tomatoes if you prune them to a single stem and take out all suckers and any other side growth. I did it for years, but I give them more room these days since they're not getting the amount of sun they need due to tree growth. I pretty much follow the guidelines on other stuff though. One of the benefits of the close planting is that weeds are naturally shaded out. And with the good soil, any weeds you do get can be pulled easily. I'll mulch with grass clippings later on for water retention and weed control. We get all we want, plus always have some things for friends and neighbors, so we're happy. Garlic went in the ground last fall, and it's standing about 6-9 inches tall now. If you haven't done garlic, give it a try. IT's the easiest thing to grow. We've still got a few heads from last summer. Last month, I started tomatoes, peppers, herbs and half the spring lettuce indoors. I do succession planting on several things to help spread the harvest out, so, I started the other half of the spring lettuce yesterday and this weekend or next I'll start half the radishes, spinach and beets outdoors. Last weekend each bed got 6 cubic feet of an organic commercial vegetable garden mix. I'm cutting out cherry tomatoes this year. We really like them but flat get tired of them by mid/late July. And they're big and unruly plants and require a lot of maintenance. I'm also reducing the number of tomatoes to 4 this year. Like I said, there's just not enough sunlight to really thrive. We'll get plenty, just won't have as many to give away. The 4 tomatoes will be Black Krim, German Pink, Brandywine and Celebrity. The first three are heirloom indeterminate, and Celebrity is an old favorite hybrid determinate that I've grown since around 1991. Black Krim is a good alternative to Cherokee Purple. The flavor and look are very similar, and they don't have the white core we always seemed to get with CP. A few years back I put in a drip irrigation system and that's been a really nice upgrade. Watering is a cinch, and you don't wet the leaves when you do it. It's also nice for when we are out of town and have somebody else taking care of things. So, there's more than you wanted to know about ness' 2026 garden. Let's hear about yours, or if you want, tell us why this is such a stoopid hobby

Happy Pat's day!