Posted on 01/17/2014 5:49:09 AM PST by greeneyes
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I don’t have even one old type ice tray. My fridge dumps ice into a big container. I guess ice trays are still made?
Since I linked you to lumberjocks for an idea, I will give you the latest news from there. I’m pretty new at that site. I made a new buddy there about three days ago. We have messaged back and forth a time or two in those three days. At 3pm today, he posted this:
http://lumberjocks.com/topics/57279
He is a master craftsman, building the most beautiful stuff from a unique wood that is hard to find. He cuts and mills all the wood himself. He lives somewhere in S.D.
Wife and I are sad for his loss, and sending up prayers of thanks for nobody hurt or worse.
Yes, plastic ice trays are still available in most stores. I have two mint condition vintage metal ice trays that I love to use when I want bigger cubes. Being metal, it freezes faster, too.
While still living in our hometown, we would receive Meyers lemons by the bags full. My wife would have to freeze them in ice trays. Never had so much great lemonade as then.
I'm glad their house was untouched by the fire. My husband had a cabinet shop..I can imagine how devastating a loss of all the equipment, and lumber would be.
Whoa, the Cold Front just blew in this minute.. Went from calm, and quiet to a whistling and whooshing wind, and bending branch noises. I guess it is going to get cold as the possums are behaving boldly, badly, and they were out early.
We are at 54 at 2:30, with a high for Tuesday of 57 and low of 27. We are going to play winter again for a few days.
Since I got my saw moved onto the mobile platform and put back together, I can focus on putting my materbater together and starting seeds. I should have done that by now, but I am always running behind. I have to use this thing because we dont have a warm south facing window for sprouts like others on here. We dont use heat at night either so it gets chilly in here. I’m gunna do things a little different this time by using 5oz Dixie cups rather than my seed trays that I have always used. Since I’m starting fewer seeds, I can give each more room to use under the lights. I hate to mess with a system that works, but it is not major changes, so maybe I will be ok.
If your hubby had a cabinet shop, then you have an idea of how much 3,000 board feet of lumber is. It is so sad to hear of a fire; you just can’t replace a lifetime of collecting small stuff as well as the big stuff. I hope they are properly insured for everything.
/johnny
Okay, it’s nice here now..The first front is through. It is supposed to be in the twenties tonight. Then, Friday, it’s supposed to snow here.
That figures as on Friday the Cowboy Breakfast for the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo will be held, and the weather for that is always bad.
At long last, my wait is over...
‘ValleyCat’ tomato—the 2014 Rodeo Tomato
“ValleyCat” tomato is the 2014 Rodeo Tomato. This tomato variety named “ValleyCat” produces a large number of large to extra-large, firm, round tomatoes. The variety produces tomatoes with outstanding fruit quality on a semi-determinate (medium size growth) plant. It is a medium maturity variety which ripens to an attractive red color with excellent interior qualities. “ValleyCat” also offers Disease Resistance: Fol: 0-1 (US1-2) / Ma, Mi, Mj / S / V (Va: 0, Vd: 0)
http://www.plantanswers.com/Articles/ValleyCat_Tomato.asp
Ever wonder what all those diseases resistance letters after different tomatoes stands for?
TABLE OF TOMATO NEMATODE AND DISEASE RESISTANCE:
Fol Fusarium wilt caused by the specified races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici
Ma Ma Root knot caused by Meloidogyne arenaria
Mi Root knot caused by Meloidogyne incognita
Mj Root knot caused by Meloidogyne javanica
S Grey leaf spot caused by Stemphylium spp.
V Verticillium wilt caused by the specified race of Verticilium albo-atrum, V. dahlia
Heyyy! :-( Haven’t made the nursery yet. DH & the pups have had other ideas.
Thanks for that link! (I had forgotten all about Milberger, too. Need to get out more)
Heyy, back at ya. If I wnet to Fanick's and Milberger in the same day, I'd probably have to file for bankruptcy. I would go nuts buying kiwi, avoccado trees, a pomegranate or two, Citrus trees..It would be my undoing..
That is great, having two nurseries available to you. Here we have exactly none, and not aware of a true nursery in Houston either.
Oh, they're not that close to me..about 70 miles or so. Closer for KGeorge.
The Milbergers are super nice. They did the raised beds at my daughter's house when she first moved in, and then every year for several years, they'd drop off tons of bedding plants gratis..Like maybe 20 big flats of bedding plants..kale, cabbage, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, something of everything..
LOLOL No kidding. Nurseries & bookstores. I just wish we had a bigger yard.
There is a place south of Houston by the NASA center that has great inventory and offer classes, and have landscaping service. That man knows everything about what will and wont grow in Houston. They are about 80mi drive for us, and right through downtown and out the other side. Sure, it’s Interstate hwy, but the traffic is murder, even on weekends. They grow nothing there, but buy good quality plants from better suppliers that Lowes. We bought tomatos starts there last year to get some heirlooms that we wanted to try. They were very healthy, nice plants, well worth the drive(but not the traffic) Their plants were from a different supplier than Lowes, which gets plants from Bonnie Plants. We will get some from them again this year to augment my homegrown seedlings. The place is 8acres, and is very beautiful just to walk through and photograph.
Milberger’s *is* nice. I haven’t been in a long time (moved farther away), but they were/ are laid out beautifully.
We used to have quite a few more nurseries than we do now. There was a fantastic one on Austin Hwy. But we still have Rainbow Gardens (closest to me & I love), Lowe’s is pretty good- & some Home Depots (the one out IH 10 & San Pedro/ 281, that I know of). Fanick’s is a long way (NW to far east side). I’m not sure if it’s about the same distance as the Schulz in Marion. It’s funny how you move a few miles & what was once no big deal is now “a long way”. I guess it’s traffic.
There is a nursery in Castroville that I’m always meaning to go to. And there used to be one in Bandera. Both had gorgeous tropicals- hibiscus & bougainvillea.
I didn’t realize Milberger’s was so big on vegetable gardens. I’m going to check that out!
More experimenting. I planted the last of the 2012 tobacco seed as a 'throw away' that I'm not counting on making. So in conjunction with that, I decided to cover 24 of them with plastic wrap and leave 24 uncovered to see what, if any, difference it makes.
/johnny
Consider this a dirty double-dog dare, and if one of you are cast for an episode, I'll re-subscribe to satellite TV ;)
Note: I am not the POC for this.
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Home Office: 512-382-9330
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CASTING: outgoing City girls who grew up on a Farm or Ranch for a new A&E Show!
Note: Casting is ending January 31, 2014
Send: Name, age, contact information, recent photo, city you live in, tell us when and why you left it all behind?
Keep us posted on that.
I like your sunny window.
My method of mater seed starting and growing to till planting was posted by Diana in Wisconsin about 4 years ago, it worked, so I don’t vary much. Just now getting to where I may ‘spearmint a tad.
/johnny
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