Posted on 11/05/2022 7:22:33 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
When I think about October, it’s blue skies, abundant sunshine, fall colors, and maybe ‘sweater’ weather. Today, in actuality, is what I think of when I envision November: dreary, rain, soggy wet leaves, dull gray skies ... just colder.
It is currently 66-69 degrees, depending on which weather source you look at. It’s been raining since the ‘wee’ hours - coming down around 2 am when I woke up for a few minutes. As I was having my first cup of coffee, shortly after 7 am, it was coming down “buckets”. We have at least a half inch in the rain gauge since yesterday. When I pull up “fronts”, we are between two ... we’re also in a “tornado watch” until 3 pm.
After ‘Nicole’ and all the weather her remnants are spawning clears out, it’s going to be in the 50’s ... I have mowing to do (last time) so I will have to bundle up, mostly due to wind chill. I’m not sure how the fence project will go with temps that might give me cold hands ... I have some fingerless mittens that might work.
Still have zinnias, tithonia and jalapenos. It looks like Thursday is the beginning of a couple of nights in the high 20’s so that will be the official “The End” for this year’s garden.
In the meanwhile, today, I think I’ll go do my grocery shopping for a few Thanksgiving items (not much, but I want it on hand early) and I need a stop at the Thrift Store - my old “work” T-shirts have enough holes in them at this point that ‘coverage’ is about to become an issue. I wore the last one totally out with 3 days straight of fixing leaky pipes and a 4th day of stains/holes yesterday, setting the valve box & filling in the ditch before the rains hit. It was my favorite shirt ... sigh. Maybe I’ll find something with a ‘saucy’ or ‘sarcastic’ logo ( the fave was plain) ... that would make me happy today! So would finding Brussels Sprouts (frozen) for my Thanksgiving casserole - they can be hard to find close to ‘the day’.
Btw, if anyone wants a really good Brussels Sprouts casserole, I have one. I converted it to low carb with a couple of changes so it’s close to the original. I was shocked at how many people liked it and disappointed I had NO leftovers! It’s become a dish it’s expected I will make for Thanksgiving dinner.
Link to original:
http://www.closetcooking.com/2011/11/brussels-sprouts-with-smoked-bacon.html
Yes, Please! No pictures of ‘wardrobe malfunctions,’ LOL!
I just bought some B-sprouts. That recipe looks great!
I found two T-shirts .... plain. The main shirts with something on them were the chief rival of the college that my dad, two brothers & 5 of my six nieces/nephews attended & they would have kicked me out of the family if I showed up in a rival T-shirt. The other main shirts with graphics were evidently someone who liked John Daly (golfer) & had unloaded all their shirts - examples are “John Daly Drinking Club”, shirts with John smoking & leaning on a golf club, one with his head on it ... must have been 6 all total. It was pretty funny. There was one for a motorcycle club ... tempting :-)
Aldi’s was out of B Sprouts - found some at Food Lion. Got Gouda & Parmesan, butter, bacon & heavy whipping cream at Aldi’s - good prices.
On the recipe, my experience the first time I made it was that Parmesan wasn’t that good in the sauce - didn’t want to melt well. I use something else (why I got Gouda). I’ve used cheddar in a pinch & that works pretty well. The Parmesan is fine for the topping. Your experience may be different, using Parmesan in the sauce, but I don’t like it. I also use heavy whipping cream - don’t need a ‘thickener’. That casserole is just plain yummy. Oh, if your Sprouts are big, cutting them in half works well, plus the cut side tends to absorb the sauce somewhat.
Thanks for all the tips!
Good afternoon!
Some of you may know that I have purchased a piece of property south of the Mason Dixon Line. Very excited to complete the move. It is more of a process than an event as we have a large house to empty and still have family captured here in blue state ;) :(
I am looking for a dependable, reasonably priced vendor/website/source for blueberry bushes, raspberry bushes, apple trees, peach trees, etc... I have quite a bit of space, so want to buy more in bulk than go to retail store.
I did not see this one listed but consider:
http://ediblelandscaping.com
Virginia. I have not used it so can not speak to reliability.
Stark Brothers is another good source. Located in the Midwest.
https://www.starkbros.com/
Jungs is a good source and is located in Wisconsin.
https://www.jungseed.com/
(If blueberries check for southern varieties, like Rabbiteye!)
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