How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how do
things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced, sliced,
chopped etc the night before? Also, can meat be browned then put in the fridge
overnight? I just started using a crock pot and I'm just curious how much I can
do the night before so I'm not doing it early in the morning. Thanks.

On Sun, 27 May 2012 17:37:18 -0400, wrote:

>How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how do
>things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced, sliced,
>chopped etc the night before? Also, can meat be browned then put in the fridge
>overnight? I just started using a crock pot and I'm just curious how much I can
>do the night before so I'm not doing it early in the morning. Thanks.

You can prep everything, including browning the meat, the night
before.

Tara

Tara > wrote:

>On Sun, 27 May 2012 17:37:18 -0400, wrote:

>>How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how do
>>things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced, sliced,
>>chopped etc the night before? Also, can meat be browned then put in the fridge
>>overnight? I just started using a crock pot and I'm just curious how much I can
>>do the night before so I'm not doing it early in the morning. Thanks.

>You can prep everything, including browning the meat, the night
>before.

It's a very bad idea to prep onions ahead of time. They can aquire
a persistent pungent odor. It does not always happen, but when it
does, it's bad news. An hour or so ahead is fine, but not overnight.

Steve

i do everything but turn it on, lee
> wrote in message
news
> How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how
> do
> things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced,
> sliced,
> chopped etc the night before? Also, can meat be browned then put in the
> fridge
> overnight? I just started using a crock pot and I'm just curious how much
> I can
> do the night before so I'm not doing it early in the morning. Thanks.

have never had that happen, Lee
"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> Tara > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 27 May 2012 17:37:18 -0400, wrote:
>
>>>How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how
>>>do
>>>things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced,
>>>sliced,
>>>chopped etc the night before? Also, can meat be browned then put in the
>>>fridge
>>>overnight? I just started using a crock pot and I'm just curious how much
>>>I can
>>>do the night before so I'm not doing it early in the morning. Thanks.
>
>>You can prep everything, including browning the meat, the night
>>before.
>
> It's a very bad idea to prep onions ahead of time. They can aquire
> a persistent pungent odor. It does not always happen, but when it
> does, it's bad news. An hour or so ahead is fine, but not overnight.
>
> Steve

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 27 May 2012 17:37:18 -0400, wrote:
>
>> How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how
>> do
>> things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced,
>> sliced,
>> chopped etc the night before? Also, can meat be browned then put in the
>> fridge
>> overnight? I just started using a crock pot and I'm just curious how much
>> I can
>> do the night before so I'm not doing it early in the morning. Thanks.
>
> How much time do you have at night compared to the morning?
>
Night is usually leisure time. Mornings, often people are rushing around
getting ready to go to work.

> The only thing I wouldn't do beforehand is cut the onions and potatoes
> (if any).
>
> -sw

I wouldn't have a problem with cutting onions the night before. Wrap them
well and put them in the fridge; they'll be fine. Potatoes, OTOH, start to
turn brown the minute they're cut, unless you cover them with cold water to
which you've added some lemon juice. You could do that the night before.
In the morning rinse the potatoes and add them to the crock pot before
leaving the house.

Jill

On May 29, 8:57*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
> I wouldn't have a problem with cutting onions the night before. *Wrap them
> well and put them in the fridge; they'll be fine. *Potatoes, OTOH, start to
> turn brown the minute they're cut, unless you cover them with cold water to
> which you've added some lemon juice. *You could do that the night before.
> In the morning rinse the potatoes and add them to the crock pot before
> leaving the house.
>
> Jill

>
>
You don't have to add lemon juice to the water the potatoes are in.
The water alone will keep those spuds from turning brown.

On May 27, 5:37*pm, wrote:
> How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how do
> things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced, sliced,
> chopped etc the night before? Also, can meat be browned then put in the fridge
> overnight? I just started using a crock pot and I'm just curious how much I can
> do the night before so I'm not doing it early in the morning. Thanks.

If kept in Rubbermaids, the prepped stuff should be fine.

Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.

On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.

On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
portions.

On May 29, 5:11*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>
> > wrote:
> >Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
> >in small portions the results? *Then, on a workday, you can pull a
> >frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>
> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? *I despise the
> results from a crockpot, canned is better. *But on days I'm home I
> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
> portions.

Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
piggy back post.

When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
of it.

When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
dudes.

On May 29, 2:13*pm, Kalmia > wrote:
> On May 29, 5:11*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>
> > > wrote:
> > >Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
> > >in small portions the results? *Then, on a workday, you can pull a
> > >frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>
> > On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? *I despise the
> > results from a crockpot, canned is better. *But on days I'm home I
> > cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
> > portions.
>
> Woe is me *- I realized that after i hit send. *But dared not another
> piggy back post.
>
> *When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
> of it.
>
> When are you not home? *I thought you were one of those lucky retired
> dudes.

Just because one is retired doesn't mean they stay home all the time.

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot?

To avoid the housefires that start when you leave them unattended?


Steve

On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On May 29, 5:11*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>> >in small portions the results? *Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>> >frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>
>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? *I despise the
>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. *But on days I'm home I
>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>> portions.
>
>Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>piggy back post.
>
> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>of it.
>
>When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>dudes.

I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
needn't cook for three days.
That's one ominous sky:
http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg

And then the sky opened:
http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg

Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg

I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg

The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
hardly make a dent.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> > wrote:
>
>> On May 29, 5:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>
>>> > wrote:
>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>> portions.
>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>> piggy back post.
>>
>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>> of it.
>>
>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>> dudes.
>
> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
> needn't cook for three days.
> That's one ominous sky:
> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>
> And then the sky opened:
> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>
> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>
> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>
> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
> hardly make a dent.

Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
threatened by such for days.

--
Jean B.

On Tue, 29 May 2012 22:46:23 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On May 29, 5:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>> portions.
>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>> piggy back post.
>>>
>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>> of it.
>>>
>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>> dudes.
>>
>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>> needn't cook for three days.
>> That's one ominous sky:
>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>
>> And then the sky opened:
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>
>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>
>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>
>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>> hardly make a dent.
>
>Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>threatened by such for days.

Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.

> wrote in message
...
> On May 29, 8:57 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>
>> I wouldn't have a problem with cutting onions the night before. Wrap
>> them
>> well and put them in the fridge; they'll be fine. Potatoes, OTOH, start
>> to
>> turn brown the minute they're cut, unless you cover them with cold water
>> to
>> which you've added some lemon juice. You could do that the night before.
>> In the morning rinse the potatoes and add them to the crock pot before
>> leaving the house.
>>
>> Jill
>
>>
>>
> You don't have to add lemon juice to the water the potatoes are in.
> The water alone will keep those spuds from turning brown.


Just repeating what my grandmother, mother and the 1951 version of the Betty
Crocker cookbook taught me

Jill

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.

Sheldon, that would be me but I wasn't saying that Beryl *couldn't* affect
you even far from the sea. My point was that on that day (2-3 days ago), it
wasn't Beryl giving you those effects. At the time it was still centered in
north Florida and hadn't even affected me in Virginia.

Until today. No strong winds but LOTS of rain here. It started at around
9am and hasn't quit yet....a steady hard rain all day long. I feel like a
drowned rat right now.

Gary

On 5/30/2012 10:15 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.

The majority of the rain is still off the coast of MD and VA and moving out.

On 5/30/2012 4:50 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 5/30/2012 10:15 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>
> The majority of the rain is still off the coast of MD and VA and moving out.

Sheldon, the storm was over 900 miles away from you to the south. The
wind in NY was coming from the WSW at 3 mph. You might have been
smelling something, but it wasn't sea air.

Now when there is a Nor'Easter... the winds blow from the North East,
from the Atlantic, across New England and Long Island Sound and then,
yes, it might be possible for you to smell sea air. And yes... if a
hurricane happened to blow straight North up the Hudson River Vally...
it would be possible for you to smell sea air.

But the other day... wind from the west at 3 mph, storm 900 miles to
your South.... you were lying when you said you could smell sea air.

The real question is... why do you make stuff like this up? Your post
was a note of concern for someone who was legitimately in the storm's
path. That was a good note made with good intentions. Why screw it up
by adding a lie to it?

George L

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012 22:46:23 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On May 29, 5:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>> portions.
>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>
>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>> of it.
>>>>
>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>> dudes.
>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>
>>> And then the sky opened:
>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>
>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>
>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>
>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>> hardly make a dent.
>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>> threatened by such for days.
>
> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.

Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.

--
Jean B.

On Wed, 30 May 2012 20:28:16 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 22:46:23 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On May 29, 5:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>> portions.
>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>> of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>> dudes.
>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>
>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>
>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>> threatened by such for days.
>>
>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>
>Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.

How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
You need to keep a camera nearby.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 20:28:16 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 22:46:23 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 29, 5:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>>> portions.
>>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>>> dudes.
>>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>>> threatened by such for days.
>>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>> Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>> down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>> I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>> house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>> would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.
>
> How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
> approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
> roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
> the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
> yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
> smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
> their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
> deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
> very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
> http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
> Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
> http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
> http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
> You need to keep a camera nearby.
>
Thanks for the tip. This was slightly before dusk. It was on the
edge of the pavement, no traffic--although I don't know whether a
vehicle was there right before I saw... either it was a doe or it
was young. No spots though.

I have found one camera, the old one, and will get the battery
charging. The new one is again buried. (I put it somewhere
"safe" when I had people around, and then the safe place was
covered with things.) Actually, just today, I was eying my
favorite part of the yard and thinking I still need to post pics
for you. (But it is NOTHING compared to your lovely expanse.)

--
Jean B.

On Wed, 30 May 2012 21:46:31 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 May 2012 20:28:16 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 22:46:23 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On May 29, 5:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>>>> portions.
>>>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>>>> dudes.
>>>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>>>> threatened by such for days.
>>>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>>>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>>>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>>> Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>>> down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>>> I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>>> house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>>> would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.
>>
>> How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
>> approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
>> roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
>> the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
>> yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
>> smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
>> their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
>> deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
>> very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
>> Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
>> http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
>> You need to keep a camera nearby.
>>
>Thanks for the tip. This was slightly before dusk. It was on the
>edge of the pavement, no traffic--although I don't know whether a
>vehicle was there right before I saw... either it was a doe or it
>was young. No spots though.
>
>I have found one camera, the old one, and will get the battery
>charging. The new one is again buried. (I put it somewhere
>"safe" when I had people around, and then the safe place was
>covered with things.) Actually, just today, I was eying my
>favorite part of the yard and thinking I still need to post pics
>for you. (But it is NOTHING compared to your lovely expanse.)

Take lots of "before" pictures, one day soon you'll be very sorry you
didn't. My yard was unkempt when I first moved here. Do your
landscaping first, that takes time to grow... you'll have plenty of
time for indoor improvements that can be done at any time the weather
doesn't permit outdoor work.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 21:46:31 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Wed, 30 May 2012 20:28:16 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 22:46:23 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 14:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On May 29, 5:11 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>>>>> portions.
>>>>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>>>>> dudes.
>>>>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>>>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>>>>> threatened by such for days.
>>>>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>>>>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>>>>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>>>> Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>>>> down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>>>> I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>>>> house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>>>> would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.
>>> How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
>>> approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
>>> roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
>>> the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
>>> yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
>>> smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
>>> their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
>>> deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
>>> very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
>>> Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
>>> http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
>>> You need to keep a camera nearby.
>>>
>> Thanks for the tip. This was slightly before dusk. It was on the
>> edge of the pavement, no traffic--although I don't know whether a
>> vehicle was there right before I saw... either it was a doe or it
>> was young. No spots though.
>>
>> I have found one camera, the old one, and will get the battery
>> charging. The new one is again buried. (I put it somewhere
>> "safe" when I had people around, and then the safe place was
>> covered with things.) Actually, just today, I was eying my
>> favorite part of the yard and thinking I still need to post pics
>> for you. (But it is NOTHING compared to your lovely expanse.)
>
> Take lots of "before" pictures, one day soon you'll be very sorry you
> didn't. My yard was unkempt when I first moved here. Do your
> landscaping first, that takes time to grow... you'll have plenty of
> time for indoor improvements that can be done at any time the weather
> doesn't permit outdoor work.

The improvements were done before I moved in. Somewhere I do (or
did) have before and after pics--unfortunately most were taken
with the old camera.

As for the property... I had plans but now need to conserve....

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>>>>>> portions.
>>>>>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>>>>>> dudes.
>>>>>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>>>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>>>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>>>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>>>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>>>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>>>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>>>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>>>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>>>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>>>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>>>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>>>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>>>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>>>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>>>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>>>>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>>>>>> threatened by such for days.
>>>>>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>>>>>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>>>>>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>>>>> Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>>>>> down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>>>>> I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>>>>> house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>>>>> would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.
>>>> How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
>>>> approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
>>>> roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
>>>> the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
>>>> yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
>>>> smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
>>>> their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
>>>> deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
>>>> very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
>>>> Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
>>>> http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
>>>> You need to keep a camera nearby.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the tip. This was slightly before dusk. It was on the
>>> edge of the pavement, no traffic--although I don't know whether a
>>> vehicle was there right before I saw... either it was a doe or it
>>> was young. No spots though.
>>>
>>> I have found one camera, the old one, and will get the battery
>>> charging. The new one is again buried. (I put it somewhere
>>> "safe" when I had people around, and then the safe place was
>>> covered with things.) Actually, just today, I was eying my
>>> favorite part of the yard and thinking I still need to post pics
>>> for you. (But it is NOTHING compared to your lovely expanse.)
>>
>> Take lots of "before" pictures, one day soon you'll be very sorry you
>> didn't. My yard was unkempt when I first moved here. Do your
>> landscaping first, that takes time to grow... you'll have plenty of
>> time for indoor improvements that can be done at any time the weather
>> doesn't permit outdoor work.
>
>The improvements were done before I moved in. Somewhere I do (or
>did) have before and after pics--unfortunately most were taken
>with the old camera.

Assuming you mean a film camera those can be scanned. Even if you
don't have a scanner many photo departments will scan them for pennies
and put them on a disc and/or email them as a file attachment.

>As for the property... I had plans but now need to conserve....

Most initial landscaping is just sweat labor, and it's best to do a
major clean up before investing in plantings, it can take a year to
learn your property and to make decisions. Often with a resale you
will discover many valuale plants that need work and/or relocation.
Don't just run out and buy plants, not until you know what and where.
I was at my favorite nurserey this afternoon to buy vegetable plants
and I also bought another "Fat Albert" Colorado blue spruce, I'm
hoping to plant tomorrow but it sure looks like rain. The nursery's
arborist passes my house on his way home so he dropped off the tree:
http://i46.tinypic.com/2927iu0.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/mimgjb.jpg

This morning I noticed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds have taken up
residence here, they seem to have fallen in love with my Acer griseum
(paperbark maple), they are very handsome:
http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqj2c6.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2j3mnt5.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/zxsc2p.jpg

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Jean B." wrote:
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>>>>>>> portions.
>>>>>>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>>>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>>>>>>> dudes.
>>>>>>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>>>>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>>>>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>>>>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>>>>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>>>>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>>>>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>>>>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>>>>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>>>>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>>>>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>>>>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>>>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>>>>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>>>>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>>>>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>>>>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>>>>>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>>>>>>> threatened by such for days.
>>>>>>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>>>>>>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>>>>>>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>>>>>> Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>>>>>> down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>>>>>> I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>>>>>> house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>>>>>> would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.
>>>>> How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
>>>>> approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
>>>>> roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
>>>>> the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
>>>>> yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
>>>>> smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
>>>>> their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
>>>>> deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
>>>>> very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
>>>>> Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
>>>>> http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
>>>>> You need to keep a camera nearby.
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the tip. This was slightly before dusk. It was on the
>>>> edge of the pavement, no traffic--although I don't know whether a
>>>> vehicle was there right before I saw... either it was a doe or it
>>>> was young. No spots though.
>>>>
>>>> I have found one camera, the old one, and will get the battery
>>>> charging. The new one is again buried. (I put it somewhere
>>>> "safe" when I had people around, and then the safe place was
>>>> covered with things.) Actually, just today, I was eying my
>>>> favorite part of the yard and thinking I still need to post pics
>>>> for you. (But it is NOTHING compared to your lovely expanse.)
>>> Take lots of "before" pictures, one day soon you'll be very sorry you
>>> didn't. My yard was unkempt when I first moved here. Do your
>>> landscaping first, that takes time to grow... you'll have plenty of
>>> time for indoor improvements that can be done at any time the weather
>>> doesn't permit outdoor work.
>> The improvements were done before I moved in. Somewhere I do (or
>> did) have before and after pics--unfortunately most were taken
>> with the old camera.
>
> Assuming you mean a film camera those can be scanned. Even if you
> don't have a scanner many photo departments will scan them for pennies
> and put them on a disc and/or email them as a file attachment.
>
>> As for the property... I had plans but now need to conserve....
>
> Most initial landscaping is just sweat labor, and it's best to do a
> major clean up before investing in plantings, it can take a year to
> learn your property and to make decisions. Often with a resale you
> will discover many valuale plants that need work and/or relocation.
> Don't just run out and buy plants, not until you know what and where.
> I was at my favorite nurserey this afternoon to buy vegetable plants
> and I also bought another "Fat Albert" Colorado blue spruce, I'm
> hoping to plant tomorrow but it sure looks like rain. The nursery's
> arborist passes my house on his way home so he dropped off the tree:
> http://i46.tinypic.com/2927iu0.jpg
> http://i49.tinypic.com/mimgjb.jpg
>
> This morning I noticed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds have taken up
> residence here, they seem to have fallen in love with my Acer griseum
> (paperbark maple), they are very handsome:
> http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqj2c6.jpg
> http://i47.tinypic.com/2j3mnt5.jpg
> http://i50.tinypic.com/zxsc2p.jpg

Lovely! I have never seen an Eastern Kingbird before.

Thanks for the reminder about waiting. I was aware of that in my
last abode, and I still haven't figured out everything that's
here. I do have some problems. First, I looked into trumpet
vines before we moved and decided I would NEVER plant such a
thing. So, of course, that is what is growing near the deck
here--and it has little runners and shoots EVERYWHERE in the back
yard. To make matters worse, there is also black swallowwort,
which is coming up everywhere in the front yard. And they have
entered into an unholy matrimony on one side of the house.

On a more positive note, I got three tomato plants yesterday. I
need to go to some more nurseries and see what there is. I used
to love prowling around them on fine days, and I haven't been for
about two years other than to get some indoor plants.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>>>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>>>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>>>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>>>>>>>> portions.
>>>>>>>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>>>>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>>>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>>>>>>>> dudes.
>>>>>>>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>>>>>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>>>>>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>>>>>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>>>>>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>>>>>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>>>>>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>>>>>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>>>>>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>>>>>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>>>>>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>>>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>>>>>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>>>>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>>>>>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>>>>>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>>>>>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>>>>>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>>>>>>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>>>>>>>> threatened by such for days.
>>>>>>>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>>>>>>>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>>>>>>>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>>>>>>> Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>>>>>>> down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>>>>>>> I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>>>>>>> house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>>>>>>> would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.
>>>>>> How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
>>>>>> approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
>>>>>> roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
>>>>>> the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
>>>>>> yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
>>>>>> smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
>>>>>> their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
>>>>>> deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
>>>>>> very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
>>>>>> Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
>>>>>> http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
>>>>>> You need to keep a camera nearby.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the tip. This was slightly before dusk. It was on the
>>>>> edge of the pavement, no traffic--although I don't know whether a
>>>>> vehicle was there right before I saw... either it was a doe or it
>>>>> was young. No spots though.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have found one camera, the old one, and will get the battery
>>>>> charging. The new one is again buried. (I put it somewhere
>>>>> "safe" when I had people around, and then the safe place was
>>>>> covered with things.) Actually, just today, I was eying my
>>>>> favorite part of the yard and thinking I still need to post pics
>>>>> for you. (But it is NOTHING compared to your lovely expanse.)
>>>> Take lots of "before" pictures, one day soon you'll be very sorry you
>>>> didn't. My yard was unkempt when I first moved here. Do your
>>>> landscaping first, that takes time to grow... you'll have plenty of
>>>> time for indoor improvements that can be done at any time the weather
>>>> doesn't permit outdoor work.
>>> The improvements were done before I moved in. Somewhere I do (or
>>> did) have before and after pics--unfortunately most were taken
>>> with the old camera.
>>
>> Assuming you mean a film camera those can be scanned. Even if you
>> don't have a scanner many photo departments will scan them for pennies
>> and put them on a disc and/or email them as a file attachment.
>>
>>> As for the property... I had plans but now need to conserve....
>>
>> Most initial landscaping is just sweat labor, and it's best to do a
>> major clean up before investing in plantings, it can take a year to
>> learn your property and to make decisions. Often with a resale you
>> will discover many valuale plants that need work and/or relocation.
>> Don't just run out and buy plants, not until you know what and where.
>> I was at my favorite nurserey this afternoon to buy vegetable plants
>> and I also bought another "Fat Albert" Colorado blue spruce, I'm
>> hoping to plant tomorrow but it sure looks like rain. The nursery's
>> arborist passes my house on his way home so he dropped off the tree:
>> http://i46.tinypic.com/2927iu0.jpg
>> http://i49.tinypic.com/mimgjb.jpg
>>
>> This morning I noticed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds have taken up
>> residence here, they seem to have fallen in love with my Acer griseum
>> (paperbark maple), they are very handsome:
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqj2c6.jpg
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/2j3mnt5.jpg
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/zxsc2p.jpg
>
>Lovely! I have never seen an Eastern Kingbird before.
>
>Thanks for the reminder about waiting. I was aware of that in my
>last abode, and I still haven't figured out everything that's
>here. I do have some problems. First, I looked into trumpet
>vines before we moved and decided I would NEVER plant such a
>thing. So, of course, that is what is growing near the deck
>here--and it has little runners and shoots EVERYWHERE in the back
>yard. To make matters worse, there is also black swallowwort,
>which is coming up everywhere in the front yard. And they have
>entered into an unholy matrimony on one side of the house.
>
>On a more positive note, I got three tomato plants yesterday. I
>need to go to some more nurseries and see what there is. I used
>to love prowling around them on fine days, and I haven't been for
>about two years other than to get some indoor plants.

However you can still take pictures.

Andy wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>>> Assuming you mean a film camera those can be scanned. Even if you
>>>> don't have a scanner many photo departments will scan them for pennies
>>>> and put them on a disc and/or email them as a file attachment.
>
>
>You can digital photograph a print potograph. Works very well and as easy
>as taking any other digital photo.
>
>Just keep the camera and photograh in square alignment.
>
>If you have 20 years of photos, scanning IS the better option.
>
>Andy


I think Jean said she doesn't have a digicam... I think for her the
least costly option is to buy an inexpensive digicam, can buy a pretty
decent one for under $100. For a newbie this is a great buy... and it
has an optical viewfinder, I'd never buy a camera without:
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Powersho...8747501&sr=8-9

On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:45:20 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Assuming you mean a film camera those can be scanned. Even if you
>>>>>> don't have a scanner many photo departments will scan them for
>>>>>> pennies and put them on a disc and/or email them as a file
>>>>>> attachment.
>>>
>>>
>>>You can digital photograph a print potograph. Works very well and as
>>>easy as taking any other digital photo.
>>>
>>>Just keep the camera and photograh in square alignment.
>>>
>>>If you have 20 years of photos, scanning IS the better option.
>>>
>>>Andy
>>
>>
>> I think Jean said she doesn't have a digicam... I think for her the
>> least costly option is to buy an inexpensive digicam, can buy a pretty
>> decent one for under $100. For a newbie this is a great buy... and it
>> has an optical viewfinder, I'd never buy a camera without:
>> http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Powersho.../dp/B004HW73S4
>> /ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1338747501&sr=8-9
>
>
>Sheldon,
>
>I paused using standalone digicams since my cellphone has a 5 megapixel
>camera and 1080p HD video. But that's my kind of high tech playground,
>I'm not selling anything. To each their own.

Pixels just means one can make larger photo enlargements but has very
little to do with image quality... pixels is an over used term. I
haven't seen a picture from a cellphone that produces decent image
quality, they can't focus, heck they don't even have a lens, and when
those images are viewed at full monitor screen size they're awful.
Cellphone cameras are just better than no camera... they're okay to
grab an image at an auto accident but they have no artistic quality
ability.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> However you can still take pictures.
>
I am INCHING toward that, perhaps propelled by the notion that one
needs to BLOG (or "have a platform") to get a cookbook published
now. Yuck. But it does mean I will have to take pics. I know
that's not what you mean, but I figure I'll be in that mode....

--
Jean B.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> I think Jean said she doesn't have a digicam... I think for her the
> least costly option is to buy an inexpensive digicam, can buy a pretty
> decent one for under $100. For a newbie this is a great buy... and it
> has an optical viewfinder, I'd never buy a camera without:
> http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Powersho...8747501&sr=8-9

No, I have two digital cameras. A pretty old one, which is still
fine for most things, and a really wonderful one that I got when I
was in Japan. I know I can get photos onto the computer (er,
upload, download, I forget) with the former. I forget what the
situation is with the latter. Hmmm. I have never tried it with
the latter, so I have pics to be... whatever it is.

--
Jean B.

On 6/1/2012 8:46 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> This morning I noticed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds have taken up
> residence here, they seem to have fallen in love with my Acer griseum
> (paperbark maple), they are very handsome:
> http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqj2c6.jpg
> http://i47.tinypic.com/2j3mnt5.jpg
> http://i50.tinypic.com/zxsc2p.jpg

Beautiful photos! I seem to have a single father cardinal here. He's
very vocal and is all over the place not sure if he's looking for his
mate but I haven't seen a female. I've heard the babies and they're in a
shrub out front but the male sits outside my bedroom window often
scaring my cats by flying almost into it and circling and then landing
either on the gutter above or on the railing of the stairs to my deck
which is right outside the bedroom window. He'll see one or two cats
sitting there looking out and he's been known to fly toward the window
and whatever cat is on the perch at the bedroom window will look out,
scared I might add, and then leave the window. I've seen him feeding
babies because as soon as he goes toward the shrub I hear them start to
chirp quickly. He seems to be a good dad but I'm sad if he lost his
mate. I think at least one has left the nest because of the wing
movement babies have. When they leave the nest they seem to be just as
big as the adults.

I have an outdoor screened in porch for the cats and the male doesn't
like when their outside. He doesn't leave until the cats are in. He
sits on the fence nearby and chirps his cardinal chirp at them and
flutters around nervously.

On 6/2/2012 10:08 PM, Jean B. wrote:
> Thanks for the reminder about waiting. I was aware of that in my last
> abode, and I still haven't figured out everything that's here. I do
> have some problems. First, I looked into trumpet vines before we moved
> and decided I would NEVER plant such a thing. So, of course, that is
> what is growing near the deck here--and it has little runners and shoots
> EVERYWHERE in the back yard. To make matters worse, there is also black
> swallowwort, which is coming up everywhere in the front yard. And they
> have entered into an unholy matrimony on one side of the house.

One thing I'll never plant here is poplar trees. I had three when I
moved in and while they grow fast, they die young, and they grow tall.
I had two removed last year and the third has a lot of dead at the top
so it will have to go. It's also between my house and my neighbor's and
is very tall, just like I recently posted about when I had the other two
removed.

The thing I hate about these trees is the volunteers they produce. The
roots are so close to the surface and if you even nick a root with the
lawnmower *bam* another tree or six want to start growing. I just hired
neighbor kids to clear all that mess along with a bunch of weeds that
took over around the tree, though I warned them most of it is poison
ivy. There are still nasty vines taking over the tree trunk and again
most of it is poison ivy. I just can't touch that stuff. Last time I
tried to clear it I got a nasty rash, and I didn't realize the oils had
gotten onto my sunglasses from wiping sweat from my forehead. I was
getting rashes on my face for a week until I realized that and washed
them with soap.

On 6/3/2012 7:30 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Pixels just means one can make larger photo enlargements but has very
> little to do with image quality... pixels is an over used term. I
> haven't seen a picture from a cellphone that produces decent image
> quality, they can't focus, heck they don't even have a lens, and when
> those images are viewed at full monitor screen size they're awful.
> Cellphone cameras are just better than no camera... they're okay to
> grab an image at an auto accident but they have no artistic quality
> ability.

Instagram.

On May 27, 2:37*pm, wrote:
> How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how do
> things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced, sliced,
> chopped etc the night before?

My carrots turn brown shortly after I scrape them, so I prep them
right before they go in the pot. But if I chop too much yellow onion,
the surplus will stay good overnight, in a tightly sealed jar in the
fridge.

On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 02:09:26 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 6/1/2012 8:46 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> This morning I noticed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds have taken up
>> residence here, they seem to have fallen in love with my Acer griseum
>> (paperbark maple), they are very handsome:
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqj2c6.jpg
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/2j3mnt5.jpg
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/zxsc2p.jpg
>
>Beautiful photos! I seem to have a single father cardinal here. He's
>very vocal and is all over the place not sure if he's looking for his
>mate but I haven't seen a female. I've heard the babies and they're in a
>shrub out front but the male sits outside my bedroom window often
>scaring my cats by flying almost into it and circling and then landing
>either on the gutter above or on the railing of the stairs to my deck
>which is right outside the bedroom window. He'll see one or two cats
>sitting there looking out and he's been known to fly toward the window
>and whatever cat is on the perch at the bedroom window will look out,
>scared I might add, and then leave the window. I've seen him feeding
>babies because as soon as he goes toward the shrub I hear them start to
>chirp quickly. He seems to be a good dad but I'm sad if he lost his
>mate. I think at least one has left the nest because of the wing
>movement babies have. When they leave the nest they seem to be just as
>big as the adults.
>
>I have an outdoor screened in porch for the cats and the male doesn't
>like when their outside. He doesn't leave until the cats are in. He
>sits on the fence nearby and chirps his cardinal chirp at them and
>flutters around nervously.

You need to take pictures.

On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:11:51 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > However you can still take pictures.
> >
> I am INCHING toward that, perhaps propelled by the notion that one
> needs to BLOG (or "have a platform") to get a cookbook published
> now. Yuck. But it does mean I will have to take pics. I know
> that's not what you mean, but I figure I'll be in that mode....

You don't have to jump off the deep end. Google has a blogisphere
where you can upload pictures & recipes. http://www.blogger.com Then
create an account at Pinterest.com so you can upload images and link
them to the recipes.... in a "run it up the flagpole and see if anyone
salutes" kind of dry run.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 07:39:17 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

> On May 27, 2:37*pm, wrote:
> > How much night before prep can be done for a crock pot recipe? Like, how do
> > things like carrots and onions hold up in the fridge if they're diced, sliced,
> > chopped etc the night before?
>
> My carrots turn brown shortly after I scrape them, so I prep them
> right before they go in the pot. But if I chop too much yellow onion,
> the surplus will stay good overnight, in a tightly sealed jar in the
> fridge.

How about storing the carrots in water overnight?

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Cheryl wrote:
> On 6/2/2012 10:08 PM, Jean B. wrote:
>> Thanks for the reminder about waiting. I was aware of that in my last
>> abode, and I still haven't figured out everything that's here. I do
>> have some problems. First, I looked into trumpet vines before we moved
>> and decided I would NEVER plant such a thing. So, of course, that is
>> what is growing near the deck here--and it has little runners and shoots
>> EVERYWHERE in the back yard. To make matters worse, there is also black
>> swallowwort, which is coming up everywhere in the front yard. And they
>> have entered into an unholy matrimony on one side of the house.
>
> One thing I'll never plant here is poplar trees. I had three when I
> moved in and while they grow fast, they die young, and they grow tall. I
> had two removed last year and the third has a lot of dead at the top so
> it will have to go. It's also between my house and my neighbor's and is
> very tall, just like I recently posted about when I had the other two
> removed.
>
> The thing I hate about these trees is the volunteers they produce. The
> roots are so close to the surface and if you even nick a root with the
> lawnmower *bam* another tree or six want to start growing. I just hired
> neighbor kids to clear all that mess along with a bunch of weeds that
> took over around the tree, though I warned them most of it is poison
> ivy. There are still nasty vines taking over the tree trunk and again
> most of it is poison ivy. I just can't touch that stuff. Last time I
> tried to clear it I got a nasty rash, and I didn't realize the oils had
> gotten onto my sunglasses from wiping sweat from my forehead. I was
> getting rashes on my face for a week until I realized that and washed
> them with soap.

Re poplar trees... I liked them as we drove to the midwest when I
was a kid, but when I looked into them I came across the statement
that the fast-growing trees are weak, junky, short-lived. That
makes sense. I also saw that some folks use them for screening as
they wait for the slower-growing, sturdier trees to grow. But
then you have to take them down or pay top have that done.

And those trees that I so admired would, on later trips, be dead.

--
Jean B.