Had a light rain this morning, just went out to see how the gardens are
doing and it was nice. Looks like the kumquats are going bonkers, both
trees are absolutely loaded with fruit. I see visions of kumquat
marmalade, maybe even kumquat wine, but surely kumquat run through the
food processor and then frozen on a bun sheet. Then I cut them into
squares that equal two cups of kumquat puree for making cookies, cakes,
puddings, even kumquat smoothies.

The sugar snap peas are up and about ready to bloom, the Gypsy sweet
chiles are still producing but very slowly due to lack of rain.
Irrigating with city water just doesn't do the trick for the garden. The
okra is pretty much done, the eggplant are still producing a wee bit of
fruit but the fall green beans are doing well. Unfortunately we lost
about three-fourths of the 24 foot row due to drought but the rest is
producing enough for us to have a mess of green beans every two or three
days.

I hear thunder in the distance so maybe the weatherman is correct and we
will have scattered thunderstorms today, at least I hope so.

Day before yesterday we had temps as low as 50F, yesterday the temps got
into the eighties, today, who knows, it is hot and humid out there but a
few rain showers should cool things off.

I think I'll take a nap with visions of kumquat "stuff" floating in my
dreams. <G>

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:30:45 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>Had a light rain this morning, just went out to see how the gardens are
>doing and it was nice. Looks like the kumquats are going bonkers, both
>trees are absolutely loaded with fruit. I see visions of kumquat
>marmalade, maybe even kumquat wine, but surely kumquat run through the
>food processor and then frozen on a bun sheet. Then I cut them into
>squares that equal two cups of kumquat puree for making cookies, cakes,
>puddings, even kumquat smoothies.
>
>The sugar snap peas are up and about ready to bloom, the Gypsy sweet
>chiles are still producing but very slowly due to lack of rain.
>Irrigating with city water just doesn't do the trick for the garden. The
>okra is pretty much done, the eggplant are still producing a wee bit of
>fruit but the fall green beans are doing well. Unfortunately we lost
>about three-fourths of the 24 foot row due to drought but the rest is
>producing enough for us to have a mess of green beans every two or three
>days.
>
>I hear thunder in the distance so maybe the weatherman is correct and we
>will have scattered thunderstorms today, at least I hope so.
>
>Day before yesterday we had temps as low as 50F, yesterday the temps got
>into the eighties, today, who knows, it is hot and humid out there but a
>few rain showers should cool things off.
>
>I think I'll take a nap with visions of kumquat "stuff" floating in my
>dreams. <G>

I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
to 22ºF overnight.
Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
morning.
Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
Bring it on.

Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada.
AgCanada Zone 5b
43º 17' 26.75" North
80º 13' 29.46" West

On 11/2/2010 8:58 AM, Ross@home wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:30:45 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> Had a light rain this morning, just went out to see how the gardens are
>> doing and it was nice. Looks like the kumquats are going bonkers, both
>> trees are absolutely loaded with fruit. I see visions of kumquat
>> marmalade, maybe even kumquat wine, but surely kumquat run through the
>> food processor and then frozen on a bun sheet. Then I cut them into
>> squares that equal two cups of kumquat puree for making cookies, cakes,
>> puddings, even kumquat smoothies.
>>
>> The sugar snap peas are up and about ready to bloom, the Gypsy sweet
>> chiles are still producing but very slowly due to lack of rain.
>> Irrigating with city water just doesn't do the trick for the garden. The
>> okra is pretty much done, the eggplant are still producing a wee bit of
>> fruit but the fall green beans are doing well. Unfortunately we lost
>> about three-fourths of the 24 foot row due to drought but the rest is
>> producing enough for us to have a mess of green beans every two or three
>> days.
>>
>> I hear thunder in the distance so maybe the weatherman is correct and we
>> will have scattered thunderstorms today, at least I hope so.
>>
>> Day before yesterday we had temps as low as 50F, yesterday the temps got
>> into the eighties, today, who knows, it is hot and humid out there but a
>> few rain showers should cool things off.
>>
>> I think I'll take a nap with visions of kumquat "stuff" floating in my
>> dreams.<G>
>
> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
> to 22ºF overnight.
> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
> morning.
> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
> Bring it on.
>
> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada.
> AgCanada Zone 5b
> 43º 17' 26.75" North
> 80º 13' 29.46" West

Ahh! I remember winter tires, snow, ice, road salt, etc. Lived on the
East coast of the US for 3.5 years when I was in the Navy. We look at
seed catalogs all winter too, but we still garden all winter unless we
get the rare hard freeze. It's about 65F outside right now, a light rain
drizzle is falling and we had intermittent rain showers all night last
night and most of the day today. Still, the rain gauge only shows a
little less than one inch so far. Another twenty inches and we will be
caught up on our annual average.

The sugar snap peas are blooming, the green beans are still producing,
the chard is coming along, life is good.

<Ross@home> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:30:45 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>>Had a light rain this morning, just went out to see how the gardens are
>>doing and it was nice. Looks like the kumquats are going bonkers, both
>>trees are absolutely loaded with fruit. I see visions of kumquat
>>marmalade, maybe even kumquat wine, but surely kumquat run through the
>>food processor and then frozen on a bun sheet. Then I cut them into
>>squares that equal two cups of kumquat puree for making cookies, cakes,
>>puddings, even kumquat smoothies.
>>
>>The sugar snap peas are up and about ready to bloom, the Gypsy sweet
>>chiles are still producing but very slowly due to lack of rain.
>>Irrigating with city water just doesn't do the trick for the garden. The
>>okra is pretty much done, the eggplant are still producing a wee bit of
>>fruit but the fall green beans are doing well. Unfortunately we lost
>>about three-fourths of the 24 foot row due to drought but the rest is
>>producing enough for us to have a mess of green beans every two or three
>>days.
>>
>>I hear thunder in the distance so maybe the weatherman is correct and we
>>will have scattered thunderstorms today, at least I hope so.
>>
>>Day before yesterday we had temps as low as 50F, yesterday the temps got
>>into the eighties, today, who knows, it is hot and humid out there but a
>>few rain showers should cool things off.
>>
>>I think I'll take a nap with visions of kumquat "stuff" floating in my
>>dreams. <G>
>
> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
> to 22ºF overnight.
> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
> morning.

you have heated baths? seriously???

I've had birds at the bird feeders this past 2 weeks that I haven't seen in
years - wonder if that means something?

> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
> Bring it on.
>

we haven't done the tires yet - soon...but not yet... and yes, the wood
shed is full

My girls (17 and 11) don't think they need winter jackets and snow boots and
mitts and scarves and hats until there's snow on the ground - never mind
that if there WAS?WERE? precipitation out there right now, it WOULD be in
the form of SNOW!!!

Kathi


> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada.
> AgCanada Zone 5b
> 43º 17' 26.75" North
> 80º 13' 29.46" West

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/2/2010 8:58 AM, Ross@home wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:30:45 -0500, George Shirley
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Had a light rain this morning, just went out to see how the gardens are
>>> doing and it was nice. Looks like the kumquats are going bonkers, both
>>> trees are absolutely loaded with fruit. I see visions of kumquat
>>> marmalade, maybe even kumquat wine, but surely kumquat run through the
>>> food processor and then frozen on a bun sheet. Then I cut them into
>>> squares that equal two cups of kumquat puree for making cookies, cakes,
>>> puddings, even kumquat smoothies.
>>>
>>> The sugar snap peas are up and about ready to bloom, the Gypsy sweet
>>> chiles are still producing but very slowly due to lack of rain.
>>> Irrigating with city water just doesn't do the trick for the garden. The
>>> okra is pretty much done, the eggplant are still producing a wee bit of
>>> fruit but the fall green beans are doing well. Unfortunately we lost
>>> about three-fourths of the 24 foot row due to drought but the rest is
>>> producing enough for us to have a mess of green beans every two or three
>>> days.
>>>
>>> I hear thunder in the distance so maybe the weatherman is correct and we
>>> will have scattered thunderstorms today, at least I hope so.
>>>
>>> Day before yesterday we had temps as low as 50F, yesterday the temps got
>>> into the eighties, today, who knows, it is hot and humid out there but a
>>> few rain showers should cool things off.
>>>
>>> I think I'll take a nap with visions of kumquat "stuff" floating in my
>>> dreams.<G>
>>
>> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
>> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
>> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
>> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
>> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
>> to 22ºF overnight.
>> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
>> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
>> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
>> morning.
>> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
>> Bring it on.
>>
>> Ross.
>> Southern Ontario, Canada.
>> AgCanada Zone 5b
>> 43º 17' 26.75" North
>> 80º 13' 29.46" West
>
> Ahh! I remember winter tires, snow, ice, road salt, etc. Lived on the East
> coast of the US for 3.5 years when I was in the Navy. We look at seed
> catalogs all winter too, but we still garden all winter unless we get the
> rare hard freeze. It's about 65F outside right now, a light rain drizzle
> is falling and we had intermittent rain showers all night last night and
> most of the day today. Still, the rain gauge only shows a little less than
> one inch so far. Another twenty inches and we will be caught up on our
> annual average.
>
> The sugar snap peas are blooming, the green beans are still producing, the
> chard is coming along, life is good.

yer lucky, George - what you can pick in yer back yard (right now), we have
to go to the grocery store to buy

kathi

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:21:31 -0400, "Kathi Jones" >
wrote:

>
><Ross@home> wrote in message
.. .

>> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
>> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
>> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
>> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
>> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
>> to 22ºF overnight.
>> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
>> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
>> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
>> morning.
>
>you have heated baths? seriously???

Absolutely. The one on the North side of the house is like this
http://tinyurl.com/2blqaya except it's on a pedestal because we don't
have a deck. The one on the South side of the house is this smaller
one http://tinyurl.com/39ft7sa
You'd be amazed at how much use they get. Mostly for drinking water in
the coldest weather but the odd one does the polar bear dip thing.

>I've had birds at the bird feeders this past 2 weeks that I haven't seen in
>years - wonder if that means something?
>
>> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
>> Bring it on.

>
>we haven't done the tires yet - soon...but not yet... and yes, the wood
>shed is full

I put the snow tires on in October last year as well, and we only got
enough snow to need them twice through the whole winter. I'm hoping
for that again this year ;-).


>My girls (17 and 11) don't think they need winter jackets and snow boots and
>mitts and scarves and hats until there's snow on the ground - never mind
>that if there WAS?WERE? precipitation out there right now, it WOULD be in
>the form of SNOW!!!

Some of our grandkids are like that too. Even when it's really cold
outside, dressing for it is definitely not Cool.

OB preserving, Today we tried for the first time, Dilly Beans we made
earlier this year using Bernardin Pickle Crisp. It works!

Ross.

On 11/2/2010 11:42 PM, Ross@home wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:21:31 -0400, "Kathi >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> <Ross@home> wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
>>> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
>>> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
>>> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
>>> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
>>> to 22ºF overnight.
>>> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
>>> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
>>> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
>>> morning.
>>
>> you have heated baths? seriously???
>
> Absolutely. The one on the North side of the house is like this
> http://tinyurl.com/2blqaya except it's on a pedestal because we don't
> have a deck. The one on the South side of the house is this smaller
> one http://tinyurl.com/39ft7sa
> You'd be amazed at how much use they get. Mostly for drinking water in
> the coldest weather but the odd one does the polar bear dip thing.
>
>> I've had birds at the bird feeders this past 2 weeks that I haven't seen in
>> years - wonder if that means something?
>>
>>> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
>>> Bring it on.
>
>>
>> we haven't done the tires yet - soon...but not yet... and yes, the wood
>> shed is full
>
> I put the snow tires on in October last year as well, and we only got
> enough snow to need them twice through the whole winter. I'm hoping
> for that again this year ;-).
>
>
>> My girls (17 and 11) don't think they need winter jackets and snow boots and
>> mitts and scarves and hats until there's snow on the ground - never mind
>> that if there WAS?WERE? precipitation out there right now, it WOULD be in
>> the form of SNOW!!!
>
> Some of our grandkids are like that too. Even when it's really cold
> outside, dressing for it is definitely not Cool.
>
> OB preserving, Today we tried for the first time, Dilly Beans we made
> earlier this year using Bernardin Pickle Crisp. It works!
>
> Ross.

Hah! Didn't I tell you that it works. I buy the stuff all the time now.
Every pickle jar gets a hit of Pickle Crisp nowadays. I do like crisp
pickles and PC beats lime solution all to heck and gone.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/2/2010 11:42 PM, Ross@home wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:21:31 -0400, "Kathi >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> <Ross@home> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>
>>>> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
>>>> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
>>>> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
>>>> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
>>>> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
>>>> to 22ºF overnight.
>>>> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
>>>> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
>>>> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
>>>> morning.
>>>
>>> you have heated baths? seriously???
>>
>> Absolutely. The one on the North side of the house is like this
>> http://tinyurl.com/2blqaya except it's on a pedestal because we don't
>> have a deck. The one on the South side of the house is this smaller
>> one http://tinyurl.com/39ft7sa
>> You'd be amazed at how much use they get. Mostly for drinking water in
>> the coldest weather but the odd one does the polar bear dip thing.
>>
>>> I've had birds at the bird feeders this past 2 weeks that I haven't seen
>>> in
>>> years - wonder if that means something?
>>>
>>>> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
>>>> Bring it on.
>>
>>>
>>> we haven't done the tires yet - soon...but not yet... and yes, the wood
>>> shed is full
>>
>> I put the snow tires on in October last year as well, and we only got
>> enough snow to need them twice through the whole winter. I'm hoping
>> for that again this year ;-).
>>
>>
>>> My girls (17 and 11) don't think they need winter jackets and snow boots
>>> and
>>> mitts and scarves and hats until there's snow on the ground - never mind
>>> that if there WAS?WERE? precipitation out there right now, it WOULD be
>>> in
>>> the form of SNOW!!!
>>
>> Some of our grandkids are like that too. Even when it's really cold
>> outside, dressing for it is definitely not Cool.
>>
>> OB preserving, Today we tried for the first time, Dilly Beans we made
>> earlier this year using Bernardin Pickle Crisp. It works!
>>
>> Ross.
>
> Hah! Didn't I tell you that it works. I buy the stuff all the time now.
> Every pickle jar gets a hit of Pickle Crisp nowadays. I do like crisp
> pickles and PC beats lime solution all to heck and gone.

hhmmm...wondering if I should have added it to the pickled beets I made a
couple months back....

Kathi

<Ross@home> wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:21:31 -0400, "Kathi Jones" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>><Ross@home> wrote in message
. ..
>
>>> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
>>> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
>>> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
>>> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
>>> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
>>> to 22ºF overnight.
>>> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
>>> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
>>> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
>>> morning.
>>
>>you have heated baths? seriously???
>
> Absolutely. The one on the North side of the house is like this
> http://tinyurl.com/2blqaya except it's on a pedestal because we don't
> have a deck. The one on the South side of the house is this smaller
> one http://tinyurl.com/39ft7sa
> You'd be amazed at how much use they get. Mostly for drinking water in
> the coldest weather but the odd one does the polar bear dip thing.

those are so neat! A bit pricey for me though - perhaps I'll just stick
with adding warm water to the frozen bath I already have

Kathi


>
>>I've had birds at the bird feeders this past 2 weeks that I haven't seen
>>in
>>years - wonder if that means something?
>>
>>> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
>>> Bring it on.
>
>>
>>we haven't done the tires yet - soon...but not yet... and yes, the wood
>>shed is full
>
> I put the snow tires on in October last year as well, and we only got
> enough snow to need them twice through the whole winter. I'm hoping
> for that again this year ;-).
>
>
>>My girls (17 and 11) don't think they need winter jackets and snow boots
>>and
>>mitts and scarves and hats until there's snow on the ground - never mind
>>that if there WAS?WERE? precipitation out there right now, it WOULD be in
>>the form of SNOW!!!
>
> Some of our grandkids are like that too. Even when it's really cold
> outside, dressing for it is definitely not Cool.
>
> OB preserving, Today we tried for the first time, Dilly Beans we made
> earlier this year using Bernardin Pickle Crisp. It works!
>
> Ross.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/2/2010 11:42 PM, Ross@home wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:21:31 -0400, "Kathi >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> <Ross@home> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>
>>>> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
>>>> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
>>>> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
>>>> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
>>>> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
>>>> to 22ºF overnight.
>>>> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
>>>> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
>>>> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
>>>> morning.
>>>
>>> you have heated baths? seriously???
>>
>> Absolutely. The one on the North side of the house is like this
>> http://tinyurl.com/2blqaya except it's on a pedestal because we don't
>> have a deck. The one on the South side of the house is this smaller
>> one http://tinyurl.com/39ft7sa
>> You'd be amazed at how much use they get. Mostly for drinking water in
>> the coldest weather but the odd one does the polar bear dip thing.
>>
>>> I've had birds at the bird feeders this past 2 weeks that I haven't seen
>>> in
>>> years - wonder if that means something?
>>>
>>>> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
>>>> Bring it on.
>>
>>>
>>> we haven't done the tires yet - soon...but not yet... and yes, the wood
>>> shed is full
>>
>> I put the snow tires on in October last year as well, and we only got
>> enough snow to need them twice through the whole winter. I'm hoping
>> for that again this year ;-).
>>
>>
>>> My girls (17 and 11) don't think they need winter jackets and snow boots
>>> and
>>> mitts and scarves and hats until there's snow on the ground - never mind
>>> that if there WAS?WERE? precipitation out there right now, it WOULD be
>>> in
>>> the form of SNOW!!!
>>
>> Some of our grandkids are like that too. Even when it's really cold
>> outside, dressing for it is definitely not Cool.
>>
>> OB preserving, Today we tried for the first time, Dilly Beans we made
>> earlier this year using Bernardin Pickle Crisp. It works!
>>
>> Ross.
>
> Hah! Didn't I tell you that it works. I buy the stuff all the time now.
> Every pickle jar gets a hit of Pickle Crisp nowadays. I do like crisp
> pickles and PC beats lime solution all to heck and gone.

Never heard of that, George. What is it please?


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On 11/3/2010 10:20 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 11/2/2010 11:42 PM, Ross@home wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:21:31 -0400, "Kathi >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> <Ross@home> wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>
>>>>> I think I'll take a nap thinking abut how glad I am that we don't
>>>>> garden 12 months of the year. Garden is pretty well finished except
>>>>> for digging some carrots. It's good to get the new seed catalogues in
>>>>> the middle of winter, then sit inside planning next year's garden
>>>>> while it's blowing snow outside. Outside right now is 34ºF, went down
>>>>> to 22ºF overnight.
>>>>> Both bird baths were frozen solid yesterday morning, birds were
>>>>> sitting on the edge, scowling at us through the kitchen window. Put
>>>>> the heated baths out yesterday afternoon, birds are happy this
>>>>> morning.
>>>>
>>>> you have heated baths? seriously???
>>>
>>> Absolutely. The one on the North side of the house is like this
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2blqaya except it's on a pedestal because we don't
>>> have a deck. The one on the South side of the house is this smaller
>>> one http://tinyurl.com/39ft7sa
>>> You'd be amazed at how much use they get. Mostly for drinking water in
>>> the coldest weather but the odd one does the polar bear dip thing.
>>>
>>>> I've had birds at the bird feeders this past 2 weeks that I haven't
>>>> seen in
>>>> years - wonder if that means something?
>>>>
>>>>> Changed over to winter tires on the van last week. Woodshed is full.
>>>>> Bring it on.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> we haven't done the tires yet - soon...but not yet... and yes, the wood
>>>> shed is full
>>>
>>> I put the snow tires on in October last year as well, and we only got
>>> enough snow to need them twice through the whole winter. I'm hoping
>>> for that again this year ;-).
>>>
>>>
>>>> My girls (17 and 11) don't think they need winter jackets and snow
>>>> boots and
>>>> mitts and scarves and hats until there's snow on the ground - never
>>>> mind
>>>> that if there WAS?WERE? precipitation out there right now, it WOULD
>>>> be in
>>>> the form of SNOW!!!
>>>
>>> Some of our grandkids are like that too. Even when it's really cold
>>> outside, dressing for it is definitely not Cool.
>>>
>>> OB preserving, Today we tried for the first time, Dilly Beans we made
>>> earlier this year using Bernardin Pickle Crisp. It works!
>>>
>>> Ross.
>>
>> Hah! Didn't I tell you that it works. I buy the stuff all the time
>> now. Every pickle jar gets a hit of Pickle Crisp nowadays. I do like
>> crisp pickles and PC beats lime solution all to heck and gone.
>
> Never heard of that, George. What is it please?
>
>
Calcium chloride in pelleted form. Sold by Ball/Jarden/Bernadin in the
US and Canada. It can also be purchased at brew shops as it is also an
additive to beer. Might look for it where you live under the chemical
name. Also available on the internet, at least in the US and Canada.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...

> Calcium chloride in pelleted form. Sold by Ball/Jarden/Bernadin in the US
> and Canada. It can also be purchased at brew shops as it is also an
> additive to beer. Might look for it where you live under the chemical
> name. Also available on the internet, at least in the US and Canada.

Thanks, George! I haven't heard of it but will look on line or in brew
shops!

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