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In better news, I will have garlic scapes very soon! :drool

Today I am trying -- for the third time! -- to grow chard. The first time, I planted the seeds in the dirt, about 15-20. I think 2 have come up. The second time, I soaked the seed overnight, as I'd read online. Then planted them, and I got 2 out of the row. This time, I got a new packet of a...

@fuzzi, One thing to think about: clearance below any cupboards when you open the lid. I had to turn my bread machines 90 degrees from what I would have thought was "normal" so that I could lift the lid. That is also something I have to deal with with my stand mixer, when I lift the head. But...

Very true! Have you looked online at any models and read reviews?

I made a lot of bread in my teens and 20s, before bread machines were common, or maybe before they were invented..? There is something really nice and physically satisfying about kneading bread. Unfortunately, GF bread dough is more like a batter than a dough. :hmm I'm sure I could still do...

KitchenAid. My neighbor got it for $72 at an estate sale. I told her to keep an eye out for one for me. LOVE IT!!! When hubby decided to start making his own bread by hand and used the hand mixer, we both saw how under powered that is for such things. I was getting ready to cough up the full...

I have a Hamilton Beach, and it was about $70. It's okay, but since I've gotten a stand mixer, I haven't used it. It said it had a GF cycle, but that was pretty much a total failure. I had better results using the mix cycle, and then the bake cycle. That's the only thing I've made with it, so I...

Clothes, make up, hairstyles, eye glass frames, shoes, and cars. Styles come and go, and then sometimes cycle back. I aim for comfortable on four of the above, reliable on one, and don't use the other. But poofy bangs. :lau

@cavemanrich, I hum that song a LOT when I'm weeding the EWOs. I need to do that. They don't get too weedy, but I do need to keep up with it so that they don't. I heard that song recently, and it made me laugh.

Baker Creek's poor/very poor seed germination rate was a big topic on the garden thread. In some cases it was zero percent, on several different crops, and from more than one person. This is disheartening for me; I've recommended BC several times as a good place to order heirloom seeds online...

@NanaK, I want to tell you that the seeds you sent me have sprouted and are doing well. Your collards had a much better germination rate than the seed I bought from Baker Creek. I'll be planting my hardened off tomato, pepper, luffa, sunflower, and cucamelons in the garden on Thursday or...

It's raining! :wee:celebrate:clap It's been dry, so this is wonderful. I hope this persuades the bean seeds I planted to sprout.

We joked that our dog's winter coat had "shrunk" in the wash. :lau

Our doc knows we do not want to be on pills. If he ever says, "I want you to start taking XYZ," he better have a REALLY good reason. My cholesterol is a mixed bag. My LDL is higher than it should be, and my total is up there too. However, my triglycerides and HDL are good. A friend of mine who...

The topic is whatever you want to say. :)

A friend of mine said her GP doc has changed over the years. He used to listen, and now he -- "like all of them" -- is all about pills, pills, pills. She said a friend of hers had to change docs when hers retired. Her new doc asked why she was on a certain med. Her old doc had her on it. New...

My neighbor with heart failure went to Cleveland Clinic. She told the doc that she has been feeling better, and what she's doing differently: Massage Acupuncture Diet The doc couldn't have cared less, she said. He was all about drugs. I have to say, I'm disappointed in that doc, and that...

I went out about 8:00 this morning, and she(?) was headed for the trees. I looked closely, but couldn't see ANY disturbance to the ground where she was. Maybe she was just tired? Lost? Needed a place to spend the night? I'm glad she's gone.

I'd heard that snappers can take off fingers, and if they bite down, they don't let go. This old gal (assuming it's a she) is huge. I doubt I can even lift her by her tail.

This snapping turtle is in our side yard right now. Its head is easily the size of my fist. Hubby says he's never seen one that big in Michigan, and only a bit larger in West Virginia. We're guessing it's a female, looking for a place to lay eggs. I warned hubby that if she tries to dig into...