I had a really big canning summer. Must be something like 40 jars of tomato + jalapeno hot sauce (10:1 by weight, I grow the tomatoes) and an equal amount of jars of plum sauce, 3/8lb sugar to 1lb plums (my fabulous small and very dark tart plums that get sweet when well ripened).Getting part of our land ready for big ass garden right now. Already started messing with canning this year.
I have gardened food since the 1970's. I used to try lots of different things. Had plum trees, a fig tree, after several years learned techniques to grow tomatoes successfully, extremely abundantly most years. I had a good magazine style book and tried many different vegetables. Nowadays I mostly stick to tomatoes, kabocha squash, cilantro, sometimes some herbs. I dabble in some others occasionally, but those are my regulars. The picked kabocha squash (Japanese pumpkins) keep all through the winter and into the spring, which is nice. They are sweet and flavorful, a "winter squash."For most people, growing your own food is a hobby, not a good cost cutting measure. It's labor intensive, can be expensive to get it set up, and yields (for the inputs) are relatively low and often poorly timed.
So people are illegally paying into social security? Does that mean they should get their money back?
So that's a no then? You don't want people here illegally, but you'll happily take their money, right?
Right, so no then. Their loss is your gain, and you're happy to benefit from them.They are here illegally. They should be sent home so they can do it properly and legally.
If they chose to give their money away so be it...
Right, so no then. Their loss is your gain, and you're happy to benefit from them.
This is how I'm going to cope. Heard a cover of this on the best FM radio station on the planet KEXP and it made me realize the existential path that I've tried to take on my life.Here's a well written and thought out piece on coping with the coming Trump presidency.
10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.wagingnonviolence.org
It's almost like dogshit policy shouldn't be implemented no matter how happy it makes conservativesThat's exactly what Texas is doing and it has caused pregnant women's mortality rate to spike up more than 50%.
Had 4 hand surgery sessions since December, last one 2 weeks ago (hope I won't need any more now), get the stitches out tomorrow. It's kept me off my bicycle and out of the gym, so for exercise (and mental health) have taken to walks, daily, and chanced on a HIKE! Up into the hills on dirt trails and have kept at it almost every single day for over 6 months. 1000 foot elevation climb. All on foot from my house. I've walked a LOT in my life but I feel now that I've learned to walk all over again, getting really good at it. I've learned to appreciate flowers, just walking past them, like never before.This is how I'm going to cope. Heard a cover of this on the best FM radio station on the planet KEXP and it made me realize the existential path that I've tried to take on my life.
By the Grateful Dead
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.
I thought I heard a baby cry this morning,
I thought I heard a baby cry this today.
You didn't hear no baby cry this morning,
You didn't hear no baby cry today.
Where have all the people gone my honey,
Where have all the people gone today.
There's no need for you to be worrying about all those people,
You never see those people anyway.
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I thought I heard a young man morn today.
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I'll walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I guess it doesn't really matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
Guess it doesn't matter anyway...
Had 4 hand surgery sessions since December, last one 2 weeks ago (hope I won't need any more now), get the stitches out tomorrow. It's kept me off my bicycle and out of the gym, so for exercise (and mental health) have taken to walks, daily, and chanced on a HIKE! Up into the hills on dirt trails and have kept at it almost every single day for over 6 months. 1000 foot elevation climb. All on foot from my house. I've walked a LOT in my life but I feel now that I've learned to walk all over again, getting really good at it. I've learned to appreciate flowers, just walking past them, like never before.
The scenery keeps changing, of course, when you go on extended walks. On occasion I have thought to concentrate on listening carefully to everything as well (can't close your eyes for more than a few seconds, so don't bother). Long walks are conducive to developing great insights.As part of my martial arts training, us kids had to take a walk in the jungle, find a comfortable spot to sit on, close our eyes and simply listen to what was going on around us. This was to improve our level of situational awareness as I was later told when I could comprehend what it meant. I was utterly amazed at what I was missing 'til then. My eyes were blinding me to a whole 'nother world that exists if only one cared to find it. What's more, every time I made an overt gesture, I could hear the natural world around me responding to it in more ways that I could ever imagine.
It's the same thing when I go spearfishing or hunting where I'd simply rest, relax and tune into nature, observing with all of my senses what's happening around me. It's surreal in it's reality.
So I really do understand where you're coming from in that regard. Kudos to you for your newfound discoveries.
On a walk or on the john, best thoughts have been derived.The scenery keeps changing, of course, when you go on extended walks. On occasion I have thought to concentrate on listening carefully to everything as well (can't close your eyes for more than a few seconds, so don't bother). Long walks are conducive to developing great insights.
On a walk or on the john, best thoughts have been derived.
#anotherthingyouhavenoclueaboutP’Nut the Squirrel was ‘marked for death’ and decapitation from the start — as rabies test results reveal tragic twist
P’Nut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon did not have rabies, officials announced — as it was revealed the animals were marked for death and decapitation days before they were seized by the st…nypost.com
P'nut lives forever in our hearts and minds.
Yeah, Henry Miller mused about sitting on the toilet being a super place to think!On a walk or on the john, best thoughts have been derived.
And too many couldn't be bothered to turn out. I don't expect them to learn from it though.The people have spoken??
A favorite fortune cookie proverb:
"Man who think first will have good fortune."
I'm afraid too many voters didn't do their homework before this election.
It's a parody of Gilligan's Island's opening theme. It was released 2 months before the election.Not watching it, just looks weird
So stupid shit from dumb people what’s the point in even bringing it up now?It's a parody of Gilligan's Island's opening theme. It was released 2 months before the election.