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« Reply #560 on: November 10, 2024, 04:22:00 PM » |
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I'm still recovering arm tendons and ligs are still messed up. This is why  Still need more,  I'm thinking 2-3 more trees should do it. But I don't fell trees.. I just cut, Split, load , stack and repete.  |
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« Reply #561 on: November 11, 2024, 04:12:12 AM » |
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My shoulders ache for you! I haven’t had a wood burner for 7 years now but I still remember stacking many trailer loads of firewood every fall.
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« Reply #562 on: November 11, 2024, 05:27:36 AM » |
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Ya been busy for sure!!
Good job, be toasty this winter.
Used to burn 5 cords a year, sold house 3 years ago, moved into an apartment on a horse farm. Kinda miss it sometimes…..sometimes not…
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« Reply #563 on: November 11, 2024, 03:03:32 PM » |
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Thanks ya'll.. God Bless our Veterans ! Today I made Hoyt pepper jam with my Lemon hot peppers. I had to use some red / orange sweet peppers, with sweet yellow peppers . I love my hot pepper jam.. It's sooo goood  It looks real pretty. My next batch will be ALL yellow peppers . I'll have to get more sweet peppers ... |
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« Reply #564 on: November 16, 2024, 05:00:10 AM » |
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I'm still here laying low with a cold, I haven't been sick in 4/5 yrs
drinking green tea,
w/ fresh ground ginger, honey, fresh squeezed lemon , and a pinch of goldenseal. Vicks feet .
It's finally breaking up.
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« Reply #565 on: November 16, 2024, 05:43:18 AM » |
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I'm still here laying low with a cold, I haven't been sick in 4/5 yrs
drinking green tea,
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It's finally breaking up.
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« Reply #566 on: November 16, 2024, 07:14:17 AM » |
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Glad you are on the road to a full recovery.
I missed some of the other messages showing all the work you did. Very impressed. I don't have the tools necessary to do that work.
Weill I have a sledge hammer and a "wedge" but, the only time I have used it was to make sure the tree I was taking down fell in the right direction. Even though I think I know the right to do the chainsaw were cuts..... The wedge ensures it will fall "that way".
We have an outdoor "stove" and I cheat and purchase the wood we use in it.
Again, as usual, very impressed with your work.
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« Reply #567 on: November 20, 2024, 03:11:12 PM » |
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I'm about as ready as I can be for 6-8" that they are calling for.
We shall see IF we get that much...
It is windy as hell tonight. So a front is blowing in.
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« Reply #568 on: November 22, 2024, 05:48:46 AM » |
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4.5" of snow so far.  |
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« Reply #569 on: November 22, 2024, 09:14:24 AM » |
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Keep it down there Tracy.  Just cold rain and winds is bad enough.  |
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« Reply #570 on: November 22, 2024, 03:30:48 PM » |
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It was brutal day outside .
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« Reply #571 on: November 23, 2024, 08:47:47 AM » |
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No snow here but a chill is in the air that is affecting me more than usual.
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« Reply #572 on: November 23, 2024, 09:26:30 AM » |
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Yeah getting old isn't for sissies ..
That's for sure..
Each year it hits me more as well...
So today I made stuffing for Thursday, and froze enough for a few years!
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« Reply #573 on: November 23, 2024, 12:38:04 PM » |
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We got the turkey out of the freezer yesterday. Judy made the stuffing last week so preparations are under way. The big snafu in our plans are that my mother is in the hospital and has been for a week. My plan was to go get her and bring her to our house for Thanksgiving but that may not happen. Mother is 96 so we are fortunate to have her still with us. She’s not out of the woods yet but is making progress. God is still blessing her and our family!
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« Reply #574 on: November 23, 2024, 03:53:08 PM » |
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Prayers that your mum stays on the up and up....
Yeah I don't do Turkey , Birds, or any kind of meats.
But I always did one for Don. And a Ham for him at X-Mas.
I just eat the trimmings.
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« Reply #575 on: November 27, 2024, 07:59:24 AM » |
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Off to cut firewood... Yeah it's that time of the month again. 14months..  The longest we have ever been apart . I'll be drinking tonight! |
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« Reply #576 on: November 27, 2024, 08:56:37 AM » |
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« Reply #577 on: November 27, 2024, 11:26:02 AM » |
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Tracy , I find it hard to believe this much time has passed. You keep super busy and I am still downsizing. I have one property left. An apartment building which will be sold in the spring. For those that may have forgot or didn't know , Bonnie and Don passed on the same day . I will be tipping one or two for both.  da prez |
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« Reply #578 on: November 27, 2024, 04:33:45 PM » |
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Thank You all... Yeah , it's crazy .... I have slowly been prepping food. I made stuffing , Froze a bunch, left some out for tomorrow, Made dip, Boiled eggs , Tomorrow I try my hand at devil eggs again, Don ALWAYS made them. I made a pamelon pie.. Monday or Tuesday.. Cut it in half and froze it.. Stopped using pumpkin.years ago.. Pamelon (what the locals call it ) is smoother creamer and tastes outstanding. I still have a few 2cup pulps in the deep freezer. But eh , I felt like using the fresh, this year. This year I only got 1 fruit off the plants . But it was just enough for a pie. I hope everyone has an awesome ThanksGiving.. Just look how pretty that and glossy that is....   |
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« Reply #579 on: November 27, 2024, 04:43:06 PM » |
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what time is dinner??
Wish we could join you but have kids and grandkids coming over to destroy the house along with in laws and their other kids
Bonnie is, well lets just say I better stay clear of her at this time
enjoy your feast Tracy !
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« Reply #580 on: November 27, 2024, 05:19:26 PM » |
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Thank You Evan... You enjoy your time with family !
I opened one of my jars of canned sweet taters and made my candied yams.
last night.. Ya know the food is always better the next day.. I think I'll do some geenbean cass...
So this was something I had started years ago with Don .
And Thanksgiving , Just reheated the fixings..
Of course I always made him a turkey on Thursday..
I'll have crab legs as my main.. I think. I have some in the deep freezer.
1 cluster will be enough..
HeroBud can help me eat them..
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« Reply #581 on: November 28, 2024, 06:48:42 AM » |
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Happy Harvest / Thanksgiving to all...... Don't forget to pace yourself on the feasting.....  |
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« Reply #582 on: November 28, 2024, 08:24:32 AM » |
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« Reply #583 on: November 28, 2024, 02:58:53 PM » |
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A nice small feast.. Ate nice and early around 1pm..  Bud had some mashed taters and crab.  |
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« Reply #584 on: November 28, 2024, 03:01:37 PM » |
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This is why I said ya'll need to pace yourselves...   |
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« Reply #586 on: November 28, 2024, 04:39:15 PM » |
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Thank you... I just didn't feel like making gravy and dinner rolls ( horns). If Don was here I would have made a rotisserie turkey for him and gravy.. And many more hors d'oeuvre and crudité platter. People use to look at me odd, when I was checking the size of birds.. I would make a fist and measure the bird from the length Fist to elbow! That is how long a bird could be to fit in the Ronco rotisserie Yuppers true story.. I didn't care about lbs.. It was all in the length.. |
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« Reply #587 on: November 28, 2024, 05:08:16 PM » |
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« Reply #588 on: November 29, 2024, 08:54:31 AM » |
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I made a pamelon pie.. Monday or Tuesday.. Cut it in half and froze it..
Stopped using pumpkin.years ago.. Pamelon (what the locals call it ) is smoother creamer and tastes outstanding. I still have a few 2cup pulps in the deep freezer.
What is Pamelon? I've lived in SW VA all of my life and I've never heard the name. |
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« Reply #589 on: November 29, 2024, 08:57:41 AM » |
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Is there a Pamelon hunting season? Or is there a Pa melon and a Ma melon? |
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« Reply #590 on: November 29, 2024, 12:34:41 PM » |
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It's a banana squash. It's what I have heard them called in Appalachia since 1988... Pamelon..  |
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« Reply #591 on: November 29, 2024, 01:19:12 PM » |
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Banana Squash I've heard of.
I'll bet that pamelon is something from the local vernacular.
Do they pronounce it Pamelon or Pa Melon
I'm working in Tazewell this Tuesday, I'll have to ask around and see what they call them.
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« Reply #592 on: November 30, 2024, 04:01:48 AM » |
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It was 14* last night it's now 16* Bud stayed in .. Slept on the bed with me all night |
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« Reply #593 on: December 01, 2024, 02:21:08 PM » |
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Hey they are writing about you, I did not realize you were that famous. https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/searches-cords-wood-hit-record-bold-blast-chills-lower-48For some folks, why pay for firewood when they own property?Searches For 'Cords Of Wood' Hit Record As Cold Blast Chills Lower 48 While residents in parts of the Great Lakes region dig out after feet of snow, much of the eastern US faces bitter Arctic air over the next few days. This cold snap has reminded cash-strapped households of the importance of stockpiling cords of wood as Old Man Winter comes knocking. According to Angie's List, the average price for a cord of wood topped $300 this fall. The cost of the cord ranges from $150 to $500, depending on many factors, including type of wood and geographical location |
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« Reply #594 on: December 01, 2024, 03:08:07 PM » |
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I'm very lucky to have a mountain. 80+ acres . Full of trees.. Much luckier than most. Our last farm we had 115 acres and only 80 trees! We had to buy tandem log truck loads of trees . every few years . as well as going on friends prop to cut dead trees.. Much cheaper than buying via cords! With all that said , I still need 2-3 more trees .. What sux is I don't fell trees.. I have to relay on a friends to fell for me. I'll only do thin poles that I can push as I cut...
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I live in suburbia. In my daily walks, there is always one home burning wood. It's a pleasant smell, but the first time I thought a house was on fire. My home came with a Federal Airtight wood stove in the half submerged basement (living room). I got some good dry burning wood for it. I learned right away that in cold weather, if you didn't prime the flu (smoke stack) before lighting a fire, all the smoke came inside (choke). You only do that once. Then we discovered that even with only a small fire, and the air vents nearly closed (to keep it slow burning), the dang thing still put out so much heat it ran you clear out of the room (and being naked didn't help either). It is a small house. So when it came time to completely refinish and refloor the living room, it was free to a good home. It also freed up some space down there. This one (including the old fashioned humidifier). ( Yes, you can have it for free, but I'm not helping you carry it to your truck.)  |
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« Reply #596 on: December 01, 2024, 04:40:54 PM » |
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« Reply #598 on: December 02, 2024, 04:50:45 PM » |
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