Lettuce. I'm working on eating up all the winter garden so I can start planting lettuces. Favas can go in today, it's going to be lovely here for the next 10 days!! Many of the plants I cut back to the ground (collards, broccoli) are re-sprouting and will be tasty again for spring so I am not even going to replant them!! I am really looking forward to eating a broader variety of foods again!!

i'm a "waiter", i guess. i have plenty of room to plant and can always find a spot for another one in my open woodland area where there is enough sunlight coming through to make them happy. the water requirement is another issue in that area considering root competition from my trees and the persistent drought conditions of the past few summers. that one factor has been the greatest influence on the poor fall performance lately, in my opinion. might be the same for your plants. i did find an old thread where i commented on their performance after several years of becomming established so you might want to view this one below. Here is a link that might be useful: encore azaleas

I think this might be a case of the writer using the wrong word. "Seasoning" means something particular to us, which Clinresga defined. I don't remember about my own Demeyere, though I remember reading the materials. They might have been better saying something like "pre-treat the finish" but are probably glomming onto "seasoning" because people are accustomed to having to do that. The surface has little micro fissures in the texture. I wonder if this isn't a way to completely clean in there? Just a wild stab in the dark. It might even be the case (wild speculation) that baking it on could seal up those micro fissures. As to the white blotching, my guess is that it's minerals clinging. I sometimes get that with the stainless pans from my steam oven, but they go away when I put them in the dishwasher. My best guess (total stab in the dark) is that the even heating/cooling helps, or else it's the vertical position while the water/heat hits thus preventing cooling. I had some white blotches on my oven enamel after the self clean which came up though using a steamer, but which were unaffected by scrubbing. One of those kind with the ridges and the ouch to touch texture.

Oh, I love that show too. Hmmm, remember when they were told that Russia would most likely try to turn their children into spies and the parents said no they didn't want that. My guess is that the "pastor" the head of that church group the daughter is involved in will turn out to be the one to try and turn the daughter into a spy. IMHO Do you really think that the girl that was russian and a double agent was really just taken away and sent back to Russia. That's not going to be a happy ending for her.