Argh! Note to restaurateurs: Don’t tell me fibs about your food!
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Comments (40)Oh the deer do get hunted here, by this four-wheeled species. You probably have some hunting where you live as well :-) Seriously, the various hazards tend to take out the older deer here and I usually see young deer only. Once I had a big buck, he was browsing much higher than the smaller deer. I put up my activated sprinkler last night and noticed it went on at some point in the night. I'm going to be moving it around regularly, keeping the deer on their toes. I had a greenhouse water timer unit I put on it so it won't accidentally spray me during the day when there are no deer. Al, I have 1000' of 8' deer fence that I have been sitting on if things get too bad. Its a pain having the whole yard fenced in but I may be going there. I already have one side fenced, its the woods side that deer usually come from. Konrad, I wonder if the sound of the metal alone would scare them enough. I don't want to make too loud a sound but the metal falling would cause the ground to shake I bet. Scott...See MoreTell me about your square foot garden!
Comments (110)I am doing square foot gardening with a twist...I use to live in the country with lots of room and did the Ruth Stout gardening technique....but with less room, I am doing the square foot garden this year...I have harvested so much form just one bed it is amazing,,,we have four 4x12 boxes and a long 12" wide bed in the back where I have these wonderful Sunflowers...I plant a few marigolds here and there too..I don't know if they help with the bugs but they are pretty. I tired to plant just the number of plants two people will need, so I have a variety but not too much of anything. I love this method,,,no weeding,,,and mulching everything the way I do,,,,I really am not watering that much although it is in the 90s here now. Right now, I have squash,,several types of beans, broccoli and peas are just going,,cabbage,,onions, peppers, hot and sweet, basil, tomatoes, carrots, mustard, eggplants, bausch, and I just noticed I have little watermelon and cantaloupe...I also have strawberries, only six plants, and cukes,,pole beans (Kentucky Wonder and Contender) and patio, cherry tomatoes,,I tried to grow lettuce but only got one picking,,,I think it got too hot... Here is a link to my blog......See MoreTell me about your favorite cabinet insert or storage solution
Comments (24)My tall oven cabinet came with a shelf, so I just put it high enough to fit my griddle and extra long platters and then placed the dividers on top of the shelf. The dividers can be screwed down, but I didn't bother as they don't move much without the screws and it also meant I didn't have to drill holes in my shelf! Even if the cabinet had not come w/the shelf, I was going to ask for one since I already had planned for this storage based on what I had seen here in the thread linked below. I think I got the idea from Gizmonike and Sail-Away. BTW...I was originally going to get the Rev-A-Shelf dividers but put these from Walmart in temporarily. The Walmart ones worked so well that I didn't bother to replace them...besides, I would have needed 6 packs of 2-dividers each and at $14.95 per 2-pack, this was much cheaper! I used 3 dividers from Walmart at $5.95 each, so $18 vs $90...easy decision! I also bought two more of those dividers and put them under my corner prep sink...one in each deep corner One holds cutting boards, the other holds my pizza stones & cast iron frying pan. Here is a link that might be useful: Thread: tray cabinets - top 1/2 wasted space...See MoreTell me about your toaster ovens!
Comments (38)Hmmm, I'll go check them out tommorrow. I know it won't fit in my appliance garage, which is already occupied by the stupid Food Saver that seldom gets used. But I can't really move the Food Saver because then it would NEVER get used and it was a gift from DH's parents. I read on the LNT website that the Cuisinart buehl has is 20" deep but on Amazon it lists it as 17" or so. I'll have to bring my handy dandy measuring tape to the store with me tommorrow. Although now I'm starting to wonder if I should just go for a much smaller/cheaper model and see if we actually USE the darn thing. We can always replace it down the road if it turns out we really love the thing. But then will I get the full effect of how helpful it can be for things like side dishes (we don't have double ovens) or reheating something that needs to be crispy or whatever? Oh what to do what to do? Thanks for all your advice everyone. nanj, the info about the number of heating elements is interesting as I want this thing to replace my toaster. And caryscott, thanks for the "bruiser" report. I'm thinking I'll go ahead and get it, use it for a week (long enough to get a feel for how well it works but it should still easy enough to clean out if I want to return it) and see how I like it. Is it okay to "test drive" an appliance???...See Morecolleenoz
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