I've aged doors with a crackle finish. I painted a base coat of one color, then a top coat of another color. Then I apply the crackle finish, and use a blow dryer to dry it quick. The top coat cracks as it dries, exposing some of the base coat. Then I used a varnish on top to protect. The crackle finish is sold by Ralph Lauren Paints, or they have something at Pottery Barn also. Hope this helps.

I saw the article in our local newspaper and cut it out. It was very interesting and the whole subject would make a great documentary.

Fascinating! I only ever thought of barley as an old world crop, the kind essential to brewing beer ;). In fact the only cereal grain I had ever heard about coming from the Americas was corn. How very interesting! You could probably throw sunflowers into that mix as well. Though, the reading I have done follows yours in that many of the plants such as sunflowers and goosefoot (chenopodium, which would fall in the amaranth family), weren't necessarily "cultivated" but sort of "followed" human habitation and agriculture. Kind of an Indian version of "weed cuisine" haha. I also was reading an interesting article on peppers from NSS a little while back. While chilies were gathered and used frequently by the Indians in places like Mexico, further north, in areas like the Four Corners region, they never really caught on. The Indians there preferring a more "bland" diet.

The date of the initial post is shown. It is there in the list of posts before you open it (at least in my view). And it is at the top next to the initial poster's name, just below the title of the post. i don't think this is solely a houzz issue, though perhaps it is worse now. One of my very early gardenweb posts was on a garden forum about ground cover and I had it set to email me follow ups. I got continued inquiries bumping that post to the top for years. I answered questions but eventually we moved away from that house and people kept asking how my ground cover was doing. I eventually turned off the notifications so for all I know it's still popping up a decade later. Some people hate it when an old post pops up, but others see it as a legitimate continuation of the conversation. When it's spammers, I think it is annoying. But when some one is asking how a kitchen countertop material has held up, it doesn't seem irrational to me to reply to an old post. It potentially notifies the orginal poster of your question and it allows others to give input too. I have seen posters scolded for not searching before they post many times. So some people may be posting to relevant old threads after searching to avoid being scolded Trying to sort out forum etiquette can feel like damned if you do and damned if you don't.