"Jean B." wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>> "Jean B." wrote:
>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Kalmia wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Why hot just make the crockpot meal on a day you're home, and freeze
>>>>>>>>>>> in small portions the results? Then, on a workday, you can pull a
>>>>>>>>>>> frozen portion that morning and let thaw in the fridge.
>>>>>>>>>> On a day one is home why would they use a crockpot? I despise the
>>>>>>>>>> results from a crockpot, canned is better. But on days I'm home I
>>>>>>>>>> cook conventially and prepare amounts large enough to freeze several
>>>>>>>>>> portions.
>>>>>>>>> Woe is me - I realized that after i hit send. But dared not another
>>>>>>>>> piggy back post.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I do a cooking marathon, I never use the crockpot, come to think
>>>>>>>>> of it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When are you not home? I thought you were one of those lucky retired
>>>>>>>>> dudes.
>>>>>>>> I never worked so hard before I retired, but I do what I want when I
>>>>>>>> want and as much or as little as I want, and most importantly no one
>>>>>>>> tells me. Actually I'm mostly always home but I don't have a kitchen
>>>>>>>> out on the back forty. During good weather I don't have much time to
>>>>>>>> cook, today was a very stormy day, even tornado warnings. I slow
>>>>>>>> cooked 3 pounds of kielbasa with two big cans of B&M baked beans. I
>>>>>>>> simmered the sausages (barely simmered) for two hours. Then drained,
>>>>>>>> added the beans and simmered (barely simmered) about 4 hours. Now I
>>>>>>>> needn't cook for three days.
>>>>>>>> That's one ominous sky:
>>>>>>>> http://i46.tinypic.com/t63qqo.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And then the sky opened:
>>>>>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/1zplf68.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then the sun... look carefully down that forest path:
>>>>>>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/11qiufa.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I didn't see that girl until after I down loaded:
>>>>>>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/4uf7mf.jpg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The tele from some 1,500' makes that path look short but it's 600'
>>>>>>>> long, takes me the better part of a day to do maintenence just inside
>>>>>>>> that path, and it's hot, humid, and unbelieveably buggy. My back
>>>>>>>> forty begins at the far end of that path, can spend a week there and
>>>>>>>> hardly make a dent.
>>>>>>> Lovely! We finally had a thunderstorm here tonight after being
>>>>>>> threatened by such for days.
>>>>>> Didn't someone say that Beryl couldn't affect the weather in NY, well
>>>>>> very often storms that hit in the south push right up the Hudson river
>>>>>> valley, and bring the briney smell of the sea too.
>>>>> Oh, you remind me. Didn't I just hear something about hot weather
>>>>> down the coast? I hope THAT doesn't come up here. BTW, Sheldon,
>>>>> I just saw my first deer since I moved. It was in front of the
>>>>> house. I thought it looked confused/scared. :-( I hoped it
>>>>> would go dine in my back yard, but I don't think it did.
>>>> How far from the road? During daylight deer are very cautious when
>>>> approaching roadways. But in darkness they don't seem to notice
>>>> roadways and they'll walk right down the center amd even frollic on
>>>> the road. If you toss a couple slices of cheap white bread into your
>>>> yard at about the time deer pass through they will find it, deer can
>>>> smell bread for hundreds of feet. Then they will come looking for
>>>> their snack at the same time most every day. Eventually you'll notice
>>>> deer peering into your window as if saying where's my bread. They are
>>>> very patient, some will wait about an hour for one slice of bread:
>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/15cd3m1.jpg
>>>> Throw a little cracked corn and they will come:
>>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/rt3xnp.jpg
>>>> http://i49.tinypic.com/2hmjzh2.jpg
>>>> You need to keep a camera nearby.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the tip. This was slightly before dusk. It was on the
>>> edge of the pavement, no traffic--although I don't know whether a
>>> vehicle was there right before I saw... either it was a doe or it
>>> was young. No spots though.
>>>
>>> I have found one camera, the old one, and will get the battery
>>> charging. The new one is again buried. (I put it somewhere
>>> "safe" when I had people around, and then the safe place was
>>> covered with things.) Actually, just today, I was eying my
>>> favorite part of the yard and thinking I still need to post pics
>>> for you. (But it is NOTHING compared to your lovely expanse.)
>>
>> Take lots of "before" pictures, one day soon you'll be very sorry you
>> didn't. My yard was unkempt when I first moved here. Do your
>> landscaping first, that takes time to grow... you'll have plenty of
>> time for indoor improvements that can be done at any time the weather
>> doesn't permit outdoor work.
>
>The improvements were done before I moved in. Somewhere I do (or
>did) have before and after pics--unfortunately most were taken
>with the old camera.

Assuming you mean a film camera those can be scanned. Even if you
don't have a scanner many photo departments will scan them for pennies
and put them on a disc and/or email them as a file attachment.

>As for the property... I had plans but now need to conserve....

Most initial landscaping is just sweat labor, and it's best to do a
major clean up before investing in plantings, it can take a year to
learn your property and to make decisions. Often with a resale you
will discover many valuale plants that need work and/or relocation.
Don't just run out and buy plants, not until you know what and where.
I was at my favorite nurserey this afternoon to buy vegetable plants
and I also bought another "Fat Albert" Colorado blue spruce, I'm
hoping to plant tomorrow but it sure looks like rain. The nursery's
arborist passes my house on his way home so he dropped off the tree:
http://i46.tinypic.com/2927iu0.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/mimgjb.jpg

This morning I noticed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds have taken up
residence here, they seem to have fallen in love with my Acer griseum
(paperbark maple), they are very handsome:
http://i50.tinypic.com/2iqj2c6.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2j3mnt5.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/zxsc2p.jpg