Coffee anyone ?

[Bruce]

There are going to be some major problems here in the next few years with trees coming down. We have/HAD a lot of Ash trees... nice trees.

Same here, to the point that there is a small monthly charge on all electric bills (at least the company we have) for ash tree removal.

We have ants in the house.

I sure hope they aren't fahr aints!
We get some really small ants in the kitchen on and off. I just squish them. Might be time to put out a small dish of water, sugar and borax so they can take care of themselves back at the nest.

 

[Mini Horses]

You need another freezer!

Bay is canning! Caning jars are less expensive than a freezer Plus both items are in limited supply right now. My freezer is FULL but I have plenty of empty jars.

It's just slightly cooler out there today due to some light northern breezes & less humidity. Glad because I have more outside cutting, trimming, discing to do today & tomorrow, while home.

Need to run to Lowe's & get 2 porch posts...son says he'll replace for me before weekend. GOOD! I'll get some brushes and a gallon of paint while there. Need to pressure wash all the posts/rails and paint. Front, then back porches. Winter preps needed. Time for more painting this year.

 

[Ridgetop]

I also refer canning BUT not in the summer heat. When I was feeding our while family of 6 from our old garden (terrific soil) and fruit trees as well as running a small boutique jam, jelly, and pickle business out of my garden we had no AC. Often I stayed up most of the night after it cooled off a bit just to keep the pressure and water bath canner going. I prefer to freeze tomatoes and berries and can them in the winter when it is cold.

We have 2 large freezers but buying new canning jars isn't cheap anymore. Up in Washington I was making blackberry and mulberry jelly and blueberry jam. I had to buy more half pint jars and the price even at Costco made my eyes pop. The following year DH wanted to know why I was packing cartons of empty canning jars to take on our trip! LOL I have gotten rid of some of the jars but still have boxes of empty ones packed away in my shed. They are one of the things I will be taking when we move to Texas! LOL Along with the 2 pressure canners, the water bath canners, and all my canning equipment. I used to can my goat milk for the calves when I ran out of freezer space in my 3rd freezer. We ended up giving that small freezer to DD1 when we remodeled the garage into a bedroom, entry and large utility room.

Actually with the last heat wave, we were warned about losing power. Luckily we have LADWP which doesn't do rolling blackouts so they would repair the power asap. I talked to DH about buying a generator, He said we had one in our 5th wheel trailer but I told him we needed one large enough to carry both house freezers and some other stuff. The generator in the trailer will work the microwave, coffeemaker, and trailer AC but that is it. I don't want to lose 2 freezers full of meat. DH agreed that we should probably have a large one. We will definitely get one when we move to a ranch.

Luckily the heat has broken and is cooling off a bit at night, Still hot though.

Everyone stay safe during the bad weather.

 

[Baymule]

Supposed to be Cat 1 when it reaches Texarkana. Stay safe! Bay - You need another freezer!

Haha, I have 2 freezers!

 

[Baymule]

Coffees is ready. It’s not raining, if it rained after we went to bed last night, I didn’t know it.

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks
Co op, then take a bunny to meet a transporter.
Tired today. Did pick some tomatoes and got them in the dehydrator yesterday.

 

[Mini Horses]

Nice coffee morning. Sunny and dry out -- heating to mid+ 90s. We are "dry" until Sat, when Laura will dump what's left on us.

Up early and waiting for storm news but, not daylight & not much really known. Hope everyone in it's path did evacuate to higher ground. Seems many did. LOT of power outages.

 

[Bunnylady]

I've seen some videos posted by some of the crazy storm chasers (probably shouldn't encourage them) Maybe not as much devastation as ghouls may have been hoping for, but a lot of mess, plenty of misery to go around. I hope anybody that stayed truly prepared for what they faced and what lies ahead.

 

[Ridgetop]

DH came in and said that Laura veered to Shreveport. Bay and BJ safe we hope, but wet. The rain needs to come to southern California. Our last tropical storm about 7-10 days moved into the tip of California then veered into the ocean passing Los Angeles county area and went back in to central California and points north! Ready for rain again here. Lambs coming next month and into winter - want green forage.

 

[Baymule]

We barely got over a half inch of rain. We were hoping for more but at least the dust is settled.