Coffee anyone ?

[Ridgetop]

Wow! We were picturing you cowering in the house with the dogs while the hurricane toppled trees around you!

Glad you are safe, too bad you couldn't have gotten a bit more rain for you new pastures.

 

[Baymule]

Wow! We were picturing you cowering in the house with the dogs while the hurricane toppled trees around you!

Glad you are safe, too bad you couldn't have gotten a bit more rain for you new pastures.

The dogs were inside, sleeping and snoring. I guess if it was really bad, we'd go out on the porch. It's better built than the doublewide.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on. Hoping and praying for rain.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee PA. I hope you get rain. We got a half inch and it sure helped. What to do today? I think I’ll go pick whatever is ready in the garden and pull weeds.

 

[Mini Horses]

Coffee is good! Have some, plenty there for you.

Dehydrator going with some paste tomatoes. I've cleaned, sliced and frozen some green peppers...plenty of chopped already! Will dehydrate a few trays, once the pastes are done. Will work up some more stuffed peppers in a while, found some room in the freezer under one of the baskets (chest freezer). Good thing! Plan to blanch, cut off cob & can some corn, will get only a few pints -- so will put a couple jars of dried beans, to fill canner. Conveniently same time needs. Busy day -- it's going to upper 90s out there today, so good inside work to be done.

Some of my chickens have gone into molt. Hate it when you find all the feathers -- then keep looking "in case".... busy time of year.

 

[Baymule]

I picked a half bushel of Purple Hull peas, some green beans, tomatoes and eggplant. We took them to a neighbor, they both are on disability and have very little to live on. We have so much, it’s good to spread it around.

After picking, i weeded a row of peas. I came in soaking wet like I got hit with the water hose. I even had to change my underwear! LOL

 

[Mini Horses]

@Baymule, when do the porkers come back? Freezer ready? You know it always comes back as more "than expected".... for room.

I'm getting ready to FORCE myself to go into this big walk in closet and go thru it -- to empty, re-arrange. I'm going to use a section for my canned goods....it's a cool, dark area. Plus, I rarely use it! Lots in there. I have another closet on other side of room, which I use. Dreading this job but, want the results. I have canned goods in boxes...all over...plus the empties and equipment. Bad girl. Supreme procrastination!

 

[farmerjan]

Ah, @Mini Horses , you had to remind me there are no closets in this house either,,,, no walk ins, no little narrow ones, none, zero, zilch, except the one "pantry" storage off the dining room that goes under the stairs with a set of shelves that stick out so far that I can't get in there to see what I am doing.... and alot of unused space too low to do more than stick some boxes that will surely get "lost and dirty" ..... was thinking that I could access it from the hall, under the stairs, as a "coat closet" and such... but they put a baseboard heater there in the way.... and why do we need 3 baseboard heaters in this little short narrow hallway anyway????? Hhhmmmm, maybe one could be closed off and taken out????? There are more heaters in this house than in any other house I have ever seen ....

 

[Mini Horses]

@farmerjan, Sure -- Get that one heater out of the way! Then use the space under that stairwell. Those stairs are supported and you can take out a wall, add a door, etc. On the shorter end, remove wall, trimout studs, panel under stairs to prevent dust drop, then shelves for bookcases...open to hall, or add doors with glass to see books. High end of stairs, coat closet. Lot of possibilities. Of course you will need shelves over the washer, wash sink + any cubbyhole you find.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Ah, @Mini Horses , you had to remind me there are no closets in this house either,,,, no walk ins, no little narrow ones, none, zero, zilch, except the one "pantry" storage off the dining room that goes under the stairs with a set of shelves that stick out so far that I can't get in there to see what I am doing.... and alot of unused space too low to do more than stick some boxes that will surely get "lost and dirty" ..... was thinking that I could access it from the hall, under the stairs, as a "coat closet" and such... but they put a baseboard heater there in the way.... and why do we need 3 baseboard heaters in this little short narrow hallway anyway????? Hhhmmmm, maybe one could be closed off and taken out????? There are more heaters in this house than in any other house I have ever seen ....

Remodeling can be fun, I say go for it and make it more useful functional space. If there's a ton of heaters, might be a problem with heating the house, or retaining the heat? Check the house insulation and see if you need to make some upgrades to prevent heat loss in colder temps.