Coffee anyone ?

[Bruce]

Yes but I want to stay in state. I don’t have the money to do out of state. I hope get into UF

But you said you would happily move out of Florida. I'm SO confused!

DD1 is finishing up at one of the best rated universities in Canada; #1 22 of the last 31 years. ~$13K USD tuition for internationals. $6K less than UVM in-state. And they gave her scholarships, some she didn't even know existed until they gave them to her. Pays to be a top student

Lots of other good schools in Canada, much cheaper than out of state US institutions.

 

[Blue Sky]

Thinking about starting a thread about my pasture weeds. I got the rag weed, spear grass, broom weed blues.

 

[Blue Sky]

But you said you would happily move out of Florida. I'm SO confused!

DD1 is finishing up at one of the best rated universities in Canada; #1 22 of the last 31 years. ~$13K USD tuition for internationals. $6K less than UVM in-state. And they gave her scholarships, some she didn't even know existed until they gave them to her. Pays to be a top student

Lots of other good schools in Canada, much cheaper than out of state US institutions.

I worked with a young woman from Canada
(Kitchener) who had an impressive college education. Not a party school. I can see sending a kid there especially to avoid that.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah and a good reason to avoid UVM. Known party school. When I moved to VT in '79 Friday was the night all the college kids went downtown to get drunk. I gather it is now both Thursday and Friday. I don't know why any parent would spend $44K to send their kid there from out of state.

MOST of the undergrad classes at UVM are taught by adjuncts, the school has no regard for their teaching staff. If I'm going to pay for a kid to go to college, I would prefer they are heavy on the teaching part. Why else go there? Well besides partying and getting drunk weekly of course

AND .... DD1's best friend's mom was a professor there. Couldn't get tenure because (and I DO quote) "Teaching doesn't count for tenure, only research counts". Doesn't matter that she won national teaching awards. SO fine, she goes out and gets a $1M grant in HER name. What do you know, instant tenure (fricking hypocrites). She stayed another year or two then blew them off for a better job at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Listed as a Kellogg Distinguished Professor.

 

[Baymule]

Thinking about starting a thread about my pasture weeds. I got the rag weed, spear grass, broom weed blues.

Lime the pasture. If broom weed is the same as broom sedge, lime will make the soil unfriendly to it. Nothing eats broom sedge. It’s thick bunch grass, real green and turns goldish brown in fall and winter.

 

[Mini Horses]

Cold again! 27 + wind, yet again. Thankfully only 5-7, not what we've had past 2 days. It's late March and not what's usual. Of course, nothing is usual anymore!


Just deal with it. .

 

[Baymule]

Drinking my coffee, just posted on my journal, going to make an offer on a place this morning.

 

[Alaskan]

We are getting the usual to us almost constant March snows...

Yep... snowing again right now.


Yawn.

 

[Bruce]

Welcome to spring Al!

 

[Alaskan]

Fun Morning.

I watched a plant foraging zoom thing... from over there at the Cado mounds in East Texas.

So... Mullien... chop it up, put it in really strong vodka, and 6 weeks later start using it. A dropper full at a time. It is for cough and breathing issues.

Also, super surprise to me... redbuds! You can eat the blossoms and the peas they make. Raw in salads.

Also.. that yaupon holly that grows all over... yes the berries will make you barf...BUT the leaves have caffeine!

Take the leaves, dry them in the oven (the heat helps activate the caffeine... but you could probably also use the hot roof and a window screen method)... then the dried leaves use just like tea leaves. About 1/3 the caffeine as a cup of strong dark coffee bean coffee... but... free and local!

They recommended the website:

www.foragingtexas.com



Great fun!