The Coffee House

[limr]

I'm sorry about all the trouble you're going through, Snerd, but it's good that it's helping you. Hope it all goes quickly and then you never have to deal with it again!

 

[limr]

Howdy, hosers. I'm still among the living! Saw the infectious disease specialist and he had them insert a PICC IV catheter in my arm. I have to run 2 jugs of antibiotics through it a day, with a saline flush before and after. Grrr.......... probably 6 weeks of this! Shoulder doc probably wants to go back in on Tuesday to clean out rest of the infection. I'm all for it............ it's draining the most vile crap and I have to change the dressing 2-3 times a day! Very hard to do by myself.......... I'm going to check on a home-health nurse tomorrow. No coffee last 2 days for me, only guzzling water and Gatorade. Happy to be able to post again!

Man that sucks. The ex was a type one diabetic, she got some horrendous infections ... almost went into the details ... caught myself ...

Thank you. Really. THANK YOU!

 

[snowbear]

In my 3-year experience with it, the microclimate of the Eastern Shore gives me near year-round growing; I've got a greenhouse to keep a few citrus trees and tomatoes/peppers alive and producing, and can keep cold-weather vegetables and greens growing through most of the winter. I put up a lot of fruit and the vegetables I must have year-round - either canned, frozen or dehydrated/dried. I grow a lot of garlic. No, even more than that. I am trying to come up with a variety *naturalized* to my growing environment, which means I'm growing an excess for seed for the following year to keep picking the best for seed year-over-year. This year I am doing an experiment on which onion types will be best for this longitude, since the Eastern Shore is such a in-betweener of the three. Some might call me serious about food...

I think you might mean latitude (north-south).
Things that definitely taste better from the shore - SQ corn & 'lopes.

Oh, and chickens.

 

[pgriz]

Reading Gary's posts... and today is another day of temperatures below freezing. With snow in the forecast overnight. Drove to a friend's art show that she curated, and snow's everywhere. I'm putting the calendar on the window, with the hope that nature get's with the program. It's almost April fer """ shake!

 

[snowbear]

Reading Gary's posts... and today is another day of temperatures below freezing. With snow in the forecast overnight. Drove to a friend's art show that she curated, and snow's everywhere. I'm putting the calendar on the window, with the hope that nature get's with the program. It's almost April fer """ shake!

Twelfth corollary to Murphy's third law of engineering: Mother Nature is a b!tch.

 

[minicoop1985]

Good evening, hosers. Apparently mother nature is quite the hussy. Almost April and it's cold as t!ts here. Uuuuuunnnnnnnnggggggghhhhhhhh

 

[pgriz]

Reading Gary's posts... and today is another day of temperatures below freezing. With snow in the forecast overnight. Drove to a friend's art show that she curated, and snow's everywhere. I'm putting the calendar on the window, with the hope that nature get's with the program. It's almost April fer """ shake!

Twelfth corollary to Murphy's third law of engineering: Mother Nature is a b!tch.

I'm thinking Mother Nature's quite annoyed at us. As in "So, you want to play Masters of the Universe, eh? Lemme show you who REALLY makes things go."

Oh, and I'm leafing through my copy of the Engineering Handbook, and the pages on Murphy's Law seem to have been torn out. This can't be good.

 

[Gary A.]

I have garlic and onions ... I just grow 'em and sometimes I eat 'em. No Luther Burbank here. No greenhouse, but I do have orchids and Plumeria. Sometimes they take a beating in winter, but they come back. Apples, Avocados, Meyer Lemons, Mandarin Oranges, Naval Oranges, Artichokes, Persimmons, Lime, Pomegranate, berries, legumes, veggies (about 20 different varieties of tomatoes), melons, squash, peppers, et al.

 

[Gary A.]

PS- and grapes. A few table grapes, Thompson, Flame, Concord ... but better than that, I have Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot, Zin and Pinot Noir. No, I don't make wine ... but if you can put up with the seeds... they have a ton more flavor than table grapes.

 

[AvianStewardess]

longitude

I think you might mean latitude (north-south).
Things that definitely taste better from the shore - SQ corn & 'lopes.

Oh, and chickens.

Yep, latitude.

Silver Queen corn is so awesome; pure sugar on a stalk. We grow our own; debating if we want to put in another plot to grow even more. I am also getting pretty good growing the 'lopes and 'melons. It is cool to watch the commercial growers harvest the 'melons! As for all those chickens around here: no, thanks, I'll pass. I've got my own hens for eggs, and an organic farmer *nearby* for the meat.

PS- and grapes. A few table grapes, Thompson, Flame, Concord ... but better than that, I have Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot, Zin and Pinot Noir. No, I don't make wine ... but if you can put up with the seeds... they have a ton more flavor than table grapes.

I've got grapes, too; nine varieties total - early-, mid-, and late-harvest; red, white and blue. All are meant for fresh eating plus a secondary purpose - juice, raisins, wine.

As for the weather that seems to be driving the entire forum nuts, the winter and spring thus far has been a nearly identical repeat to last year for these parts. Not that I like that observation. I didn't bank on this, given that last year, we were having a Pollllllarrrrr Vorrrrtexxxx. Y'all remember that, right? Well, whatever, because the coldest cold this winter was five degrees colder than last!

 

[limr]

As for the weather that seems to be driving the entire forum nuts, the winter and spring thus far has been a nearly identical repeat to last year for these parts. Not that I like that observation. I didn't bank on this, given that last year, we were having a Pollllllarrrrr Vorrrrtexxxx. Y'all remember that, right? Well, whatever, because the coldest cold this winter was five degrees colder than last!

Not the entire forum!

I adore winter.

 

[snowbear]

Enjoying another cup of coffee with my lovely wife's latest baking adventure: Tres leches cake with Kahlua.

 

[minicoop1985]

I'm so ready for winter to be over. So ready.

 

[tirediron]

As for the weather that seems to be driving the entire forum nuts, the winter and spring thus far has been a nearly identical repeat to last year for these parts. Not that I like that observation. I didn't bank on this, given that last year, we were having a Pollllllarrrrr Vorrrrtexxxx. Y'all remember that, right? Well, whatever, because the coldest cold this winter was five degrees colder than last!

Not the entire forum!

I adore winter.

For everyone else, a drive. For Lenny? A short putt!

 

[Designer]

Tres leches cake with Kahlua.

That sounds interesting!