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It's a cloudy, foggy, wet, 54 degrees here in Hamilton Co, TN, headed for 76 and mostly cloudy later on. The rains overnight have left things wet, but at least the pollen is washed away for a day or two.

-Like Sawnee Cat said, I also won't be watching the final 4; I'm even having trouble remembering who is playing. For sports, I've moved on to baseball and the Braves.

-This weekend, I'm going to clean and brighten up my lanai with some nice plants. Can I call it a lanai here in TN?

-Speaking of plants, I'm also going to refresh the dirt for my tomato, bell pepper, and herbs (cilantro, lemon balm, peppermint, and basil).

You all have a nice day, keep the stress levels low, and enjoy it.
 
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Kai Slater said:
Howzit going D-League!!

It's a cloudy, foggy, wet, 54 degrees here in Hamilton Co, TN, headed for 76 and mostly cloudy later on. The rains overnight have left things wet, but at least the pollen is washed away for a day or two.

-Like Sawnee Cat said, I also won't be watching the final 4; I'm even having trouble remembering who is playing. For sports, I've moved on to baseball and the Braves.

-This weekend, I'm going to clean and brighten up my lanai with some nice plants. Can I call it a lanai here in TN?

-Speaking of plants, I'm also going to refresh the dirt for my tomato, bell pepper, and herbs (cilantro, lemon balm, peppermint, and basil).

You all have a nice day, keep the stress levels low, and enjoy it.
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When you are done come visit me Kai. :)
 
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Bert Higginbotha said:
When you are done come visit me Kai. :)
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What you want to grow this season?

On a side note, I'm growing most of my veggies/herbs in pots this year. The past couple of years, our ridiculous, heavy rains have literally drowned out my garden, and to add to that, my doggs have the bad habit of digging and ruining certain plants.

I've tried cherry tomato, peppers, and other stuff in big pots and it does work very well.
 
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Kai Slater said:
Howzit going D-League!!

It's a cloudy, foggy, wet, 54 degrees here in Hamilton Co, TN, headed for 76 and mostly cloudy later on. The rains overnight have left things wet, but at least the pollen is washed away for a day or two.

-Like Sawnee Cat said, I also won't be watching the final 4; I'm even having trouble remembering who is playing. For sports, I've moved on to baseball and the Braves.

-This weekend, I'm going to clean and brighten up my lanai with some nice plants. Can I call it a lanai here in TN?

-Speaking of plants, I'm also going to refresh the dirt for my tomato, bell pepper, and herbs (cilantro, lemon balm, peppermint, and basil).

You all have a nice day, keep the stress levels low, and enjoy it.
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So y'all are still getting rain up there? When is it going to dry out? I hope that vegetable garden doesn't float away.

I suppose you can have a lanai in Tennessee. I catch myself calling mine a deck sometimes but it does not meet the definition of a deck. So veranda and lania are the choice words. I guess if I got technical I would have to be in Hawaii to have a lanai. Speaking of Hawaii are you still planning the trip. My wife and I went there on our 25th anniversary and it was great. We did not go in a group or tour, just the two of us. It is much better that way. We flew into Honolulu because I wanted to go to Pearl Harbor and see the Arizona. Also wanted to go on top of Diamond Head and enjoy the beaches. From there we flew over to Kauai and stayed in a small beach house. The island was not touristy but more like a huge garden and rain forest. If you go be sure to rent a Jeep. Not an SUV Jeep but something like a Wrangler, open air and four wheel drive. You will want to take it off road up in the mountains. Have fun
 
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Sawnee Cat said:
So y'all are still getting rain up there? When is it going to dry out? I hope that vegetable garden doesn't float away.

I suppose you can have a lanai in Tennessee. I catch myself calling mine a deck sometimes but it does not meet the definition of a deck. So veranda and lania are the choice words. I guess if I got technical I would have to be in Hawaii to have a lanai. Speaking of Hawaii are you still planning the trip. My wife and I went there on our 25th anniversary and it was great. We did not go in a group or tour, just the two of us. It is much better that way. We flew into Honolulu because I wanted to go to Pearl Harbor and see the Arizona. Also wanted to go on top of Diamond Head and enjoy the beaches. From there we flew over to Kauai and stayed in a small beach house. The island was not touristy but more like a huge garden and rain forest. If you go be sure to rent a Jeep. Not an SUV Jeep but something like a Wrangler, open air and four wheel drive. You will want to take it off road up in the mountains. Have fun
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We had just over 1/2" half inch over night, so, not too much, but enough to wash away the pollen. We are still running about 10" above average for the year, but at least for the last couple of weeks, have managed to avoid any prolonged heavy rains.

I'm in the early stages of thiking of a Hawaii trip, my 25th is still two years away, so I have some time to plan, learn, study, and prepare. What you mentioned is just what I would want, i.e. not too touristy and full of nature.
 
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Ben I have not seen one but one of my neighbors said a few years ago a 9 footer was caught and relocated. They say if there is a body of water in Florida there is a gator nearby. I live in a small populated county with a lot of marshes, springs and rivers that flow into the Gulf. A prime area for gators. Our biggest nuisance are the wild hogs.
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I can understand that. I keep seeing those reruns on Cinemax. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Kidding aside, is there a season where feral hogs can be shot?
 
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Kai Slater said:
We had just over 1/2" half inch over night, so, not too much, but enough to wash away the pollen. We are still running about 10" above average for the year, but at least for the last couple of weeks, have managed to avoid any prolonged heavy rains.

I'm in the early stages of thiking of a Hawaii trip, my 25th is still two years away, so I have some time to plan, learn, study, and prepare. What you mentioned is just what I would want, i.e. not too touristy and full of nature.
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I have been numerous times, the last time was Jan-Feb of last year. We spent 1 week on the Big Island, and 3 1/2 weeks on Maui. I would be glad to give you tips on where to stay and things to see.
 
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ymmot31 said:
Went out with Dad today. Hit a piddler mall and a park so he could get outside and smoke a cigar. Bought an induction cooktop, a round cast iron griddle, and a cast iron chicken frying skillet with lid. It's a small dutch oven with a handle. All equipment to be used outside on my cook table.

Got a battery for the lawnmower today and aired up the tires. Mowed the front grass but the back is a no go until I pick up a bunch of sticks and limbs. Didn't realize that last storm knocked so many down.
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The limbs really got me this year. I have a willow tree that must be 90' tall and two large interior branches broke off in a bad, late fall storm. I also had a dead tree that was not on my property, fall over onto my property. I had to cut all those up and haul them off. Since I cut about 3 1/2 acres, and have several trees, I had limbs and sticks everywhere. Worst I can remember. Between the chain sawing and picking up limbs, I worked 4 days, a total of about 16 hours cleaning up the mess to where I could mow. My back has still not recovered.
 
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Kai Slater said:
What you want to grow this season?

On a side note, I'm growing most of my veggies/herbs in pots this year. The past couple of years, our ridiculous, heavy rains have literally drowned out my garden, and to add to that, my doggs have the bad habit of digging and ruining certain plants.

I've tried cherry tomato, peppers, and other stuff in big pots and it does work very well.
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I have a home made planter for my rosemary, thyme, sage and basil. It sits in the mulch behind my deck, so that we can grab it when we need them to cook with those items. The rosemary gets really bushy when you keep clipping off the tinder tops! The last two years the rosemary and sage have survived the winter. I keep losing my thyme and it is supposed to be tough. In my little victory garden I will have chives (I tilled the old under this year as it was invaded by grass), onions, egg plant, tomatoes, sweet peppers, green beans and what ever hits us at the moment.

Last year my peppers did little until late (probably too wet), the egg plants did wonderfully, tomatoes not much (probably too wet) and my garlic actually died mid summer (probably too wet). Also my garden is not in the right place. It is partially shaded by a hackberry tree and its roots compete with part of the garden.

A garden was always a big part of my life. I really enjoy it and I think a home grown tomato can't be matched. My egg plants are a pain in the butt, but I love to slice one, rub with olive oil and back it at 350° for about 7 minutes on each side, pull it out of the oven, salt and eat it. My wife will not even try it but I can easily eat a relatively large eggplant. I take the surplus the surplus eggplant, roast it as described above, freeze it on a cookie tray and then put it in food saver bags, evacuate the air and freeze them for winter egg plant dishes.
 
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Bert Higginbotha said:
I have a home made planter for my rosemary, thyme, sage and basil. It sits in the mulch behind my deck, so that we can grab it when we need them to cook with those items. The rosemary gets really bushy when you keep clipping off the tinder tops! The last two years the rosemary and sage have survived the winter. I keep losing my thyme and it is supposed to be tough. In my little victory garden I will have chives (I tilled the old under this year as it was invaded by grass), onions, egg plant, tomatoes, sweet peppers, green beans and what ever hits us at the moment.

Last year my peppers did little until late (probably too wet), the egg plants did wonderfully, tomatoes not much (probably too wet) and my garlic actually died mid summer (probably too wet). Also my garden is not in the right place. It is partially shaded by a hackberry tree and its roots compete with part of the garden.

A garden was always a big part of my life. I really enjoy it and I think a home grown tomato can't be matched. My egg plants are a pain in the butt, but I love to slice one, rub with olive oil and back it at 350° for about 7 minutes on each side, pull it out of the oven, salt and eat it. My wife will not even try it but I can easily eat a relatively large eggplant. I take the surplus the surplus eggplant, roast it as described above, freeze it on a cookie tray and then put it in food saver bags, evacuate the air and freeze them for winter egg plant dishes.
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Oh yeah, I can't forget the Rosemary. I love it mixed in and cooked with hamburger patties.
 
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Looks wet and dreary out this morning. I am not going to sit on this couch and watch movies all day.

Was in the workshop yesterday and came to the realization that I'm going to have to start carrying things out into the yard in order to give it a good cleaning. I created a massive amount of sawdust when I built that table. Also, at one time there was a place for everything and everything was in its place. Not so much anymore.
 
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Good morning D! Wet here in the Berg, already been to Kroger this morning, had to get my wife some Hawaiian sweet bread. Going to go to the hardware store this morning need to pick up some material to finish my Bluebird house. I need to paint it a drab color, but it will still have a big K on it !! We were talking about birds yesterday, some more birds that I don't see a lot of anymore are a small yellow bird with black wings and a small dark blue bird with black wings, both are about the size of a chic-a-dee. Well ya'll have a great and safe day!!!!!
 
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Ben101er said:
I can understand that. I keep seeing those reruns on Cinemax. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Kidding aside, is there a season where feral hogs can be shot?
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It is always open season on wild hogs. No questions asked just kill them and enjoy. They are good eating. There are so many down here and they cause such destruction you are doing society a favor by thinning them out.

On May 5th there is going to be a Trump Rally at Moon Lake Ranch and the menu is wild hogs, gator and a fish fry. Topped off with swamp cabbage (hearts of palm in restaurants) I plan on being there.
 
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Kai Slater said:
What is a "gold" member? Or, how does one arrive at Gold status? It says "Freshman" out beside my user name, even though I've been on here since whatever date that is by my name.
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You're a "freshman" due to your low number of posts. Time is irrelevant. To be a gold member you have to give these liberal bastards $100/yr.
 
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There is a lot of food talk on here, so I was wondering how many of you fixes Flat Iron Steak? The first one we ever tried the instructions said to grill it, we tried that and my wife didn't like it. So now we (just put one in the oven) bake them. I put it in a storage bag with Angelo's seasoning plus some smoke. Then I put in in a cake pan, add a can of cream of mushroom on top, then put onions on top of that. I cook it at 275 for about 4 hours. With the left overs, we make beef sandwiches!!! This makes a great meal.
 
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There is a lot of food talk on here, so I was wondering how many of you fixes Flat Iron Steak? The first one we ever tried the instructions said to grill it, we tried that and my wife didn't like it. So now we (just put one in the oven) bake them. I put it in a storage bag with Angelo's seasoning plus some smoke. Then I put in in a cake pan, add a can of cream of mushroom on top, then put onions on top of that. I cook it at 275 for about 4 hours. With the left overs, we make beef sandwiches!!! This makes a great meal.
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Check this out.

 
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Speaking of food talk. I almost baked a cake today to go along with the casserole that I came close to making. Decided to wait and see what her food choices for the weekend are before I commit to something I'll have to eat for four days.

Went out in the backyard and picked up quite a few sticks. Many more remain. Did the dishes and straightened up the living room. I'm saving walking out to get the mail for a little later.

Coffee was german today...guttenstrong. Instead of grinding beans, I used some coffee she had already ground. Since I judge my coffee by the amount of beans I put in the grinder, I didn't know exactly how much to put in there if it had been ground previously. I erred on the side of plenty and achieved my goal. I might make a change to my program. That's the way drugs work, they get you hooked on a little and next thing you know, you need a stronger dose.

Listened to Stoops this morning on the Jones show. Looking forward to football season. This year is very important for us going forward. There's not a whole lot of room to improve our record, but can't allow it to regress far at all if we want to continue to grow our brand. Stoops said they have had over 100 visits to campus this off season and that we no longer are having to settle and can be more picky than we could before. I liked the sound of that. We've always had the lure of the SEC for prospective players, we have comparable facilities to most SEC programs which means they are superior to most of the country. We are no longer a laughingstock among the talking heads and will probably get more national exposure on TV.

We are in the process of becoming relevant. I'll eat my words and say that it is due to Stoops and the decisions he's made. Learning on the job seems to be working out OK.
 
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Dang that meat was still mooing!!!!!!
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Yeah, if you cook your steak at 275° for 4 hours then you and I are on different sides of the universe when it comes to steak. My wife likes it cooked way too much as well. When I order steak I ask for medium rare but to err on the side of rare. When I cook my own I shoot for 125° internal for me and 150°+ for hers.
 
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ymmot31 said:
Yeah, if you cook your steak at 275° for 4 hours then you and I are on different sides of the universe when it comes to steak. My wife likes it cooked way too much as well. When I order steak I ask for medium rare but to err on the side of rare. When I cook my own I shoot for 125° internal for me and 150°+ for hers.
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I go medium well, just the way I was raised!! I guess the way we do it, it's cooked like a roast.
 
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Man, I sure wish I had steak the way I was raised. We grew our own angus beef that was grass fed until we penned them up and fed them a mixture of corn and molasses. We ate all of it too. Haven't had cow tongue since then but still have memories of my Dad and I having cow tongue sandwiches while watching ball games. My mother and sister wouldn't eat any.

Mom would always broil the steaks so she could give me and Dad ours when they were cooked properly and leave hers and my sisters in there until they were ruined.

My sister told me one time that she had a list of recipes that Mom used all the time. Next time I asked her about them she said she had given them to me. She did not give them to me.
 
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ymmot31 said:
Yeah, if you cook your steak at 275° for 4 hours then you and I are on different sides of the universe when it comes to steak. My wife likes it cooked way too much as well. When I order steak I ask for medium rare but to err on the side of rare. When I cook my own I shoot for 125° internal for me and 150°+ for hers.
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I am a purist when it comes to beef and I like my steak very rare. I want it to bleed when I cut it. I do not use rubs, no marinating or any add ons. All I do is crank up the grill to about 500 degrees and get a very marbled, plenty of fat rib-eye at least an inch thick. I prefer thicker but it has to be at least an inch. I use a little salt to bring out the flavor and throw it on the grill. I get a good sear and turn it over one time. Cook her a few more minutes and serve it. Nothing fancy and like I said I like the taste of beef.

I am also one who eats the entire cow. My favorite soup on earth is oxtail soup (cow tails) because the meat is very tender and very flavorful.. The bone and fat make a perfect broth to cook your vegetables in. Now I am hungry.
 
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