Male blossoms have straight stems, I pick the blossom, fold back the petals and rub the stamens on each other. Ok. Well. It works.
I've been using Great Value (the Wal-Mart brand) of peanut butter and really like it. I have found some house brands that I just don't care for but this one is good.
I just posted what is probably a rant on the Jif thread. Since it's kind of run it's course, I thought I would cross post it here since it's really more about prepper frustration than anything...here it is:
I finally got my Jif returned tonight. Between our kids and grandkids next door and a husband who could live off of it, we eat a lot....some weeks about 60 ounces and others just 40. The dogs get a pretty good share of it because they are all old with bad teeth and love peanut butter crackers.
Being a prepper, I hated to show my hand by taking that much back and yes, I did get some remarks. I came close to trashing it but I just can't throw away that much money...sorry Jif. I started to do it in two trips but they made me show my driver's license and accept a gift card instead of the cash I paid for it with so I'm not sure that would have helped things. I could have objected but that would have just drawn more attention to myself.
We probably won't ever go back to it. I'm not happy with Smuckers for the fact that they had such a wide spread issue that they were forced to recall the whole Jif line and I'm not sure I will ever trust them again...I'd had some of that peanut butter for a while and they just now decided to recall it. There is more to this story than meets the eye because they should already have it back on the shelves. Also, we'd been meaning to start trying some healthier varieties but right now, in a town with only a WM super center for our groceries, we've had to take what they have in stock or do without. As soon as I can catch a break and get to the city for samples of other brands, we'll decide on something else. Meanwhile, I feel woefully under prepped with only enough peanut butter to get us through about a month.
We may be in the same boat, but if we go to the VA they will insist on testing us. I'd rather tough it out than do that. He did sleep in his recliner last night but early this morning he got in the bed.My husband had terrible cough a few weeks ago. He had to sit up to sleep. Finally went to see NP. NP didn't think it was infection but gave him antibiotic and 2 cough meds that he said would stop cough. They did nothing. So he started antibiotic and got better. Never ran a fever.
Hope you and hubby feel better soon.
Hubby's dr did not test for cv- he said coughing was going around and no fever.
You only need to pollinate the female blossoms. Early in the season, male blossoms predominate. When you start getting more female blossoms, you can use the same male blossom to fertilize several females...
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Since a lot of us garden as a prep, I have a strange question. When you plant seeds are you an over seeder or an under seeder? I tend to under seed some things I think. I over seed beans though since I can relocate them easier. I thought about this while planting cucumbers.
Got the garden mostly done will wait til this evening for more shade.
Need to complete my Walmart order and send it in.
Got the second battery for the new lawn mower yesterday. Had to be ordered so I used curbside ordering, I parked and the guy came right out. Easy peasy
FIgure out what you can grow or is growing locally for them. Supplement their rations anyway you can.I bought chicken feed today at a family owned feed store. In September of 2021 Layena was 17.50. Today 21.25. It was 21.95 at Tractor Supply last week. ADM scratch in September of 21 was 15.95. Today 18.25. My 2 bags of each came to $86 and change. I am really beginning to worry about the future.
My littlest little loves beets! I craved them while I was pregnant with her, and she seriously loves them more than candy. I told DH yesterday that I need to plant a lot more of them.We got a short shower here, really just enough to send he goats running for the bus. Under the 32' school bus is their domain, by their choice. Goats do not like to get wet.
Dinner tonight was large butter beans with ham and pickled beets. The beats were delicious and the juice is also delicious. I need at least 6-8 more cases of pickled beets. Two cans a week for a year is 104 cans.
Someone here recommended Happy Belly brand from Amazon. Our kids love it, and never complained when I switched from Jif a few months ago.I just posted what is probably a rant on the Jif thread. Since it's kind of run it's course, I thought I would cross post it here since it's really more about prepper frustration than anything...here it is:
I finally got my Jif returned tonight. Between our kids and grandkids next door and a husband who could live off of it, we eat a lot....some weeks about 60 ounces and others just 40. The dogs get a pretty good share of it because they are all old with bad teeth and love peanut butter crackers.
Being a prepper, I hated to show my hand by taking that much back and yes, I did get some remarks. I came close to trashing it but I just can't throw away that much money...sorry Jif. I started to do it in two trips but they made me show my driver's license and accept a gift card instead of the cash I paid for it with so I'm not sure that would have helped things. I could have objected but that would have just drawn more attention to myself.
We probably won't ever go back to it. I'm not happy with Smuckers for the fact that they had such a wide spread issue that they were forced to recall the whole Jif line and I'm not sure I will ever trust them again...I'd had some of that peanut butter for a while and they just now decided to recall it. There is more to this story than meets the eye because they should already have it back on the shelves. Also, we'd been meaning to start trying some healthier varieties but right now, in a town with only a WM super center for our groceries, we've had to take what they have in stock or do without. As soon as I can catch a break and get to the city for samples of other brands, we'll decide on something else. Meanwhile, I feel woefully under prepped with only enough peanut butter to get us through about a month.
Thanks...I'll try it.Someone here recommended Happy Belly brand from Amazon. Our kids love it, and never complained when I switched from Jif a few months ago.
I second Super Glue! I broke my glasses frame today, and the lens is precariously stuck in there because so far I can't find our tube. I'm about to try a glue gun next, but Super Glue is now on my list.I don't recall seeing this item listed for preps, but I'm going to add it -- super glue.
I wear New Balance shoes since they are the only ones I can get in narrow. They are expensive and the ones I bought a year ago were $65 MORE than the ones purchased a year prior. I wear them every day for years and then move them to garden shoes. My garden pair had the sole come loose from the shoe, so I super glued it back together several weeks ago and it's still okay. One of the pairs I wear daily started coming apart in the same area so yesterday I super glued it. The snap on my leather purse came loose about 9 months ago so I glued it in place -- still good to go. This was a very expensive leather purse that I purchased new at a thrift shop for $4!
I have arthritis in my hands and cannot open jars. I have a Black & Decker electric jar opener and a critical piece broke off several months back. I tried to replace it the unit with no luck so, you guessed it, I super glued the piece back on and to date it's still working.
After almost gluing my fingers to what I was working on, I always wear vinyl disposable gloves when using the glue and spread newspaper on the table under the project.
Other glues I use often are wood glue, tacky glue and Elmer's glue. I know there are hundreds available, but I'm not familiar with others so please add any you use with description. I'm always willing to try new items that will benefit me.
Oohhhhh....This is a dumb question, but I was out in the gardens this morning forcing my squash to have sex, LOL! I broke off a male blossom, and tried to pollinate the blossom that was on the baby squash. Do you have to pollinate eat blossom, or just the female ones? Mostly, it's only male blossoms. See, I told you it was dumb......
Canner is going with another 6 pints of ground beef. I made beef broth this time to go with it. I'm not going to do anymore ground beef, since I've used up all that was nearing a year old. Once I get back to Sam's, I'm going to be doing beef chunks in quarts. I've already got a good stock of Lipton Onion Soup mix, and will use that for the beef chunks.
Speaking of peanut butter, the only brand Cary will eat is Peter Pan. I've got a year's worth stored. When I open a new jar out of storage, I replace it.
Oohhhhh....
this is becoming an XXX rated porn thread...