Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: March 1 to March 7, 2026

SouthernBreeze

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We are finished with yard work for today. Cary sprayed the fence line and driveway, did weedeating all around, and cleaned the grill. I've got all my flower beds cleaned out, added more potting soil to all the planters that needed it, and have everything fertilized. I ran out of fertilizer, so will have to finish up on that when I get more. I'll be waiting a while longer about buying the bedding plants, until we get ready to plant the gardens. Too early for that, yet. That will be our next big outdoor project, once it gets much warmer.

I already have my salad made up to go with the pork chops, tonight. I'm just baking Cary a potato to go with his.

I need to rest for now.
 
Meemur

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Happy Anniversary to y'all!

Yes, Anna, I just swapped out the heavy parka I leave in the car for a lined hoodie. Eventually, I'll swap that for a sweater and a raincoat, which stay in the car until fall. I'll toss in a heavier coat if a polar express comes our way, but I think we're finished with the subzero temps for the year, or at least I hope so. I acknowledge that we could still have a blizzard!

But right now, my concern is with potential tornadoes. I've gotten out my weather radio, and I'll prepare the basement in a bit. Tonight is not the problem, but if it reaches 70 tomorrow, that's warm enough for tornadoes to form if the other conditions are right.
 
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hd5574

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I have a square frying pan...one of my favorites...I had no idea they were hard to find...I even have a glass cover for it....
I also have an old sad iron...
And a cool cast iron ..casserole type piece with raised cover that belonged to DHs grandmother
The most prized piece of cast iron I have a trivet with a hand on it and a heart on the hand..belonged to another long gone grandmother in the family ..and was given to me by her husband before he pasted....they were deep country in NC....she also had an old carnival sign..from some many years ago....it said..Earth has no sorrow the heaven can not cure...I kept it and framed it..it hangs on my kitchen wall
l also have one of the old brown crock bowls ...but with a high lid of the same crockery ..only one with a lid like this I have ever seen
I have pumpkin pie brown crockery bowl..that belonged to ex's grandmother..they were getting ready to throw it away...and I saved it from the dump...I knew her and think of her each time I make a pumpkin pie and use it...
Wildwood I guess that qualifies me as a packrat
 
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ReneeT

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I'll be clearing out the garden beds as soon as the weather is fit. Cousins are going to come down to mow off one of the small fields by the garden so that I can plant a good sized strawberry patch to do both U-pick and picked. I still have all my equipment; now if the body will just cooperate....
 
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herbgarden said:
I have been feeling the urge for a larger garden, too. Are we all feeling this pressure from God to plant more? Or is it just those of us living in certain states or areas? I am in rural Missouri.
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I am. Central Iowa.

Good to "see" you, ReneeT! (Welcoming you back with a garden cake!)

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anna43

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SouthernBreeze said:
We have got to buy a new weather radio the next time we are in town. Apparently, ours has stopped working. Cary tested it, and nothing. We had a severe thunderstorm the other night with large hail, and our radio failed to go off. We can't afford to be without one.
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Does your local area have a reverse 911 system where you can sign up for emergency notifications? I get tornado, severe thunderstorm warnings and local announcements like no water and boil orders for water. Once there was an announcement that a hospital emergency entrance was blocked with instructions on how to access the ER.

I have a weather radio which I've never gotten to work for notifications. Once I turn it on it repeats and repeats and repeats the same warnings over and over until I get fed up and turn it off. I figure if I'm already in my safety area I don't need to hear the warnings. Interesting thought ... when the huge tornado wiped out half our town, we heard a warning just AFTER the tornado had done its thing and exited the town. That was regular radio not weather radio which I'm not sure was a thing back then.

I have a system (1) internal gut tells me the weather is hinky, get everything ready to go to safety area in basement and stage by basement door; (2) watch issued, move most stuff to basement; (3) warning issued, move rest of stuff and me to basement. Finally, I pray no one loses their homes and especially no one is injured or killed, turn on radio to monitor, read a book and wait it out...snacks and Pepsi optional.
 
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hd5574 said:
I have a square frying pan...one of my favorites...I had no idea they were hard to find...I even have a glass cover for it....
I also have an old sad iron...
And a cool cast iron ..casserole type piece with raised cover that belonged to DHs grandmother
The most prized piece of cast iron I have a trivet with a hand on it and a heart on the hand..belonged to another long gone grandmother in the family ..and was given to me by her husband before he pasted....they were deep country in NC....she also had an old carnival sign..from some many years ago....it said..Earth has no sorrow the heaven can not cure...I kept it and framed it..it hangs on my kitchen wall
l also have one of the old brown crock bowls ...but with a high lid of the same crockery ..only one with a lid like this I have ever seen
I have pumpkin pie brown crockery bowl..that belonged to ex's grandmother..they were getting ready to throw it away...and I saved it from the dump...I knew her and think of her each time I make a pumpkin pie and use it...
Wildwood I guess that qualifies me as a packrat
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You are definitely a member of the club! It sounds like a nice collection you have there. I love old things but I cherish old things that came from family or friends.
 
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hd5574

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Wildwood said:
You are definitely a member of the club! It sounds like a nice collection you have there. I love old things but I cherish old things that came from family or friends.
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I consider a lot of my house pre owned...the oldest thing I have is a pre 1750 spoon mold...over 50 years ago I took it to the silversmith shop at Williamsburg..they took me and it into the part where the are making spoons....they looked at it and sent me over to the museum offices part...they took it from me and took it to the back a few minutes later...a really cute little old man...came running down the hall..he was way too excited...he told me that I had to donate it to the museum...that it was pre 1750...and Williamsburg only had fragments of one..I asked him if they would put it a glass in the museum...he said yes...and your name beside it...
It is black like cast iron but made from heavy brass..and has a spoon inside that was sent back to be mended or recast..
I told him no....because I chose to put in the hands of many children over the past 50 some years and let them touch something from colonial America..it has made a few more interested in our history...
 
Meemur

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I have a good weather sense during the daylight hours, but not at 2 am. There is a tornado siren down the road, which works a lot of the time, but I also have a Midland Weather Radio that I can set to flash or sound an alarm. I generally set it to flash.

On really bad nights, I just go ahead and sleep in the basement, which I may do tomorrow night.
 
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herbgarden said:
I have been feeling the urge for a larger garden, too. Are we all feeling this pressure from God to plant more? Or is it just those of us living in certain states or areas? I am in rural Missouri.
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I'm in rural Arkansas and I'm definitely upgrading my garden this year. I though I'd added all I ever would but since we are putting a fence around it and DH decided on the woven horse fence, I figured I'd better add what I could because whatever he fences in will be it and it will be permanent. I will be turning the fencing into a big trellis so it will be a huge extension. Also, I will have a ground area for pumpkins and melons.

We now have a transient crowd next to us. The fella that bought my parents house is doing it kind of like an air bnb, renting out the upstairs section and the downstairs section separately and renting out camper space in others spots on the property. These are not people on vacation. I'm not saying they are bad people but we need to be able to make the garden less tempting.
 
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DH has said 'no garden' this year. I'm OK with that - the land needs a rest too. If I really need fresh tomatoes, I'll maybe get one plant, but I honestly don't think I'll be able to eat them this summer due to my dental issues.

Cast iron - I have a few pans. I'll see if I can upload/download/sideload/whatever a photo this weekend showing my collection.
 
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anna43

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The oldest item in my house is a blanket chest that came from Ohio by wagon in 1863 or thereabouts. It could be much older than that and it's in ugly mud sucker condition. Dry rot in parts. When I first got it, I poured linseed oil into the joints, and nothing ever came out the bottom. Probably should do that again as I've had it 50 years. Ancestors arrived in Philadelphia from Germany 1750ish, moved to Virginia and then to Ohio before coming to Iowa before statehood. Story is it was used as a seat in the wagon and when I got it, it had the remains of a quilt attached to a bit of the top.

I was going to give it to a younger cousin who has the family name, but sadly he passed a couple years ago from cancer. Other cousins' sons with the name are mostly adopted and/or unmarried so no one to inherit from them. I was going to reach out to my dad's cousin's daughter to see if any of her nephews might be interested, but sadly she's also passed and I don't know her nephews other than I know they exist. My uncles were set to burn it when my dad rescued it and brought it to me. I hate to think of a it going to the dump but unless I can find someone who wants it that's what will likely happen. If I have to leave my house for an apartment, it will be too big to take.
 
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anna43 said:
The oldest item in my house is a blanket chest that came from Ohio by wagon in 1863 or thereabouts. It could be much older than that and it's in ugly mud sucker condition. Dry rot in parts. When I first got it, I poured linseed oil into the joints, and nothing ever came out the bottom. Probably should do that again as I've had it 50 years. Ancestors arrived in Philadelphia from Germany 1750ish, moved to Virginia and then to Ohio before coming to Iowa before statehood. Story is it was used as a seat in the wagon and when I got it, it had the remains of a quilt attached to a bit of the top.

I was going to give it to a younger cousin who has the family name, but sadly he passed a couple years ago from cancer. Other cousins' sons with the name are mostly adopted and/or unmarried so no one to inherit from them. I was going to reach out to my dad's cousin's daughter to see if any of her nephews might be interested, but sadly she's also passed and I don't know her nephews other than I know they exist. My uncles were set to burn it when my dad rescued it and brought it to me. I hate to think of a it going to the dump but unless I can find someone who wants it that's what will likely happen. If I have to leave my house for an apartment, it will be too big to take.
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I am pretty much in the same boat with old historic family stuff and none of my small circle of family members are interested in any of it , I never had children myself and the kids in my family are into other things like computers, war medals mean nothing to the young now , Even thrift shops are very selective on what they accept now this side of the pond , beautiful old furniture is being sold for peanuts and is out of vogue, I have been a massive art collector all my days and have pieces painted in the late 1700s to late 1800s all by artists from the royal academy and shown at exhibitions and none of my family are into old stuff lol .


They would probably put it to charity/thrift shops just to get rid of it quickly when I pass , I to own a old well used blanket box which is filled with paintings at present, signed a proud member of the hoarders club
 
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Morning everyone. Oh man it's foggy again but temps are going way up. A LOW of 60 tonight for south Michigan. This concerns me for my fruit trees.
I have a lot of old stuff from Scots side. Lots of old pics and railroad things from his grandpa and great grandpa.
Lionel train set. Other things packed away. My kids all love historical things especially from family. I'm just storing it for them.
I have this old steamer trunk. I got it for free 20 years ago when an antique shop went out of business. I don't know how old it is. But when you open it, it has all the drawers and compartments one would put clothes and so on in for a voyage.

Anna, Pepsi and snacks are not optional if you have to head to the basement!
Sheree, get the weather radio. I have a good one that Scot had forever. It's a scanner too. Charged it with run many hours. Over the air so don't need anything else.

I've been looking online for used campers, per a friends suggestion, which I was already doing but expanded my search. Wow. Cheap garbage with no title, gutted, leaks, people want a mint for.
I'm sticking with the small cargo trailer to buy.

Anyway, finishing my coffee then get to chores. Probably going to let stove go out as it looks like near a week we won't need it.

Everyone stay safe. Meemur I always get a kick out of your food pics!
 
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hd5574 said:
I consider a lot of my house pre owned...the oldest thing I have is a pre 1750 spoon mold...over 50 years ago I took it to the silversmith shop at Williamsburg..they took me and it into the part where the are making spoons....they looked at it and sent me over to the museum offices part...they took it from me and took it to the back a few minutes later...a really cute little old man...came running down the hall..he was way too excited...he told me that I had to donate it to the museum...that it was pre 1750...and Williamsburg only had fragments of one..I asked him if they would put it a glass in the museum...he said yes...and your name beside it...
It is black like cast iron but made from heavy brass..and has a spoon inside that was sent back to be mended or recast..
I told him no....because I chose to put in the hands of many children over the past 50 some years and let them touch something from colonial America..it has made a few more interested in our history...
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That is a wonderful story. You made the right decision. A lot of old brass is black. It's why many collectors keep a magnet in their pocket when they are out antiquing.

I would say the oldest thing I had was a handmade wooden churn with a piggin handle and wrought iron bands. It had the original dasher still with it. It also had original red oxblood paint. I loved that little thing. I found it at the huge monthly Memphis flea market about 45 years ago. A few months before the barn burned, the bottom band fell off and DH took it down there to repair it. He needed the lid but handed me the dasher before he took it down there. He hadn't gotten around to fixing it yet. I still have the dasher. My best Guesstimation on it was late 1700's to early 1800's. I don't think I've ever owned anything with wood that ancient...the patina was amazing and what made it better is that it had been well used but was still in amazing shape.

About the only things in my house that are not pre-owned are the couch, all the furniture DH has made and most of the appliances.. Some of my dishes and cookware aren't pre-owned.
 
SouthernBreeze

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We do get weather and emergency alerts on our phones, so having a weather radio is optional. I like to have back-ups for back-ups, though. We will get another radio when we get back to town. The information we get on it is more specific than what we get on the phones. It gives the exact location that the severe weather will hit by what direction it's moving in. It names the communities not just the counties. The radio allows us to track it. Plus, I have a live local weather map/radar always open on my PC that I also watch when storms are approaching. We are in a 1 out of 5 weather alert for tomorrow. Chances are, we'll just get rain. It could get ugly just west of us, though. Possible tornadoes for them.

It's probably standard operating procedure, but we have a major Air Force base near us. The base trains all the fighter pilots for the US Air Force. It went on high alert last night. I don't know if the gov thinks it might be a target, or if it's normal, given the war going on. There sure has been a lot of air activity from the training jets over the last few days, too. We are in one of their regular flight paths. They buzz our house all the time.

Another 80 degree day, but becoming cloudy. I'm done outside, until I get more fertilizer. So, household chores, today.
 
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We've had thundershowers off and on since 4 am. There hasn't been thunder for awhile, so it scared my cat. I covered her with a light blanket, and she finally settled down.

It's going to dry out this afternoon, and I'll work in my walk then. I don't see a speck of snow in my yard, so the trails should be totally clear. I might be able to start riding my bike again this weekend.

Wishing everyone a great Friday!
 
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We had thunderstorms and heavy rains overnight. I was planning on going to town to shop today but think I'll wait until tomorrow. Temp is supposed to get up to 65º with low 28º. Considering the unstable thunderstorm weather staying home near my shelter makes sense. No watches or warnings but we all know that can change in a heartbeat. It is supposed to stop raining from around noon until around 6 p.m. so it would likely be a safe time to go. We'll see how things go.

My family settled in Wayne County, Iowa around the time of statehood 1863 (I think). On the 1865 census they say they'd been in the state for 10 years first over by Burlington area along Mississippi River then to Wayne County. Wayne County has a very nice museum, and I asked if they'd be interested in the blanket chest. I was told they have several already so no. I thought since my family were part of the original settlers in the area of the county seat and actually loaned the money for the purchase of the land for the county seat it might have a historical connection but still no.

My mom and my sister made an ancestor's wall of pictures which I was given to me when mom moved into assisted living. The box sat in the corner of my living room for several years although I did go through and fix broken picture frames and label the pictures until my dd visited last summer. All mom's collection went up on my living room wall along with additional pictures which I though appropriate. For instance, I added a picture of my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary which included all five of their children. All are deceased so I thought it appropriate to add them. It took us the better part of a week to organize, re-frame some and mount the pictures. DD took pictures of some of the pictures and had copies made to put up. Amazingly one tin type of my g-grandfather with his mother and sister which was so dark you could not see the sister or his mother came out quite clear in the picture, so we used that instead of the tin type. Also, enlarging old snapshots works well because they do not pixilate. I have room to add to the wall if I decide to do so. I told my dd I had pictures of my late dh's family if she wanted to enlarge it to include them, but she didn't want to. Not sure what will happen to those when I'm gone as my b-i-l isn't interested in family history and many of his cousins are deceased.
 
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Thinking on the subject of the oldest item we own, Cary and I came to the conclusion that it's an emerald necklace that has been passed down from before WW1 Prussia. His great grandmother in Prussia handed it down to his grandmother, which handed it down to his mom, and I have it, now. I don't know what will happen to it, once I'm gone. DDIL doesn't wear jewelry, except her wedding ring. It's not a necklace one would wear for normal wear. I have it insured and locked away in a safe place. Cary's mom's family were always very wealthy. All of his relatives in Germany are all gone, now. He has two 1st cousins and their families left over there.

Ooops! Cary just reminded himself and me that we do have his 3x great-grandmothers' spinning wheel dating back to the 1840's from his dad's side of the family. I have it displayed on my front porch. It's too large for the inside.

We love old stuff! Our home, inside and out, reflects it, too. Very rustic inside and out.
 
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I came to the rental yesterday to spend the rest of the week with Dh, Rufus is with me. It’s his first time staying overnight anywhere but home. We just don’t go a lot of places and the few times we have they’ve not been pet friendly. He’s doing ok. Last night was a little hard as he kept hearing new noises and he couldn’t get between me and the door and still see me. So we were up at 2:30 and in the den. When Dh left for work I went back to bed, and don’t tell him but Rufus jumped up there too. We both got four good hours of sleep then. Finally got u and went to get some coffee and walk at a nearby park. We’ve also taken a couple laps around the yard here and now he’s crashed out in the recliner with me. This is a small town and I love it. I told Dh we need to sell our house, buy this one from dd and dsil, and move here. He says it needs too much work and we’d be further from the grands. But I do love small towns! Being a “suburb” of Charlotte is no fun.
 
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anna43 said:
We had thunderstorms and heavy rains overnight. I was planning on going to town to shop today but think I'll wait until tomorrow. Temp is supposed to get up to 65º with low 28º. Considering the unstable thunderstorm weather staying home near my shelter makes sense. No watches or warnings but we all know that can change in a heartbeat. It is supposed to stop raining from around noon until around 6 p.m. so it would likely be a safe time to go. We'll see how things go.

My family settled in Wayne County, Iowa around the time of statehood 1863 (I think). On the 1865 census they say they'd been in the state for 10 years first over by Burlington area along Mississippi River then to Wayne County. Wayne County has a very nice museum, and I asked if they'd be interested in the blanket chest. I was told they have several already so no. I thought since my family were part of the original settlers in the area of the county seat and actually loaned the money for the purchase of the land for the county seat it might have a historical connection but still no.

My mom and my sister made an ancestor's wall of pictures which I was given to me when mom moved into assisted living. The box sat in the corner of my living room for several years although I did go through and fix broken picture frames and label the pictures until my dd visited last summer. All mom's collection went up on my living room wall along with additional pictures which I though appropriate. For instance, I added a picture of my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary which included all five of their children. All are deceased so I thought it appropriate to add them. It took us the better part of a week to organize, re-frame some and mount the pictures. DD took pictures of some of the pictures and had copies made to put up. Amazingly one tin type of my g-grandfather with his mother and sister which was so dark you could not see the sister or his mother came out quite clear in the picture, so we used that instead of the tin type. Also, enlarging old snapshots works well because they do not pixilate. I have room to add to the wall if I decide to do so. I told my dd I had pictures of my late dh's family if she wanted to enlarge it to include them, but she didn't want to. Not sure what will happen to those when I'm gone as my b-i-l isn't interested in family history and many of his cousins are deceased.
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Make sure they get uploaded into Ancestry or other large genealogy site. You may have distant relatives you've never met who would treasure them.
 
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SouthernBreeze said:
Thinking on the subject of the oldest item we own, Cary and I came to the conclusion that it's an emerald necklace that has been passed down from before WW1 Prussia. His great grandmother in Prussia handed it down to his grandmother, which handed it down to his mom, and I have it, now. I don't know what will happen to it, once I'm gone. DDIL doesn't wear jewelry, except her wedding ring. It's not a necklace one would wear for normal wear. I have it insured and locked away in a safe place. Cary's mom's family were always very wealthy. All of his relatives in Germany are all gone, now. He has two 1st cousins and their families left over there.

Ooops! Cary just reminded himself and me that we do have his 3x great-grandmothers' spinning wheel dating back to the 1840's from his dad's side of the family. I have it displayed on my front porch. It's too large for the inside.

We love old stuff! Our home, inside and out, reflects it, too. Very rustic inside and out.
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That is most likely a cotton wheel. They are big and were popular front porch decor back in the day. The wool wheels are small and compact compared to them. I use to collect spinning wheels...not a very practical item to collect unless you need one in every room lol and they are a nightmare to dust, but I was pretty obsessed with them. I stored most of them in the barn once we moved here and ya'll know how that ended. I should have gone ahead and sold them but I wasn't ready to let them go. I still have my nicest one in the house. My cotton wheel went down the creek in a flood almost forty years ago...long story lol. Let's just say DH was in a little trouble, bless his heart lol.

At this age, I'm more about cashing out than acquiring. Getting the antique booth cleared a lot of it out before the fire so it wasn't as big a loss as it sounds like and financially, it wasn't a loss to acquire all that stuff. What I'd collected and sold, sold for much, much more than I paid for it so over all it was a net gain, just not as big as it could have been. I never paid more than a thing was worth and so many of the things I bought were bought because the price was so good.
 
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Wildwood said:
That is most likely a cotton wheel. They are big and were popular front porch decor back in the day. The wool wheels are small and compact compared to them. I use to collect spinning wheels...not a very practical item to collect unless you need one in every room lol and they are a nightmare to dust, but I was pretty obsessed with them. I stored most of them in the barn once we moved here and ya'll know how that ended. I should have gone ahead and sold them but I wasn't ready to let them go. I still have my nicest one in the house. My cotton wheel went down the creek in a flood almost forty years ago...long story lol. Let's just say DH was in a little trouble, bless his heart lol.

At this age, I'm more about cashing out than acquiring. Getting the antique booth cleared a lot of it out before the fire so it wasn't as big a loss as it sounds like and financially, it wasn't a loss to acquire all that stuff. What I'd collected and sold, sold for much, much more than I paid for it so over all it was a net gain, just not as big as it could have been. I never paid more than a thing was worth and so many of the things I bought were bought because the price was so good.
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Yes, mine is more than likely a cotton wheel. The wheel on it is huge. That's why I have no room for it in the house. It is on my front porch, and during the warm months, I have it and the area around it decorated in potted plants. It looks really nice, too.
 
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Meemur said:
Make sure they get uploaded into Ancestry or other large genealogy site. You may have distant relatives you've never met who would treasure them.
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I can vouch for this and I need to do it myself. The pictures of my ancestors on distant cousin's pages mean the world to me. Many of those people have no clue who I am except for what they can find on the tree but I appreciate that they were generous enough to upload pictures and sometimes, it's the first time I've ever seen the face of that ancestor.
 
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OK - don't make fun of my poor mud room. I'm in the middle of doing a lot of stuff. This shows about 2/3 of the cast iron I have (and yes, I know I need to clean and reseason a few badly).

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Oh my goodness, I love it! I had a stove similar to that years ago. I gave it to a family member who adored it and they fell on hard times so I bought it back from them and sold it. I was feeling a little bitter.

Yep, you have more than me too, a lot more!
 
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I have so many old things...but my dad's side came to Virginia in 1620..in Northumberland in the northern neck...and most all stayed put in Virginia...over the generations the have mainly moved to the central part of the state and then during the depression some moved to northern Virginia...uck...DH and moved back to central Virginia about 25 years ago...so it is not remarkable that I have so many antique things from my family and even somethings from families of friends...who didn't like "old" stuff and knew I did....it seems it just lands here..I had 2 sisters of my Dad's ..who never had children so I ended up with all their family stuff...also.then I was an only child...so all my parent's stuff..

Mom's side was in South Carolina early...but moved west finally to Missouri...mom's mother had a twin sister...and they moved into Oklahoma when it was sill a territory ....and were school teachers..her sister never married
..after my Grandmother married...they only had one child..so their things from her parents and then my parents landed on me..my mom's mom died young..before antibiotics and a few years later...her Dad remarried....my step grandmother is the only...grandparent I remember
...she never had children...interestingly...her parents were from Virginia...a small world...a couple of counties..away from my Dad's family...she was a wonderful Christian lady...and treated me like she was blood...I have several things from her that left Virginia just after the civil war.. crossed in a covered wagon...and now have returned to Virginia..including one of her mother's pioneer bonnets

DHs family came to American from Bavaria in the 1870s
His grandmom on his mom's side..lived with his parents in the later years of her life and many of her things were brought to their house when she moved in..eventually we inherited those things and all his parents things...that was a mess...his parents moved to AZ..in their later years....so many things we wanted to keep were brought back to Virginia..

My Mom and Dad's last sister passed 2 weeks apart to the day years ago....my aunts husband gave 30 days notice on the apartment and told me he was taking 2 boxes of clothes and moving in with a brother...I suddenly woke up owning 11 sets of dishes....I was desperately handing sets out to a cousin to give to other members of the family living near her...and lots of other stuff..furniture and yes even a piano....everyone thinks it is wonderful to I inherit....but it can be totally over whelming...
 
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I'm not fortunate to have a real wood cook stove of the kind ya'll are talking about. Like moldy has. Mine is a mid 1800's cast iron pot belly stove with 2 burners on it. No oven, but I do have a camp oven that works well on it. The hardware store I mentioned in an earlier post sells cast iron real wood stoves with 4 burners and an oven. Cary was going to buy it for me, but after taking the measurements for it in the laundry room, it wouldn't fit. I wanted it really bad, too. I've cooked many meals on the one I have, though.
 
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moldy

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I have issues. So many issues!! The cookstove is from the 1910s I believe. It was an anniversary gift from DH. It works (and there is a learning curve to cooking with it that I have not mastered yet), but obviously we don't use it often. It is a Riverview.
 
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anna43

Veteran Member
I decided at noon to do my shopping today and got back just after 3:00. On the way home heard a tornado watch for my area until 10 p.m. The weather feels absolutely creepy, like make your skin crawl creepy so I will not be surprised if we get at least bad thunderstorms. I made several trips to the basement to put food away and decided on the last trip to sweep out and de-spider (un-spider?) the safety area and check if battery lamps and radios were functioning. All is dusted and swept, and I sincerely hope I do NOT have to use it.

I had a wood cookstove for many years. We moved it several times and finally I sold it because we never had a chimney appropriate for it. I tried to convince dh to install it in the basement, but he didn't want to since the chimney would have had to go out a basement window and up the side of the house. The couple who purchased it were happy to buy it and she was very excited because it was just like the one her grandmother had. I hope it worked out for them and much better than sitting unused.
 
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