bruce Fine

my daughter played this for me. Very Nice

they absolutely cannot resist cantaloupe/ musk melon rind. I relocated 4 monsters so far this summer

Yesterday I had to go into town on way home stopped at Walmart. to my surprise they had a whole aisle of stuff on clearance. being the frugal individual I am I looked to see what was there.
Dark rye flour $1. Organic bread flour. 5lb/$2 no hesitation in the cart it went
I like a slice of toast with eggs in the morning. things were crazy today and I figured i'd throw some stuff in the bread machine. here is what I concocted.
1 cup very warm water
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon peanut oil
1 tablespoon molasses
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup bread flour
1 cup dark rye flour
2 heaping tablespoons caraway seed
1 heaping tablespoon fennel seeds crushed lightly in mortar pestle
2 teaspoons quick yeast
pushed the button

almost 4 hours later WOW
by far the best bread that has come out of this machine yet
if you like bread with flavor

I found the best place to get caraway and fennel seed at oriental market, freshness and quantity for price can't be beat.

$10 digital thermopro still works perfect after about 5 or 6 years.

a couple, few of these can help.

beautiful area. many of the roads through this part of the country are every bit as beautiful as the blue ridge parkway.

here is the sawmill with pictures of stacks of culls too. $200 price may have gone up since 2022 but cant imagine all that much considering how much hardwood you get.
https://www.facebook.com/p/Clinch-River-Hardwoods-100046536247734/

Tim if there is a local school where you could take a class that would be very good. with some of the new inverter machines they are relatively inexpensive to get started. if your serious make investment into a MIG machine, self darkening hood and a tank of shielding gas, and a roll of mig wire. might look on marketplace for a used machine too. Yes, I know there are tons of people that will tell you to just use flux cored wire. well with shielding gas you will get much better results. Amperage of machine you need is determined by thickness of material you plan on welding. if your wanting to weld aluminum you will need additional gear or a TIG set up. There are tons of videos on YouTube that teach welding. Or you could just get a stick welding machine/buzz box and some welding rods like 6011 is an all-around easy to use rod for steel that uses AC output power.

maybe find local sawmill rough cut white oak. I guess I'm lucky to have a nearby sawmill that sells bundles of cull.  the boards range between 8 and 16 foot long from 4 to 12 inch wide . bundles that are 5 foot wide and 4 to 5 foot tall for less than $200. you can get either oak or poplar bundles

I need to come up with a plan to build a greenhouse so I can put to use all these pots my uncle gifted me last month. he has retired and he gave me some greenhouse plastic too. but, I really dont want a plastic greenhouse. has anyone ever made a greenhouse with random and odd recycled glass and windows?
I'm so grateful for the gift of 1000 pots. It could put me on a new path to producing bedding plants and flowers each spring.
https://hc-companies.com/plant-pots/135-fibergrow-garden-pak/