craig howard

I do find that sometimes the edge of the mouth can be rough or kind of sharp.
Especially the old blue ones.
I like sanding these smooth with sandpaper, so I don't scratch/cut myself while washing and because I think they seal better.

Do wolf spiders hunt other spiders like these?

Have you heard of using an air compressor to pump water from a well?
The air is pushed down a pipe and as it comes up it brings water with it.
I saw it on FRYTV called an airlift waterpump:
https://www.youtube.com/@frytvnow/search?query=airlift%20water

I have about 100 hazelnut bushes (probably what you call american hazelnuts) and they don't all produce.
I'd say less than 50% produce nuts, maybe around 10%.

My Adams and York both get dark along the edges and die.
I got some mystery cuttings from a guy last year and they are doing well.

Got some Bob Gordons this spring and they seem to be doing well.
The farmer that I got Bobs from said they were his favorite.
Kinda scowled at the Yorks and Adams, which have been doing a good job of dying at my place.

I see them in the stainless pile at my local scrap yard pretty often.

I once got my neighbor lady pretty good.
She gets up and goes to work pretty early in the morning.
She turned on the car and of course the radio was at full blast and the wipers were on. That woke her up.
She shut that down, grabbed the steering wheel and felt the butter applied to the back of it.
Good thing there was a dry wash rag on the dash.
When she grabbed the rag, underneath it was a note saying:
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY.

If you add some mass to it, there is less chance of burning the syrup.
The most critical time is right near when it's done.
This is my first year making syrup and my first 2 attempts could have gone worse if I didn't have the mass to give off a
sustained low heat toward the end.

Some Dell laptops have docking stations.
So when you get home you set it on the dock and it is connected to your monitor, mouse etc.

My old Dell Latitude E6430 business class can come with a docking station and has a CD player.
I've found that business class laptops are so much better than others.
Mine can still be upgraded to windows 11 according to the computer repair place I bought it from.
Sometimes repair shops have their favorite old tech laptop that they sell refurbished.
I got mine years ago and it works great. Went in recently to ask some questions and when he saw what kind of laptop I had he was still raving about how fast it is.

My stews are made with what I have at the time.
Always garlic.
I still have scallions growing in a bucket. Pulled them before the big freeze and put them in a bucket with dirt still on.
I mulched the heck out of my carrot crop and have them fresh in the middle of winter now, just got to uncover them and dig.
I still have potatoes in the bottom of the bucket so some of those.
I might start frying the tatos and carrots in butter like suggested, before adding.
From the freezer: sweet corn and red peppers.
Got some dried golden oyster mushrooms from the back yard.
Just a couple dried cheyanne peppers from my garden.
Throw in some red lentils to kind of make it less watery.
Did some work for a guy who raises good pork so I added that to the last one. Doesn't have to be beef to be stew right?

I add other stuff to the bowl after it's served: Salt, black or white pepper, nutritional yeast.
I am sort of surprised that others listed worcestershire. It's one of my gotos. Since Rupert Murdoch bought into heinz/lea and perrin.
I've been enjoying Portandia worsestershire sauce from azure standard, it's a little chunky, so shake it up before pouring.