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  1. Wow! I thought it was just me. Usually by now I am done planting but, this year I cannot seem to get motivated. I feel overwhelmed. Not to mention all the sudden my right hip is acting up. Kind of makes you wonder though, with so many of us from all over if it is something "they" have sprayed in the air (chemtrails) affecting not just weather but plants and people.
  2. Thanks Annarchy! They all sealed but, was that crazy! I always check the rims for chips while washing them and again right before I fill them, no lime in my water so can rule that out. Maybe seeping because there is some clouding on the outside of the jars. I have to can the second batch today so, gonna go over the canner and jars with a fine tooth comb as I wash them in preparation.
  3. Just unloaded a batch of chicken I canned up. I did everything like I normally do, hot pack, precooked and deboned chicken with it's own broth, fat skimmed off before it was heated with the chicken then packed into hot, sterile jars. Ten pounds pressure for 90 minutes (quart jars). I waited for the little valve dealy bob thing to drop which, with my Presto canner is the indication that the pressure is down and it is safe to open it. The jars are popping multiple times! I have never had them do that, normally I just get the pop that it is sealed and that is it. What in the world caused this? I have been canning for years and this is a first. One jar was acting so crazy with sizzling noises and popping that I laid the lid back on the canner (not sealed just laying over it) and left the jar in there cause I was, quite frankly, afraid to touch it with my canning tongs to remove it.
  4. Mt Rider, have you tried a pitch fork for the hay. We have a 3 pronged one that is an antique, belonged to Dh's great grandfather, and it is invaluable for the kind of thing you are facing with those huge flakes. Leverage and prongs! I am sure a tractor supply place would have a modern version, too useful an item for them not to be made anymore.
  5. I could have been reading about my own symptoms in your post! This is going to sound nuts but, out of sheer desperation one morning when I was getting dressed, I applied anti perspirant to the areas under my breasts. Figured the area staying wet from sweat was causing the problem so why not, nothing to lose. It worked. That day I hoed the garden and sweated so bad my clothes were soaked but, the rash was actually better that evening. Within a few days, using the anti perspirant, it was cleared up. Your milage may vary but hey like I said, nothing to lose.
  6. OK, just spent an evening with a marathon book ready of this one! It was awesome! Could not quit reading til the end. Highly recommend it to everyone! Thanks so much for posting the link.
  7. So sorry. A friend of mine had to have her fur baby put to sleep yesterday and I sent her this poem I found online by an unknown auther. Hope it brings comfort. I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep. I could see that you were crying, You found it hard to sleep. I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear, "It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here." I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea, You were thinking of the many times, your hands reached down to me. I was with you at the shops today, Your arms were getting sore. I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more. I was with you at my grave today, You tend it with such care. I want to re-assure you, that I'm not lying there. I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key. I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said " it's me." You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair. I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there. It's possible for me, to be so near you everyday. To say to you with certainty, "I never went away." You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew... In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you. The day is over... I smile and watch you yawning and say "good-night, God bless, I'll see you in the morning." And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide, I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand, side by side. I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see. Be patient, live your journey out...then come home to be with me. Author ~ Unknown
  8. This! I showed this to DH who found an opened, gone bad jar of tomatoes in the pantry this weekend and thought I was nuts because I had him bag the whole jar in a plastic bag and throw it in the garbage then wash his just washed hands. He wanted to know why I didn't just keep the jar and wash it in hot water. I told him my MO on these things is probably overkill but, that I would rather lose a one dollar canning jar than kill someone. So, call me Ms. Paranoid but, better safe than sorry and this story proves it.
  9. Said the 1,000 legged worm, as he wiggled and he skirmed, "has anybody seen a leg of mine? Oh if it can't be found, I shall have to hop around on the other 999." LOL sorry, just couldn't resist due to the mental image your post brought to mind.
  10. I had just gotten in my car to head for the law office where I worked as a paralegal. The first plane had just hit the Tower and there was a guy on his cell phone giving a blow by blow description of what he was seeing. I though, oh wow, that is too bad but, have heard of planes hitting skyscrapers before and assumed it was an accident. When he said there was another plane coming, I knew this was no accident. My next reaction was to cry, sat there in my car and prayed and cried because my youngest son was two weeks away from graduation in the Marine Corps and I knew I was going to have to send my baby off to War. Spent the entire day at work with the radio on and left early to get home to the television. Two weeks later, DS graduated then came home on leave. After that, he was headed for Camp Legune. He had a second class airplane ticket but, when he got on the plane, the Captain sent the stewardess back to move him to First Class and fed him a free steak dinner. The Captain felt that his uniformed presence on the plane was a good thing, comforting to the other passengers (my "Baby" is 6'4" tall, formidable). Sure enough, he was sent to Iraq and actually was on his cell phone talking to me when Bush declared War. Funny thing, when we were talking, before Bush's speech, I heard popping noises in the background and asked him what that was. He said he was on guard duty at the gate to the camp and the Iraqi soldiers were shooting at him. I was so flustered the first thing that came to mind was to tell him to get behind something and asked if he had on a flak jacket (Momma mode) and then the stupidest thing I ever said in my life "They can't do that, Bush hasn't declared war yet!". Duh! It is hard to believe it has been 11 years since that day. In spite of our problems though, I am proud of our country for not cowering down in fear and giving them what they wanted. They rattled the Big Dog's chain and got more than they bargained for. I love my country, God bless the United States.
  11. I store my batteries in the freezer. Heard that this helps to keep them from draining. Don't know if it is true but, I have been doing it for years and never pulled a bad battery out of the freezer yet. I try to store them in the original packages, if not, in a plastic bowl with lid.
  12. No way. I don't even like the neighbors knowing I have a garden.
  13. 16 half pints of peach jam. YUM! Got the peaches on sale for $1.19 a pound. Getting geared up to do blackberries and figs, our bushes are loaded.
  14. RebelDigger

    Hatchie House

    House we are buying in the Hatchie Hills of North Mississippi. Obviously before pictures for now, will post afters as we go.
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