Halftime Hope
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I'm a newbie gardener on growing onions and potatoes, in 8A. My white, short-day onions have all flopped over, but the tops are almost entirely still green. I pulled up about 5 out of 70 onions. Two were very soft/withered in the neck, one was decidedly still "full" of fluid, i.e. not dried out.
I need to know when to pull them, because they're all flopped over, but quite a few look like they might need more time in-ground to wither or dry out. ??
1) How does one know when to harvest them? Thank you!
2) Tips for drying? Inside? Outdoors? Is there such a thing as it being too hot to properly dry onions; will they rot instead of dry if the humidity is too high?
Thank you so much to anyone willing to coach a newbie! ❤️
ETA: I edited the subject line for coherence. 🤪
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I have not read all the responses, but you might also ask DS if he would ask her if she can prepare to include you in learning how to cook a dish or two. It's fine to set a boundary for non-spicy, if that is what would work for most.
If she starts bringing recipes into the family, and you learn some of her traditions, I would think that would be perceived as interest in her and respect for her traditions. You might never enjoy them, but those dishes could become something you and she do together whenever she is in town.
All the best.
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On 5/15/2024 at 11:16 AM, Indigo Blue said:
I think you can make a distinction. When there is chronic lying, manipulation, becoming dysregulated, being attention-seeking while still being generally charming, that is different from someone who blows up or says things they don’t mean from time to time. One is a disorder and the other is someone just being human.
Indigo, I would also put in the second grouping, the person who in many ways is a fantastic parent, and whose heart is in the right place, who generally does good for the family, but who has some destructive patterns in his/her parenting toolkit.
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On 5/13/2024 at 9:03 PM, kathyl said:
I suppose that's what he's doing. But seems like the termites would love all that moisture.
Well, both are a threat, so both measures are needed. The termite prevention for the same area is made up of bait stations buried into the ground at 10 foot intervals all around the perimeter of the structure. They are checked yearly and refilled if termites have been eating the material in the bait stations.
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1 hour ago, kathyl said:
I also did things around the outside of our house to be 'less attractive' to the termites (and carpenter ants). I always tore up everything but the grass around the base of the house - bushes, etc. And got anything with moisture away from the house. Except in this house.
Dh wanted to keep all the flower beds. And he's watering the foundation for some reason (Texas??). I was able to get rid of a couple of small decorative waterfall fountains that splattered water on the side of the house, discoloring the paint. But oh well.
Anyway, we don't have Formosan termites here, but if we did I might be more inclined to hire someone for pest control. Geographic location definitely makes a difference. We didn't have termites in NH, but we bought a house that had similar damage from carpenter ants.
Oh, and we had chickens and peacocks at one house and they ate everything in the yard - snakes, bugs, ALL of it. lol
Yes, in parts of Texas, wherever there are clay soils, homeowners have to regularly water the foundations to keep the soil volume consistent. Soil can dry out an shrink so much in the summer heat, then swell when it gets wet again, that it will crack the foundation of the house.
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Yes, it is preventable and totally worth it. Termites can do horrific damage without you ever knowing it until the damage is done and it's too late and very, very expensive to mitigate.
If you want further input, you might list the general geographical area for which you'd like input.
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One of my kids has a large two-story house they bought in greater San Diego. It was built in the mid-80s, in a very nice suburban neighborhood, and they have slowly been renovating a number of the features in the house that are less transitional, so it has a cleaner look. The kitchen had been re-done at some point, but they are replacing the granite and repainting the good-enough-to-keep cherry cabinets. She's going with white-marbleized quartz and white cabinets. Everything in the house is very light colored, with a light gray carpet. Oy, that's going to be a lot of white. ??
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@Mrs Tiggywinkle Again Congrats, and more importantly, well done! Your instruction is paying off in such a life-changing way!
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We cruised Holland America on an inside passage cruise 20 years ago. We've cruised 3 cruises since then on NCL and Carnival. Holland America had the very best food. Were we to cruise again, we'd probably pick Holland America because we've been pretty disappointed with the food on the others. (And we're not really foodies, either.)
The one thing that is worth splurging on is a helicopter out over and onto a glacier. There's really nothing like it from that perspective.
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When we looked at emergency call buttons or watches a few years ago, they had the ability to call the monitoring service when an elder fell. I think that is much, much more realistic than expecting an elder to hold onto a phone in a fall. I haven't looked into simpler cell phones for seniors, but I know they exist.
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4 hours ago, Laura Corin said:
Same here. If you don't have a smartphone you need to call IT services in order to log in.
To do a regular day's work, I'd need to call IT about 20 times. It's absolutely ridiculous. It absolutely amazes me that there has not been a revolt. Everyone just puts up with the software packages logging you out after x minutes. I'll be very happy to retire.
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15 hours ago, Scarlett said:
I can’t really relate because my parents are 79 and 85. They both have cell phones and tablets and use them daily. My mom was the first person I knew who had a PC. 1996. So she has always been techie.
I hear their are phones easier to operate…for older ones.
Not if you're working. Nearly all our workplace software requires authentication with a MS based authenticator that requries a phone. I absolutely hate it.
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@itsheresomewhere Would she like homemade, slightly rustic crackers? There is an award-winning Pillsbury Bake-off cracker recipe that my family made, a lot, when I was a kid. It was a bit like a wholewheat cracker with all the fixins, like you'd have on bagels. (but you could definitely switch up the toppings) I remember making those with a fairly simple bit of rolling pin action, then baking. If you think you'd like to give it a go, let me know, and I'll look up the recipe. (I'm pretty sure I still have the Best of the Bake-offs cookbook.)
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On 5/2/2024 at 8:49 AM, Innisfree said:
Aside from this, I’d be inclined to focus on quality of life if we’re talking about someone in, say, her eighties or beyond, or with a shorter life expectancy for whatever reason. She gets to make some choices of what’s important to her, even if they shorten her life, if she’s basically competent.
This can go both ways, though. And please don't take this as my being argumentative; it's not intended in that spirit.
If the elderly or disabled person is making choices that take advantage of or directly cause danger or substantial hardship for their loved ones or caregivers, maybe we eliminate that choice. As just one of many similar examples in our lives, our elderly relative would light a fire in the fireplace, one of his favorite things, and then directly end up with pneumonia. Every time, I would lose a full day or night sitting with him in the ER until he got admitted and settled into a room, as he was unable to communicate effectively with medical personnel. We could not let that continue, not for his sake, nor for ours.
On the other hand, my brother and I enabled my father to have ice cream for supper every night for the last few months of his life. He wasn't diabetic, and he was enjoying the freedom of eating whatever he wanted because it wouldn't make a whit of difference in his short or long term well-being. I think we would have had a harder time agreeing to that if it would have resulted in a hospital visit every time.
I think the key word in your statement is "she gets to make SOME choices..."
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I kind of doubt she'd like this, but I really love the salty, crunchy dried whole shitake mushrooms from Costco. They do have yeast extract (a similar additive in the MSG family), but pretty low carb and filling. They meet that umami need.
Does she like fudgsicles at all? It's easy to make soft tofu fudgsicles that are low carb, and they're delicious!
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15 minutes ago, Halftime Hope said:
I'm so sorry about your darling cat, and I hope with all my heart he returns to you soon
Thank you, @Terabith. I appreciate your consideration! Now to praying for the kitty's safe return. If he is the one in your avatar, that is one cutie pie. (And I'm not, in general, a kitty-type of person. LOL!)
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I'm so sorry about your darling cat, and I hope with all my heart he returns to you soon!
That said, could you please change the thread title? It's a bit much for a heart to take.
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Just for fun: I had a boss who immigrated from another country and got a terminal degree here in the US, then stayed on and became a US citizen. The boss' relatives pointed out that it would be easier for the boss and significant other to get the immigration paperwork rolling for the SO if they were married, so the boss arranged to give a relative power of attorney to go before the judge and to sign the marriage contract papers on my boss' behalf, in absentia, in the home country. Months later they had a religious ceremony. When I knew the boss, the couple had celebrated 25 years of marriage, and each year the couple decided which anniversary date they wanted to celebrate, based on what was more convenient for them to be able to travel together. 🙂 Of course, over the years, there has been no end of merriment and good-natured ribbing from the family, with the relative saying it was the best contract ever signed, and so on. 😄
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I was trying out a new auger on a cordless drill to turn the composting leaf humus, and it bit into the dirt and instead of turning the pile in that spot, it wrenched my hand, causing strained/sprained tendons and ligaments. It hurt for a day or two, and I did lots of sprain first aid, but then it seemed to heal. About 6 months later I notice a sizable bump, and it turns out I had broken a bone, and the break was remodeling. There was zero indication -- no pain, never any swelling -- after the first few days, that anything was wrong. I could/should have gone to our favorite hand doctor, preemptively, I guess. I hope I don't have arthritis in that hand as I age. I have trouble with the other one due to repetitive stress from mouse-work.
Sometimes broken bones are symptom free after the initial injury. You could not have known.
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Any idea what are the chances that there is funding for this now, but the program will be cut in the future? Budget cuts tend to target the new or experimental programs vs crowd-pleasing favorites like band, choir, orchestra, and established sports. If the district has a well-established pipepline from middle or intermediate school starter band programs up through high school, so kids do have an option for learning an instrument, when budget cuts come, they could get first priority.
I like the idea for you, but were you to take it, you might also develop clientele on the side if you need the income.
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8 hours ago, Sneezyone said:
I am a red lip connoisseur! That and black anything are perfect for seminar/workshop/presentation days in-person and virtual. I can’t even count the number of people who ask for my red lipstick deets.
spill it here, @Sneezyone! I'm more of a plumy-brown girl, but once in a while a red would be nice.
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I have a dark navy denim and a white denim that I wear to my office, depending on what I have going on. The navy one goes very nicely with a cotton blend trouser-leg pant in several possible colors, generally over a black shell or a similarly understated base layer top. The white goes with so many things it's hard to find something I doesn't go with! It's particularly nice for "summering" something that is less summery.
I like them for keeping me warm in a chilly office, without feeling cardigan-ish.
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20 hours ago, Laura Corin said:
Looks good!
I'm going to have to check the height of our cook books against the available height of cabinets. I don't think we want to go too custom.
While I like KungFu Panda's idea -- a lot! -- I'd want to be sure that the mechanism is rated for the kind of weight you'd have in that volume of cookbooks. I use a rule of thumb that for a moving, weight-bearing part, I look for it to be rated for 2x the actual amount of weight I intend to put in it. Anything near maxxing out a suspension will shorten it's life and, worse yet, warp the structure it is attached to. (Ask me how I know...) In my experience, since the moving items were already installed in my kitchen, I've had to move the contents of the cabinet and swap out heavy items for others that weigh less.
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Never mind, others have said it better than I did.
When to harvest onions from the garden? (Pointers needed from experienced gardeners, please.)
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Bumping to the top. Pretty please?