Did you replant from last years crop.....and last years was tangier?
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I haven't seen any sign of mice inside the totes, thank goodness. I use the kind with the handles that lock up over the top.
They chewed through the sides near the bottom.
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I've always used the biggest cloves of the harvest to plant the next crop. I read, "eat the little ones and plant the big ones."
I think last year's was a little more potent...? I think?
I've been considering getting a hotter variety, just to taste the difference. It seems to like growing here, so for $24 (including shipping), I'll give it a shot. Remind me in, oh, 11 months, and I'll report on any difference.
Oh, heck, you won't have to remind me. When have I been at a loss for words? My mother nicknamed me "Chatterbox" when I was a little girl.
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Pictures of our pantry in the mudroom.
But you know I had to clean it up a bit first, right? Because it is the mudroom, and it lives up to its name. This time of year, it's the sandroom.
The hinges are not at the same level on the bottom because of how the doors were originally made. They slid on tracks, like barn doors. You can see the scuff marks on the bottom of the left door. They're also cedar, 40 years old, and the wood is very dry and brittle. It was stained/polyurethaned on the the outside, but the other side is raw.(I know @aart and @U_Stormcrow are going to notice the hinge right off.)
The piece in the center that is a slightly different color and not cut squarely fills in the gap made because the doors didn't cover the entire opening, and the builder "added" an extra piece to extend it. After the doors were stained, so it was raw wood. And the doors are not built square because the guy who built our house was an idiot. (Yeah, this is the guy who built the neighbor's house with the toilet recessed into an outside wall and has to be drained and not used in the winter.)
The light inside is not wired; it's plugged into an extension cord that snakes out of the lower left corner. Another detail to take care of.
Inside side of the door. The doors are fairly heavy. The barrel latch at the top is to make sure it stays closed.
Wondering how long before mice chew through this. There isn't much they won't chew through, but we'll see how it goes.
Yeah, 17 lbs of brown rice, 30 lbs of organic cane sugar, 25 lbs of oatmeal, 19 boxes of vermicelli, 8 lbs of raisins, 25 lbs of pancake mix, etc, etc. The bucket is for small bags of dried beans, in case a bag splits. Some of the bags are pushing 10 years old, and came from my MIL's house when she died. I need a good GF recipe for red beans. Any suggestions?
The plastic bags over and around the small appliances are to keep out dust. The other side of the wall behind this is the garage, so there is the danger of freezing. Some of the stuff here will go back to the basement come winter, like the honey, cherry juice, hard cider and some canned goods.
Just to the left of the cherry Poptarts...? Jars of mealworms for the chickens.
I knew I wanted the small appliances on the floor, so I measured the tallest one, added a couple inches, and told DH to leave that much room under the bottom shelf. I can reach the top shelf, but I didn't want to have to wrangle anything I use often up and down.
But you know I had to clean it up a bit first, right? Because it is the mudroom, and it lives up to its name. This time of year, it's the sandroom.
The hinges are not at the same level on the bottom because of how the doors were originally made. They slid on tracks, like barn doors. You can see the scuff marks on the bottom of the left door. They're also cedar, 40 years old, and the wood is very dry and brittle. It was stained/polyurethaned on the the outside, but the other side is raw.(I know @aart and @U_Stormcrow are going to notice the hinge right off.)
The piece in the center that is a slightly different color and not cut squarely fills in the gap made because the doors didn't cover the entire opening, and the builder "added" an extra piece to extend it. After the doors were stained, so it was raw wood. And the doors are not built square because the guy who built our house was an idiot. (Yeah, this is the guy who built the neighbor's house with the toilet recessed into an outside wall and has to be drained and not used in the winter.)
The light inside is not wired; it's plugged into an extension cord that snakes out of the lower left corner. Another detail to take care of.
Inside side of the door. The doors are fairly heavy. The barrel latch at the top is to make sure it stays closed.
Wondering how long before mice chew through this. There isn't much they won't chew through, but we'll see how it goes.
Yeah, 17 lbs of brown rice, 30 lbs of organic cane sugar, 25 lbs of oatmeal, 19 boxes of vermicelli, 8 lbs of raisins, 25 lbs of pancake mix, etc, etc. The bucket is for small bags of dried beans, in case a bag splits. Some of the bags are pushing 10 years old, and came from my MIL's house when she died. I need a good GF recipe for red beans. Any suggestions?
The plastic bags over and around the small appliances are to keep out dust. The other side of the wall behind this is the garage, so there is the danger of freezing. Some of the stuff here will go back to the basement come winter, like the honey, cherry juice, hard cider and some canned goods.
Just to the left of the cherry Poptarts...? Jars of mealworms for the chickens.
I knew I wanted the small appliances on the floor, so I measured the tallest one, added a couple inches, and told DH to leave that much room under the bottom shelf. I can reach the top shelf, but I didn't want to have to wrangle anything I use often up and down.
It is beautiful!
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Thank you! I will tell hubby you said so. Other than the input on the height of the lowest shelf, and holding things in place, I did very little.
Tomorrow is the Sparta Celtic Festival in Sparta, MI. Free admission. Our favorite group, Crossbow, is playing at 2:20. I have to remember to wear my Crossbow T-shirt...
You won't until it's too late.
Because....
..yeah, this^^^
If you know there's a high possibility, I'd have traps in the pantry proactively.
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I will have mouse traps in several places. I buy the reusable snap traps. Last fall I discovered a really good bait: A piece of dog kibble. Got 5 or 6 that way.
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What to do with a canner 2/3 full of scalding hot water when you're not going to do a second batch?
Take it outside and dump it on weeds growing in the cracks in the driveway. Buh-bye, crabgrass.
Take it outside and dump it on weeds growing in the cracks in the driveway. Buh-bye, crabgrass.
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