What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

Huh, never heard of it being used for that. It's hard to find nowadays, as is Borax. I think Wally world carries it usually though, but I try to avoid that place at all costs. LOL!

HUh, washing soda is still easy to find here as is borax. Must be a local thing.

 

[WthrLady]

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Today I learned all about olive trees and making olive oil. Did you know that black olives are dyed black? Or that olive trees live 1,500 to 2,000 years!!

NAH! There ARE fake black olives that are chemically changed to black or dyed, but true black olives are fully mature green olives!

 

[gtaus]

I think we'll get one next [Gorilla cart] time we go to Menards. A 7 cuft one at Home Depot was $229, and I think that it is definitely worth it. Thanks for mentioning it!

I bought my "Gorilla" cart at Menards about 5 years ago, on sale, for around $140.00. It was a Menards brand, not the original Gorilla brand cart, which is why I think it cost less. The Menards non-Gorilla cart had the same specs as the Gorilla cart, so, I decided to save some money and get the Menards' cart. But, everything has gone up in price since then.

If you have a riding lawn mower, then be sure to consider getting a cart with a handle that converts between manual pull or attaching to the hitch on a riding mower. Not all carts have handles that can switch to tow mode behind a riding mower. I have a big property, and I use the tow feature of the handle as much, if not more, than the manual pull mode.

Also, there are some of these carts with wire mesh walls and bottom.

I have one of those, too, and certainly having the open wire mesh works great for some things. Again, I bought one with a handle that converts between manual pull and tow behind the riding mower.

After having and using both types of carts for about 5 years, I prefer the Gorilla cart with the waterproof tub for most things. I mix top soil and chicken run compost in the Gorilla cart tub, whereas you just can't do that in the wire mesh carts. Also, sometimes I mix soil and water in the Gorilla tub, and obviously you can't do that with the wire mesh carts.

I probably use the Gorilla cart twice as much as the wire mesh cart. Having said that, the wire mesh carts are usually much less expensive, and I do use my wire mesh cart a lot. It can carry the same load weight and works just like the Gorilla cart - except it does not have a waterproof tub.

 

[CNJ]

This knife skill video took me up a notch...............

 

[gtaus]

NAH! There ARE fake black olives that are chemically changed to black or dyed, but true black olives are fully mature green olives!

I was stationed in Naples, Italy for a few years way back in the 1990's. One of the best things about living in the Mediterranean climate was we got to buy all kinds of fresh olives at the market. Best olives ever. We bought black olives. I don't think they were dyed black. That would really surprise me. I assumed they were either a black type of olive, or mature olives like peppers turn from green to red but can be eaten at any time.

 

[karenerwin]

NAH! There ARE fake black olives that are chemically changed to black or dyed, but true black olives are fully mature green olives!

According to the guy at the Olive tree farm Olives only come in green or purple ( very dark purple ) or a combination of green and purple
Google seems to agree with the rest of you though for the most part.

 

[karenerwin]

I was stationed in Naples, Italy for a few years way back in the 1990's. One of the best things about living in the Mediterranean climate was we got to buy all kinds of fresh olives at the market. Best olives ever. We bought black olives. I don't think they were dyed black. That would really surprise me. I assumed they were either a black type of olive, or mature olives like peppers turn from green to red but can be eaten at any time.

That’s what I thought too. But the guy at the olive farm claims otherwise

 

[gtaus]

This knife skill video took me up a notch...............

Nice video. I attend a Senior's Cooking class once a month. Our instructors show how to cook lots of different foods, but they never bother to show all the prep work like dicing or cubing the food. I tried one of their recipes that took only 40 minutes to cook, but, at home, I discovered that it took me almost 40 minutes for the knife work prep before I could start to cook the meal!

BTW, I recently purchased a 1 X 30 bench sander that is used to sharpen knives razor sharp. Don't know how to use it yet but will be trying it out this summer when the garage warms up. Nothing more dangerous than a dull knife. I hope to get our kitchen knives back in shape.

 

[Paz]

Huh, never heard of it being used for that. It's hard to find nowadays, as is Borax. I think Wally world carries it usually though, but I try to avoid that place at all costs. LOL!

Borax is very easy to find! You just have to look in the correct places. They usually sell in in toy shops, the kids like to make a gross solution out of it.

 

[Paz]

NAH! There ARE fake black olives that are chemically changed to black or dyed, but true black olives are fully mature green olives!

Chemically changed? We just add vinegar! The vinegar makes them black.