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I love the convenience of cooking in a crock pot, and have quite a few good recipes to cook up in my collection of different sized crock pots..’cuz if the crock is too big or too small, the recipe can end up burnt or otherwise destroyed.  I’ve had little success with deserts in the crockpot, [...]

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My Palm TX died a few weeks ago. If the battery isn’t toast then something is happening to drain the battery or to cause it not to hold a charge and I’ve not been in the mood to troubleshoot. I’m not buying a new PDA but have reverted back to using Outlook and [...]

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Saw a lot of chlorosis in my new landscape plantings last summer, and treated with liquid iron and Miracid. Will refer back to suggestions for modifying soil pH from the U of MN in the spring. I was going to do some side dressing this week, but a cold front is coming through [...]

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It has been a long couple of weeks, with a big additional project for work to add to the usual busy-ness around here. I finished the project Wednesday night and I just spent the last 4 hours getting my financial accounts updated in Quicken and paying bills, and setting some priorities.
In my stack of [...]

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When you have purchased and burned up as many blenders as I have finding an affordable blender that keeps working and is easy to clean is a big deal.
Do You Destroy Blenders Like I Do?
The number of blenders I have gone through in the past 15 years is ridiculous. My first blenders were inexpensive, [...]

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Lawn Diseases

06/28/2007

in Home & Yard

We have a moderate but widespread case of rust in our lawn right now and it has been awhile since I’ve treated this beast I Googled it. I found that North Dakota State University has really good lawn disease identifier with accurate photos and suggestions for treatment. Bookmark it for future reference.

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