Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: July 30 ~ August (Waitaminute! Seriously? August already??) 5, 2023

[kyrsyan]

Talked to the town guy this morning. Someone has been going around and calling in complaints on any yard they are not happy with. Insert very not polite words here.

I actually don't have much. He needs the garden pile to become hidden. So I will get a tarp to cover it. As long as "the mess" is not visible or is behind a fence, it meets the statute. He doesn't care how long I take to do it, within reason. He said that he'll let them know that we've talked and I'm working on it.

And I've been sitting here twiddling my thumbs because the power was out. But now it's back on. So time for lunch and back to work.

Oh, and something discovered in the last power outage. If you have a battery powered doorbell, pull the batteries during an outage. It will drain those lithium batteries trying to make a connection. And those batteries are too expensive for that nonsense.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

Cary got a great check-up, today. Goes back in a year, and he got his script refilled for another year.

Cary watered again this morning. It's thundering, so we might get one of those high humidity showers. That would be great. It's getting really dry here.

He realized that he had a flat on his Jeep as we were leaving for the doctor's office. I guess he'll be taking the tire into town to get fixed, tomorrow, and pick up his refill prescription he got today. Walgreens has already called and told us it was ready for pick up.

 

[prudentwatcher]

Got everything scheduled for a minor surgical procedure in a couple of weeks. Get that out of the way. Also met my deductible, so hopefully can get the gall bladder taken care of before the end of the year.

Ordered some freeze dried food and a tiny bit of silver.

Picked up some freebie stuff from work today that will come in handy and saves me some money.

Took advantage of tax free time last week and got more socks, underwear and long sleeved t-shirts.

Restocked our distilled water and loaded up on cheap toilet paper from Walgreens ($1.99 for 4 pack of mega-rolls).

Way too hot to do anything else. Staying inside and trying to stay cool.

Oh, harvested my 4 grow bags of potatoes. A nice little harvest for us. Not a ton of stuff, but probably about 6 or 7 meals for us.

 

[anna43]

Four trees came down today. All shade is gone from my backyard. When the sun hit the west side of the house, the a/c started running and running. Never happened before so already missing the trees without going outside. I need to go out tomorrow with a rake and do some cleaning up and to put my clothesline back up. My forsythia and privet hedges are kind of flat but should recover and the neighbor's honeysuckle is flat around where the tree was. The truck was set up over where my surprise lilies are so doubt they will bloom this year. Small price to pay for the work that had to be done. I don't think the bill will be that small though

My first cherry tomatoes are ripe, and I've been enjoying them. They are actually red but a little under ripe so flavor will be better when they are dead ripe. I picked all that had started turning because we were "supposed" to get rain (which we didn't) and I knew they'd split when it rained.

I made potato salad for supper this evening and "something" is missing. I haven't made it for a while so I'm not sure what's missing. I made it earlier today, so flavors had plenty of time to blend. Also, made a pasta salad with tomatoes, black olives and a carrot for crunch. I got a phone call about the time I was ready to add the dressing which call lasted an hour, so those flavors did not get a chance to blend. It was still good but will be better tomorrow.

The fence I put around the sweet potatoes have stopped the rabbits, but the rodents with antlers had no trouble reaching or stepping over the fence and did a good bit of damage. If, if if, we'd just get some rain, they will bounce back. We are so dry that nothing is looking good. I found a tomato today with blossom end rot. My zinnias are looking very wilted but are blooming. I'm not seeing any Monarchs and few other butterflies. Maybe it's early or maybe the drought is affecting them too. Plenty of wild bees and bumblebees so good pollinators.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

We didn't get any rain from all that thunder yesterday afternoon. Lots of heavy thunder but the rain went south of us. Since we're not using our rainwater to water the raised beds anymore, Cary is putting back in storage all our wash tubs. We still have the barrels and water tank that filled to the max. The big garden gets its water from the washing machine and dishwater. He just has to keep the pipes moved around to different areas of the garden. We don't have to use it, except when it gets dry.

I've got to get out in a few minutes to dead head all of my marigolds and zinnas. They are all dry enough to save them for seed for next spring. They have really been pretty this year. I also have some ivy to trim back off the deck. It grows around the tree base that is in the middle of our deck. It grows like crazy and has to be kept trimmed. Yeah, we built the deck around the tree. Wish now we hadn't done that, but too late now. At least we left plenty of room for it to grow. The ivy fills in that area. It's not English Ivy, but I can't think of the name right now. It's variegated green and white leaves.

Cary plans to mow today, even though, it looks like rain right now. We do have a small chance today, but who knows......I haven't checked our local radar, yet.

 

[SouthernBreeze]

Well, we got that small chance of rain in the form of an all day rain. It just stopped a few minutes ago. Knocked out all of our plans for outside work, today. Maybe, tomorrow.

 

[sssarawolf]

Been canning beets and carrots here the last 2 days. Picking beans and stashing them in the freezer after cleaning and snapping. Abot 5 gallons so far in gallon zip bags. When it's cooler I will can them up . We think we will dig the potatoes next week, we had thought this week but redoing the back walk ramp and doing the other vegeys took this week.

 

[Digger]

We have been 100 degrees each day for the last few days. The heat index is 110 or better. I just stuck my head out and it's miserable and not even 7 o'clock. We do have rain chances today and tomorrow.

I pulled the onions and dug the last of the potatoes this week. The garden is still producing. My Bloody Butcher corn has nice ears on it. Some have 3 ears per stalk. Most have 2. I need to till some, but not with this heat. I just don't have the energy. I usually work a couple hours in the early morning picking and doing some weeding. Today I just can't seem to get going.

I have been hanging the wash on the line. It doesn't take long to dry. It's a chore I enjoy and hopefully it saves some on the electric bill. The AC is having to work hard in this heat. We keep the house at 75 degrees. That feels plum cold when you come in from outside.

We did get our porch cleaned off. Part of the old counter tops in the burn pile and part when to the barn. I should be able to make tables to use in my green house with the ones I saved. I hope we can get the green house up this fall. I would like to plant greens in it for winter.

The feed store where we but our bulk garden seed have raised their prices from .50 cents to .75 cents a scoop on things like squash, carrots, lettuce, etc. I didn't check to see if the beans or corn and such went up. But those are priced by variety so they vary in price. They have been the cheapest place in town and probably still are.

 

[summerthyme]

All I've done all week is try to get ready for hubby's "surprise " 70th birthday party/pig roast. He knows about the pig roast, but doesn't know we've invited a whole bunch of people from his birth family, as well as his adoptive family and friends.

I've got the 5th batch of ice cream in the freezer churning right now (strawberry, chocolate, black raspberry and 2 batches of vanilla). There are 3 gallons of potato salad in the fridge, and 4 dozen deviled eggs.

We butchered the hog yesterday afternoon, and he's been slow roasting all night. We have 3 big campers parked in the yard, and it's gonna be a complete zoo in a couple hours.

No one's gotten much sleep for days, and it's going to be a very tired, grumpy crew by tomorrow morning. But all four grown kids are here helping, and it's fun.

I discovered our potato yields should be great this year... I dug 10# of potatoes off 5 plants, and that was leaving the smaller ones to grow!

Essentially everything for the meal has come off this little farm, and that feels good!

Summerthyme

 

[SouthernBreeze]

Temps today are forecast to be 97 with heat index of 116. Another hot day, but we have a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. Because of the heat, I don't know if Cary will mow today or not. The humidity is already through the roof. It's too wet outside right now to do it, so we'll see what this afternoon brings, whether it rains or not.

I've got several more zinnas I need to gather for seed this morning, but our gardens are all mostly finished, except for watermelons, and I might get a few more squash. The bell pepper plants are putting on new blooms, so they may start producing again. Late tomatoes are still looking good. Green beans are a bust this year. All vines and no beans. I haven't even been able to pick enough for a meal for us.

Everything we got from all our gardens was very little compared to the time and effort we put into it. I got 4 gallons of chopped bell peppers, a few bags of squash, a quart bag of chopped chives, 6 pints of tomatoes, and a couple of jars of pickled banana rings, and 2 watermelons. We could not survive on what we got this year, and with our health, we can't do much more than we did this year. The days of us having large gardens are pretty much over. I miss those days.

 

[kyrsyan]

I decided on malicious compliance and kicked the problem to my back brain because I don't want to spend a lot of money on it.

The first thought was to cover it with a tarp. But that would make it tedious for me to access the items when I want/need them. And would encourage ants and snakes. And good size tarps cost money. And I don't want to pay for a good tarp only to let nature ruin it.

So the brain played last night and has mostly figure out how to create a storage and seedling start area out of a metal swing set and parts of a pergola. And let me move some trellis parts off of the ground. And give the tools a "closet".

If I decide it's needed, I'll get a small tarp for appearances. But I don't think it will be needed. I'm pretty sure paint will handle most of it.

And it gives me an opportunity to test several ideas that have been floating around in my brain.

Looks like malicious compliance for the win at the moment. But it also helps that several things that folks have said they would help with, but kept delaying on, will get done.

Although... if I was truly, fully in malicious mode, I'd do some raise tire garden beds. Painted, of course, so they'd look "pretty". Right at the edge of the yard so that they'd help with the "need a fence" issue. And keep various poor drivers on the road instead of on the edge of my lawn. And reduce my mowing area.

 

[Wildwood]

We also save seed....snow peas, green beans and butter bean seed..
Also tomatoes..but too many different types for saving this year and pepper
This year we have a few very odd things happen with purchased seed... Got sweet dumpling winter squash seed from Annie's seed..from the same package have both sweet dumplings and acorn growing..???
Some tomatoes.heirlooms.we started from seed are growing different than they should..very strange year..
We are testing different heirlooms and different areas in the garden as we doubled the size last year and doubled again this year to pick just one variety to use...we are already planning an extension for next year..and planning to plant more red raspberry and asparagus...

The old man who taught me years ago ....grew one tomato one corn one pepper one green bean one butter bean..and so forth...and saved his seed.... he was born in the 1800's and had a wife and children when the depression hit....he hired a farm hand left the farm and found work every day and sent the money home to his wife...they were the most skilled and amazing people I have ever know...

Last year I found some butter bean seed that we had saved ago 15 years ago...we sprouted it..... all but one sprouted and planted it...got a ton of beans from them it just kept at room temp in the house and dry... nothing special.

My Early Prolific Straight Neck Squash seeds from Baker Creek produced cross pollinated squash. Too bad I bought several packs at the same time. I've bought them there for years because I wanted to be able to grow winter squash in the same garden and not worry about cross pollination so I'd always have a couple years worth of seeds in case TSHTF. If TSHTF, that would be the only squash I'd grow in that garden so I could seed save.

I have extensive knowledge of cross pollination with that squash lol. One year I was late getting them started and I had a ton of it come up volunteer in my compost pile. I tried to resist transferring them to my garden but they were the healthiest, most beautiful squash plants I'd ever seen so I gave in. They survived transplant and produced a huge abundance in about five different shapes. I canned a ton of it but it wasn't as good for frying which is how we like it best.

The squash I got this year were much the same with an extra twist. The stems would shatter at the slightest movement. They were very brittle. Even the main stems were prone to do that. They produced ok but the taste, while ok, wasn't as good as usual. They were more resistant to the borers though because they produced so many branches and if one died, the others would carry on. Also, the leaves were slightly different. I would think it was possible they had the wrong variety in the envelope but each plant produced a slightly different shape and texture squash.

One of the homesteading channels I occasionally watch on YT grew a variety of tomatoes in the same garden. I was shocked when they announced one day, they saved a certain variety of seeds for BC. There's no way those weren't crossed unless they had a garden at a different location that never showed up in their videos...which could be possible.

 

[kyrsyan]

Got the "time to fill" email for my son from the pharmacy. This time I called immediately. Sure enough, out of stock, must be ordered for his seizure med. Ugh.

Got out and fixed the cucumbers' trellis this morning. The winds in the last few storms laid them over. There's a pile of cucs set aside for a friend's chickens. There's another pile I'm trying to rehome. But if they don't get a new home they'll become tzasiki.

And this is after sending a big bag home with my brother last night.

BTW, a simple eggplant/summer squash/zucchini recipe- bit sized chunks, a goodly amount of your favorite seasonings, coat in oil (I used avocado), and bake at 350 for a half hour. Even son ate it all.

I'm going to eat breakfast. And then go pick tomatoes. It's time for ketchup. Although... I still have cherries. So tomatoes may be this evening.

 

[summerthyme]

My Early Prolific Straight Neck Squash seeds from Baker Creek produced cross pollinated squash. Too bad I bought several packs at the same time. I've bought them there for years because I wanted to be able to grow winter squash in the same garden and not worry about cross pollination so I'd always have a couple years worth of seeds in case TSHTF. If TSHTF, that would be the only squash I'd grow in that garden so I could seed save.

I have extensive knowledge of cross pollination with that squash lol. One year I was late getting them started and I had a ton of it come up volunteer in my compost pile. I tried to resist transferring them to my garden but they were the healthiest, most beautiful squash plants I'd ever seen so I gave in. They survived transplant and produced a huge abundance in about five different shapes. I canned a ton of it but it wasn't as good for frying which is how we like it best.

The squash I got this year were much the same with an extra twist. The stems would shatter at the slightest movement. They were very brittle. Even the main stems were prone to do that. They produced ok but the taste, while ok, wasn't as good as usual. They were more resistant to the borers though because they produced so many branches and if one died, the others would carry on. Also, the leaves were slightly different. I would think it was possible they had the wrong variety in the envelope but each plant produced a slightly different shape and texture squash.

One of the homesteading channels I occasionally watch on YT grew a variety of tomatoes in the same garden. I was shocked when they announced one day, they saved a certain variety of seeds for BC. There's no way those weren't crossed unless they had a garden at a different location that never showed up in their videos...which could be possible.

I've grown tomatoes without crossing in the same garden for years... I grow each variety in groups, interspersed with at least 10 feet of other plants. However, I sure wouldn't do it if I were selling the seeds to a seed house!

If you can, I'd take plenty of pics of your "diversified " plants and fruits, and send them to Baker Creek. I would think theyd want to know, especially if they are contracting seed production to small, non professional growers!

Summerthyme

 

[hd5574]

I have been growing straight neck yellow squash but think I am going back to the old tried and true crooked neck yellow..not sure but I think it is an older variety

 

[SouthernBreeze]

I have been growing straight neck yellow squash but think I am going back to the old tried and true crooked neck yellow..not sure but I think it is an older variety

We tried the straight neck this year, and I'm going back to crooked neck, too. To us, it tastes better.

 

[moldy]

Oh my yall.....such a good day! Im on my phine will have to give details later, but oh, my!!!

 

[Wildwood]

I've grown tomatoes without crossing in the same garden for years... I grow each variety in groups, interspersed with at least 10 feet of other plants. However, I sure wouldn't do it if I were selling the seeds to a seed house!

If you can, I'd take plenty of pics of your "diversified " plants and fruits, and send them to Baker Creek. I would think theyd want to know, especially if they are contracting seed production to small, non professional growers!

Summerthyme

I've canned most of them and they are about spent in this relentless heat. There were also a lot of fasciated blooms and squash with one of the shapes. It did worry me when the leaves first formed and they didn't look exactly right so I convinced myself I was imagining it. This is not my first issue with them and I'm not alone. Germination rates have been an issue from day one. Going forward, I'll only order from them what I can't get elsewhere. I've had good luck with MIgardner's seeds as far as germination and plant quality.

The way my garden is set up, I can't really get my tomato groups far enough apart so I also keep a good supply of those seeds too but I have experimented with seed saving from plants grown in close proximity to other varieties and they have stayed pretty true. If TSHTF, I'd pare down to a few of varieties. I just like to have fun trying different ones. I would stick to Cherokee Purple, Trip-L-Crop and Amish Paste and I'd have no problem keeping them separated for seed saving.

I don't think I've ever seen anything as bad about cross pollinating as squash.

 

[Wildwood]

I've grown tomatoes without crossing in the same garden for years... I grow each variety in groups, interspersed with at least 10 feet of other plants. However, I sure wouldn't do it if I were selling the seeds to a seed house!

If you can, I'd take plenty of pics of your "diversified " plants and fruits, and send them to Baker Creek. I would think theyd want to know, especially if they are contracting seed production to small, non professional growers!

Summerthyme

I forgot to mention...they weren't exactly small, non-professional growers. That's why I was shocked. They may be growing their BC stuff at another location but it did get my attention.

 

[aviax2]

We’ve gotten several inches of much needed rain the past several days. Hopefully the pastures and hayfield will make it.

DH bought some pullets yesterday that are just at the age to start laying, got our first egg today! We’ve been buying some of the cage free eggs the past few months and although they’re better than the cheaper eggs, they’re still nothing like fresh eggs from your own chickens. Fingers crossed we can get the new coop, that will be closer to our house and a better outside run set up, soon. The 4-H chick chain sale came around several weeks earlier this year than usual caught us unaware and we didn’t want to miss out, so we’ll have to take extra precautions over at the old henhouse for the time being.

I‘ve spent time in the kitchen today helping DH to start a double batch of his beloved taco soup. His freezer supply is gone so this will be both supper tonight and refilling the freezer for him. I also mixed up 3 lbs of ground beef into meatloaf for a very belated birthday dinner for DSonIL tomorrow and another lb into hamburger steaks for those that don’t like meatloaf ( DD2 and the grands, weirdo’s LOL). I made enough for one large loaf for the meal and two smaller loaves for son-in-law and DD1 to put in the freezer for another time. We just bought a cheesecake for dessert so that and having the meat ready to go in the oven will give me more time in the morning to get the sides made.

@summerthyme Happy Birthday to your husband! I hope and pray all goes well with the party, sounds like a lot of great food.

 

[moldy]

Ok - for my novel:
Monday we had a flash flood. We live on a creek (house is up pretty high) and as such, the feds will not let us clean out the creek as it is a waterway. Not much of one - more like a swamp, because the cat tails are so high, along with other vegetation. It went thru during the night, I can't even tell you how wide it was, but on the opposite side of the creek from the house, the water was up 2 strands on the barbed wire fence and it completely flooded our back field (about 35 acres). The force of the water tore down the entire north side of the fence. thankfully the cows knew enough to get out of the way. One of our camping sites lost a dock (the water moved it, but didn't tear it apart) and had about 2 feet of water in the portapotty. Thankfully we had just cleaned it, so the damage was minimal and no sewage was released.

It sounds bad, and it is, but it is fixable. The rest of the work week was meh.

Today, a friend that does cleanouts called (think like what Winn and Edie do - LOL, Kathy!). I swear the most amazing house I have ever seen! In town, or I'd try to scoop it up! Built in the 30s maybe - full brick with tons of built ins, original woodwork, SOOOOO much storage space!

Anyhow, today I picked up cookbooks, 3 blenders, a bunch of gallon glass jars with lids, and a ton of linens and fabric. The guy told me he had just thrown out a box of Italian silk yesterday. Sigh. Anyhow.... tomorrow I am going back for books (I will probably donate to a local book store) and a bunch of quality women's clothing. I doubt much is my size (I'm like a skinny 8 now with no butt - if I shook my booty, it would sound like I was clapping!), so it will get donated to the homeless shelter or a nursing home. All Free!!! My favorite price.

I got home and was able to do some painting and mix up an herbal formula for a friend. Today has been awesome!

 

[moldy]

Oh, my. The linens..... damask tablecloths, percale sheets, probably 7 sets of hand embroidered tea towels.... and they were all headed for the dump.

 

[anna43]

So glad you were able to rescue all those wonderful items. I do not understand why people throw away instead of donating!

It is raining and has been since around 9:00 p.m. -- it's not 10:55 p.m. It's supposed to continue through a 10:00 a.m. then stop for a couple hours and then continue through Sunday night. No warnings here but tornado warnings and severe storm warnings west of me earlier this evening. I think there are still warnings in Nebraska. Just hope they don't move through here while its dark. We desperately need the rain. In fact, I was thinking if we did not get rain today, I would lose most everything. It has not been a profitable gardening season, but I am thankful for the harvest I've gotten.

I spent a couple hours this morning filling in holes resulting from the tree removal. This rain should hopefully revive the grass that the big equipment crushed. I am going to need fill dirt for the hole where the tree just west of the house was removed and the stump ground. The east stump is in the hedge so will ignore that one. The hackberry tree was way worse that we'd thought, and we'd thought it was bad!! They almost lost it when they notched the large stump. It was rotted/pithy completely through the center and the north half of the tree. There is no doubt it would have come down on its own soon. No worries for me about that stump as it is on neighbor's property, but I did fill in the hole as best I could.

I was able to put my clothesline back up. Amazing what WD-40 will do for a rusty bolt. I hung out a load of clothes this a.m., but brought them back in an hour later because the humidity was so high I knew they wouldn't dry.

 

[nomifyle]

Oh, my. The linens..... damask tablecloths, percale sheets, probably 7 sets of hand embroidered tea towels.... and they were all headed for the dump.

Very few people these days appreciate beautiful things anymore.

 

[Wildwood]

Very few people these days appreciate beautiful things anymore.

Most people can't afford them. I sell a lot of linens in my booth when I can get them and resell at a good price.

 

[moldy]

So, I"ll ask on here. Where could I sell vintage clothing? There was also a ton of clothing, stored really well, from the 80s.

 

[kyrsyan]

I love the old tablecloths, and napkins, and handkerchiefs. Any of the old linens. Whenever I find them at sales and thrifts, I grab them. They are beautiful and nothing today is made like them.

 

[anna43]

I once benefited from two houses having to be cleared. Neighbor had to clear both her mother and mother-in-law's homes after both passed within a couple months of each other. No fancy linens but lots of tea towels many made from original feed sack fabrics. Most had not been used. Well, I've worn them all out and one last piece is still in my rag bag which serves are a reminder of that gift. BTW that feed sack fabric made the absolute best tea towels I've ever owned.

Our lovely rain was supposed to continue through Sunday afternoon and evening but did not. Just west of us they got 3" and I'm guessing we got maybe an inch. I watched the radar showing the rain approaching and just north of us it spit with us getting nothing. This has happened repeatedly over the last couple of years. At least we got what we did and for that I'm thankful.

Today I washed the living room, laundry room, office and dining room curtains. The dining room curtains need replaced, but I used a trick I learned many years ago -- I starched the heck out of them and ironed them. They aren't back up yet as I need a second person to help. The living room I did without a problem, but the rest requires help. I washed the dining room window inside and when someone is here, I'll get on a ladder and clean the outside of the storm window and the living room windows. The only way to clean the outsides of the inside windows is to take them out which I cannot do. They are heavy wooden and thermopane and big so way more than an old lady can manage. Also, the frames the windows set in are plastic and I'm afraid it will break if they are taken out. I'd much prefer dirty windows to NO windows!!

I also spend several hours continuing my pantry cleaning in the basement. Those shelves were dirty!! I started next to the sink and am moving around the room in a circle. I had a lot of old flour that I'm discarding so have empty spots on the shelves. No point taking up space with outdated stuff. Rearranged containers so I now have 10 or so empty buckets or tins. Also, a large tote has been emptied and all have been washed and dried. I must have made a dozen trips up and down the stairs today and just remembered I went down for a bottle of vitamins which are still downstairs! All that cleaning and my right hand is in serious pain tonight. I'm hoping to continue tomorrow but may need to take a day off.

 

[spinner]

I have boxes of lovely old linens that I bought when I was selling antiques. I used to sell so many and I would love to sell them, but no one near me wants them anymore. There are sheet and pillowcase sets, towels, laces, tablecloths, napkins, doilys, red work and much more. I sold a few last year, but no one is interested in lovely hand work.

I am drying herbs now. Yesterday I vacuum sealed small jars of rosemary, summer savory, thyme, and oregano. I have sage in the dehydrator now and I will do parsley, mint, dill, celery leaves, chives and more of the first ones. If the nettles are small I will dry some of them, too. I also like to dry some horehound and lungwort for just in case.

I am off to the farmer's market this morning to get vegetables for the week. My garden is so slow this year, it is just too wet.

 

[Digger]

My eye appointment went good. No sign of any problems.The dr asked my age again because he is not seeing even the beginning of cataracts. So at least part of my body is doing well for my age. My prescription hasn't changed. I did go ahead and order a new pair of glasses. The ones I work in are getting pretty rough looking. They are for home wearing only.

While in town, my sister had a flat on her car. The tire had to be replaced but the tire shop didn't have one. So we got one in the local town and ran it too her. She was just one town over. She even made it to work on time. She drives a little car with those low profile tires. They don't take pot holes or curbs well at all.

Our daughter found out yesterday that she is being laid off. They told her that there were some other jobs within the company and to apply for them. Thank God her house payment is very small. The house is too small for them and 2 kids, but the payment is just $312 a month and that includes taxes and insurance. It is possible that they can make it on son in laws paycheck alone. She has to rework the budget and see.

My truck is going to need a trip to the shop and it's not going to be cheap. But it's a great old truck so we are not getting rid of it. It's a diesel and 21 years old. But it still has a lot of years left in it. Repairs are so much cheaper than a payment.

Today is the day we get grandkids. We are expecting scattered thunderstorms this evening. Since they are just scattered hopefully our daughter won't have to drive in any storms picking the kids up and getting back home.

Hopefully today is less eventful. SB, great news on your eye situation. We will keep praying for more improvement. Everyone take care and have a good day.

 

[Marseydoats]

So, I"ll ask on here. Where could I sell vintage clothing? There was also a ton of clothing, stored really well, from the 80s.

A lot of folks sell vintage things on etsy, as well as ebay. I like to look, but most of it is priced well above my budget.
I did luck out and get a few of those sleeveless pearl button snap western shirts that I like.

 

[moldy]

Looking at ebay....i did the math, and for a $20 item, etsy takes fees where you would bring in about $12.50. I think thats too much trouble for only what...60% return. I'm also looking at consignment stores in a big city, but their return (what i've seen so far) is about 30% of their selling price (what they would pay me for the item)

 

[anna43]

Moldy, maybe donate it and take a tax credit. Even if a tax credit wouldn't benefit you donating would get rid of it without using the dumpster. Two of the thrift shops I frequent have linens, one does not.

 

[moldy]

That's what may end up happening, with some going to the local nursing home if they will take them.

 

[kyrsyan]

Put pictures uo. Some of us might be interested.

 

[connie]

I have kept some old linens and gotten rid of others.
My favorite is rework though I only have one piece.

 

[nomifyle]

I only kept some handerchifs of my mother's, she loved pretty ones. I lived in a camper and had little space for much else. However, I did kind of inherit some things from DH's deceased wife, her tastes were similiar to my mothers. Connie has some nice things that none of her children wanted. One thing I use every day is here tupperware salt and pepper shakers, the large ones. I often thank her when I use something of hers.