Text 34222, 107 rader
Skriven 2013-02-28 12:39:00 av Nancy Backus (64404.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 34183 av JANIS KRACHT (1:261/38)
Ärende: Re: idiosyncrasy 141
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 02-27-13  22:05 <=-

 >> Heh.. really.. there is only one twisty, windy road in to Ithaca, and
 >> in extreme weather I can understand how deliveries might be slow.
 > Depends on how you are looking at it... I can think of at least three
 > different routes into Ithaca, one past your house coming from

 JK> True.. You're right of course. My brain was stuck on "Windsor ->
 JK> Ithaca"  

I figured as much...  (G)

 JK> probably because we've got to get over to Windsor to check the
 JK> snow/shoveling  situation (G)  Over here, we did have some ice last
 JK> night on the steps, etc.  (probably Murphy was watching me type that we
 JK> don't get ice (laugh)) but our  driveway was fine.  I didn't check
 JK> Windsor's weather though typically it's  similar to Ithaca's...

Similar enough anyway... unless they had more melting so less snow to
stick around, being a bit further south...   Makes sense that would
color your mental map... (G)

 > Binghamton, another coming up from Elmira area (from Rt 17 or whatever
 > the new I- number is), and the other coming in from the northwest...
 > having been on all three routes...  But, I can't argue the twisty, windy
 > as all three have aspects of that... (G)

 JK> Yes, they do.. maybe from Cortland isn't so twisty, but it's been a
 JK> while since  I've been on that road.

That's a fourth way in... didn't think of that one... ;)

 JK> Yeah.. Ron went to another closer food store tonight to pick up some
 JK> needed  supplies for tonight's dinner.. mushrooms and fish were very
 JK> fresh.  That was  nice since it's closer than Wegman's and a bit
 JK> cheaper as well.  My daughter  said the store she shops at is cheaper
 JK> still.. I forget the name right now, but  I figure to check it out as
 JK> well. Could be handy. 

Might not have everything you'd need, but if they are consistently good,
and are closer, that counts for a lot... :)

 >> I remember the Wegmans in Binghamton surely having large amounts of
 >> "local farm" produce in the spring and summer, for sure.  I'm curious
 >> to see how much this Wegman's in Ithaca will have.
 > You'll have to remember to check it out come growing season... ;)

 JK> Yeah, unless some other store catches my interest then Lol  There are
 JK> a number  of them, naturally.

Probably useful information anyway... 

 JK> co-op stuff...
 > It's good that it's that flexible.  :)   It might still be more than I'd
 > be able to use within a reasonable amount of time... but then I'm only
 > feeding two normally...

 JK> Understand what you mean.. I try to cook for my daughter's family as
 JK> often as is feasible to try to take some of the load off her.. her

Understandable... 

 JK> schedule is  incredible as you can imagine with her working, and three
 JK> active boys and the  running around necessary for them.  Tomorrow for
 JK> instance she's got to get up  at 4:00AM to bring her oldest to the
 JK> "Code Red" team Ithaca HS robotics  competition.. their team has won a
 JK> number of prestigious awards in previous  years..  It's a typical day
 JK> for her, really, with her working at her normal  job, plus at Greenstar
 JK> a couple of hours  so she gets a massive discount on  food there..
 
That IS a crazy schedule... :)  With three active boys, she needs that
massive discount, too... ;)

 > Less than a month now... :)

 JK> Yes, finally :)  What you do is have the ground ready by preparing it
 JK> in the  fall.. then around St. Patrick's day you can just push the pea
 JK> seads in the  ground through the snow.. It's something I read about a
 JK> long time ago in one of  the PBS Victory Garden books when I put in my
 JK> very first garden. 

Neat.  :)

 JK> I haven't had need for a greenhouse since I started gardening, or even
 JK> a cold  frame.. Those are extras that would be nice to have if one had
 JK> time to do it  though.. not to mention $$ for the greenhouse (g).  The
 JK> cold frame would be  used to start early plantings for early spring
 JK> crops and fall crops ( it's like  a small greenhouse.. you can use old
 JK> windows in their frames to make it)

I was thinking more along the lines of a cold frame (or a jerry-rigged
greenhouse similarly) than a pricey greenhouse... :)

 JK> but  these days, places like Agway
 JK> sell seedlings for broccolli, lettuce, cabbage so  cheaply that it's
 JK> easy to just buy some trays and transplant them :) 
 JK> Less work.. that's good :)

True, that...  :) 

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