Text 34262, 113 rader
Skriven 2013-03-01 15:11:00 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 34222 av Nancy Backus (64404.cooking)
Ärende: Re: idiosyncrasy 141
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Hi Nancy,

>>> 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

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

> I figured as much...  (G)

Hehe.. we're going there tomorrow to check out the snow (sigh).. and get one of
our 'nother computers that we left there until needed.

>> night on the steps, etc.  (probably Murphy was watching me type that we
>> don't get ice (laugh)) but our  driveway was fine.  I didn't check
>> 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)

It was always colder in Windsor than Bingamton since the city of Binghamton has
more blacktop, pavement, in the city.  So it's probably been about the same as
where we are.. we'll find out tomorrow (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)

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

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

hehe yeah, it is another way in.

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

Agree there.. darn we need to go food shopping tonight.. I'll probably send Ron
with a list :)

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

> Understandable...

And the kids love to use grampy's work computer for games Lol

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

Yes, she does.  It's a good deal.. to bad I'm always so tired or I'd do it too
:)

>> Less than a month now... :)

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

> Neat.  :)

Yep.. doesn't matter if there's snow on the ground.. works really well.

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

Still, it's so cheap to buy the seedlings at agway.. :)  Someday maybe I'll
push for the greenhouse.. who knows.

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

> True, that...  :)

Yeah, I'm curious to see what the Ithaca stores are like, like Agway.. if worse
comes to worse we can make the trip to Binghamton, it's not that terribly far.

Take care,
Janis

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