I don’t understand why the US hasn’t bought into induction stoves. They have all the benefits of gas with none of the downsides. Heat up exponentially quicker, completely even heating, ability to quickly and accurately dial in any temperature desired, and my wife’s favorite part easy to clean and don’t remain hot for…

One of my favorite YouTuber’s did a video on how gas stoves are not only bad for you, but for the environment as well:

Whilst we never had gas at home for cooking, we had standard electric elements, which took a while to heat up, change temperature, and were not very efficient. We just replaced that with an induction stove top, and it is offering all the benefits of gas (quick heat up, change of temp, efficiency), with the bonus of…

Spent most of my life cooking on gas ranges. Moved to current home, ceramic electric and attendant frustrations, as you know. In 2017 I got a Bosch induction range. After about six months of cooking, it all made sense. The newer ones allow for exact temperature control; on mine I have to guess. The turbo boost for…

Aha! Gotcha. Yeah, in New England they are fall foods. Enjoy them for those of us up north!

If you overwintered them, they’re ready in Spring (in 8b)

Several years ago, we heard a terrible screeching cry out our front door. Ran outside to investigate, and found a little fledgling Downy woodpecker with a toe caught in the strap around a downspout. We got him loose easily. He held onto my shirt for a minute or so, then flew over to the tree next door. Followed by its…

Lots of trees and bird friendly areas but I have one large tree on the property which has split and the woodpeckers (Lots of Acorn woodpeckers, but I have several types on my property and all use my suet feeders regularly) love the dying half of the tree. It makes a lot of noise when they are hammering but they don’t…

There are a huge number of solder joints in an LED bulb. A small crack can open up and prevent the electricity from flowing if the substrate/circuit board has an increase in temperature. Each time that happens the solder joint fracture gets a little damage and the temperature tolerance will get worse until it no…

There are two main killers in LEDs. (OK, maybe 3).

I’ve had one LED bulb start to flicker in a fixture with multiple identical bulbs, but by the time I go to change it, it’s stopped as if it fixed itself. Then months later it will start doing it again. Maybe an internal circuit or the electrical contact with the center post in the fixture is tenuous, and temperature…

I also use a flashlight and aim the beam along the surface of the floor. Tiny shards will catch the light and cast a shadow and stand out against a flat floor. Sometimes it helps to turn off other lights in the room to really see every tiny shard caught by the flashlight. Then the damp paper towel treatment...

I like how we cram chickens on top of each other by the thousands like some sort of avian ball pit, then I’m the bad guy for a bird feeder.

No. 1000% No. This is bad information.

Jeez, people, just get a good Android phone for under $200 like the rest of the world does and save yourselves a lot of grief...

It’s the little House Sparrow’s around here that do that. I’ve even seen them jump up behind the grill, to get to the radiator.

I use peppermint oil (diluted) that we spray near all prior ant areas and it works brilliantly. It also works on spiders, mosquitos, and just about every other tiny unwanted visitor. It doesn’t work against kids, though - even with a direct application.

Hardly, they are some of the greatest recyclers ever. They reuse policy and laws from the 1950's and before like nobody’s business.

I had pretty much ignored pepper jelly after buying a jar of underwhelming Tabasco pepper jelly, and then my uncle towed a jar of this stuff up with him when he visited for last year’s Christmas dinner with the family. Honestly, the pepper jelly biscuits were the best part about that dinner, because for as good as…

especially now when you can order via an app and have it waiting inside the door instead of going thru a drive-thru.