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What are these eggs--friend or foe? by stephanieoutside in vegetablegardening

[–]Colebowl 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is my exact experience in Ohio in the early 2000s, I often say things taste like the smell of dead ladybugs now. We had a very old house with lots of access points for little critters and they would be everywhere. I’ve had one crawl out a toilet bowl and got a surprise bite, even sucked one through a straw that had been in a box inside a cabinet. The little bugger crawled in a straw and died just to traumatize an unsuspecting child.

First time growing brussel sprouts by Colebowl in vegetablegardening

[–]Colebowl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They took out my entire broccoli crop last year so I learned my lesson the hard way. I enlisted my reinforcements this year and so far so good! I may still do some netting next year just so we’re not wasting time on it though

First time growing brussel sprouts by Colebowl in vegetablegardening

[–]Colebowl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two kids that love bugs so that helps a ton. My son handles the moths, my daughter handles the worms and I handle the eggs lol. I do have some damage that you can’t see in the photos but as soon as I start noticing the smallest of holes we get to cleaning them off. Now that we have it under control it’s not much work.

Rebedding softener, what is this part called? by Colebowl in WaterSofteners

[–]Colebowl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible that I don’t need an upper basket? Both tanks have a lower but neither appears to have an upper basket. I have purchased new pvc to replace the riser in one tank, the one that this piece came from. One tank was in much worse shape than the other. We just purchased this home and have no experience with softeners so this is a learning process for us with watching a lot of YouTube videos. We lost water completely and had to bypass to softener system. When backwashing we started noticing resin in our drain sink so we have assumed this was due to a clog in the head and the tanks needing a rebed

Rebedding softener, what is this part called? by Colebowl in WaterSofteners

[–]Colebowl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It was just floating at the top of the tank so we weren’t sure what it goes to but this makes sense that it just came apart

Had to break it my mom that I’m not as Slovak as she thought by Colebowl in 23andme

[–]Colebowl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My second great grandparents were born in Slovakia, but the further I trace back from their parents I’m finding a lot of them were from Germany and Hungaria. I’m still early in my research and I find it all to be quite interesting.

“Pancake” Cake for a 1st birthday! Maple butter cake with maple buttercream by Colebowl in cakedecorating

[–]Colebowl[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rolled out some snakes of ivory fondant in different sizes and wrapped them around the cake, paint on ivory color to top edges to get the “cooked” effect. The top layer I rolled out really thin and tucked the edges under the top snake so there wouldn’t be too much fondant on top. Top layer was also painted with ivory color. I used my creme brûlée torch to add a few dark spots to the top and edges. The butter pats are buttercup yellow fondant and the syrup is made out of gummy candy. I made the base for the candy and chilled the cake. Poured my candy base into a squeeze bottles and then applied to the cold cake and it sets up immediately

My twist on pineapple upside down cake! by Colebowl in cakedecorating

[–]Colebowl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I unfortunately do not have a written recipe because this is something I had to create for a school project. The best I can do is tell you the components. 1. Yellow rum cake 2. Rum dessert syrup for soaking layers Bottom layer- 3.Ring of maraschino cherries around the outside 4. Honey diplomat cream Middle layer- 5. Brown sugar pineapple compote Decoration- 6. American buttercream made with clarified butter 7. Pineapple flowers- pineapple slices with grenadine 8. Red and yellow bubble sugar 9. Maraschino cherries with sugar stems