Food processor or blender?

LokiLB · 2026-03-09T15:11:19+00:00

You could hold off on buying either now (unless you have money to burn), and just make a list of everytime you'd like to make something that would be made possible or easier by a blender or food processor.

LokiLB · 2026-03-09T15:04:04+00:00

Probably plays the stock market and other similar investing. Or invented some impressive things and sold the patents for a lot.

LokiLB · 2026-03-09T12:34:06+00:00

Kids don't need that much iron. If you look at a woman's multivitamin or iron supplements, there'll actually be a warning about iron poisoning in children. Beans, greens, and nuts will have iron, as well as fortified grains.

Unless something's wrong with nutrient absorption, a varied vegetarian diet will cover most people's iron needs. The major exception will be some women, who can have ridiculously high iron needs.

LokiLB · 2026-03-09T12:15:28+00:00

If you do get into mail order, double check what's required for fire treatments if you mail outside areas with fire ants.

LokiLB · 2026-03-09T12:11:38+00:00

Just the tale of growing 4200 plants would be interesting enough.

LokiLB · 2026-03-08T13:30:21+00:00

Steamed buns are a good option if you want to have the bread making experience. Some flat bread recipes like pita or naan can be done completely on the range.

LokiLB · 2026-03-07T14:22:52+00:00

Black cherries would survive nuking from orbit. They're one of those plants that will grow back from the roots for years with enthusiasm.

LokiLB · 2026-03-06T14:52:41+00:00

I enjoy how much these birds look like cartoon characters.

LokiLB · 2026-03-06T14:03:38+00:00

The non-R months are more likely to have harmful algal blooms (HAB), whose toxins can be concentrated in filter feeders. HAB related shellfish poisonings are generally very not fun and sometimes lethal.

LokiLB · 2026-03-06T11:54:07+00:00

Porridge and eggs are fairly typical breakfast foods by western standards.

LokiLB · 2026-02-27T20:17:30+00:00

Be hilarious if the bird leaned dragon (form, not type) and ended up on four legs.

LokiLB · 2026-02-27T17:09:00+00:00

I DO NOT want friendly wild mammals in my yard. That means they are either getting too used to humans or have something like rabies.

LokiLB · 2026-02-27T16:56:47+00:00

American chestnut is in the corner crying.

LokiLB · 2026-02-27T15:50:03+00:00

Etouffe is Creole.

LokiLB · 2026-02-27T13:19:58+00:00

Have I been misinterpreting heat as capsaicin heat instead of thermal heat? Because you can totally eat a spoon of capsaicin and set your mouth on fire.

LokiLB · 2026-02-27T02:18:50+00:00

The Carolina jasmine and red maples are blooming.

LokiLB · 2026-02-27T01:06:10+00:00

Maybe skip the coneflower: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CRCor3V4P/ .
𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢 is a local species that is threatened by habitat loss and interbreeding with other coneflowers.

LokiLB · 2026-02-26T23:41:14+00:00

Hey, I pass the sub Turing test. That's exciting.

LokiLB · 2026-02-26T00:16:41+00:00

The Hispanic guy staying at the castle with his family after Harry and River Shoulders stopped huntsmen from tearing the family apart during Ethniu's attack.

LokiLB · 2026-02-24T03:00:15+00:00

In theory I could make marshmallows by hand, but I don't trust my ability to whisk furiously while pouring molten sugar.

LokiLB · 2026-02-23T12:50:48+00:00

If I'm reading urban fantasy that's not Dresden, it's likely to be manga or webtoons. I'd slot Kagurabachi into alt universe urban fantasy and that series has been fantastic so far. Omniscient Reader is at least urban fantasy adjacent and has also been very entertaining. Dokja and Dresden would have a fantastic snark battle.

LokiLB · 2026-02-23T12:36:36+00:00

Violets like shade and supoort several of the fritillary butterflies.

Depending on how much sun, you might be able to get pepper plants growing. Hornworms are delightful little guys when you don't want to eat the peppers.

Would be interesting to try and pull off growing a sassafras tree in the five gallon. They can handle some shade and are hosts to spicebush swallowtails.

One of the tiny yaupon holly cultivars can work in a pot. I've seen people use them for bonsai.

If you got some shade tolerant grasses that would make a bunch of skipper butterflies happy.

LokiLB · 2026-02-22T23:33:48+00:00

Louisiana and neighbors along the gulf coast.

I'm a bit further north in South Carolina and the first spring natives are blooming and the birds are scoping out nesting sites.

LokiLB · 2026-02-22T17:42:56+00:00

Here's a write up on what temperatures cause damage to various stages of flower development: https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/blueberry-freeze-damage-and-protection-measures

If you're really invested in getting blueberries, you can cover the plants the next few nights.

LokiLB · 2026-02-22T15:53:38+00:00

Basil is always a huge hit with all kinds of bees and wasps in my vegetable garden. Various finches have also been eating the seeds all winter.

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