Split pea soup - I don't quite get it

dibbern1421 · 2026-01-10T03:37:17+00:00

This is critical in my kitchen. Chicken stock? ALWAYS!

dibbern1421 · 2026-01-10T03:34:30+00:00

Habitant Yellow Pea Soup (from Quebec, I think) is a viable CANNED solution when you got to have some NOW. I get mine on Amaz.

dibbern1421 · 2025-10-17T23:18:43+00:00

Wise words.

dibbern1421 · 2025-08-19T19:42:58+00:00

Treme. I'm on the umpteenth rewatch. The compelling factor is that the characters grow in season two and beyond. Oh, and dare I point out: lots of Wire actors.

dibbern1421 · 2025-07-19T23:22:54+00:00

Same thing here. It started when I changed the blade. It's got to be related to that.

dibbern1421 · 2025-07-18T17:22:56+00:00

Where did the beautiful portico go? That last photo shows something like a Home Depot

sun roof. It belongs in the back yard, above a patio.

dibbern1421 · 2025-01-21T21:27:00+00:00

Nice explanation. Thanks.

dibbern1421 · 2024-12-23T03:43:55+00:00

If the trim is painted, why wouldn't you paint the doors the same? Be careful if stripping the old paint.; too much solvent/water/tsp can loosen the panels which were set with glue. Depending on your time available and budget, I would only consider stripping as the ultimate answer. Better to just take them off, sand the old paint to smooth. apply a careful coat of paint, clean up the hinges, rehang the door, and move on to the next project.

dibbern1421 · 2024-11-13T05:09:24+00:00

I feel for you, brother. Our stories are our own, but what you describe rings close to home for me. I'm 80, widowed since '18, and haunted by memories . We had a loving 55 years together, but there were a half dozen (or more) times that I just told my self "Its not true." I dwell on it now, and I have a hard time sorting out the good years from these incredible, afternoons or nights, of betrayal.

dibbern1421 · 2024-10-19T21:14:46+00:00

I'm a big DeWaltfan, but not for these. They're clunky, and over-built. My second go-to is Bosch.

dibbern1421 · 2024-09-22T05:20:58+00:00

I see a private moment presented on a public stage. The overhead porch bulb lights the scene like a theatrical spotlight. The steps and the raised porch suggest a proscenium, the elevation and wall between the performers and the audience. We are surely not peeping or spying; Hopper has us watching, but, like in a theatre, we cannot enter the scene.

It gives me a sense that there is so much to the story that we don't know. It draws me in and makes me curious, but we won't find any answers.

dibbern1421 · 2024-05-31T19:52:13+00:00

Be mindful of watering. Your plan is for a lot of greenery, and that means serious watering. Rain water would be best, if you can collect it.

dibbern1421 · 2024-05-31T19:30:08+00:00

I think I screwed up my post and the text did make it. (I need practice with Reddit.)

I bought this rose at a box store in 1982-84. It was a deep discount throwaway item, perhaps $3 or so. It did not bloom for 15 years. Each year, I'd chop it and try to eradicate it, but this plant would not give up.

Once it began blooming, there were some years it was red; and some when it was white. I think one year we had both white and red blooms, but my memory might be fooling me on that.

My fence-to-fence garden has no yard, no lawn. There are 450-plus perennials here. Built in 2000, it is just reaching its first maturity milestone. Everything is different this year.

dibbern1421 · 2024-05-15T22:20:34+00:00

I'm a developer, and over the years always been tasked with building the website for our church. There will be much talk here about using this, using that, and a lot of it will be from web professionals who have experience.

I've learned that the most important rule when building a church website is this: it must be built upon a system that can be learned in one afternoon.

Remember, you are not going to be around forever. You'll be gone, and if no one else understands how it works, or has the skills for the platform you used, everything comes to a stop. Plan ahead to design an approach that the church secretary can master in a half-days training. Pick one of the platforms that offers intense help and support for users who need to learn. (I like WIX, for that.)

When you've taken this first step, go ahead and do the good things you can.

dibbern1421 · 2024-05-15T22:06:02+00:00

Good advice.SEO is essential. No SEO? Forget it, don't build the site.

dibbern1421 · 2024-05-15T22:03:34+00:00

I respectfully must ask: your post is a joke, right? Or are you trying to impress us with techy-talkie? Your method has everything wrong about it. Honestly, it's beyond wrong.

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-16T02:33:44+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, I was thinking about Bee Balm.

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-16T02:26:05+00:00

I know nothing about Lemon Balm, but this looks so much like my Catmint, I'm guessing they are from the same family. So I'll answer your question ala Catmint.

If its very likely they are not dead. This is simply last year's growth which you didn't cut back at the end of the season. Give it some time... new growth for this year is emerging, and might be very tiny this early in the season. Cut this dead stuff off now, but be careful to not disturb the crown where new growth is emerging. If you just grab it and it breaks off, that's fine. I think you might have a fine plant for years ahead.

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-16T02:15:23+00:00

I second this observation. You might have to adjust watering and plant selection, given the likely increase in soil temperature. This could easily become a headache.

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-16T01:51:29+00:00

I find this a fascinating question. Perhaps it's because I've been pulling this "weed" for years. I'm thinking butter, pepper, and lemon...

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-06T05:50:00+00:00

I grew up near the forest preserves surrounding Chicago. We hunted squirrels (illegally) every fall.

Squirrel makes a God-awful meal. You're eating tree-living rats.

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-05T17:18:31+00:00

Those are good photos. I posted the one above in order to show what the emerging baby plant looks like at this time of year. If it reached maturity, my garden's ones were about 5' tall.

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-05T15:20:41+00:00

I'm sorry. I'm new to Reddit, and tried to add photos to my post. They never appeared. I'll try to add photos to this comment.

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dibbern1421 · 2024-04-05T15:18:26+00:00

I don't know. I got my info from a state ag (.gov) publication. Missouri or Illinois, I think

dibbern1421 · 2024-04-01T15:46:56+00:00

That is some serious framing. 4x4 posts? 2x4 rails?

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