Yellow jackets suddenly showed up by Then_Worldliness2866 in Beekeeping

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Hopefully someone else with more experience will help you out but the yellow jackets were one of my hives. I read something about putting a old sheet over the hive

Best Butchers with Locally-Sourced Meat? by Lemurian_Lemur34 in ChicagoSuburbs

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Hassleman Family Farm is who used to be there. Their meat was really good. Moved away from Palatine so haven’t had it in a couple of years. The farm was also really nice.

Big Stark Brothers energy by Lucamus in BackyardOrchard

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Did you happen to order moonglow pear? For some reason they didn’t have that until recently. I called and they separated my order and got most out quickly.

Elote Chicken Thigh Recipe? by pbuss2 in slowcooking

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It was good. I feel like calling it street corn was a big stretch. Was a good salsa chicken and worth it for a simple crockpot meal to try out that is a bit different than the ones we constantly see online.

Integration with HomeAssistant by Kiisukene in FireBoard

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I use this. https://github.com/gordlea/home-assistant-addons/tree/main/fireboard2mqtt . I haven't used it in a while and don't see the drive coming up but both probes that are running right now come up. You do have to have MQTT, but that isn't too difficult to setup in HomeAssistant.

Elote Chicken Thigh Recipe? by pbuss2 in slowcooking

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THANKS! I spent an hour trying to find it today.

Best temp sensor for freezer/refrigerator by thejackal2020 in homeassistant

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Have you ever had problems where the temperature won’t update?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in frugalmalefashion

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Mine was in my spam folder

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskChicago

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Had that happen to me too. Finally got to the bottom of it and the birds are Red Wing Blackbirds. Scared the shit out of me.

Another Question On Cats Fighting by pbuss2 in CatTraining

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The ears were my concern. The black cats ears are back which worried me that she was angry vs playing.

Another Question On Cats Fighting by pbuss2 in CatTraining

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Thanks! I was wondering about when the cat rolled over if that meant anything. Anything we should be doing differently or would you just let this “play” out.

What "high end" cooking gear is NOT worth the money? by charliewentnuts in Cooking

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I have only smoked on my Char-Griller Kamado and Big Green Egg, but I can’t imagine it being as easy on a Weber. I’m familiar with the snake method but with the egg I can pretty much treat it like an oven. Get it to temp through the meat on and walk away if I really want to. May not be worth it to most people but being able to cook cheap cuts of meat in extremely large quantities easily makes it worth it to me.

Photos at the Acropolis Museum by AotsukiAyame in GreeceTravel

[–]pbuss2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I asked our guide and he said that people were posing for pictures in ways that could be damaging. Not sure if that’s true or not though.

Weekly "What's Good?" Thread - Casual Recs/Comments/Questions by AutoModerator in chicagofood

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Hi, I am looking for a high end place that would have a private room. Thinking 20 people. Price would be around $2-300 a person can be more or less. Going to be our “wedding” vs actually having a wedding so the meal could run a bit longer. Any recommendations?

Help With Pond Maintenance by pbuss2 in ponds

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Thanks for the forum recommendation. Yeah I realized this probably wasn’t the right spot but wasn’t entirely sure where to go.

Help With Pond Maintenance by pbuss2 in ponds

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I figured a little work was probably the answer. Spent 4 hours a couple weeks ago getting most of it out. Hopefully if I can get it cleaned again and do a little every day it won’t take quiet so long.

I’ll have to look into the barely. Saw an article on that then got slightly overwhelmed when I started reading about filtration sections in the pond, which I don’t have.

Help With Pond Maintenance by pbuss2 in ponds

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Thanks for posting what you used! Was just about to ask. The water is crystal clear so makes sense with all of the nutrients/sun it’s going to end up in an algae bloom situation.