It’s hotter than fish grease in Georgia today. And by in Georgia, I mean inside this damn ghetto shack. For the past few days I’ve dealt with this with by doing nothing. These days it takes a lot to motivate me from getting up off this broken down sofa and actually do something productive. But today I finally hooked up my backup air conditioner. It is a pain in the ass to vent out the window, and it damn near killed me getting it done, but it’s been about half an hour now and the temperature has already gone down three degrees. It took Banjo about ten minutes to plunk himself down right in front of it. So we are feeling better already. I also discovered that this free standing A/C unit has filters that need to be washed, which I did. I was reminded that the filter for the central HVAC that I bought months ago is not helping anything until I put replace it with the nasty HVAC filter up in the attic. I reckon I will do that in a bit.
I have been meaning to ask you guys what temperature you set your AC to in the summer. I’m just curious because some days I am hot and others I am cold at the same temperature. It’s probably THE CRAZY.
The freestanding unit vents directly on to the one semi living tomato plant in the side garden. I picked two tiny yellow sun golds, or something similar while installing the window vent. That’s about all that the side garden is doing. It has been raining cats and dogs here lately which makes the fungi in my soil very happy. Now we are beginning the heat wave portion of the summer.
I have learned a few things this season though. while oregano is still the easiest herb to grow, curly parsley is much more forgiving than flat parsley. I planted one of each in the same pot in the same conditions and the curly varietal is still doing fine while the flat varietal barely survived a week.
My peppers are doing fairly well in pots, but not the ones I tried to grow in the side garden. I am pretty sure my stalker neighbor poisoned the side garden back when he poisoned the flower garden. I’m going to need to stick to container gardening from now on and just let the side garden go to the mint. I am really enjoying my mint this season. In fact when I was fiddling with the window vent on the outside, I picked some for the sweet tea I am drinking now.
I think if I am going to have any really good tomatoes this season, I’m going to have to go the Saturday markets. That would require going to bed before 4 am which never really happens during Big Brother season.
This is an OPEN FORUM for conversation. But PLEASE DO NOT SPOIL ANY TV SHOWS OR MOVIES. Try to avoid that subject altogether. We talk about that stuff enough during the week.
So how are y’all surviving the heat wave? What is happening in your garden?
Fortunately, I have stayed comfortable. I am in my early 50s and have not gone though “The change” yet, so heat does not bother me. My only complaint is my hair vs. the humidity. So far…humidity is winning!
Geez… Who are you telling… I move down to South Carolina two years ago and my hair has never been right since.
It’s 90′ today here in Florida, my a/c is set at 72. I’m also Having problems with my car a/c. We just had a nice rain shower it cooled things off a bit.
Things were just ducky here until huge storms rolled thru the mountains here & lightening hit my central air/heat unit!! Now I’m sweating from the horrible heat as well as anxiety from thinking about the repair/replace bill…eek!
Home owners insurance should cover that. They also will pay for you a new roof if you are missing shingles. It’s considered storm damage. You’re welcome!
The heat sounds very Tennessee Williams. I visualise your ceiling fan, with a hypnotic whirr, while you fan yourself with an ante-bellum fan. I had plants poisoned in my last place, and I left, with cats and an overnight bag. Just what’s crucial. Here I am turning into a mix of Arcadia and fairyland. I’ve ivy everywhere for the Bacchus effect (lovely artificial green/red ivy covering a blank wall outside), floating lace, a huge wishing well outside and an awning and veranda for sundowners of a non-alcoholic variety, alas.Very Blanche DuBois. Indeed. Notice on the door No Cold Callers whatsoever. It doesn’t work.
^This every day and night.
74 for the daytime, 70 at night. The 74 can be uncomfortable if I am cleaning hard or getting cute to go out (hair dryer and curling iron melt me while getting ready). The 70 at night is a compromise, I’d prefer cooler but DH prefers it at 76. After waking up hotter than hell and almost killing him in his sleep a couple of time after he raised the temp while I slept, I moved to another bedroom that’s on a separate unit. He didn’t like that much so now he leaves it at 70 all night. 4 years of stubborn hell of refusing to going hormones, I finally surrendered. The Hormones have made my life somewhat normal again.
Rereading my post. The “cleaning hard” is a bit of a joke, doesn’t happen much.
That is pretty much what I set my house at too if it is in the 100’s and today it is!!!! My air will fight it all day and probably stay at 75/76 depending how many times we go in and out of the house. We will be hiding indoors today as I have a lot of laundry and cleaning to do. House guest are coming tomorrow. 🙂
The air is broken in my house too. We have a portable a/c for the bedroom. Its me, 2 cats, and my French Bulldog in one room! Did I mention its 102 in our town in California? Record Breaking temps – I feel your pain!
Hated living in La two years ago during drought. I was in Torrance and NO One had air conditioning. Plus they sold out of fans in every store within a twenty mile radius. Only plus side was beach was 4 min away.
76 and ceiling fans, 74 when I can’t take it anymore or want to treat myself. These days I am like mole lady, creeping around with all the shades down.
“These days I am like mole lady, creeping around with all the shades down.” LOL Me too! And the family is sick of hearing “turn the lights off!”
I love your mole lady reference!
It’s been really hot in Orange County, California currently 87 at 5:15. My car said 98 earlier, accidentally left a 12 pack of coke in there and walked out to exploded coke cans all over. Our air is set at 77 but we have been running it all day and night lately, with fans. Our electricity bill is going to be through the roof.
I keep it at 68 but don’t really heat. I’m excited to escape to Colorado soon.
So here in Las Vegas we’ve been having excessive heat warning, so anywhere up to 117. Our A/C downstairs I think is 76, the one upstairs 75. Plus a ceiling fan full speed above my head. Saw my bff today, and she said she may join us here. Told her that would be great, TT doesn’t like idiots, so bff would like. 🙂
My free 7days were up today, but in the process of cancelling, I watched for 5 hours. So I’m keeping it. Lol.
Stay cool and enjoy the rest of your night.
Oops, Big Brother live feeds.
Here in Vegas with you Cheryl. I keepinexpensive at 72, but I’m from Indianapolis so I’m yet to adjust to the excess heat. On a good note, I don’t miss humidity! !
What?? *I keep mine set at* Damn fat ass fingers, menopause, and autocorrect!
Lol, welcome and enjoy the humidity!! Did you jinx us today? 🙂
It’s a bit sticky out there. Sunday morning and humid, but I love the clouds. I’m way out southwest by the mountains and I’m loving the possibility of rain.
(Coming out the other side of menopause, but my huge body still here, but I’m happy!!!!) ?
It’s POURING RAIN now. So hard there may be hail mixed in. Lightning, Thunder. The whole 9. The standing A/C makes sort of a white noise when it is running. I think it may be keeping Banjo calm. He is not freaking out at all. YET.
Also, Just turned on Parts Unknown where Anthony Bourdain is in Portugal. It’s also raining hard there. It’s like I am with him! LOL.
I’ve got that deal with electric company that I don’t use my electricity much at peak hours so from one pm to six pm it’s at 76 degrees but im not here. When I’m home at night it’s a breezy 68. Gotta be cold to sleep, I’m a bed sweater. It’s gross.
I hear ya on the white noise. We have one in the master bedroom and it tends to drown out outside noise .Glad it’s helping banjo. I also use a sound machine to sleep. It stays set on summer nights. It’s hot as hell here especially after being 3000 ft above sea level last weekend. Damn it spoiled me. That’s a really unfortunate pic of Thomas. That upper lip sweat, eww. My backyard is too shady for a garden but I buy the cheat tomato plants from Home Depot for my deck.
That Portugal episode is tough to watch if you don’t like watching animal slaughter.
OMG That was way more traumatizing that the actual goat slaughters I saw as a kid. I could not find the remote in time.
But the Fishwives were EVERYTHING!
I have THE CRAZY and I set mine to 68 degrees 24/7. My husband tried to adjust it once. Only once….
Just got thru heat spell (at least for our area) but I like the bedroom an icebox. Simply because I have insomnia struggles and find that chilly equals snuggling into a blanket and feeling some form of comfort that helps me sleep. Thankfully the greenbelt behind our place is like a giant swamp cooler at night, so haven’t used the window AC yet, just fans.
For some odd reason, cable was playing The Heat with Kathleen Turner every night and watching the actors sweat it out made me feel less bad about how hot it was here.
You all are making me cold with your AC settings! I’m in SW Florida and I get cold easily so I keep the AC at 78.
Texas here, my AC is at 80 during the day and we occasionally drop it to 78 at night, if we’re feeling crazy. We put ceiling fans on in the room we’re in if needed. I always thought it was quite pleasant but a friend came over the other day and asked if our AC was broken! Of course I put it down to 75 while she was here and switched it off when she left! Our house is pretty new, so it’s very well insulated and it’s positioned so that the living areas don’t get a lot of sun.
NW Coastal FL here. We keep the AC on 70 during the day and 68 at night. When I go inland to stay with my mom, I have to go down to 67 or below. Luckily, my husband also likes to sleep cool.
I’ve been on an NCIS kick lately, dunnno why. Finally got the yard man to clear the jungle that had popped up out front through the rains, briars were taking over the ground cover and short palms. I swear, some of those damn things were six feet tall….
Wisconsin here… I’m always cold but for budhey sakes I keep the ac at 74, I do hear complaints of it being ‘hot in here’ but I’m fine.
Someone poisoned your flowe garden??
My pot grown basil is starting to show brown spots,? My dill… it’s just not growing.
Cucumbers, tomatoes, jalapeños and zucchini alll look amazing.
* budget
VA here. I keep my central AC at 73. It’s hotter upstairs, of course, and have a oscillating fan going all night. Can’t wait for summer to be over.
I lived in L.A. for 35 years. Never heard of something called “real feel.” Here in MO the temp can be 87 degrees, but the “real feel” is 97. It’s hot. And humid and apparently the dew point is quite important. I bought a 15 foot inflatable pool. I sweat it out during the day doing yard work. At 4:30 I have 2 beers and a valium. I then get in my inflatable and float for 2 hours. I planted purple tomatoes and they are getting ripe. My yard looks fabulous. I have forgone all other problem areas in my life (deaths, IRS, bills, etc.) And putter in the yard then float. My a/c varies between 73 and 80.
Oh, and my favorite brother in law was just diagnosed with throat cancer. I’ll either up the valium or up the beers.
Damn girlfriend, you are having a bad year. Sending positive vibes your way. And remember it’s either on on Valium and beers.
I keep the temp 73-74 here in North Carolina year-round and use fans in the summer. I do not have a green thumb. In fact, I’m currently struggling to keep a peace lily alive. I thought those things were nearly impossible to kill, but it’s touch and go at the moment.
Don’t feel bad Lyri. The family joke at my house is that I can kill a silk fern.
It’s hot and humid here in Houston. No surprise about that. We are paying for our mild winters I suppose. We try to keep our thermostat at 72, but sometimes we put it lower.
No gardening done here this year unless you count telling the plants, “I’ll get back to you soon!”
76 Degrees. I never touch the thermostat. I leave my thermostat set on 76 from the moment that it gets hot until it finally cools down. Living in Southwest Florida demands that you run the A/C more than in other parts of the country. Gotta keep it cool.
Thanks for all the SC setting info. One of the reasons I am asking is because the back of the house, where I could leave the setting high gets damp and musty pretty fast. What cause that? I am afraid with all the rain I might need to check my crawl space.
According to family legend, long before I was born, my parents lived here with my four much older siblings. Daddy was very into radios and was one of the first people in the military to be trained on radar. So when he moved in this house to start his family and work for Lockheed, he wanted to have a place to set up some sort of radio station/HAM Radio, something to do with radio. He planned to do it in the crawl space. Or something. So for whatever reason he set about to DIG OUT A MAN CAVE under the house, He dug and he dug and then decided it was probably a bad idea. So I have had water issues with my crawl space ever since I moved it. I thought I had them all fixed, but we have had SO MUCH FUCKING RAIN lately, I am starting to worry that it is a swamp down there. I am also TERRIFIED to open the door.
So what I need is for y’all to say with all the humidity it is normal for the rest of the house with the crappy AC unit to be damp.
Sounds like a reasonable source of the dampness. My old place had a partially dug out basement area. It was covered with concrete flooring, painted with a sealant and still, heavy rains would make the area and the air just feel damp. And it permeated the entire building unless we took constant measures to air out or reseal the concrete regularly. And we don’t have near the regular humidity you have.
I don’t think we ever solved the puzzle about your status as an only child — so here is my guess. Your parents adopted your much older sibs and you were a surprise baby, later in their marriage.
sorry, I don’t think my reply makes you feel any better about normal dampness “down there”. Meaning the basement. Not “down there”. 😉
If I have open windows and no a/c my whole house gets swampy from The humidity. Ive been told to buy a dehumidifier for the basement, which always smells wet, but i havent done so yet. I blame everything in the ghastly humidity. Try it, it works.
Your mentioning the dehumidifier reminds me that I have had this issue before. The humidifier I bought is outside in the back yard. Probably because at that time I still cleaned the house and probably didn;t like the look of it in my closet room. These days I can barely walk into the closet room.
Do you have a central A/C unit? The venting could be clogged which causes water to buildup in either crawl space or attic or wherever unit is and vents.
I paid $5k a few years ago to have central air installed. The house was WAY cooler with the one window unit I had.
If by vent you mean where the water goes out, last I check that was still dripping away. I do need to have my A/C serviced. I have never done that.
Gotta loosen those purse strings TT. Have someone service the AC and check out the crawlspace for rot, etc. If you use the dehumidifier, the temperature will feel more tolerable. OTOH, it costs almost as much to run it as it does to turn down the AC. And it’s noisy.
Have you tried Damp Rid? They sell it in containers and bags to hang in closets for inside the house. When I’m brave I also put a few containers in my crawl space or ask my termite inspector to do it.
Its close to 100 in Colorado and we are cool here inside. We have a swamp cooler and a basement. Every time I get hot as hell I get happy Im not pregnant as I have been the last several summers. Happy and safe summer y’all. Tell me about how “cold” you are in February 🙂
We also luck out to take a trip up to the mountains for the weekend to cool off if necessary. TT always room for ya 🙂
Northern NJ here. I hate the humidity and heat so my home is set at 65 during the day and 62 at. Ifht thanks to central AC
South Dakota is hot and humid and supposed to hit 95 tomorrow. 2 bedroom 2nd floor apartment with one wall unit in the living room which I keep between 68 and 76 depending on if I’m here or not. I have a series of fans to attempt to get the cool air to the bedroom but I think I’ll be sleeping on the couch tonight. Probably tomorrow too.
The crazy is letting up for me at least temporarily. She’s a tricky bitch who likes to show up when I least expect it. So much better now but 3-4 years ago I was not even a functional human being so I’m glad the worst is over. Except now I get to have a colonoscopy for my birthday this year. Yay.
Wow – I just heard that Nelsan Ellis who played Lafayette on True Blood passed away. That is beyond sad and I hope it’s not disallowed to mention it here. I loved his Lafayette character beyond comprehension. Just loved him. RIP
My husband works in HVAC and he keeps the house at 70°. I was born and raised in Arizona so that’s pretty much winter for me. I’m in Mexico for a bit over summer and I keep my mini split unit at 25°Celsius. Either way, I’m either too hot or too cold. It’s humid as all get out here and it doesn’t really matter what temp I keep it at because humidity and I are not cool!! I start sweating brushing my dang teeth….
Dear TT,
Sorry to hear about the humidity there in the south.. Out here in sunny Arizona it was a brisk 122 in my town so we took off to the river with wave runners nothing better than sitting in a chair in the river keeping cool then head home and have Monsoon weather here.. Mother nature seems to be pulling out all the stops we have had melted garbage cans next door, and high temps in the 12o”s for over a month so last week we took off to California were it was a beautiful 65 to 85 weekend there in the bay area meaning SF. Keep cool have that cooler of yours checked.. good night.
It’s been as hot as hell here in London. I don’t have AC because we don’t always get a summer. Our weather is as unpredictable as my moods so we rely on sticking our head out of the window to see what the heck we are going to get. The poor fan has been in overdrive for the last few days and follows me room to room like a shadow. The humidity is a MF and my hair is channeling the 70’s. Can’t complain though as I’m British and the weather is our favourite topic of conversation ?
The one bonus is that my veggies in the garden are loving it. I think I’ll be getting some lovely fat tomatoes ? and (cross fingers) some squash.
Florida here…I keep the A/C at 78 -79 degrees during the day but at night when I’m getting ready for bed, turn it down to 76 degrees. I do this mostly to try to avoid a triple-digit electric bill…
I’ve learned though that cotton sheets with a 300tc, and sometimes, one of those evaporative cooling towels like they use in sports, are very helpful on a hot sticky night.
I have a triple digit electric bill every month no matter what. I assumed everyone did…
Last summer, here in southern ontario, the heat and lack of rain nearly killed me – it was so, so hard. This year, the temperatures have been much reasonable and we’ve also been getting lots of rain – the garden looks great!
Last year a doctor hired me to produce a line of topical marijuana creams for her. This year, with all the paperwork filed by this said doctor to make it legal, I am growing pot so I can continue on with this experiment on my own. tt? you should try growing pot – it is such a easy and rewarding plant to grow!! Here I have worked so dang hard on all of my crops but the only one anyone is interested in is the pot!!
With the heat last year, our hydro bills were through the roof. This year we are trying to save money anyway we can so have the a/c set at 21C. I like it cooler but keep thinking of what we can do with the extra $$.
That is wonderful that you did that and will try to continue! We had / have a woman locally, (I’m in a US state that has legalized it’s use, to some extent), and she has a business doing the same as you. One of her creams has really helped my stepdads arthritis and muscle pain thru chemo. There are so many products now in our more lenient state that are subpar in terms of benefit that if you can stake your claim as someone who has hit the right formula, you can really do well. Of course, water is the big issue for growers, right?
Good luck Adele, I love that you are making a go of it!
SE VA here. Being a woman of a certain age, I have come to despise the heat and humidity after living here for 40 years. I torture myself by going on Zillow and checking out houses in Vermont and New Hampshire. I keep the AC at 68 with ceiling fans awhirring. Blinds shut tight. If the DH complains, I tell him to go sit on the deck. I like it cold at night so I can snuggle under a sheet and comforter. By the time I wake up, I have at least four to five little furry bodies laying on me or against me. This would not be possible without the cooling gels in both mattress and pillow. We have been lucky not to have blossom rot or skin splitting in the maters so far. Things have been slow to grow and ripen due to all the rain but it looks like it’s getting ready to explode. I am already wanting it to be fall, y’all, and have started the Christmas shopping. I like it done by mid-September.
It’s not the heat in STL that kills you, it’s the humidity. I keep the ac between 76-78. My flowers I planted (1st time in 10 years due to T’s tomato talks) have some fungus. It kills me that my impatients are dying a slow death. Spots under the leaves, broken stems laying around in the morning. My cherry tomato plant is doing good for now.
We had to give up impatiens several years ago, as did everyone else. A fungus destroyed them. I’m talking about regular impatiens, not “sunpatiens” or the variegated type. If you have the regular, common kind, it could be the fungus. They don’t even sell them here in SC anymore.
Why are people poising gardens? This is disturbing. T, you seem to keep to yourself, love Banjo and tender you garden. What’s going on here?
My neighbor is about my age, and our families have know each other since long before we were born. way back then this neighbor hood was very Leave It To Beaver. Everyone got along and was active in the school PTA. I lived here until I was around five and then we moved to Charleston for a short while, I’m not sure why, probably for my Dad to get trained to be the passport/visa guy when we moved to Libya. I never really spent time with the stalker next door. Eventually after my mother passed, my father wanted me closer to home. I think I was living on Saint Simons then. The stalker lived rented this house for a while but managed to catch it on fire somehow causing issue between him and my oldest brother who was sort of the acting landlord.
Eventually I moved in here and the bizarre relationship with the stalker, and his now deceased mother began. He is a pathological liar who would tell very strange stories and talk horribly about everyone in the neighborhood and his own family. With me I was either someone he loved and was like family to him, or the craziest person on earth and his most hated adversary. He particularly did not like visitors to my house,
He would disparage my boyfriends to me and to his mother. My female friends would be screamed at in the driveway and told to stay far away from me. He tells my yard workers that he is dying and that I am mean to him. In between all of these events he will be super nice. Or he would come over and drink and cry and tell me he is dying of this or that. He asks my lawn guys if they know where he can get whatever drugs he does.
I had sort of an Epiphany yesterday about why he poisoned my flower bed and my side garden and not the whole strip of land between my driveway and our fence. He seems to be focused on the area where the two ends of our houses face each other. This is where he has set up his surveillance headquarter that include cameras filming my driveway at all times. So while I am planting things for privacy, he is killing them for his stalking endeavors. He has fashioned little masks in my likeness and hung them on sticks. There is just way too much odd behavior for me to mention.
My question is why is he going to so much trouble to capture me on film when I only leave the house a couple of times a week to go to the grocery store or the bank?
Now that his dog has died, he doesn’t stand in front of my house as much anymore, although I did open my door recently and see him outside his front fence speed waddling back toward his house. I feel like he will likely OD soon either accidentally or on purpose. So I’ve opted to just ignore him completely as I have done for the past several years.
That is the short version.
He sounds fucking nuts. Sorry you have to deal with that
The artificial ivy I’m using outside (green, turning red) comes on trellises, and is used for garden screening as well as covering blank walls, etc. Braced on poles, it could obscure the neighbour’s view from opposite. It’s one metre by 2 metres for £35 each – ebay u.k. But there’s no living with spite or vindictiveness. Too toxic, even without physical poison. (The poison used on my plants was weed killer in large quantities. I took a sample into a jar, with much grandstanding. Anything wooden in the garden broken maliciously, and one cat kennel for a stray was stolen. Noe. Just noe. It eats away at one’s health in a subversive way. Leave him behind.
omg! Never a boring day at your house, huh? I hope it never escalates to violence, but he really seems unhinged. Doesn’t sound safe as it is now.
“My question is why is he going to so much trouble to capture me on film when I only leave the house a couple of times a week to go to the grocery store or the bank?”
Because he is a loony tune, an absolute gone-crackers. None of his behavior, and clearly you’ve described just the tip of the iceberg, makes any sense! The wild variance of mood is pretty extreme.
I agree with frenchpoodle and vote for a nice bamboo or Morrish patterned screen that provides the privacy you deserve.
I transplanted some bamboo from the back yard to the fence line a few years ago. But at that time he or his mother would be in the yard every time I opened the door, so I planted it a lot closer to the street in an attempt to block the view of their yard. I saw stalker actually watering the bamboo with a hose with no poison on it.
Also, after I planted the ton of bulbs in the area between our houses for two days, (I chose that area for bulbs because I can see them from my kitchen window) he came out huffing and puffing as I was finishing up and told me that I just wasted my weekend because he is going to tear down the chain link fence and put up a PRIVACY FENCE.
I did not acknowledge him in any manner as I have not for years but all I could think was if I knew planting flowers was enough to goad him into putting up a privacy fence, I would have done it years ago. Now I am afraid he would vandalize anything I put up to block him.
Side note: Bamboo doesn’t grow nearly as fast as I would like . And it is REALLY hard to dig up to transplant. But I need to try again while it is raining like hell and see if I can get it to grow in the right spot.
Also it is sprouting up on his lawn, which I secretly love.
What a nut job. And it’s so true about the bamboo not growing as fast as people think. Some strains might but can be temperamental. I love that its growing in his yard too!
Maybe a woven bamboo fence but then as you say, he might vandalize it anyway. I love my Cooleroo fabric material for throwing good shade on one side of my place; anchored to the eves and then out to my yard, any wind passes thru it but doesn’t “catch” and whip the shade sail around. And it also blocks my know it all neighbors who like to hang out on their deck acting like asses.
Tamara, I have cane in my backyard that randomly started sprouting up a few years ago, and it grows extremely fast. I don’t know what the difference is between it and bamboo (maybe there is no difference), but I can mow the yard one day, and fresh cane is poking through the soil the next. In a week, it’s about three feet high.
It’s an invasive plant with runners, and I hate it and keep it mowed down except for a stand of it between me and a nosy neighbor. It certainly keeps her from minding my business as thoroughly as she would like. Might work for you.
Also, I’ve tried repeatedly to poison the stuff in the areas where I don’t want it, and I just can’t kill it, so presumably your neighbor wouldn’t be able to kill it either.
74 with ceiling fans all day here in Florida. I have the crazies also, hubby freezing but I love it!! It’s either in the pool or in the AC til October for us. Except for concerts which I will put up with the hot for.
72 with a ceiling fan in Scottsdale, Arizona (where you can get 2nd degree burns by opening the front door).
Do y’all ever follow a recipe that sounds really, really stupid?
I have nothing in my freezer except a bunch of frozen chickens. With all this heat, I can’t roast chickens again until October. So I Google crockpot recipes. I am about to try this one where you put a whole chicken with a spice rub into the crock WITH NO LIQUID!!!! This seems insane to me!
http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-whole-chicken-33671
I’lll let you know how it goes…
Ok, try Allrecipes Crock-Pot chicken and dumplings. Basically it’s chicken, chicken broth, onion and a tube of raw biscuit dough. I throw in frozen peas and carrots and call it healthy ?
I make roast chicken in the crockpot all the time. No water. Just make sure you place the bird on 2 little tinfoil balls so it’s not resting on the bottom of the crock. You don’t want your chicken boiling in it’s own juices.
I was utterly amazed that the dry crockpot thing worked. I put the chick on a little celery stalk stand. Oh and I should probably unplug he pot now. I deboned the chicken and put the bones and about six cups of water back in the pot to make bone broth. Should be ready to strain now.
Do y’all ever follow a recipe that sounds really, really stupid?
I have nothing in my freezer except a bunch of frozen chickens. With all this heat, I can’t roast chickens again until October. So I Google crockpot recipes. I am about to try this one where you put a whole chicken with a spice rub into the crock WITH NO LIQUID!!!! This seems insane to me!
http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-whole-chicken-33671
I’lll let you know how it goes…
You made me spend 12.99 plus tax on a magazine rooted in Southern tradition of specially collected cakes and pie recipes. The hummingbird cake will be my first attempt. I’ll give it a fly.
Hummingbird cake is one of my favorites. If cake companies can mail cakes, surely you can figure it out. I only need two slices. Thanks in advance.
Please send Self addressed hat box or a birdcage, one. How do you fit a square cake into a round hatbox?
South Florida and 79 degrees for a/c all year round. Love it hot! I can freeze at temps below 70.
I am hereby declining in advance any invitations KellieC might have been thinking about for me and Banjo to come move in with her.
LOL! That made my day but it’s true – I love my hot and humid climate and no snow. Ever.
TT I am sorry about your stalker. That is hideous and unfair. Of course, that is just so much “hot air” (heh) but I wish I could help.
Anyway, just north of St Louis, Mo it is sunny and 97. We have had no good rain in weeks. This is the year my husband planted 31 fruit trees so we water daily. The front yard is mostly garden, so more watering there. The back raised deck is for herbs and tomatoes. So more watering. And daily I pray our well holds up.
Sadly, i have to say “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” The sogginess of the air wears us out. We have a heat pump/central ac and dehumidifier. The joke being we also have 14 aquariums. So the dehumidifier sucks humidity from the air and the fish tanks replace it.
Today we are keeping the house at 75. Our house addition is set at 78 (diff system). Pur house is a trilevel so warm and cold spots are a way of life.
Hang in there, cooler weather is coming
Uhg! The rain here in Texas has it humid as heck! I usually keep my air at around 74-75. My young adult children prefer 70, but as we live in a two story, one air conditioner for both floors, I try to keep the bill down as much as possible. The upstairs which has no thermostat stays pretty warm to very uncomfortable, while downstairs can get down right chilly! It’s a never ending battle.
My A/C setting is: ON.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, even though I know you didn’t ask –
Please have your coils cleaned in your central air unit. I guarantee it will be a whole new world after it’s done. It’ll run more efficiently, the air coming out of the vents will be colder, and most importantly, the volume of air will be dramatically higher. After the first time I had it done (back when I still had central air…wistful sigh…) the window sheers in my bedroom were swaying in the breeze for the first time.
Also, change the filter every 30 days religiously. (During the months that you’re running the A/C). It’ll help with efficiency and with keeping the dust level in the house down.
I promise you’ll be so glad you did!
Long time reader, first time commenter here. Hello everyone! Love your commentary and comments, TT! I live just outside New Orleans and our legendary heat and humidity has been at an all-time high recently. It’s been 102 in the shade at my house with 100% humidity. Needless to say, I don’t go out much while the sun is up. Our central ac unit is set at 74 during the day and 71 at night. It’s been working OT… My garden is a disaster this year; only the weeds are flourishing. My tomatoes have fungus and blossom end rot from the excessive rains we’ve had and the other bugs and vermen have gotten everything else. Just praying for cooler weather here so I can take back my yard and garden!
I had no idea 100% humidity was even a possible thing if it wasn’t raining until I moved to the Florida Keys. Then I found out that it is! Oh, that lovely 94-degree, 100% humidity weather. Dog misery. I’d also do as little during daylight hours as possible to try to cope. At least then it wasn’t like being directly under a broiler; more like walking around in a darkened steambath!
I pulled the first veggies out of my garden this year. A couple of tomatoes, radishes, lettuce and a small cuke. It was a wonderful lunch!
Japanese Beetles have eaten all the buds off my crepe myrtleso no bloom this year. They have also attacked my rise bushes, hibiscus and sunflower plants. I put up 6 different traps and have hundreds of dead beetles in the bags. They are still buzzing around though. Going to have to get some poison, I guess, but I hate to do that. I hate not have flowers blooming more, though.
Do you live at the North Pole? My crepe myrtles bloomed months ago. Mine is in the strip of poison land near the street. It’s huge. It took me forever to figure out what I had done to piss off the birds who shit all over my car every day, only on the drivers side. Apparently they like to eat berries from the crepe myrtles and don’t bother to fly away to crap.
Parking lesson learned.
The AC vent falls out of the window a lot. It’s been in for about 18 hours without falling out. However, if it falls out while we are sleeping and I don’t wake up, I think we die. Right? I am not kidding. It’s not quite wide enough for the window so I have to stuff things in the sides. It’s all very ghetto.
And dangerous.
You’ve got to secure that shit!! Do I need to come down and give you a hand? (I kinda want to put the fear of God in your neighbor, as well.)
Between your neighbor, neighborhood, air conditioning, anxiety, do we need a plan what to do or a time limit should we not hear from you? Kinda sounding like a risky life you lead. ??
I admire your ability to just live life and ignore nonsense. (Neighbor)