jmcquown wrote:

> On 4/6/2024 5:35 PM, Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
> > In article <TQqdnZbzFMZG_oz7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> > cshenk@virginia- beach.net writes:
> > > Don found a forgotten bottom round of beef so that's in the
> > > crockpot with Yukon potatoes, 2 carrots, 5-6 garlic cloves, a
> > > medium onion, some red wine and water with a Pho seasoning cube.
> >
> >
> > Tell more about these pho seasoning cubes. Where do you buy them
> > and how do they compare to the cheese clothed warm spices method?
>
> I'm not Carol but Pho (a Vietnamese soup) "seasoning cubes" seem to
> be quite similar to beef bouillon cubes. Hopefully she will
> elaborate. :)
>
> Jill

Fairly close but no 'meat' flavor at all, as far as I can tell. Many
beef bullion cubes also have some seasoning to them. I sent a link to
Olando Enrique with the common ones.

cshenk wrote:

> Graham wrote:
>
> > On 2024-04-06 7:28 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2024-04-06 5:20 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>On 2024-04-05, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Before heading to the grocery I did have my car washed.  It
> > > > > was covered in dust and pollen even though it's always under
> > > > > the carport when at home.  Surprising how dusty it was and
> > > > > it was a sickly gold color due to the pollen.
> > > >
> > > > Not much pollen here, yet.  It snowed a little bit yesterday.
> > > > Nevertheless, it's almost time to give the lawn its first
> > > > mowing.
> > >
> > > It's time for me to start thinking about spring cleanup. I should
> > > get the battery into the lawn tractor and hook up the trailer to
> > > pick up the branches and stuff on the lawn. I should probably lay
> > > off on that for a bit because the lawn is still very wet.  Heck,
> > > it had a layer of snow on it yesterday.  There are some flowers
> > > blooming so it could be a good time to rake up the leaves in the
> > > gardens and around the shrubs.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > After the big dump we had this past week and the big one a couple of
> > weeks ago, there's at least 30cm of the stuff on my back lawn and a
> > pile about 1.2m high by the front door:-(
>
> Weather clearing. After tonight, we can start populating the
> container garden. Songbird has the flu and ground too messy just yet
> to work with (from another newsgroup of gardeners).

We got lazy and just moved some to the green house. Don planted a few
ready for inground in the raised containers.Tomatoes and Green bell
peppers.

cshenk wrote:
....
> We got lazy and just moved some to the green house. Don planted a few
> ready for inground in the raised containers.Tomatoes and Green bell
> peppers.

it is way too early for us to be putting out any warm weather
plants. we'll have good chances of frosts for another 5-7 weeks
and slight chances after that.

i don't want to play games with having to babysit or cover too
many plants so i just wait a few extra weeks and watch the forecasts
to time when those plants get put in the gardens.

songbird

songbird wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> ...
> > We got lazy and just moved some to the green house. Don planted a
> > few ready for inground in the raised containers.Tomatoes and Green
> > bell peppers.
>
> it is way too early for us to be putting out any warm weather
> plants. we'll have good chances of frosts for another 5-7 weeks
> and slight chances after that.
>
> i don't want to play games with having to babysit or cover too
> many plants so i just wait a few extra weeks and watch the forecasts
> to time when those plants get put in the gardens.
>
>
> songbird

Makes sense for where you are. BTW, found out delicata squash is easy
from seed! You can almost see them growing!