Waiting for the next round

Nirvana · 06-18-2010, 11:01 PM

We had around 7pm EST, what they are calling the equivalent of a category one hurricane! 90 mile an hour winds and silly me in the middle of the woods with no basement!

Yes I am inland 80 miles east of Chicago.

I am on generator power and the first time I connected to the internet it was a rip roaring 19BPS!!! I am waiting for round 2 of these storms which they claim will only be 50-60 mile an hour winds! Whew that's a relief!

monster · 06-18-2010, 11:04 PM

you're not that far from us! I enjoyed that storm (hit us around 9:15). Hurricane Schmuricane. although the fireflies stopped glowing in the worst of it.

Nirvana · 06-18-2010, 11:07 PM

We have no lawn furniture in our fenced backyard, probably somewhere in the mint field. 60,000 + without power.

monster · 06-18-2010, 11:11 PM

ours was nailed down. looks ike about 30, 000ish without power here. we had a few mini-cuts, but our lines are underground

Nirvana · 06-18-2010, 11:19 PM

We are the last house at the end of our electric line in the least populated township east of the Mississippi. I may get electric by Sun after I roast tomorrow all day!

I hear the thunder coming on! My poor generator is on its own! If I disappear its probably a drowned out generator . . . I hope!

HungLikeJesus · 06-19-2010, 02:19 PM

Was that lawn furniture worth a mint?

monster · 06-19-2010, 04:26 PM

South bend area?

glatt · 06-21-2010, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nirvana

probably somewhere in the mint field.

You have a field of mint? That's awesome! Do you sell it to someone? I guess I never thought about it, but I suppose it makes sense that some people grow mint commercially. Does it bring in the same prices as other crops?

We've got a few square yards of mint by the side of our house. Spearmint and peppermint.

jinx · 06-21-2010, 10:29 AM

We had peppermint growing at our last house. It was a constant battle to keep it from taking over everything.

glatt · 06-21-2010, 11:08 AM

It smells awesome when you mow the stray plants that are trying to escape the bed.

Nirvana · 06-21-2010, 11:28 AM

We send our mint to a distillery and the oil is sold for use in candy and toothpaste. It makes more $$$ than corn and soybeans but you can only grow it 4 years in a row.

glatt · 06-21-2010, 11:49 AM

How do you harvest it? I guess going out there and pinching off a few leaves would be kind of slow. Do you do it by hand or is there some machine that will do it?

Pie · 06-21-2010, 12:02 PM

bagging lawnmower?

glatt · 06-21-2010, 12:17 PM

exactly. I have no idea. Like can you bale it up the way you would hay? Do you cut it and let it dry and then bale? Or do you need it to stay fresh an moist, like lettuce?

Shawnee123 · 06-21-2010, 12:19 PM

You need to soak it in cider.

06-18-2010, 11:01 PM	#1
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Waiting for the next round We had around 7pm EST, what they are calling the equivalent of a category one hurricane! 90 mile an hour winds and silly me in the middle of the woods with no basement! Yes I am inland 80 miles east of Chicago. I am on generator power and the first time I connected to the internet it was a rip roaring 19BPS!!! I am waiting for round 2 of these storms which they claim will only be 50-60 mile an hour winds! Whew that's a relief! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

06-18-2010, 11:04 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	you're not that far from us! I enjoyed that storm (hit us around 9:15). Hurricane Schmuricane. although the fireflies stopped glowing in the worst of it. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-18-2010, 11:07 PM	#3
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	We have no lawn furniture in our fenced backyard, probably somewhere in the mint field. 60,000 + without power. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

06-18-2010, 11:11 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	ours was nailed down. looks ike about 30, 000ish without power here. we had a few mini-cuts, but our lines are underground __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-18-2010, 11:19 PM	#5
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	We are the last house at the end of our electric line in the least populated township east of the Mississippi. I may get electric by Sun after I roast tomorrow all day! I hear the thunder coming on! My poor generator is on its own! If I disappear its probably a drowned out generator . . . I hope! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

06-19-2010, 02:19 PM	#6
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Was that lawn furniture worth a mint? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-19-2010, 04:26 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	South bend area? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-21-2010, 10:29 AM	#9
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	We had peppermint growing at our last house. It was a constant battle to keep it from taking over everything. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-21-2010, 11:08 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It smells awesome when you mow the stray plants that are trying to escape the bed.

06-21-2010, 11:28 AM	#11
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	We send our mint to a distillery and the oil is sold for use in candy and toothpaste. It makes more $$$ than corn and soybeans but you can only grow it 4 years in a row. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

06-21-2010, 11:49 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	How do you harvest it? I guess going out there and pinching off a few leaves would be kind of slow. Do you do it by hand or is there some machine that will do it?

06-21-2010, 12:02 PM	#13
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	bagging lawnmower? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

06-21-2010, 12:17 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	exactly. I have no idea. Like can you bale it up the way you would hay? Do you cut it and let it dry and then bale? Or do you need it to stay fresh an moist, like lettuce?

06-21-2010, 12:19 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You need to soak it in cider. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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