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Question for landlords about cleaning after tenant vacates
My question isn't about buying and selling homes, but I know that many forum regulars are real estate investors, so I hope I can get some clarity on a question about security deposits.
We had a tenant for five years who always paid on time and took average care of our property, a single family home renting for $850 monthly. When she moved out, and we started routine cleaning in order to show the property again, we found out it wasn't as clean as we expected. Nothing nasty or destroyed, but nothing really cleaned, either.
Are we being too demanding to expect a tenant to have vacuumed the carpeting, washed the vinyl floors, run the self-cleaning oven through a cycle, hauled off bags of garbage and cardboard, and wiped down the inside of the refrigerator? If you as a landlord had to do these things, would you deduct cleaning fees from a security deposit, or just be glad it wasn't worse?
My other question to landlords concerns replacing miniblinds. The tenant used scented candles extensively, not necessarily top quality candles by her own admission. Now we are seeing that the candles leave a sticky film on vinyl mini blinds. There are 18 windows, and since washing the blinds would have been an all day, messy affair at best, we replaced them at a cost of about $80, total. Would you deduct this cost from the security deposit, or is this normal wear and tear?
We also repainted all the interior walls (1730 square feet), touched up the trim, painted the deck, pressure washed the exterior, put the landscaping back in shape, shampooed the carpet, washed all the windows, and made other normal repairs. That's expected.
I want to do what's right and legal, but I don't want to give away money either. What would you do? Charge for the blinds and some cleaning, or not?
Hi likesivy,
Are we being too demanding to expect a tenant to have vacuumed the carpeting, washed the vinyl floors, run the self-cleaning oven through a cycle, hauled off bags of garbage and cardboard, and wiped down the inside of the refrigerator?
What did you mutually agree upon in your rent/lease contract?
Did you do a move-in walk-through inspection (with the new tenant signing off and/or commenting on the state of each item on the checklist)?
Did you take snap-shot pictures as you did the walkthrough, with the new tenant IN some of them? (We like to then email them to the tenant at move-in, and again a month before their lease is up, or when they give notice.)
Did your contract stipulate your expectations regarding meeting the same standards of cleanliness on the move out (minus issues of standard wear & tear)?
Did you do a move-out walk-through with the tenant reviewing each item on the checklist and photos along with you?
I ALREADY KNOW YOUR ANSWER... IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS OURS *USED* TO BE!!! A sheepish "uhhh... no... I hadn't thought that was so necessary..."
If you as a landlord had to do these things, would you deduct cleaning fees from a security deposit, or just be glad it wasn't worse?
We never ding our tenants for any deposits or fees that isn't completely expected within the letter of our mutual agreement. We always try to remember what it was like when *WE* were hand-to-mouth starving renters (with questionnable discipline, maturity, and/or character... yeah, that described us at one point too ;~)
My other question to landlords concerns replacing miniblinds.
Would you deduct this cost from the security deposit, or is this normal wear and tear?
Well.... you can already guess my default answer: depends on the written agreement, *AND* how would I want to be treated on the other side of the coin.
HOWEVER... even if we *did* have a clause in our agreements (and we do) about damage from candles, humidifiers, etc... we're generally pretty forgiving for certain levels of maintenance/replacement costs for a long-term tenant who generally paid on time (and/or paid their late fees without trouble when they were late) and took enough care of our place not to burn it down or infest it, or worse. $80 for new blinds throughout, after a 5 year tenant who paid on time... is certainly something we would "gift" them (but we would certainly make sure they understood it is *WE* who are being generous in overlooking their agreed liability.)
I want to do what's right and legal, but I don't want to give away money either. What would you do?
I would charge for absolutely nothing that the tenant would find surprising if she carefully re-read the agreement she made from the outset... and I would "gift" any reasonably small amount, such as the $80 blinds costs.
THEN, I would take a bit of time while the annoying pain is fresh, and very carefully re-write my lease agreement, and design (or borrow) a move-in/move-out checklist along with learning how to take the time to do the walk through with a digital camera & get complete "enrollment" from the tenant from the outset.
Its really amazing... the more time & caution you spend documenting & photographing everything on the move in... the better the tenants pay attention to maintenance & cleanliness on an every day basis... and the better shape they leave the place in at exit.
We've had our tenant nightmares early on our landlord careers... one cost us $14,000 to reverse & repair the damages (penetrating cat pee is the worst... I could go on, but I won't) before we got it back in suitable shape for the quality of tenant we look for.
We've had *ZERO* problems (and I mean truly *ZERO*!!!) since we've slowed down the new tenant move-in process & taken the time to carefully do a walk-through with THEM handwriting on the checklist the entry state of cleanliness & state of repair... taking dated pics of them in the process, and giving them copies of the pics & checklist to begin with, and again as they are preparing to leave.
I *LOVE* cashflow income investment real estate, and I pat you on the back & cheer you on as well. Learn the lessons, apply them, and you'll be fine.
Yes, we have a signed and dated check-in/check-out list, as well as agreements about no pets, no smoking, no sublets, etc. The check-in procedure did not include photographs, but we're not talking about damage that would be apparent in a photo. We're just talking about ordinary dirt. Except for bags of garbage on the back steps.
We did make the mistake of not doing a formal check-out walk-through. We were too casual about it because we assumed it would be clean. Not smart.
The tenant was not a naive young person trying to get by, but a mature, working professional who has been (and is now again) a homeowner. We've been landlords for 8 years and we work hard to keep our properties clean, modern, occupied, and lucrative. So far, so good, but there's always things to learn.
We'll definitely add no candles to our rental agreement. And formalize the check-out procedure.
My parents handled a lot of rental units and you are describing a pretty good exit scenario. In their books, this is an excellent tenant (paid on time every month!) that they would rent to anyday. Rental deposits are for things like permanent damage and holes in the walls, not normal wear, tear and dirt. I've seen people move into houses where the sellers cleaned much less than you have described. People have different tolerances for dirt and I would think that the tenant would be really shocked if you kept part of her deposit for what you are describing.
Considering the nightmare stories I've heard from friends and family who rent property, I think you've been quite fortunate with this renter. When I left my first rented apartment, the landlord reminded me that it needed to be vac'd, mopped, fridge cleaned when I left.
No candles? That's sort of odd, I think.
In today's world, you have just described a stellar tenant. It's fortunate that you don't have experience with the more common careless and destructive kind. "Dirt" isn't damage, and the garbage wasn't strewn throughout the home. Miniblinds are cheap and disposable for a reason. No one really cleans miniblinds in a rental beyond token dusting. Consider repainting and new blinds the cost of renewing between tenants.
Give her the deposit back and thank your lucky stars that you aren't dealing with damage that far outstrips any damage deposit.
Independent from the contractual issues in place which Dave wrote about above, I would give her back the deposit. From what you describe, the place certainly wasn't a disaster, and I would expect new mini blinds after a 5-year rental to be a "transaction" cost. Hell, we keep a decent house but after being here a year we have a few broken blinds on the mini-blinds! I'm amazed there weren't any broken ones!
To me, it just sounds like typical wear and tear...it sounds like you had an excellent tenant and in exchange I would definitely giver he back her deposit. What you describe is a pretty darned good tenant, all things considered.
Hopefully one day I will rent this house out so I watch these posts very carefully :).
Oh, I forgot to mention about the candles...I would definitely not forbid candles. That's pretty ridiculous, imho. If I was a renter, and I came across a contract that said I couldn't have candles, I'd laugh and walk away. Not being mean, just honest.
Seems to be a vicious circle.. Rent is very expensive these days as expectations are ever rising. Renters do not have a generally good image, thus the high rental cost is even higher.
How do those who rent improve their image ??
I've been on both sides of this fence... I've had to the learn "the cost of doing business" thing...the profit for a rental unit is not that great at the bottom line.
I think you were VERY FORTUNATE! Those are normal wear-and-tear issues. Yes, it would have been nice had they cleaned up better after themselves, but I'd expect to replace mini-blinds, do a complete cleaning and repaint after a five year tenant. Not only would I give the deposit back, I'd even offer to give them a letter of reference! The costs incurred in getting this ready for the next tenant or selling the house should be tax deductable and you'll get it back one way or the other.
My son's last tenants did almost as much damage as the house was appraised at and it was in excellent condition when he let it out and he had all the appropriate legal protections. But that still didn't stop the carnage and by the time he could legally vacate the premises, the only recourse was to take them to court, whereupon they both quit their jobs and went on welfare.
Puzzling over damage deposits is one thing I never had to worry about as a landlord!
Such deposits are outlawed in my jurisdiction. Also, you cannot discriminate against pet owners, smokers and people with children. Along with the usual race, creed, etc.
My last two tenants left me a mini-growup and a reno job. Mom burned candles till the walls were black, put out her ciggies on the hardwood and started a nice fire in the hall--which she hid with a patch of wall-to-wall when she left. Oh, and a 20 foot circle of soggy mud where they put in their aboveground pool, a busted garage door, and exterior GFI's thrown away. (They kept shutting power off to their beer fridges.)
A little dirt and $80 for disposable blinds? I'll trade you any day.
Just a side comment,
Are you sure your tenant knew how to run the self-cleaning oven? Those things can be a little intimidating if you haven't encountered them before.
Also, in my experience self-cleaners tend to off-gas as they work and heat up the room. If escaping the house/opening the windows wasn't feasible, I wouldn't expect someone to use one.
Hi Worthy,
Also, you cannot discriminate against pet owners, smokers and people with children.
I had an investor/landlord/mentor who taught me how me dealt with applicants from the very first call on his advertisements. One of the last parts of his call he would say "we're very particular about smoking indoors, do you mind keeping your smoking on the patio?"
If they were non-smokers they would vehemently state so outright. He would sometimes have to reassure them that he wouldn't put them in a "smoking" unit (which made him smile all the more.)
If they were smokers, they would invariably say "sure! We always smoke outside." (which we *ALL* know is a twisted-truth, at the very best... and more often an outright lie.)
If they answered in the former mode, (and all else checked out) he'd simply invite them to the next step...
if they answered in the latter mode, he wouldn't. He didn't make a big drama of it, he'd simply thank them for their inquiry, that he had several other applicants he needed to screen, and that he would call them if he chose them.
He was taught this by his attorney as a discrimination-proof means of selecting tenants who would preserve property value.
I am sure a similar approach can be taken for pets & children (we do not prohibit either, but we do have *very* stiff pet deposits *AND* pet rent add-ons.) I can't imagine *any* jurisdiction that prohibits landlords from protecting their property values from pet damage via deposits & rent premiums... where is this?
I know landlords that screen for "heavy curry, garlic and deep-frying" in similar ways (which is what they actually want to avoid... not the race, creed or religion of the person paying the rent.)
As for candles, we don't 'PROHIBIT' them... our lease merely states that the tenant may be responsible for additional cleaning and/or wall & ceiling re-painting & sealing costs (beyond normal wear & tear) if they are due to candles, oil lamp smoke, etc.
First of all, Worthy lives in Canada, which is readily apparent if you looked at his profile so the rules on what you can and can't prohibit in a rental are most likely quite different.
Secondly, what you describe is blatant discrimination. And it is the type of discrimination that has been going on for centuries and it is not right. Sure, it's hard to prove that the renter was discriminated against, but apparently that lawyer is not as ethical as others.
"I'm sure a similar approach can be taken for pets & children". You cannot refuse to rent a unit to a renter because they have children. You cannot ask for a "children deposit" as you could with a pet.
"heavy curry, garlic, and deep-frying" people invariably are usually those of Indian descent and it is an unethical and wrong way to be passive aggressive about discrimination.
Your post is disturbing. You clearly advocate unethical activities and questioning concerning potential and current rentals, and appear to support others partaking in similar activities. What a shame.
OH, also, I smoke. We own our home. We don't smoke in the house - EVER. Not even when it is -10 on a cold January night. Not once have we. So no, they are not all lying.
How disturbing.
The fact is that when you are a landlord there will naturally be costs incurred concerning cleaning from previous tenants, repairs caused by previous tenants, etc. And that number needs to be included in your monthly "carrying cost" to determine profitability so you can adjust your potential cash flow appropriately.
Hi Krycek,
I'm sorry you found my post 'disturbing'... I don't advocate unethical activities whatsoever, *AND* I believe it is every property owner's ethical right to defend the value and maintenance of their property as well.
"I'm sure a similar approach can be taken for pets & children". You cannot refuse to rent a unit to a renter because they have children. You cannot ask for a "children deposit" as you could with a pet.
You *CAN* limit the number of occupants, and require them to be specifically identified on your lease. I never said that screening out children was anything *we* do... just imagined it could be done if an owner felt their property wasn't suitable to children.
The law has found it allowable for senior communities to discriminate via age as well.
"heavy curry, garlic, and deep-frying" people invariably are usually those of Indian descent and it is an unethical and wrong way to be passive aggressive about discrimination.
There are PLENTY of people of Indian descent who do not home cook with heavy curry, garlic, or deep frying (and there are plenty of NON-Indian folks who do, exactly that.) Screening for a race is wrong... screening for a destructive habit is right.
Nobody has the right to force their habits on others when those habits are destructive to others' property.
OH, also, I smoke. We own our home. We don't smoke in the house - EVER. Not even when it is -10 on a cold January night. Not once have we. So no, they are not all lying.
Great, I'm glad you agree with what I wrote! ;~)
The fact is that when you are a landlord there will naturally be costs incurred concerning cleaning from previous tenants, repairs caused by previous tenants, etc.
There is no ethical demand of property owners to knowingly expose their property to uncommon behaviours or habits that would more rapidly degrade or damage their property. The laws prohibit discrimination of protected classes... cookers of permiating spices is not a protected class, nor are tobacco smokers (at least not in my jurisdiction.)
I personally *LOVE* curry and other pungent foods. In my own home we cook up an Asian restaurant's worth of stinky goodness at least 2/3rd of the week. Further, although I do not smoke, I have no issue with smokers who carry on their tobacco practices beyond my senses and any effects on my property.
I reserve the right to refuse to engage in home rental business with people (regardless color, creed, religion, gender, sexual preference, hairstyle or favorite sitcom) who have behavioural habits that endanger my property, and the law allows for that.
Further, the market restrains the amount of safety & sanitary deposits that can be successfully requested... and any degrading behaviours that cannot be successfully deposited against must simply be turned away.
I'm trying not to take your post personally as I know you have the best of intentions but I agree with the others, while some of the things your tenant did were a little annoying you got off VERY LUCKY and she sounds like a model tenant. I would hate to think of her using you for a reference and you complaining that she burnt cheap candles. My last two landlords were crazy. one kept my security deposit because I refused to leave the electric bill in my name until she found another tenant to take it over. There was nothing legal about what she did but the deposit (one bedroom furnished month to month apartment) was only $300 so it wasn't worth going to court over it.
My last landlord (we were model tenants who always paid the rent on time, treated the home like it was our own, even did improvements that the landlord liked and allowed (put more insulation in the basement, fixed broken doors, replaced all the interior door knobs to matching ones with locks and when we left I cleaned that place like crazy. even scrubbed down the walls with clorox wipes. It was spotless when we left. The only thing I knew was going to be deducted from our security deposit (as spelled out in the lease) was $50 to mow the yard because we mowed it when we moved out but the landlord didn't perform the walk- through till the end of the month which was three weeks later. Wasn't worth it to us to haul the lawn tractor back over there and it would have cost more than $50 for us to hire someone to mow two acres of grass. So no big loss.
Did the walk through with the landlord and she mentioned a small hole in one of the screens, a cracked window (our fault) and that was it. I signed off on it and when I got my security deposit back (over two months later which was illegal as she had 30 days to return it) she had charged us for outrageous things like repainting the bedrooms (because the new tenants didn't like the wall color which was the color SHE PAINTED it prior to us moving in), moving a refrigerator out of the basement (her refrigerator) and cleaning said refrigerator that SHE had stored in the basement, cleaning dead bugs out of the shower (it was clean when I left, but if you let a house sit for a month you will probably find dead bugs somewhere). She also charged us for disposing of "a large wooden structure in the basement" That was a nice isulating cover for the french doors in the basement that my hubby had constructed and I specifically asked her if she wanted me to leave it and she said yes! Also charged us for little things like a bent light switch. We received less than half our deposit back and that house was in better shape when we left than when we moved in. Could have taken her to small claims court based on the fact she was late in returning the security deposit alone, but we figured we'd win a judgement and never see the money because she'd just refuse to pay and no one enforces the judgements anyway.
Just be thankful you had such a good tenant, you may not get as lucky with the next one, every landlord I've ever talked to has told me horror stories- of people trashing places, leaving ten tons of garbage around, as a mater of fact, the landlord we rented from had tenants that lived in the house behind us and they were disgusting people. They didn't want to pay for trash removal so they sat all their trash on the porch and in the yard and they just let it rot. They had multiple pets that roamed inside the house and they never cleaned up after them. The house was so badly trashed when the landlord got it back that she just let the bank take it because she said it would cost too much to repair to be able to rent it out again.
increase the rents by 30 to 50%,
Not in a rent-controlled jurisdiction, you don't!
Yes, we have that, too, in Ontario.
When I was a real estate agent in Queens (NYC) my supervisor let me know that the small "x" on the 3x5 cards with the listings was the subtle way of letting us know that the accomodations weren't "suitable" for "Negroes". So the too darkly complected never even saw those apartments. No discrimination there!
Ontario's Human Rights Commission prohibits discrimination in rental housing on the following grounds:
* Race
* Colour
* Ancestry
* Creed (religion)
* Place of Origin
* Ethnic Origin
* Citizenship
* Sex (including pregnancy, gender identity)
* Sexual Orientation
* Age
* Marital Status
* Family Status
* Disability
* Receipt of Public Assistance
I suspect subtle screening techniques to eliminate such undesirables without alerting them to what's really going are imagined and implemented every day by real estate "pros."
I eliminated children in my old rental units by handing out a lead paint information sheet they would have to sign ... pointing out the age of the house and the probably presence of lead paint. No one signed it. they took their kids and headed to the newer side of town.
As for pets - Working service animals and working police dogs, neutered or spayed cats OK, all other animals negotiable, but must be legal species in AZ. I had a tenant with rattlesnakes, and all the permits he needed.
Smoking: specifically forbidden in the lease. And I evicted one tenant for it. Came in to do some repairs, with proper warning, and there were filthy, overflowing ashtrays and burns on the new hardwood floors. He was out in 2 weeks, despite his trying to convince the judge that it was discrimination.
Ontario Residential Tenancies Act:
""No pet" provisions void
14. A provision in a tenancy agreement prohibiting the presence of animals in or about the residential complex is void. 2006, c. 17, s. 14."
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Here is a link that might be useful: Ontario Residential Tenancies Act
Even when you could discriminate against pet owners during my 20 years of landlording, I didn't. If the people are responsible, they will be responsible about their pets. Until I became hyper allergic, I was a multiple cat owner myself.
At one point, Ontario was ready to ban the use of credit checking prospective tenants. Really!
(Love those pics! I wish I had taken shots of one house I got back where las cuchrachas were so swarming that the painters had to be put off until I soaked it with two gallons of diazanon .5%.)
I remember buying some of those gel candles on sale after the holidays. I saved them till the next year, and burned them then. I was amazed at the sooty smoke they gave off. These gel candles were the kind that looked like a bowl of Jello. I definitely could see asking tenants not to burn gel candles. I quit using them pronto.
For a 2.5 year period, my husband and I rented a home while we decided about building. We have two dogs, and (being in Ontario) landlords cannot deny me for that reason. But I made sure to find a landlord who was OK with it; I didn't want to have a pissed-off landlord to start.
The Ontario rule does allow a landlord to evict someone if their pet causes problems for another tenant, such as barking.
LOL @ krycek1984 "Some landlords take the "lord" in their name too seriously, imho."
If you lived in your own home for 5 years, and didn't repaint, didn't really have much incentive to do a lot of improvements, I bet you'd fine (once you moved all the furniture out) that you had some repainting and washing and minor repairing to do.
It's impossible to live in a place without making a mark on it. And 5 years is actually a long time.
One of our units was long term rented by a retired school teacher. She was in it when we purchased and she, unfortunately, passed away after ten years with us.
Her daughter moved in and she wouldn't let us in to clean, repaint or anything. !!! Her mom did the same thing when we first got it, we offered, she declined. I couldn't tell you the last time that home was painted out.
A bit unusual but its her privacy and that of her deceased mother, I guess.
We've been inside the home, it looks like a time capsule. We have replaced the appliance package but that is it and it looks as new...walls, bathroom (one of the first rooms to go, eh?), flooring, carpet, everything looks as new.
Squeaky clean and smells like a home, not a rental.
I wish all our folks were like those two. Sigh.
We give her the December rent back as a thank you. Plus we forget increases sometimes.
Keep your keepers, for sure.
I have to say that I was always an excellent tenant. I was just raised that way. Maintained and protected the carpets; Cleaned the units upon moving out --including windows, appliances, woodwork etc. Including those units that very very obviously had not been cleaned after the last tenant (more as a favor to incoming tenants, I knew that landlord would not!).
Invariably the landlords/management company would try to hold onto the deposit for "needed cleaning". Even got charged once for supposedly burned out light bulbs in the ceiling fixtures! Which I can assure you were not.
Sometimes with firm persistence I ended up with the deposit back--sometimes it was lost completely and not worth going to court over (which I am sure the landlord counted on).
No one in those days gave a thought to the discomforts of fellow tenants inflicted by smokers, curry (or spam) cookers, etc in adjoining units. We just had to suffer til we could move.
My daughter's college campus apartment, in a very old house, was made uninhabitable by the renovation of the other 3 units in the property by a new owner -- plaster falling, thick layers of dust on and in everything, plumbing not working properly. She was the last remaining tenant but for some reason the company wouldn't let her out of her lease. With the involvement of the city building inspector we finally got them to agree to terminate--but never got the security deposit back.
Pray God I never have to rent again--or even live in a condo!
So, likesivy, I commend you for being a conscientious and not greedy landlord!
I put a clause in about having the place professionally cleaned. To avoid that cost, tenants leave it clean. I've also had tenants do the darnedest things, so I also put in a clause that "nothing can be painted or changed without written permission", but I add "which will not be unreasonably withheld". It's worked so far. My attorney had me add one about pets, that any damage by pets is to be paid directly by the tenant and not taken out of the security deposit. I've had people who hadn't bothered to walk their dogs and the wood floors were so badly damaged by urine that they had to be replaced.
It takes years of experience in order to perfect a lease agreement, complete with all of the addendums. I charge $95/per toilet if it's not clean, get it? Granted there's normal wear and tear, but clean is clean and you should be able to produce the 200 or so photos you took prior to move in day. Don't do dogs either, dog pee/poo, claws, not good.
Always section 8, better tenants, always clean homes and yards, leases renew every year, no turnarounds.
My daughter's apartment was not the best when she moved in. It wasn't filthy but it wasn't above average either. We didn't take photos though, just trusted them. She had to spot clean the carpet and scrub bugs off the walls when she was moving her belongings in. They said drip pans needed replacing. She rented from them for 6 months and stayed there a total of 10-15 nights. She used the stove twice. We paid for carpet cleaning when she moved out. They are trying to profit from what they said was done for cleaning when she moved out. I stood there and waited for the checkout people myself. They refuse to show receipts for the blinds and drip pans purchased, and work paid to their independent cleaners. She would be more than happy to pay what they paid. It has to be unconscionable, at best, to want to profit from a tenant like this. She wants to file a suit. They are a huge company in Fargo.
Not necessarily. It depends on local ordinances. Here, you cannot charge a tenant for carpet cleaning, even if it's in the lease. (It's not legal to put it in a lease, actually.)
Back to topic. This is part of the problem in dealing with a large rental company sometimes; it's how many of them make money. You could take them to small claims court, or threaten to do so, perhaps they would then produce the receipts? Do you have a tv station or a newspaper that does those consumer getting screwed stories? I think this would qualify?
And yes, it's unconscionable, but it's business.


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RECIPE: Progressive Dinner for February 8
Here are this week's assignments:
Drinks: Danain
App: VAGirl
1st: GardenLad
Soup: Em
Salad: San
Entree: Annie
Side 1: Woodie
Side 2: Cindy
Dessert: Wizard
Coffee: Dances
OK, no Superbowl recap here. (grin)
Thanks, Marilyn, for the good thoughts. Yes, we got a good old fashioned blizzard complete with a 70+ car pile up on the expressway into Grand Rapids, and windchills at the farm on Sunday of 30 below zero. Even the tank heaters couldn't keep the ice off the stock tanks.
So, we need a good solid entree to go with this weather. This is one of my all time favorite ways to make pork. I use my own home pressed apple cider but I'm sure the commercial stuff would work just as well. It's from Cooking Light but I'd sure never have guessed it was "healthy" if I didn't know. The apple cider reduction just makes the dish. I usually used dried herbs, not having any fresh on hand in Michigan in January. LOL
3 cups apple cider
3 cups water
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup salt
1 tbls black peppercorns
1 tbls coriander seeds
1 2 lb. Pork loin, trimmed
2 cups cider
1 1/2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
1 1/2 tsp chopped fresh sage
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Combine the first 6 ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until salt dissolves. Remove from heat, cool, and pour into a Ziploc bag or container big enough to hold the pork loin. Add pork, seal and let marinate 8 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350, bring 2 cups cider to a boil over medium high heat. Boil until cider is thickened and reduced to 1/4 cup, about 15 minutes. Set aside. Remove pork from bag or container and discard brine. Place pork on broiler pan or baking dish and lightly coat with cooking spray. Sprinkle with remaining herbs and bake about 1 hour, until pork is done, basting twice with the reduced cider in the last 20 minutes of baking. Remove from oven, baste with remaining cider reduction. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
Serves 8
Woodie, good for you! (You should have bet more;)
Annie, I love Michigan in the Summer! I'm glad your good.
Okay, keeping with pork and something warm:
1 tablespoon pine nuts
6 oz. (Crimini) mushrooms
1/4 pound ground sausage
1 small shallot; minced
1 to 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil
1 clove garlic; minced
1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs
2 tablespoon chopped pimiento (optional)
Toast pine nuts in a medium skillet, watching closely over low heat until lightly brown. Remove from skillet to cool. Slice 2 mushrooms for garnish and chop remaining into very small pieces; set aside. Brown sausage in the skillet, breaking apart into small pieces; cook until no longer pink. Stir in shallot and the chopped mushrooms along with olive oil and cook over medium-low heat until vegetables are tender. Stir in garlic until fragrant then add parsley and a sprinkle of salt and pepper; remove from skillet from heat and stir in bread crumbs, pimiento and toasted pine nuts.
Sauté mushroom slices until tender. Meanwhile, spoon mixture into
Annie, yout pork roast sounds great for this time of year and the cold weather we've been having.
Marilyn, the mushroom appetise...wow....yum...etc! You always come up with just the perfect idea!
OK....Dessert.... I had a hard time deciding. First it was going to be Country Pear Cobbler but then I remembered a recipe that I haven't made in probably 3-4 years. I had to hunt a bit to find it but here it is....
Harvest Chocolate Bread Pudding
1 loaf egg bread, preferably challah or brioche (should weigh about 1 lb.)
2 C. whole milk
2 C. heavy cream
8 egg yolks
1 C. sugar
8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, cut into pieces
Remove and discard all the crusts from the bread and cut bread into 1/2-inch cubes. Put the bread into a large bowl and set aside.
In a large saucepan, scald the milk and cream, without letting it boil.
While the milk is heating, put the egg yolks into a bowl. Whisking constantly, mix in the sugar until well combined.
When a small ring of bubbles has appeared around the edge of the milk, remove from the heat and whisk in the chocolate. Whisking constantly to prevent curdling, whisk two cups of the hot chocolate milk into the yolks, one cup at a time. Then whisk the yolks back into the rest of the milk.
Strain the chocolate milk-yolk mixture over the bread cubes and soak one hour or until the cubes have absorbed the liquid (there will be extra liquid). Transfer into a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Cover loosely with aluminum foil and bake at 375°F. for approximately 1 hour or until a knife inserted into the pudding comes out clean.
Serve warm with bourbon-flavored whipped cream and a dusting of sugar.
Makes 6-8 servings.
Note.... I've made this with good grocery store bread and it was fine. But...there was a recipe for challah on the cooking forum that would put this right over the top.
Heavy duty cold winter weather here right now too (Annie a 70 car pile-up? yikes!)
I love pork and think that I have more sides for it than any other dish! Here's one that I just made recently, I think that it would go nicely with the flavors used in Annie's recipe.
Cabbage Au Gratin
1/4 cup butter
1 small head cabbage or 1/2 med-large head, shredded
2 T flour
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup (4 oz) grated sharp Cheddar Cheese
crushed crackers or breadcrumbs (I like to use ritz crackers)
extra shredded cheese for top
Saute cabbage in butter in covered saucepan, cook until wilted, about 5-10 minutes.
Add flour, stir until smooth. Add milk, cook over medium-low heat until thickened.
Add salt, pepper and 1 cup cheese, stir until cheese is melted.
Pour into buttered casserole dish, top with cracker or bread crumbs and additional cheese.
Bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes, or until bubbly.
Serves 4-6
Ok, I think a black bean soup would go well with this meal, and I have one that is super duper easy and super duper good... Its a dump it all in a pot sort of recipe that really tastes like more...
Quick and Easy Black Bean Soup (Cooking Light)
2 15 ounce cans black beans
1 15 ounce can chicken broth
1 cup salsa (I use my own home-canned Annie's Salsa!)
1 Tbs chile powder
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp oregano (mexican if possible)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
Combine all ingredients in a pot, cook for 10-15 minutes. Puree half, then garnish with cheddar cheese, more fresh cilantro, and sour cream if you're a fan...
Sounds like a delicious meal in the works! Mar, next time I will definitely bet more money on the Colts! GL, you'd better pray that the Yankees don't go to the World Series this year or you won't be able to read any of my posts!
I was thinking of color and texture as well as complementary flavors to go with the pork and the cabbage and I hope this starch dish works for your taste.
Using a variety of small potatoes gives visual interest to this sweet and sharp flavored side dish.
Nonstick cooking spray
2 1/2 lb. tiny new potatoes, small Yukon Golds and/or Fingerlings
2 Tablespoons cooking oil
2 Tablespoons molasses
2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup walnut pieces
Fresh Chives to garnish
Preheat oven to 450. Coat a 13 x 9 x 2 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Scrub and quarter potatoes or halve any large quarters. Arrange in pan.
In a small bowl combine oil, molasses, vinegar, thyme and salt. Drizzle mixture over potatoes. Toss gently to coat. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes. Add nuts and stir to mix. Bake 15 to 20 minutes more or until tender.
Transfer to serving dish and sprinkle with chives.
Well, I was beginning to wonder if anyone was still with us.
Annie that pork sounds perfect; it's already on our list to make this weekend.
Meanwhile, for a first course, here's my take on mini-hot browns.
Hot Browns are a Kentucky tradition, first served at the Brown Hotel, in Louisville, back in the late 1920s. Through the years there have been modifications and changes. But I use the original recipe, except instead of white bread I prefer using the oatmeal bread from the King Arthur flour bag. Hot Browns are normally served as an open-faced sandwich, using a full slice of bread flanked by a second piece cut into two trianges. Downsizing is something I've never seen except when I make them this way.
The following makes six first course servings:
Six thick (at least 1/4," 5/16" is even better) slices chicken breast from the deli.
Six slices bread, toasted.
Six mushroom caps, carved and sauted just until liquid runs.
Four slices bacon, cut into lardings and cooked until crisp.
For the Morney Sauce:
1/2 onion, chopped fine
2 tbls butter
2 tbls flour
2 cups heavy cream
1 tbls parsley, minced
Salt & Pepper to taste
Large pinch nutmeg
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1 tbls butter
Saute the onion in butter until translucent. Stir in flour and cook, stirring, another minute. Add cream (works best if preheated), parsley, nutmeg, salt & pepper. Bring to slow boil and cook, stirring, until fairly thick.
Remove from heat. Temper the egg yolks and stir into sauce. Stir in Parmesan and butter.
Assembly: Using a 2-1/2-3" round cookie cutter (I use a fluted one, for this) cut rounds out of the bread. Using the same cutter, cut 1 round from each chicken slice. Then go down a size and use a round cutter to make 6 smaller circles. Finally, use a 3/4" PVC or copper tube to cut 18 small buttons from the chicken.
Arrange the bread cut-outs on a cookie sheet. Put the larger slice of chicken on top, lining it up with any fancy edges. The center the smaller circle on the first one, and finish with three buttons, centered and slightly overlapping.
Top these towers with the sauce, dividing it equally. Sprinkle additional Parsesan over each tower. Pop under the broier until they get suntanned, about 3 minutes.
Center a sauteed mushroom on each hot brown and decorate with bacon lardings.
All of this is a whole lot less complicated than it sounds. All the components can be prepared ahead of time, in fact, then assembled at the last minute.
ah--this crew has always liked to segue into what's going on in their lives and sometimes toss in food so we aren't accused of being off-topic! stuff like that just happens when we've been hanging around together for such a long time:)
i'm happy for you and your team, marilyn! congrats to all! and of COURSE i'm delighted to know that poor annie and nancy weren't buried under a ton of that white stuff! it's been SO cold here the last few days i don't think the clouds can open up long enough to let loose with any more of that pretty stuff...
like many of the others, i was kind of waiting to see what the main course was before i suggested the salad. and i think things are coming together nicely! you guys have put together some great sounding things! but i still haven't gotten back to half of what i wanted to try from the first menu! so having said that, here is my contribution for this week and then i'll be bowing out for awhile. i'm doing some overtime at work and want some time to get caught up, all the way around. with the stronger flavors you guys have suggested for this dinner, i didn't want a relatively whimpy iceburg salad. even though we always skip the eggs, we think there is plenty of flavor here to stand up to the rest of the menu (and thanx again to ruthanna!). hope you'll enjoy it!
Source: Ruthanna
1/2 lb. sliced mushrooms
1 lb. young spinach leaves, washed and stemmed
6 Tbs. olive oil
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1/ 4 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. grated Parmesan cheese
1 clove garlic, slivered
Finely grated rind of
1/ 2 lemon
1 hard cooked egg
Freshly ground black pepper
Wash mushrooms and combine with spinach. Chill. Mix oil, lemon juice, salt, cheese and garlic. Chop up egg and sprinkle over salad. Add lemon rind to salad and grind pepper on top. Pour dressing over salad right before serving and toss.
Note: Best if dressing is made about an hour ahead of time and garlic pieces removed before pouring on salad. Crumbled bacon pieces can be added before serving
I was waiting to hear more of the menu (and what was for dessert) before thinking about a "coffee nosh". I wanted something to help use up that open container of apple cider, but took mostly pantry ingredients in case the weather has been too bad to get out for groceries. I hope this isn't too heavy after that bread pudding! It doesn't rise that high (only a little over an inch - 3 cm to be exact LOL) so if you cut it into 1 - 2 inch squares it sort of counts as a cookie, doesn't it? ;)
Apple Cider Gingerbread (recipe 140873 on Recipezaar posted by LMIllerRN, adjusted some wording etc. to reflect how I made it for testing)
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup apple cider (or apple juice)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup molasses
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp crystallized ginger, minced (I left this out)
My addition - 1/4 cup crumbled pecans
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mix together the flour, brown sugar, ground ginger, and baking soda.
Make a well in the center and add the apple cider, oil, molasses, vinegar, and ginger (if using).
Stir just until the batter is smooth.
Use a rubber spatula to scrape batter into sprayed pan and smooth out to get an even surface. Sprinkle on pecans (if using).
Bake for 30-35 minutes in a round cake pan until toothpick comes out clean. I baked mine in a convection oven using a glass pyrex 8x8 dish - so I corrected the temp to 300F and it tested done in 25 minutes.
Here is a link that might be useful:
Sorry to hear you're leaving us, San. But things happen. Hopefully we can find somebody to fill-in. If not, I'll have to rearrange the courses.
Maybe one of the folks who've been following our dinner, and picking up recipes, will become an active player---hint, hint, hint.
Marilyn, those mushrooms sound great! But what are we drinking with them?
San, we have been doing this for a few years now haven't we? (Since June, 2001 for me...wow!) I sure appreciate all the "friends" I have made here. I'm sorry about the overtime for you:)
Any kind of dry wine is good with the mushrooms. I prefer red (Merlot or Cabernet) but I always have white for my friends who don't like red or even beer!
I have a problem with Merlot, in that it's so inconsistent, vineyard to vineyard and even bottle to bottle. One time it's the best wine you ever drank, the next time vinegar would go down better. Price seems to have no effect on this.
I'll try them with an Australian Shiraz, which we always have on hand anyway.
I love those appetiser spoons. Do you remember where you got them?
I do find that Merlot is very different vintage to vintage, and vineyard to vineyard but that is what I like. I just constantly try different ones. We have found one that is incredible, Franciscan (Napa Valley) 2002 or 2003. I also really enjoy a good Zin. Australian Shiraz is not for me but I'm sure one would be good with the mushrooms and sausage.
I have loads of those spoons. They are really nice with a curl of smoked salmon topped with creme fresh and a dill sprig. I got them at The World Market (Cost Plus) for maybe $1 each. I saw them at Sur La Table for about $3.50 each I think. I enjoy them with the mushrooms but I wouldn't put as much in them next time...they were rather hard to eat. Good thing it was just Paul and I.
I'm going to try the Pork, Annie. I always brine pork but yours sounds better with the apple cider.
The sweets sound incredible too and Cindy, I have a recipe almost identical to yours for the cabbage that I have not made in years. I know yours is good too.
Woodie, those potatoes sound very interesting and very elegant.
Okay, here we have -
Crostini With Figs And Nuts
1 package (8 oz) California dried figs (I use fresh when in season)
¾ cup nuts, very coarsely chopped
~12 oz. soft cream cheese (may need less with fresh figs)
Clover Honey
Snip stems from figs and cut figs into small pieces.
Toast nuts in 300* degree oven for 5 to 6 minutes, just until fragrant but not
Combine figs, nuts and cheese in food processor or mixer and process just until blended.
Heat baguette to freshen.
Cut baguette into thin diagonal slices.
Spread each slice with fig mixture.
Drizzle with honey.
Serve at room temperature.
Makes 2 cups spread (about 36 appetizers).
I hope you will enjoy!
vagardengirl, that sounds really good, I'd like that a lot, I think.
Marilyn, if you like sweet/fruit with meat, you'll like this pork roast. I make it this way a lot, it's nice and moist even with nearly all the fat trimmed and, well, it's "fruity". (grin) I think apples and pork are a great natural pairing.
About the spoons, I have seen plain white soup spoons like that in asian grocery stores, and they are usually one or two for a dollar. I have a lot of them (although mine have patterns, but they did have plain white) because I like to eat soup with them, and use them for scoops when cooking. They usually have plastic and ceramic versions.
Okay, this was bugging me. I had the appetizer and couldn't figure out why Joe keeps spelling it appetiser (with "s"), even the spell check red line comes up under it that way. I discovered this:
American: appetizer, -zing
British: appetiser, -sing, appetizer, -zing
Are you British Joe?
(I guess I need another home project like another room addition. Looks like I don't have enough to do.)
Wonderful recipes this week, thanks to everybody! I plan to try each and every single one, but not all at the same time :-) We're having DS and DDIL come to visit next week and I look forward to cooking for them (we'll get to meet new granddaughter, Barbara, for the first time - she's 2 months old!)
Annie, I made your pork roast last week and we loved it!
I have to tell you that I didn't have apple cider so I used apple juice. I was a little worried about the reduced sauce being too sweet for our taste so after I removed the roast from the pan (roasted to 135 degrees and the temperature rose to 147 during standing time) I poured the reduced apple juice into the drippings along with some brandy and freshly ground black pepper...yum!
Thank you for the recipe.


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The "blood sucking companies" (???) are giving you a great deal.It's the manufacturer that sets the price...NOT the telcos.If you have a complaint with any blood sucker out there...look no further than Culpertino...they're the ones who are charging $650+. As it is, local bell is making it cheaper for you to make the initial purchase.Your complaints against the bells are unfounded....these are loss leaders for them. The more units they sell, the lower their earnings.
The "blood sucking companies" (???) are giving you a great deal.
How does a penalty (ie. contract) have value? ...
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The adapter change is because... of the current 30 (??) wires, I believe, 10 (more or less) are no longer used. In addition (not an expert here) there might be enhanced functionality with newer wires, etc.Change is good.Yeah, $10 here or $20 there is a nuisance, but Apple has always been a premium product, it's the cost of doing business.
I bought a $2 usb charging cable for my iPhone from monoprice and the thing literally fell apart in three weeks (the plastic case that connects to the dock side). I'm not hard on my cables either, never had anything like that happen before. In fact, I still have many of the original Apple cables from years ago -- but I had to replace a stolen one and one that my cat chewed up Went with the RadioShack (aka Gigaware) version most recently and like that they don't have locking mechanism on the sides -- they just slip in and out of the connector nicely.


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7:30 PM ET, January 5, 2011
STORRS, Conn. -- Tiffany Hayes knew that Connecticut would bounce back strong from its first loss in 2½ years.The junior, who had never lost a college game before last Thursday's 71-59 defeat at Stanford, scored 22 points and the second-ranked Huskies routed Villanova 81-35 on Wednesday night."I knew that all of us, deep down inside, had this attitude that, 'Whoever's next is gonna get it,' even thought it should have been last game. We all came out with that attitude."Maya Moore added 16 for the Huskies (13-1, 3-0 Big East), who did set another record Wednesday night, winning their 70th straight home game."We definitely love playing at home," Moore said. "I don't think any of us were really aware of that streak."UConn hasn't lost in Storrs or Hartford since being beaten by Rutgers 55-47 in the 2007 Big East tournament championship game. The NCAA counts both Big East and NCAA tournament games played by UConn at Gampel Pavilion and the XL Center as home games.The 70th straight home win broke a tie with the record set by Tennessee from 1991-96 and matched by the Huskies from 2000-04, when most home games were sellouts.UConn coach Geno Auriemma lamented that those days are apparently over. There were about 2,900 empty seats, in the 10,000-seat arena on Wednesday."This used to be the hardest place in America to play," he said. "It's not like that anymore."Bria Hartley added 13 points and six rebounds for UConn, which fell to second in the Top 25 for the first time in 52 weeks on Monday. Moore, who played just 26 minutes, fell four points shy of reaching the 2,500 point-plateau for her career.Lindsay Kimmel led Villanova (7-7, 0-2) with six points.Connecticut held the Wildcats to 22 percent shooting from the floor, outrebounded the Wildcats 47 to 16 and were never challenged.Villanova missed its first 12 shots and was scoreless for nearly 8 minutes before Amanda Swiezynski's jumper got Villanova on the board and made it 14-2.It was 23-2 before Villanova scored again. The Wildcats missed their first 10 shots from 3-point range and were 9-of-38 from behind the arc for the game.Megan Pearson's 3-pointer with just over 7 minutes left in the half made it 30-9, finishing a 7-7 string that was as close a Villanova would come to making a run at the Huskies.UConn led 44-12 at the half, the fifth time this season the Wildcats have scored 17 or fewer points before intermission. Villanova had just four first-half field goals and shot 16 percent from the field. Their five starters were 0 for 16 from the floor.In the second half, the Wildcats had just seven buckets, all from behind the 3-point line.Before this game, Villanova coach Harry Perretta joked that he told his squad they had about a 30 percent chance of being shut out and that he would get a $1,000 bonus if the Wildcats scored 30 points.They reached that mark with 13 minutes left in the game."[UConn's] going to play hard whether they lost to Stanford or not," Perretta said. "I don't think that had anything to do with it. The only difference is they're going to concentrate and maybe shoot the ball a little better, which I thought they did."Connecticut spent most of the second half resting its starters and getting playing time for its reserves.Connecticut hasn't lost consecutive home games since being beaten by Providence and Louisville back-to-back in March, 1993.The Huskies are now 46-0 after a loss during that span.UConn kept alive a couple of other streaks as well. The Huskies have gone 242 consecutive games without allowing an opponent to shoot over 50 percent from the floor. UConn also has won 146 straight win over unranked opponents.The Huskies next visit No. 13 Notre Dame on Saturday, part of a stretch that also includes games at No. 18 St. John's and No. 8 North Carolina."After the [Stanford] game I hear a lot of, 'Congratulations, great job,' like the season is over now," Auriemma said. "The streak is over and now you're done, without any regard to the fact that we have three months of basketball left."The Wildcats came in averaging just over 52 points per game. They failed to score 40 points twice last month, in a 30-29 win over Fairfied and in a 39-36 loss to West Virginia.UConn has now won 34 of the last 37 games played against the Wildcats. The Huskies are 34-17 all-time against Villanova.
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Remember we were working on a series about gardening?
It was really hard... talking about gardening all the time...
Really it was!
Naw, I'm just pulling your parsnips! Hahahaha
You can look back at The Secret to Gardening.... Part one.. where we talk about really, my history of gardening and.. we take a look at failure.
Remember, there is no failure in gardening... Ever.. at all!
We then learned that we just need to start planting... forgetting about all the rules.. rules will come later.. first we must learn to crawl... walking comes later... You can read Where to Start in the Garden Part two... here..
And now we are ready.. to learn about the different types of gardening. I can't cover all of them. I don't know all of them. But I can give you just enough to understand which one you need to research for yourself. And maybe a little bit to understand what is right for you.. may not be right for me.
Remember in part one... where I talked about my growing area being drastically different then yours? Where I live and how I grow things is actually unlike any where else in the USA... quite possibly the world. I am truly in the Pacific Northwest along the coastline. I won't go in to details.. You can read and research about them for yourself if you live here...
Or you can catch up with me at the local coffee shop and I will be glad to talk your ear off. :-)
In the meantime...
1. Container Gardening. I use this one... for things like peppers and eggplants that are perennials... I know!! I didn't know they were either till last year.. and now I am trying to keep mine alive through the winter... Yipee!!
|I built a container on the side of the stairs....
|A large container planter near the house.. for specialty crops I needed to keep an eye on.
|Literally... you can plant in salvaged trash!!!!
The downside... if you live in the south.. or a hot area.. you are shaking your head saying.. ya... we don't grow like that here... And all of us other people are scratching our heads and asking why??
Let me explain it... In some areas.. it gets so HOT.. literally.... for hours... that it would be near impossible to keep the plant adequately hydrated. I know... I lived in Fresno, Ca for 21 years and I was rarely successful at it. The sun comes out at 0700 hrs the heat is unbearable at 0930 and for several months out of the growing season.. it never cools down... Not joking.. 90' at 0200hrs is very common!
So, depending on your area.. container gardening may or may not work for you... I'm dancing right now.. because I can garden this way!!!!
But, I am showing sympathy for those that can't... seriously! :-)
2. Row planting... Into the ground... Some of us can clear the ground and plant in rows. Leaving space between the rows to walk down and harvest the fruits and veg. Your plants are directly in the ground at ground level. This works for a lot of people. And usually I would say it's a waste of space.. but last year I saw a garden planted like this.. and it was jam packed with produce. and productive produce.
People in hot and cold and wet and dry can garden like this... putting down a drip irrigation system would be a fabulous idea if you live in the south to give water directly to the plants roots... and lessen the evaporation. Also, mulching the ground with wood chips... can help keep the moisture in.
The downside to this... moles and voles have total access to your garden, from underneath. And they can be destructive! We finally killed the one that was tearing apart our fruit garden. Darn boogers!!!
Some say that there is a lot of wasted space between the rows that you walk through... I disagree.. I mean your going to have to walk through or around the plants anyways... so ... choose knowing how you set it up.. you need a path of some type.
The few reasons I don't garden like this.. is Maggie... Who has never met a nice comfortable patch of spinach she didn't like to lay in... Or any patch she didn't like to walk in... So, since she is my best garden buddy (sorry hubby) I chose another type of gardening. I also live on a steep hill!!! Steep!!!! So I pretty much have to terrace everything.
We tried to grow potatoes and corn on a partial cliff side but the water just ran down and everything pretty much withered once the warm weather came. It was a nice idea however.
3. Aquaponics..... Sounds like a disease.. I know.. but it's really a cool way to grow produce. You don't use dirt. It does take time to understand the workings of it and how it waters... feeds... and such... So, if you like the sound of it... study up.
Basically you are growing your produce in rocks or some sort of medium other then gritty soil.. Water is filtered through a system of pipes and containers and fills up the planting area and drains out several times a day ... hour... so on... You can fertilize the plants via using fish.. or you can add your own fertilizer... I will be looking more in to adding this method of growing to our garden... Mainly for lettuce type growing. and things that are hard to wash off the soil from.
You need power to the system. However you want to get it there..
It will not be my main system for growing... But I do want to try it... The reason for it not being the main are simple in my mind... 1. I am working my soil to be self sufficient. I don't pump a lot of store bought fertilizers and such into my soil and on my plants... I want to learn to grow without them in case I actually HAVE to grow without them. 2. I don't want to have to worry about the power to the source. In the winter we can and have and do lose power often and for (the longest so far) 5+ days. Usually those are during huge storms where the sun never pops out for that whole time... So, I can not depend on the sun... to power anything.
Now, down the road when I have a lot of money... I might be able to build a solar battery back up system that collect during the few days we have power and use it when we don't... but for now.. I want to concentrate on gardening consistently with what God gives me.
Now... I would first check out this guy... and all his videos on Aquaponics and his set up...
Rob Bob is amazing.. at gardening and the set up and explaining! Highly recommend! He is also a common name here in the USA.. how do I know that? I was talking to someone about setting up a system and we both commented on this mans videos... and we both said his name at the same time!!! That happened more then once....
4. Permaculture.... Think Permanent Agriculture... this method is simple... It's creating a 'food forest' on your land and have it be self sustaining... I actually practice this method believe it or not. I have quite a few people contact me because they hear me 'weeding' and they have read books on the topic that this is a no weeding method and very easy... let me just burst a few bubbles... it is not as easy or non labor intensive as is being talked about. To establish a garden like this takes time.. and time and planning and time.. I know.. I am doing it now on parts of our land .. and .... sometimes my raised beds require less attention then this type of farming does. So, read up and watch a ton of videos about it before you think.. this is perfect for me!!! I can sit back and rock in the chair and watch the food fall!!!
And, keep in mind.. most of this is done down south. If you garden like this in the northern USA please contact me. But most of this is down south with tropical plants... and most of these people still have regular veg plots they work. I know... I talk to a lot of people!
Now, I said everyone can garden this way and they can. But not everyone can garden this way successfully! the same way. I get 70+ inches of rain a year and remember that hill I live on... don't email me telling me I need to build berms and capture the water... and save it.. in my area.. I need to wick it away from the fruits and veg as fast as I can. I have a constant water source that I water all the garden with... So water isn't my main concern. God already set it up for me.
The other thing to consider... when we lived in Fresno, Ca.. I could pull a weed and drop it and it would wither and die... It never dawned on me.. when I spent 2 days pulling weeds in the garden and dropping them in the path that they would be laughing at me and just continue to grow in the garden path!!!!!!! Wicked I know... But up here.. you pull a weed and you put it somewhere you don't mind it possibly living... Usually I dump them over in the chicken coop area... Chickens love them.. and they don't stand a chance at survival!
I am sharing a video with you.. I did a lot of research on this.. and well... you have to see if for yourself. Realize that this farm he is at is ten years old.. Yes, there are parts that are 'little maintenance' involved.. but .... there are also high maintenance area's... I have been working the food forest garden on our land for 1 year now.. I still have a lot of work to do with it to get it self producing. But that's the joy in gardening. Watching your hard work take over and produce for you.
So, watch the video.. and count how many helping hands you see in this video... and remember... it's just me up here... plus 16 chickens that work all day long.... But someone has to install the fencing to keep them in... :-)
5. Raised Beds.... This is the main way I garden. The only flat part of this land is literally pit rock covered for a future house... everything else is a terrace or cliff .... So, I built planters to plant everything in. I got the wood for free from our local dump that allowed me to go up and take whatever I wanted..... Literally!!! Score!!! I built the planters filled them with good soil and they never get stepped in or compacted or ran in via a dog.. and bonus ... rain water quickly drains through them. Which right now as I watch the rain pour from the sky.. is a good thing.
|Oh look weeds??? How did they get there!!!!
They are also raised up so I don't have to bend over that much and my back hurts less... Maggie no longer runs through them when they are at least a foot above the ground.. and I am happy. However, chipmunks and squirrels hide in them and eat all the butternut squash.. But they would have hidden in the rows also... So it's all fair.
The down side to this if I lived in the south would be I would have to water more... They do dry out a little faster. But for where I am... they are the way to go.
6. Square Foot Gardening is the way to go if you are doing raised beds and very OCD or like that look. I tried it one year and one year only and it drove me nuts that all the plants I planted were not listening to me on how they weren't supposed to be encroaching on their neighbors square foot space... That and the end of the year when I needed to rotate crops.. it was literally a pain for me.
If you want to read more about it... Check out this book.. Either from your local library.. which I got mine.. or from amazon... which is where the picture came from..
In my defense I also had other people at the time attempting a community garden.. and they totally didn't understand it and weren't interested... so the bed saved for several types of plants... turned in to all squash... and cucumbers.. because one person didn't label they planted it all full of squash and the other person came by and planted half of it with cucumbers.. and well....
I don't offer community gardening on my land any more...... at all!!!!!!
7. There is the Back to Eden gardening method.. where people throw the wood chips down... which I use to maintain my moisture.. and they plant straight in that... I do a small variation of this.. but I haven't turned my whole garden area into it... I need the raised beds at this time.
There are a ton of videos on growing this way on YouTube. Just search it. I spent a whole evening watching them... If you would like to watch a video.. click here.. The owner doesn't give permission to embed..
8. You have Intensive Gardening where you grow a ton of stuff with each other.. I wouldn't do this for my first garden.. or second one either. The research of what to plant where and what doesn't like what.. is enough to pull out a few mustache hairs.. So for a beginner... just stick with small and simple... It wins the race... But when you want to challenge yourself more.. you know its there..
Interesting article on it here...
9. And then if you are like me.... there is always terrace Garden.... Where you literally terrace and plant on the slope of your land...
Everything in our garden moves.. nothing has found it's permanent place just yet. But hoping that this is the magical year that it all happens. So for now, we garden where we can.
Each person's needs are different. Don't get hung up on the 'type' of gardening and what is right for you..... just plant a plant in the ground and watch it grow... then experiment from there..
If you don't like your results one year... change it up the next.
Like I said... My goal in gardening is not to purchase any fertilizer... or amendments. People literally spend hundreds of dollars on soil amendments.. like rock dust and minerals and fertilizers.. and mix up huge concoctions.. and feed their plants.. making them dependent on the additives. Look into the Mittleider Gardening method.... Yes they get huge results and they brag about it non stop.. but if they couldn't get or afford the additives???
I want to use what God gave me. And He gave us this land... with the ability to grow peppers and eggplant.. which a lot in this county can't grow. I am perfectly happy to pull a few weeds for that trade off!
Ok, ask me that in a few months when the weeds really start coming...
Yes, I will do a post on weeds!!! Because they are not always bad.. and if you use them correctly they can be a benefit!


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Looking back at the 450 entries posted on The State Worker blog in 2013, news about government compensation drew more views than any other topic.
It makes sense. Contracts for nearly all of the state-employee unions were set to expire on July 1, 2 or 3. A string of gloomy budgets gave way to sunny fiscal forecasts, buoyed by an improving economy and tax hikes that kicked in courtesy of voter-approved Proposition 30.
Given all that good news – at least if you're a state employee who endured four years of furloughs – hope was running high that 2013-14 might be the year that Gov. Jerry Brown would open the wallet for state workers.
During a May 14 budget briefing, however, Brown sent a clear signal that became the basis of the 10th-most-viewed State Worker blog item of 2013: Jerry Brown 'aiming low' on pay for state employees.
This is the first in series looks back at The State Worker's 10 most-viewed blog posts of 2013.
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