JR: Home roasting coffee bean notes - proposed tt post 22apr2015 "I'd like to see someone with fresher roasts ..." As usual, the DIY approach helps here. Sure, you can buy an expensive home roaster, but you can also roast coffee beans rather nicely by using an old air popcorn pop... more>> 4 min read
- Apr 22, 2015 - #home #coffee #howto

JR: Old West End Festival 2014 - ToledoTalk.com event post Facebook event page post The festival ran from Friday evening, June 6 through late Sunday afternoon, June 8. We visited the festival on Saturday and Sunday with our neighbors who had never attended. They loved it. We had ... more>> 7 min read
- Mar 21, 2015 - #todo #toledo #event #history #art #food #home #blog_jr

JR: Tt comment mar 20 2015 - (user asked about growing lawn grass) What about a ground cover plant instead of lawn grass? The advantage of purslane is that you can eat it. It's good on salads. If sandy soil and if it receives some sunshine, what about native prairie plants, l... more>>
- Mar 20, 2015 - #home #garden #yard

JR: Mid-day walk, Mon, Mar 16, 2015 - Barney and I went for about 40-minute walk around lunch time. Cloudy sky. Temps around 60 degrees. Little to no wind. Mostly dry. A few snow piles. Birds obs: COGR, I think my first of 2015 AMRO, several heard, and two males foraging on a lawn. ... more>>
- Mar 16, 2015 - #home #bird #pets

JR: Backyard fire, Thu, Mar 5, 2015 - I went outside at about 6:45 p.m. to assemble another fire in our small fire cage. At 7:00 p.m., the fire started. At 9:35 p.m., I put the fire out. I was back inside at 9:39 p.m. Barney was out with me for only a couple short intervals. Deb was o... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 05, 2015 - #home #weather

JR: Sat, Feb 21, 2014 Weather - At 12: 08 p.m., Feb 21, 2015, light snow continues to fall. Total accumulation for the day is at least 1.5 inches. I walked the neighborhood from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m., and then I shoveled our walkways and driveway apron. Temps were around 20 degrees. ... more>>
- Feb 21, 2015 - #home #toledo #weather #bird

JR: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 morning walk - I walked this morning without Barney from 9:40 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. At the start of the walk, mostly clear with temp around +1. At the end of the walk, partly to mostly cloudy with cirrus and cirrostratus clouds, so the sun could still shine okay. Temp... more>>
- Feb 20, 2015 - #home #bird #toledo #weather

JR: Backyard fire pit in February - On Fri night, Feb 6, 2015, Barney, DD, and I stood outside for two hours on our shoveled, snow-packed-covered driveway with a fire in our little fire pit cage, drinking red wine and eating pizza with large mounds of snow along the driveway from ~18 ... more>>
- Feb 13, 2015 - #home #weather

JR: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 Weather - Fri, Jan 9, 2015 - The sky dawned mostly clear. It was still breezy. It appeared to have snowed a little more, since I measured last night at 10:44 p.m. I'm guessing that around 2.0 to 2.25 inches of snow fell over West Toledo during the 12-hour peri... more>> 1 min read
- Jan 09, 2015 - #home #snowfall #bird

JR: Eastern Screech Owl fly-by in our backyard - On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at about 1:00 p.m., I stood at our kitchen window watching the dozens of HOSP and the numerous MODO forage on our backyard, along with a few fox squirrels. Some SCJU were mixed in as well. Then all the birds suddenly left. Even t... more>>
- Dec 25, 2014 - #home #bird

JR: Beer notes at tt - my dec 17, 2014 toledotalk.com comment quote=186095 Apple Crisp Ale using an English ale yeast Belgian Blonde Ale Chocolate Maple Porter using an English ale yeast We bottled the porter last night. We'll bottle the blonde ale this weekend. We b... more>> 1 min read
- Dec 17, 2014 - #home #beer

JR: Roofers - ~ [x] [x] [x] Holt Roofing Sep 24 update: Est scheduled for Wed, Oct 1 between Noon and 1:00 p.m. with Zack J ~ [x] [x] [x] - talk to Jim S. Sep 24 update: completed the web form for an estimate and awaiting a call back (419) 242-5568 Sep 29 up... more>> 1 min read
- Sep 30, 2014 - #todo #home

JR: Our 2014 Backyard Produce Garden - In early May, I decided to change our garden a bit by switching to a raised-bed, square-foot garden, even though we have little knowledge on the subject. We need to study more about the compatibility of plants, watering, planting times, etc. Based up... more>> 25 min read
- Sep 18, 2014 - #home #garden #food #blog_jr #todo

JR: Vitamix juicing - September 2014 Attempting to "juice" with the Vitamix, instead of the Juice Man juice extractor, so that I don't waste the pulp. First test today: 250 g carrot (~ 3 carrots) 100 g beet (~ 1/2 beet) 300 g water 1 whole apple Chewy. Thick. N... more>> 1 min read
- Sep 10, 2014 - #home #recipe #beverage #health #blog_jr

JR: Feeding pepper plants - A little gardening advice from my Dad. water and FEED regularly "feeding" could be Miracle Gro or some other fertilizer placed on top of the soil or mixed with water and sprayed on the plants. when plant sets blossoms, spray new blossoms with a... more>>
- Sep 02, 2014 - #home #garden #howto #blog_jr