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Hallo friends. Skye is helping me look at a canned spaghetti sauce recipe as we have a couple of tomatoes (see 2nd pic). 🍅 The big red ones are not pictured, there are about 30 more. BunMum will sort and organize tomorrow. Had to get them in as it’s a killing frost tonight.

Sewer line update: Project manager said wait on the crack and 2nd sag - save up (ha) and we will do a camera check next year. He felt so sorry for us he gave us $500 off, which was very kind and kept it with tax to $17,000.

@Satori I can vouch that the sauce is the best I’ve ever had. So fresh and tasty…not like the canned or jarred stuff you get from the store.
I look forward to many good pasta dinners (We’re going to be making our own pasta at some point too!)

@cenobyte You’re so kind! ❤️☺️

@cenobyte @Satori Oh, nice! You can do pasta without a machine, more rustic. And kinda fun playing with knives 😀

@Byronrabbit @cenobyte 😂 Oh dear. I think we might just wait on that a bit until the bad luck has passed. I value my appendages

@Satori @cenobyte 🤣🤣🤣

@cenobyte @Satori

Absolutely make your own #pasta, it's easy (at least the simple straight #noodles) and the fresh stuff is amazing.

One of the little hand-crank machines that can roll the dough out to various thicknesses and cut it into #linguine/#fettuccine works well and isn't crazy expensive.

I still use bought dry pasta - especially for stuff that needs extra work like #bowties or shells, or fancier machines that can do #rotini, but fresh linguine is a special dinner for sure.

@cazabon @cenobyte Mmmm that will be so much fun to try! Something to look forward to this winter. Yeah, I think we will skip the bow ties and rotini for now.. but linguine and fettuccini are possibilities. No knife wielding until our luck rebounds, however 😂!
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cohan Oct 1, 2023

@Satori 17,000!

@cohanf Yes. Eye watering! Thank heavens we were accepted for financing, although of course interest rates are less than ideal right now… 😖

Bunbrary Oct 1, 2023

@Satori oy, that’s a devastating figure! Tough times for the hooms. So sorry.

@bunbrary Aw. That sweet face! Thank you so much for your kind empathy. ❤️

@Satori That's decent of him. Tomatoes, go for it!

@Byronrabbit 😂 They’ve taken over. Grateful for the crop. Good tomato sauces are ahead. 🍅❤️

@Satori Oh, the purple ones! Nice crop!

@Byronrabbit Thank you! 😊 They’re so tasty, too! A bit less acidic too, so good for those of us with GERD! 😂

Those heirloom indigo rose tomatoes were the first time I’ve tried to grow from seed starting in the house.☺️

@Satori Impressive! I've only ever grown the cherry and grape tomatoes and get them from greenhouse plants. You're a true gardener!

@Byronrabbit Honestly, I was shocked. I was expecting spindly plants 😂. Thank you, but I suspect tomatoes are just verrrrry hardy. I did put an oscillating fan on them inside to toughen them up a bit in preparation for those Alberta spring winds. 😂🌬️

@Satori Yeah, wind burn turns leaves yellowish. They look yummy!

@Byronrabbit 😲 So that’s what causes those yellow leaves! I always wondered what causes that but never put the two together.

@Satori Greenhouse guy told me that. The plant survives though.