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Belly35

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Oct 17, 2013 12:11 PM
My 85 year old home will be getting new windows (16 total) this Friday we got some newer outside doors last year.</SPAN>
I checker the furnace (burners, motor and ignition) general cleaning</SPAN>
I cleaned both chimneys</SPAN>
Checked all the vehicles (tires, oil, trans, antifreeze, battery) will replace plugs this weekend
Need to get a few hundred pound salt for my truck </SPAN>
Splitting more wood from a down tree last week .. should be good for all winter</SPAN>
Checked our back up food, water and propane supplies in case of a power outage</SPAN>
Thinking of replacing the small gas powered generator with a stronger diesel next year.
Have the garden almost done for plastic covering
Patio furniture still out
Rain barrels need to be drained and removed
Lower spouting cleaned, upper has leaf covers

Have you home owner and or car owner done any winterizing yet? </SPAN>
Oct 17, 2013 12:11pm
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redrocket

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Oct 17, 2013 12:23 PM
Something to think about, if you have natural gas forget the diesel generator and go with one that runs on natural gas. As for everything else that you listed....I was a Boy Scout and have it covered.
Oct 17, 2013 12:23pm
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vdubb96

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Oct 17, 2013 12:33 PM
I just winterized your mom! BOOOM!!!!!!!!!! j.k. mofo!
Oct 17, 2013 12:33pm
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said_aouita

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Oct 17, 2013 12:51 PM
Gotta xj Jeep and Subaru parked outside.

I'm taunting Mother Nature.
Oct 17, 2013 12:51pm
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Oct 17, 2013 1:11 PM
I winterized the 5th Wheel. That's about it.
Oct 17, 2013 1:11pm
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LJ

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Oct 17, 2013 1:12 PM
Had Whempy's out to clean the fireplace last Friday.
I still need to put the glass back in the front storm door and put the screen away.
I have the sandbags for the truck sitting in the garage. I don't like putting them in till I tag out on deer.
Kale looks to be far enough along that it will survive winter, so we will have fresh greens all winter.
Oct 17, 2013 1:12pm
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Oct 17, 2013 1:24 PM
Winter is for poor people.

Somebody was going to say it, so there it is.
Oct 17, 2013 1:24pm
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raiderbuck

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Oct 17, 2013 1:28 PM
I rent, and have no car.

Hope this helps.
Oct 17, 2013 1:28pm
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Oct 17, 2013 1:51 PM
raiderbuck;1519385 wrote:I rent, and have no car.

Hope this helps.
Better put chains on your bike.

Oct 17, 2013 1:51pm
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Oct 17, 2013 2:09 PM
Yard aeration scheduled for this week, then I'll fertilize and be ready for winter.
Oct 17, 2013 2:09pm
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Oct 17, 2013 2:20 PM
Not yet:
Soon the convertible will be stored for the winter and the SUV will be in action.
Need to convert the tractor from mower to snowblower.
Blow the leaves out of grandpa and grandma's eves.
Oct 17, 2013 2:20pm
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friendfromlowry

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Oct 17, 2013 2:25 PM
Going to buy a sweatshirt.
Oct 17, 2013 2:25pm
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Fab4Runner

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Oct 17, 2013 2:31 PM
Got my brakes on my Trailblazer done yesterday. Need to get my 4WD fixed ASAP.

The house I am moving into next month has brand new windows and doors and the furnace is ship shape, so it's good to go.
Oct 17, 2013 2:31pm
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Oct 17, 2013 3:07 PM
reclegend22;1519383 wrote:Winter is for poor people.

Somebody was going to say it, so there it is.
These people probably aren't poor.
Oct 17, 2013 3:07pm
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Belly35

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Oct 17, 2013 3:47 PM
redrocket;1519351 wrote:Something to think about, if you have natural gas forget the diesel generator and go with one that runs on natural gas. As for everything else that you listed....I was a Boy Scout and have it covered.
Back in Perrysburg we had a generator connected to the natural gas line but water got into the gas line system in the Blizzard of 1976 and everyone line froze at the meters. The generator was worthless. That the only reason I when with a secondary fuel generator.
Oct 17, 2013 3:47pm
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Belly35

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Oct 17, 2013 3:52 PM
vdubb96;1519357 wrote:I just winterized your mom! BOOOM!!!!!!!!!! j.k. mofo!
The fact that she's dead, she been winterized for a long time...
Oct 17, 2013 3:52pm
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Belly35

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Oct 17, 2013 3:57 PM
LJ;1519378 wrote:Had Whempy's out to clean the fireplace last Friday.
I still need to put the glass back in the front storm door and put the screen away.
I have the sandbags for the truck sitting in the garage. I don't like putting them in till I tag out on deer.
Kale looks to be far enough along that it will survive winter, so we will have fresh greens all winter.

I store my butternut, acorn and spaghetti squash in large Rubbermaid containers filled with sawdust in our garage storage area (small room within the garage). Do you store any squash? How?
Oct 17, 2013 3:57pm
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Oct 17, 2013 3:58 PM
I'll re-stock the corn crib this weekend and boil down some molasses. The SO still needs to make more candles.
Oct 17, 2013 3:58pm
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Belly35

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Oct 17, 2013 4:07 PM
Tiernan;1519477 wrote:I'll re-stock the corn crib this weekend and boil down some molasses. The SO still needs to make more candles.
Wife and I did 12 quart of spaghetti sauce, 12 loafs of zucchini bread and 10 bag of shredded zucchini few weeks ago, on Sunday we did 20 pints of Blueberry jam.
Oct 17, 2013 4:07pm
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Oct 17, 2013 4:11 PM
LJ;1519378 wrote:Kale looks to be far enough along that it will survive winter, so we will have fresh greens all winter.
Go on...

What should my kale look like at this point in order to survive the winter?
Oct 17, 2013 4:11pm
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Oct 17, 2013 4:21 PM
justincredible;1519484 wrote:Go on...

What should my kale look like at this point in order to survive the winter?
Do you have edible leaves yet?
Oct 17, 2013 4:21pm
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Oct 17, 2013 4:23 PM
LJ;1519487 wrote:Do you have edible leaves yet?
Yes. That it?
Oct 17, 2013 4:23pm
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Oct 17, 2013 4:25 PM
justincredible;1519488 wrote:Yes. That it?
Yep. Some people wait too long because their tomatoes are still going. I say by the weekend after labor day you gotta have your kale seed down
Oct 17, 2013 4:25pm
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Oct 17, 2013 4:26 PM
Belly35;1519472 wrote:The fact that she's dead, she been winterized for a long time...
Just the way I like'em.
Oct 17, 2013 4:26pm
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friendfromlowry

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Oct 17, 2013 4:35 PM
Belly35;1519472 wrote:The fact that she's dead, she been winterized for a long time...
Prayers sent.
Oct 17, 2013 4:35pm