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Neither, just sticking to a schedule. I have 2x autos that already popped and I need 4x for the first of 2x runs in the winter tent.
Maine 4-Season Greenhouse Grow
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andIhalped
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Portland (and Seattle) were funky, quirky, affordable & fun in the 70s & 80s. By the end of the latter decade, Seattle was scourged by gentrification, ratcheting up the affordability with every wave, killing everything cool, as always. Gentrification is just ethnic cleansing with money instead of bullets & the fun, funky, & cool are always the 1st urban casualities.
Portland dodged those bullets through the end of the century, remaining fairly cheap & easy, allowing the local scruffy arts scene to flourish. Particularly music, with a homegrown scene that included post-punk, alt-country, & straight ahead & avant garde jazz.
But a few years into the century the word was out, population ballooned, particularly post 2010. Per usual it killed most of the character—ugly & extremely overpriced 5 story condos & apartments have metastasized, killing quaint neighborhoods, driving out the working class, self-supporting artists, supplanting them with moneyed tech types, trustafarians, rich retirees and the overpriced crappy trend-of-the-moment bars & restaurants frequented by the moneyed New Portland. Traffic’s horrible, parking’s impossible & their ain’t much character left.
Some remains: it still has the highest # of strip clubs per capita, including the oldest continuously operating club on the West Coast. Vice is nice!
But overall, I don’t know anyone that liked Portland 10 years ago that can stand it much, now. RIP, Glad you caught it when you did.
Enough of that, though. Came back to this fine thread (pardon the derail), because we’d discussed the sheer number of rec. dispensaries in Portland & I just ran across this map done by a local cartographer:
Grow on!
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21F with a 35mph wind = 9F. Calling for snow on Friday. Winter is here...
Below freezing this morning.
I'm not ready for winter yet!
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I used to live where the seasons blurred into one another...I now appreciate having them strongly delineated...
One thing's for sure...I love tucking into a big steaming bowl of stew (or soup) with some fresh bread...not nearly as comforting as when it is 80F/80%RH!
Here we seem to have 2 seasons summer and winter. 
We're doing crock-pot chili with cornbread tonight.
I definitely love getting down on some "comfort food" when it is cold.
Im thinking a nice big chuck roast with veggies.
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Pot roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, roasted carrots....all of it!
I plan on cooking much more over the fire this winter. Already we have had some great nights cooking steaks and veggies over the open flames. Cornbread in the dutch oven with lots of butter. Marshmallows...always.
There is a beautiful book called Mallman On Fire...most sexy outdoor cooking book I've seen...the imagery is beautiful and the guy is just too cool (elder Argentinian).
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Well, we thought Thanksgiving was our last group of guests on the farm but a couple sneaked in for the weekend. Even though they delayed the deployment of my tent, I am thinking there was some cosmic poetry in the actual amount we receive for their stay....
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Pjs420
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lol! Thats a good omen for sure!
Ive had snow on the ground since friday/saturday only an inch or two... @Kingjoe83 got whacked with 6-12" last night, hes about an hour north east from me... Im a winter person though. Snowboarding and winter hikes. Winter driving
.... I love the challenge lol doing battle with mother nature, so to speak.
Ive had snow on the ground since friday/saturday only an inch or two... @Kingjoe83 got whacked with 6-12" last night, hes about an hour north east from me... Im a winter person though. Snowboarding and winter hikes. Winter driving
.... I love the challenge lol doing battle with mother nature, so to speak.
I am a ice hockey dude and hibernate from the cold besides that . I mean I liek snow mobiling when I had one but yeh winter is for hot chocolate and curling up beside the loved ones .lol! Thats a good omen for sure!
Ive had snow on the ground since friday/saturday only an inch or two... @Kingjoe83 got whacked with 6-12" last night, hes about an hour north east from me... Im a winter person though. Snowboarding and winter hikes. Winter driving
We have been getting fair bit already but nothing compared to what is to come .
Pjs420
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haha i like to go out and play in the snow... But youre right, nothing better than a roaring fire, big doobie, and cuddling with the lady!
weatherman claimed a mild winter... I think we are in for a doozey, but wtf do i know!
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Not ready to pull out the snow blower just yet....
I think your prediction is more accurate then the weather mans bro
Been in a snow squall watch and warning several times just south of me town called barrie Ontario got hammered with over foot in 24 hrs nutso
Pjs420
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i need to invest in a snowblower for the house... I dont mind shovelling but we keep getting ice/snow winters and chipping out the entire driveway sucks balls.
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