TREE SPIT

This is att the base of a couple of my trees!

It only happens with a couple of our trees.... Strangest thing ever and fun to see when it happens.

I've read somewhere that Tree Spit (stemflow) is really rain water which dissolves stuff from the treebark as it flows down the stem of the tree. This changes the surface tension of the water, so that when it drips down towards the base of the tree, air is introduced due to the turbulence of the water, and foam is formed because of the altered surface tension.

I believe it's not just on trees either! There's rock foam and even river foam - Sudbury River in MA has a lot of suds after a good rain.

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Water's Back!

One brand new water pressure tank later.

Was that the original problem? Nope, that one was clear across the other side of the basement. But thankfully the first small pipe burst happened, because that brought attention to the pipes connected to the old tank. They were so badly corroded and clogged the water was literally being sent through a swizzle stick and that too was about to burst. That definitely would have been cute.

Definitely the wrong time of year for THAT to happen. Can anyone say chicken for Thanksgiving? ;)

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SNOW!!!!

To lets us know what we may expect a couple days before Thanksgiving, there was a nice dusting of snow on the ride home, last night. Too powdery to make things slippery but sure was pretty.

Have to say I was more surprised to see it still there, early this morning.

Winter's Farmer's Market!

Salem's Farmer's Market has moved inside for the winter, for the 3rd year.

They have some really awesome recipes on their website for sweet potatoes!

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Dead In The Water

It's incredible how much I depend on the water. After finding a huge wet mess in the basement early this morning, I've had to be quite creative - especially with dinner, waiting for the water.

Brrrrr!

18°F at 5:45 this morning. Now that's cold. Especially after last weekend.....