01-04-2014, 03:48 PM
Good afternoon all.
RB,
Great looking plant have not seen a Christmas cactus in a long time. Growing up sister had snake plants, aloe, and African violets every where in the house.
Speaking of odd things to grow, I may try okra again Had good luck several years ago with two varieties, northern wonder and baby bubba. The people next door to Mom and Dad are from Mississippi(Amory) the woman grew up in the Train station at Amory as her step father was a railroader for the Frisco. They got me growing okra----for those who have not tried eating okra it has a very weak mild pepper taste. It is a good filler for stir fry or great as a deep fried veggie. You eat the seed pods but you have to pick them quick and often or the seed pod turns to wood.
Speaking of deep fried veggies I seen at Aldi's in the freezer breaded green beans for deep-frying
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Well most of you have seen some of my projects and intrest in various hobbies, Last night took the first steps to narrowing my focus on the model trains specifically the free lanced BFT will be an S gauge Railroad as I looked at the American Models undecorated loco's as far as price and what is available VS Atlas O Undecorated offerings. For the price I can almost get twice the roster in S that I could get from Atlas O, as for rolling stock they were close but some stuff may be scratch built anyway.
The BFT(Buckeye Freight & Terminal) is an Appalachian coal hauler for the most part with a bit of variety in other freight cars just for fun, but most will be hoppers of various styles and sizes. My inspiration for the BFT is the V&O in HO and the A&O in 2 rail O scale as for scenery and setting. Not too worried about era specific rolling stock as I want a few F units and GP 9/7 , GP 18 and some GP 35's for the main part of roster with some E8 AA and PA ABA for the occasional passenger/excursion run. The railroad will be a modular design starting as a Locomotive service set (2) of modules and maybe a set of modules with a large coal operation. The reason for going with the modular route is I want to keep and complete my Lionel display layout with its companion layout an AF layout. I will complete the other projects as able but main interest is in bringing the BFT to life even if it is a mobile modular layout.
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Weather here cold but tolarable more snow on the way but main roads are at the moment clear.
RB,
Great looking plant have not seen a Christmas cactus in a long time. Growing up sister had snake plants, aloe, and African violets every where in the house.
Speaking of odd things to grow, I may try okra again Had good luck several years ago with two varieties, northern wonder and baby bubba. The people next door to Mom and Dad are from Mississippi(Amory) the woman grew up in the Train station at Amory as her step father was a railroader for the Frisco. They got me growing okra----for those who have not tried eating okra it has a very weak mild pepper taste. It is a good filler for stir fry or great as a deep fried veggie. You eat the seed pods but you have to pick them quick and often or the seed pod turns to wood.
Speaking of deep fried veggies I seen at Aldi's in the freezer breaded green beans for deep-frying
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Well most of you have seen some of my projects and intrest in various hobbies, Last night took the first steps to narrowing my focus on the model trains specifically the free lanced BFT will be an S gauge Railroad as I looked at the American Models undecorated loco's as far as price and what is available VS Atlas O Undecorated offerings. For the price I can almost get twice the roster in S that I could get from Atlas O, as for rolling stock they were close but some stuff may be scratch built anyway.
The BFT(Buckeye Freight & Terminal) is an Appalachian coal hauler for the most part with a bit of variety in other freight cars just for fun, but most will be hoppers of various styles and sizes. My inspiration for the BFT is the V&O in HO and the A&O in 2 rail O scale as for scenery and setting. Not too worried about era specific rolling stock as I want a few F units and GP 9/7 , GP 18 and some GP 35's for the main part of roster with some E8 AA and PA ABA for the occasional passenger/excursion run. The railroad will be a modular design starting as a Locomotive service set (2) of modules and maybe a set of modules with a large coal operation. The reason for going with the modular route is I want to keep and complete my Lionel display layout with its companion layout an AF layout. I will complete the other projects as able but main interest is in bringing the BFT to life even if it is a mobile modular layout.
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Weather here cold but tolarable more snow on the way but main roads are at the moment clear.