busy weekend

[lindaj]

• Got the house presentable.
  
• Taught a handful of people how to build self-watering planters.
  
• Hosted a Games Night with terse_scribe.
  
• Met with doverider regarding how to remove the unloved shrubbery from the future raised bed intended for herbs and flowers.
  
• Turned the compost (which had settled more, but which wasn't warm...hmmm). Found a couple of baby slugs under one of the bins, which were cute, but still evil.
  
• Planted seeds for various cool-weather crops in the new vegetable garden. Had to run off to practice before properly watering them in, but it's supposed to rain today. I'll keep an eye out.
  
• Went to rapper practice. One more practice prior to NEFFA.
  
• Cooked dinner on the grill. Though it was dark by the time we finally got to it and I was grilling by the rear porch light, but the rite of passage toward Spring was a good one.
  

Comments

Re: charcoal

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Here's a good review of cowboy.

My opinion - burns too fast for smoking, but not bad for grilling, but cost/burntime ratio too high.

I'm going to buy three 22 pound bags, and keep two.

Re: charcoal

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

OK, I'll take your third bag, and probably horde it for any future smoking plans, since I don't even know where to buy it locally. I'll use the locally-available stuff for the grill.

I'd also like your advice about smoking woods. I don't often see anything in the local stores except for mesquite, and I'd like a wider variety.

Re: charcoal

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

the Barbecue Barn in Arlington carries more than hickory and mesquite, and I used to have a link for a company that sold bags of various woods, to include cherry and maple.

http://web.archive.org/web/20071222232444/http://www.barbecuewood.com/stores/barbecuewood/wfc.html