brewerjamie15

If I'm going to spend a goodly amount of time making some good eats out of meat, I'll usually use the smoker I made out of a 55 gallon drum. I like BBQ 'd pork or beef but I'll also smoke some salom. If you are in the Milwaukee area and wanna learn how to smoke ribs, pork shoulder, etc., lemmie know. This summer, I will post some pics of my smoker and a good meal that comes out of it.

Come to think of it, Coast is pretty hip and new compared to Pieces of 8. My brother in law is a Chef and has eaten at Coast. He was impressed with the food and the atmosphere. Where ever you go, good luck!

Pasta Tree is nice, and the food is great. However- it's small and rather tight quartered and you are very close to those around you. Kinda cramped. I've not eaten at the other two places.

Dr. Charles Drew

It's a bit early for me to start hitting up the batting cages. However, I'm currently trying to get a block of time set up for us.

Is that a star or a planet above the big tree in my back yard?

It depends upon the last name. If that too is the same, you may want to ask your mom first.

I have secured our spot in the league. When I had signed us up, there were two teams already booked. The Church team, and the team nobody likes, Bay Street. I asked if there were any other teams solidified yet, and the answer was no. There was still around a week or so for White House to get in and the Insurance team still had time. The person behind the counter told me that Bay Street may very well be out of our league and playing elsewhere. They want more competition. I suppose that's a pretty good thing if they leave since they really don't know what a "social" league is about and they stack the team.

The event went pretty well. Fourth Base was happy to have us and the food was good. I got there with mary and we found Nick, the happy youngster and his wife. Nick brought along another couple who's names elude me at the moment. Jimbo and his wife Paula were there and it was good to see them. Lots of good conversation getting to know a bit about each other and some good baseball talk. All in all, there were 8 of us.

MILWAUKEE - With a sunny day bringing at least one indication that baseball season is on the horizon, thousands of fans braved the cold temperatures at Miller Park to help the Brewers set an all-time, single-day franchise sales record with 98,000 tickets sold in just eight hours. The first fans started lining up on Tuesday in preparation for what has become an unofficial regional holiday in Wisconsin, the first day of ticket sales for Brewers individual games. "We want to thank everyone for coming out and contributing to this record-setting day," said Brewers Executive Vice President - Business Operations Rick Schlesinger. "Given the weather this time of year, we are amazed at the dedication of our fans. When you look at today's results and this year's significant increase in Season Seat Holders, it's clear that Brewers fans everywhere eagerly anticipate the start of the 2008 season." Today's record of 98,000 eclipses last year's mark by more than 15%. The previous record total for a single day was 94,000, set on the first day of ticket sales in 2006. The top four single-day sales totals have all occurred on the first day of individual game sales (listed below): #1 2008 - 98,000 sold #2 2006 - 94,000 sold #3 2005 - 90,000 sold #4 2007 - 85,000 sold #5 2001 - 48,000 sold As part of today's Arctic Tailgate activities, the first 2,000 fans at the Box Office received a free Arctic Tailgate t-shirt, a Klement's hot dog, a Pepsi and chips. Tickets remain on sale at the Miller Park Box Office, through brewers.com, by phone (414-902-4000) and at all tickets.com outlets.

Yes. It is I. Good job burniebrewer. I was just goofing around the other night and that's the pic that resulted.

Bottle of beer- $27.50 Cup of beer- $26.25 Brat- 13.90, special 1' long brat will be $22.00 Nachos in a helmet- $210 Bottle of water- $9.00 Parking on weekends- $375.85 Parking in advance- $2.00 300 level access- 1.5 million dollars let's hope the team is worth it, other wise if they are back to totally sucking: Hot dogs a buck Parking $2.00 nachos served by Mark Attanasio himself $3.00 8' party bratwurst $1.72

This person is not a television personality.

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If you have questions about this setup, feel free to post here or PM me or email me at my jamie@brewerfan.net addtess. I start my first round of seeds around March 8th. Once seedlings have popped up, I'll post more pics. I have several more things for the garden to go in, but those things are all "direct sew" and don't start indoors. And to answer your question, no. I'm not growing "that" stuff. I don't want to go to prison.

http://render-2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3Axxr%3D0-qpDPfRt7Pf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQPooxQ00xaaGxv8uOc5xQQQGGllGaonPGqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gX0QPJn%7CRup6lQQ%7C/of=50,590,442 Above: My basement tool area. I use it as a combination storage shelf for power tools and a seed station/green house. The plastic door folds or falls downward and when in the up position, is secured by spring clamps. Plastic was approx. $15, four spring clamps were $1 each. The thing you don't see is the styrofoam insulation. It is that 1.5" white stuff sith an R value of 7. Sheet was approx. $8.00 Seams are taped with duct tape I already had. 2 flouro light fixtures were from another location in the basement I use for wood working. Otherwise, they run about $8 each for a lower end model. I use "daylight" bulbs. http://render-2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3Axxr%3D0-qpDPfRt7Pf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQPooxQ00xaaGxv8uOc5xQQQGGllGaGl0oqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gX0QPJn%7CRup6lQQ%7C/of=50,590,442 Above: This is a picture of the seedling station with the 5 mil gloss white plastic door down. The colored paper you see is just some paint samples I recycled as stoppers so staples would not tear through the plastic. The stand that one tray is on is more styrofoam. I just used it to elevate the tray, but I will eventually use it as an insulator for a small heater. Soil temperatures for the pepper and tomato plants needs to be around 78 degrees for germination I think. (I'll look it up later) The sheet of plastic on the top of the flouro lights is the same 5 mil stuff lining the entire green house and making the door. I use it to reflect light downward to the plants, as light up above is lost light. http://render-2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3Axxr%3D0-qpDPfRt7Pf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQPooxQ00xaaGxv8uOc5xQQQGGllGaGl0lqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gX0QPG0%7CRup6lQQ%7C/of=50,590,442 Above: my power station is securely attached to a wall under this plastic and elevated in case of spills or other moisture. http://render-2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3Axxr%3D0-qpDPfRt7Pf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQPooxQ00xaaGxv8uOc5xQQQGGllGaonoPqpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gX0QPGQ%7CRup6lQQ%7C/of=50,590,442 Above: a pic of the interior of the green house with door closed. Remember- I'd normally have a plastic baffle above the light fixtures to reflect light downward. http://render-2.snapfish.com/render2/is=Yup6aQQ%7C%3Dup6RKKt%3Axxr%3D0-qpDPfRt7Pf7mrPfrj7t%3DzrRfDUX%3AeQaQxg%3Dr%3F87KR6xqpxQPooxQ00xaaGxv8uOc5xQQQGGllGaGlJ0qpfVtB%3F*KUp7BHSHqqy7XH6gX0QPJn%7CRup6lQQ%7C/of=50,590,442 Above: Power station exposed for viewing. All lights are hooked up to a timer system. Lights are going to be on for 20 hours a day at first, and then down to 16, eventually 12 hours per day. It is all flourescent or compact flourescent lighting so temperature and cost issues are virtually non existent.

I am not attending Home Opener but I'd like a magnetic schedule. I post this yearly, and it usually works out for me, so I'm trying again. I don't know what I have to trade, but I'd give up five bucks for a magnet. Please let me know if you'll have one for me via this thread. Thanks guys!

slobberknocker- I'd suggest that you put your garden in as full sun as possible. If you want to grow some plants that require some shade like lettuce, you can grow those crops in and amongst larger plants that would cast a shadow and even keep the soil a bit cooler for you. Watering would depend largely upon the particular plants you grow.

Does anyone here like to do their own gardening? I do, and I've just recently ordered some seeds for my 2008 vegetable garden. Last spring, I made a raised bed garden which measures approximately 25 feet long by 4 feet wide. The entire garden remained organic throughout the year. I used only compost, straw mulch, and compost tea that I made myself. The garden was quite successful and produced a massive bounty. I created the garden to mostly encompass Italian type cooking. Plants grown were: Tomatoes- cherry tomatoes, romas, amish paste, and beefsteak. I had to build a trellis system to handle the plants which grew up to about 8 feet tall. Carrots- orange and purple Herbs- purple and green basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, chives, and sage. Zucchini (not terribly successful due to lack of bees for pollinators) Cukes Strawberrys (in containers) Parsley Pumpkin (again, lack of pollinators) Radish (grown mostly to loosen soil around carrots) Sunflowers At the end of the season, I decided I wanted more space and added a wing onto the raised bed garden, so expanded 25 feet long by about 3 feet wide. I then planted two different kinds of Garlic totaling approximately 24 total plants. I won't have to buy garlic again as it will constantly reproduce. The garlic should be ready this summer. I started the garden mostly from seed in my basement in a green house I built. I learned that I needed to regulate the temperatures better, and monitor soil moisture more often. In the past two weeks, I've been solving the temperature issues with styrofoam insulation and heavy duty plastic. I purchased some new flourescent lighting and have decided that I will get some clay based floor tiles to set seedling trays on which should maintain warmth. I'll take pictures and post them here shortly if you're interested. My seed order for the 2008 season is rather extensive since I almost doubled my gardens square footage. I will be putting some seed in soil in about two weeks and then almost every week until my projected May 3rd transplant to the garden date. Some cool weather crops such as lettuce will go outside as soon as I can work the soil and then cold frames built around them. My seed order included: ITEM# DESCRIPTION QTY TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 259(OG)APACKET Martino's Roma Tomato 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 263APACKET Riesentraube Tomato 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 448APACKET Striped Cavern Tomato 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1228(OG)APACKETBlondkopfchen Tomato 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 427APACKET Brandywine Tomato 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 365APACKET Early Fortune Cucumber 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 112APACKET Parade Cucumber 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 360APACKET St. Valery Carrot 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1343APACKET King of the North Pepper 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44APACKET Marconi Red Pepper 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 809APACKET Globe Basil 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1303APACKET Black Beauty Zucchini Squash 1 $2.75 Ship Via: FIRST CLASS - USPS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 277(OG)APACKET Grandma Einck's Dill 1 $2.75 My order was placed with Seed Savers Exchange. I am going to plant more seedlings than I will actually need and although I'll obviously keep the strongest ones, I will have plants left over. If you live in the Milwaukee area and want to have some vegetables or herbs I am going to work on, let me know. I'll happily give you some stuff for free, but you'd have to come pick it up. I'll even put plants into containers for you so you can have something on a patio or deck. If you have questions about anything related to this stuff, I'll do my best to answer them. If you have your own garden and want to share here, that would be great. I will shortly post those pics and explain my seed station/greenhouse.

Do not forget that this event is upon us. Time to get your brewer gear ready and start your travel plan!

My wife calls me Honey Bunny. HB for short. Helena Brewers. I could change it to Cecil Cooper, but I don't feel like it.

I still have 5 people remaining who have not paid their portion of the team fees. Please attend to this matter asap.

details There are also "viewing parties" around the state but I can not seem to find a link.

Oh, and I forgot to add mine. Look at your buddy and say "I gotta go take a you."

Wow. And this ladies and gentlemen is what it's come to. May we please get the season started? I believe things have hit a new low here. you guys make me proud.