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Did you look at my house on my web page? The old part of the house was  
built in 1785. That part of the house is not humid. The new part of  
the house, wherein lies the kitchen, was new built in 2002. It is  
humid all year round, even if you run the ac. When we first moved in,  
we had no clue which of the 5 heating systems actually ran, and if  
they did, what they actually heated. Or cooled, for that matter, there  
are two of those someplace.  We didn't even know for some months there  
were space heaters built in under the kitchen cupboards, I thought  
they were just normal vents. I never saw the on switches behind the  
decorative grates. Buying an old home is a bit like buying a jigsaw  
puzzle.

Gene, if I canned all my salsa, I wouldn't get to stand in my kitchen  
with my kid and MAKE it. Instead of my current relatively free  
"therapy" of blasting some great music and dancing around my sunny  
kitchen making messes, I'd open a jar and then what? Jaysus, I might  
have to clean, and that's a fate worse than death. I'd rather keep  
things in their purest possible form so I can keep dabbling.  : )  I  
did, however, totally cave on cilantro and basil ice cubes. Yum. Since  
I am the black thumb of death, this is a great way for me to use up  
the bunches I get at the farmer's market.


On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:

> On Mar 31, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Jeanne Driese wrote:
>
> > Is it humid in TN????  That is like asking if the Pope is Catholic!
>
> It is very humid in southern Missouri, most especially on a warm day
> following rain. But I asked Moon if it was humid in the wintertime. In
> the house at Heartwood the air is dry during the winter, for two
> reasons: cold air holds less moisture, and heating fires drive out
> moisture. Furniture is ideally designed to handle summer wood
> expansion and winter wood contraction. Hell on wood joints.
>
> _