Thank you! I added ice to the bottom of the Dutch oven to help crisp it up and that seemed to work well.

This is the right answer. The fan should be easy enough to fix since it’s held in with a clip, and a quick search for that fan shows they’re less than $20 in the US.

Can you start anything inside?

Our first planting day was moved up by two weeks in Kentucky. We were zone 6A but are now 7B.

I haven’t heard of having to renew mortgage interest rates. A fixed interest rate should be good for the life of the loan.

I’m at 2.875% on a 25-year loan. I never plan on moving.