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it was cloudy and/or raining and then i fell asleep. normally i'd like to be out looking because it is a beautiful display especially when it is strong enough to go into the pinks/reds.

unfortunately rabbits will usually take out the entire young plant when nibbling (they are lower to the ground or something) whereas if you have groundhogs sometimes they don't nibble quite so low (and only go for the fresher tips) so you have a chance of having a bean plant survive a chomp from...

i'm actually quite happy that i know so little of that song that the only line of it i know is the number. that is it. nothing else. i was never a big pop radio fan. saves me a lot of earworms, but i still have plenty of others. i mean almost all of Three Dog Night's greatest hits and...

yay! finally got some things planted in a garden! :)

... with the cups being exposed to the open air eventually you may have mold spores getting in them. i don't know how vermiculite might react to a bleach solution to get them cleaned up again, but an experiment might be worth it.

i was just talking to Mom and my sister about how during high school i was trying to get to the electronics trade school in the afternoon of my senior year because it would have been much better than taking elective classes (because there was nothing else i could take) including one that i...

the ledges above three of the four spaces (above the windows and patio doors) are now all filled in and caulked, so i will give them some time to dry and cure well before i get the stain out and finish them to match. so after all these years it finally got done (well almost done at the moment)...

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i saw one of my first random bean sprouts in a garden yesterday so the soil is now warm enough to plant. i'm still leery of planting anything risky because we can still get frosts but i'm hoping to get my peas and first plantings of Purple Dove beans in (which may not make it, but we'll try).

welcome back and LTNS. :) i have no versions of a tan and black or brown striped bean that are edible as a fresh eating bean, but they do have some nice dry beans. they normally cook up as a very firm texture so i like to use these beans in chilis. as the dry beans age they go from tan to...

they (tan background with brown or black stripes) are not all edible as a fresh bean, i do know that...

love that look the kitty is giving off... :) my sister showed me a gif yesterday of a turtle on a small rollerskate chasing a kitty. very funny. :)

if you want numbers you can get a pH probe. or you can use any of various test kits that will have different methods. and then there are such things as red cabbage juice. which will act as a pH indicator but without calibration you won't know any specific number. same with if you use vinegar...

welcome to TEG from mid-Michigan. :) we probably have similar day lengths but there is a good chance your winters are a bit more cold and raw than what we get. we tried cabbage here once and i did not sprout the plants because we don't really have any room in the house for that kind of...

all the advantage and gap plans are there to get people to buy more services because that is where they make their money. this past six to eight months was loaded with all sorts of companies advertizing their plans and since Mom is happy with her current one we didn't make any change, but what...