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having been doing this myself for over 20yrs on heavy clay soil, some added sand will help, but also some organic materials put on top to let the worms work on it and do the mixing for you, it also helps with the drainage with their burrows drilling holes. the problem with all of it though is...

it might still be ok, give it some water (if it is dried out) and see if it comes back when the weather warms up. :)

nature already invented an anti-grabbity machine - it's called a porcupine...

it's a welcome bump to the snowpacks in several areas out there. :) i watch the levels fairly regularly through the season because so many depend upon them and i have relatives out that way and it gives us something to chatter about. the Colorado River Basin is the one that is the most...

i got more of my room here cleaned up - i needed to dust under my perch here and around it too. whenever i dust after the fall bean shelling season i tend to find all sorts of beans hiding under there. :) i still hate dusting and this is the hardest part of the job. i thought that perhaps i...

many more years and adventures! :)

i am concerned about diversity in crops and how they may be bred. more important to me in recent years is how to keep contamination from GMO crops out of any i may be growing. unfortunately there is no requirement to make crops that are GMO obviously (visually) distinguishable from those that...

you all are family and pack, so hard when one dies. i would think snake bite too or poison somehow for those kinds of effects. :( :hugs

some fresh snow on the ground and a bit more coming down...

they find gaps to hibernate in. they will show up here, getting gaps sealed helps reduce how many but we usually have a few around. the most annoying thing is that they will be attracted to moisture so they may climb on you heading for the mouth, eyes, nostrils and even ears if you sit still...

copper is toxic to many marine creatures. :(

the apple didn't fall far from the tree? ... :)

check out the different kinds of cells in the brain and what they do... :)

@Blue-Jay Those lovely red colored half white beans were ones i tried to grow called Frost (i think they were called :) ) and i suspected the name indicated they'd prefer cooler weather and we don't often get that here. like you, i got a few seeds that were possible to replant and then tried...

nothing is 100% guaranteed, but as a similar example i have gardens surrounded by crushed-rinsed limestone pathways and they rarely have any slug issues. i still won't recommend it for use because once it gets some dirt in it it is hard to keep the weeds from wanting to start growing in it...

almost all of them plus: outside! exercise! birdies! froggies! bugs! toads! worms! dirt! water! mud! crayfish! fresh air! <random stuff>

an album i listen to at times: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ndKp5WhdBgN0LBxU1QxYJyO5IRpL0mCjM

stainless steel burners will be an extra expense, but we don't want to go through this again in the future so it will be worth it.

yes, they're pretty reliable plants if you can get the ones that do finish their seeds in time before the frosts come along. the seeds are popular to give away. :)

not quite but close. if you've ever swam in unprotected parts of Lake Superior you may think you've froze your tooter off... years ago, one warm day in May, even in the Portage Canal i took a dip. it lasted only a few moments before i determined it was a bad idea. brrr! in sheltered bays...