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sadly RIP, but with a nickname like Mushroom i was always hoping i'd get a chance to say hi to him at some point also because someone said he might have had some of Robert Lobitz's records... now i just have to make up stories in my own head. :)

you certainly have the presentation and cooking skills for doing it but there is the business side of things that get many creative people in trouble. i think that is also a part of what a culinary school would teach (or i would hope it does!). :)

hardware cloth cages, but they're a pain in the butt to do.

a term to look up and think about mushroom alcohol...

i'm glad it's persisted for you. :) i've had it here now about 22yrs. i like garlic chives and green garlic as much as the cloves. there's no such thing as too much for me, but Mom doesn't eat it very often any more and she also isn't using it in cooking very often so i end up giving a lot...

there are different kinds of chard. try the multicolored blend and see if you like any of them instead. it may take some time to mellow. it depends a lot upon how much of what you put down and if you mixed it and how much rains you've had and what the subsoil is like and ... always so may...

try chard instead sometime. :) beets here were a good indicator crop for me and soil quality - at first i could not get them to grow very well, but after amending some gardens and improving the organic matter and worm counts they started giving a better result. however, once the groundhogs...

i don't think it really matters that much to the beans, but the garlic will not do great if it gets overgrown.

definitely the action hoe/stirrup hoe/scraper. cost about $15 and saves a lot of hours of weeding by hand.

i like a desktop computer where when i'm done with it i can go do something else and not carry it around with me. the screen is much bigger and also i can control the software that's on it.

a very different looking tweety bird. :) pretty. :) USA Robins are about twice the size by the looks of it.

i did have fun Friday trying to fix one of the spare mice i had that wasn't working as well as it should have been. i learned how to take it apart and how to take the switch apart and how to take the bit of metal spring out of the switch and to rebend it a bit more to get the spring back, but...

any kind of speedwell or morning glory...

needed a new mousie for the computer as my old one was giving out after only six weeks. yes, i bought a cheap one because i knew i was going to get a better one as soon as i could get some research done on what i really wanted to get or at least had some idea of what was available out there...

they need enough light and some should not be trimmed and let grow to full size (as in the less light you have the more leaves they need to be left untrimmed). we have full sun and almost all clay here in many places and the chives will take over if we let them, but we also hardly ever cut them...