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Not impossible, but it looks awfully clean for a fossil (i.e. it's still the right color for a fresh one, and the opening is free of stone. The latter could be taken care of by cleaning, but this was dug up from the ground.

An online check seems to indicate three line mud snail. Though what one is doing that far inland is beyond me (maybe someone brought it back from a trip to the Atlantic ocean). Or maybe it can take fresh or brackish water as well and came from one of the larger rivers.

Oh yeah I forgot quahog clams were the material used to make wampum. Cowries were also used extensively as money (in both Africa an Asia) but not much in North America (as we don't have all that many species, still fewer that are small.

It works like this. White rice WON'T grow, since it's been polished (had all of the germ stripped off of it) and is basically now just the starchy endosperm. But non polished rices, like brown rice still have all of their germ, and so are viable. You don't actually NEED the hull to be there to...

Not really, but I have never really TRIED seriously. I've only made attempts twice before. The first was when I was a kid and poured a package of Forbidden Rice (a black short grain kind with a seriously high anthocyanin count, originally reserved for the Chinese emperor), into a flowerpot and...

I think it was urban slang, like calling them "clams" or paper money "lettuce"

Only bit of news is that, the night before last, I was picking over my container of African rice (Oryza glabberina) and noticed there are actually two kinds in there, short grain (most) and long grain (a few). I pulled them apart and, for a while thought the stuff might have gotten...

Something like this actually occurred in real life. A home appliances company did an advertisement offering air conditioners for "199 bananas" (assuming people would understand the slang for "dollars"). But a lot of people showed up with 199 ACTUAL bananas, and, when they turned those people...

Well I can think of a few. For one, the cleaned seed takes up less space (since all of the dross is gone) Second, cleaning allows you to check that no OTHER seeds have gotten mixed in (like weeds). And third while it is possible for the vegetable matter to turn into mulch, it is equally...

The forecast today threatened frost tonight, so I brought everything in. That actually included the mung bean with the super size pod, I dug it up as best as I could, added it to the wild pot, and watered it in. Hopefully, that will get it to keep going (or failing that, make it last long...

Reminds me of a residency complex I see when I go to the Flushing Chinatown called Bland Housing.

More winding down. I pulled all of the common beans plants yesterday. In theory, they MIGHT have made some more seeds, but, given how many leaves they had lost, the odds were that all pods would abort before maturity, so it was better to take them down now. Took down most of the mung plants...

Some modified Nursery Rhymes Mary had a little lamb, I was cute as a button. But Mary slaughtered it quite young, Cause she did not like mutton. Mary had a little ewe Half Texel, half Merino, She milked it and she made some cheese, Since she like Pecorino Mary had an adult sheep, She...

This must be a really old one, since it must pre-date the finalization of Sally's design (specifically, her love of and constant wearing of white shoes.)

You'd probably love conehead thyme as well (Cordiothymus/Thymus capitatus ) a.k.a Hyssop Thyme* as well, since that is another super powerful one (it's so strong it verges on painful, especially the flowers). But that is DEFINITELY not winter hardy for you (since it isn't for me) and sort of...

Lets see Chinese mint- Mentha haplocalyx Syrian Oregano - Origanum maru (at least, that's the one I have. Some people say true Syrian is Origanum syriaticum, and maru is a cross between that and standard oregano). Cat Thyme - Teucrium maru Southwestern Oregano - Polominthia longiflora...

Good news bits and bad news bits. 1. The last cucumber did give me a decent number of mature seeds).....I THINK. I say "I think" becuase I'm unsure if a lot of the seeds from this one (or the last one, for that matter) actually ARE good. They'd didn't dry down to absolutely nothing like the...

Prepping for Halloween

There is one fun one I have found that isn't hyper expensive. I've made it, and the tea really is pinkish lavender (while still tasting like normal tea). https://svtea.com/products/zi-ya-purple-bud-tea-or-call-it-purple-bud-zi-ya-tea?_pos=1&_psq=purple&_ss=e&_v=1.0