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Are we pickin' on @flowerbug today???

Perfect, @Carol Dee . It goes well with the article that i linked in coffee thread today. We grow and export apples and no doubt other fruit. And yet, our fruit balance of trade is a deficit because we import so much fruit. Other countries have more problems with that reliance on international...

Grandchildren, @baymule ? I often think of a neighbor we had for about 15 years. She is same age as my DS. At first, her boys were in the early years of elementary school. By the time she moved away, with a new husband, the boys had both married and had children. Over the 6-8 years since...

Do you know, today is .. . Sherlock Holmes Day, Watson? ️‍🕵️‍♂️

I am likely to need to run the sprinklers today — only a 30% chance of rain this AM and we will have dry conditions until sometime next week. Finished my oatmeal from yesterday's leftover breakfast time with honey, raisins and chopped a couple of California strawberries. Gracious! I could smell...

Very seldom does downey mildew show up on anything, probably because of low humidity conditions. Fusarium wilt on basil was way too common with sweet basil and I appreciate that there are some choices through plant breeding for resistance. Just learning about fugus treatment with neem oil. I...

🙄 Nah ... I'm not buying it 🙄 .

I think that we are finally leaving the 30's Fahrenheit temperatures behind. Laundry day and I may be able to dry the clothes if they are over the lawn in the sun and not under the deck roof. It may not reach 60°f (16°C) but the Weather Service says that we have sunshine in store :). The front...

If you first heard the song in the early 50's ..?

Wonder why, @Rhodie Ranch ? I had a miniature columbine that I thought of as a "Granny's Bonnet." The cute thing was in a location where there was a serious lack of sunshine. The plant lived for years but recently didn't make it back from a Winter. Other columbine (standards) volunteer at such...

Besides enjoying the offerings and visiting sites on that border near Belgium/Netherlands .. . I think that it would be the most fun .. , to move next door to @Phaedra 's cafe!