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Our even dozen kale plants look quite a bit different right now because of continuous harvesting. I didn't think to do that before DW came along. But then, I was not a kale fan in any of that time and only grew them once, that I remember. That year, the huge plants were allowed to grow...

Sorry that this is on Instagram. I watched it 4 times and laughed each time. Couldn't help but want to share it.

I don't know about you but I think it's down right bodacious that Snuffy's grandpa is still around :D.

It has been dry enuf and traffic light enuf over the recent few days that I was able to mow the lawn this morning near the garden beds. On a very pleasant Autumn afternoon, I was back out and back to shovel work. (I hope my back holds up for a little more ;).) Buried a good mixture in that bed...

I haven’t forgotten, sitting at a friend’s kitchen table and hearing Booker T & the MG’s on the radio for the first time :). What was that DJ thinking, playing “Green Onions” to a kid interested in growing vegetables? Steve went on to write, produce and play with the MG’s and for others...

When I was a child on the homestead, Autumn was when I could be off to school and doing something different from farm work. The weather was usually pleasant until November so there was a good start to the school year and learning about a wider world and the people who live there. As I became...

It would be a difficult position for me to argue, if you didn't cotton to it in a more resistant manner. Autumn seems to be the time when folks reflect on their deceased ancestors. Some probably spend extra time trying to learn something about them at this time of year. Naturally, we miss the...

Yay (to the both of you)! from Steve

Have you ever thought about genealogy in this way⬆? You may gain some information on 40% of your (closest) ancestors. The remaining "information" out there is likely synthetic and semisynthetic ;). DNA testing from these outfits is so limited and conjecture based as to also be not totally...

The stevia plants trimmed, repotted and moved from the greenhouse to keep DW's house plants company in the South Window .. . have decided to bloom instead of growing. I probably have seed from the 2024 packet and messed-up attempt at growing them. I guess that I will learn how sweet the flower...

One year, I cut a completely green pumpkin about the day before first frost and set it in the garage. I forget the exact date but it was about 3 weeks and by Halloween, it had changed to orange. I checked Redding CA, although I don't think that is quite where you are, @akroberts. The Weather...

"Take Down the Mugwort" Are you one of the many people allergic to artemisia? How are you in sagebrush country? That invasive absinthe species grows along the river here when Summer comes and the water drops, if I have identified it correctly. Powerful smell to that stuff.

All remaining stalks from the front yard ornamental beds were cut and carried off to a backyard veggie bed trench. It was quite a lot to fit in there but the 8 inches + of soil dug out covered them. Compost filled buckets were carried to a narrow trench in the ground that grew some nice Winter...