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buzz cuts are very easy. :) i do Mom's hair from time to time (not a buzz cut even if that is what she wants) and she gets compliments on it.

yesterday, checked a few things out under the house and changed the air filter. looked for spiders but didn't see any. webs were there so they were hiding well or had eaten each other. mainly i was hunting for egg sacs and happy to not see any. today is moving some bags of mulch and then i...

how long did that take to bake? :)

from what i'm seeing they look to be compatible with your zone so they could be planted outside as soon as you get them. however if you are concerned that they need some protection in the greenhouse put them in larger pots and make sure they don't get too hot and dry in there as they do want...

a beautiful day outside and i got some weeding done in the onion patch in the north garden along with helping Mom get some bags of mulch moved. i didn't get too much done but it was better than nothing. :)

... i'm picking some (the rarer beans) pods as soon as they start turning color so i can dry them inside under less dewy conditions - we have so much fog here some mornings it takes an hour or two after the fog lifts before the pods are not wet on the outside but it also makes it easier to...

we were out driving last weekend and along the highway were some very sparse asters growing on some of the sand slopes (very little else growing there other than some mosses, ferns and lichens), they likely were adapted and happy in those spots along the highway but a regular garden plant would...

and then there are also your garden soils and microclimates. when you consider the time scale of geology and the nature of soil formation and nutrient cycles the results of erosion can happen so gradually that the living people on the land might not notice the difference but it can happen and...

praying mantis eggs.

making progress on my Purple Dove bean project. you can see many beans in these pictures that look like variations of Purple Dove but do not have the yellow ring around the eye. what i need to continue to do is to keep growing these out and noting the habit, flower color, pods and seed coats...

making progress on my Purple Dove project. you can see many beans in these pictures that look like variations of Purple Dove but do not have the yellow ring around the eye. what i need to continue to do is to keep growing these out and noting the habit, flower color, pods and seed coats and...

yes, they do need the cold to remain dormant.

what we do to avoid cooking down tomatoes to make a thicker sauce is use canned tomato paste to thicken the other tomatoes we have canned. yes, it's not the same but by the time we get the spices and meatballs in there you really can't tell... we do still simmer things for a few hours to make...

yes, it does happen. not all genetic combinations are favorable.

i really like the burma shave one @digitS' :) :) :)

@digitS' the by hand and without noise is very important to me too. :) [the squeemish can skip this next part] for those who are looking for all natural fertilizer i suggest setting some snap traps for mice, i think they could provide all any gardener would need... kinda like the native...

i don't find dill trickier other than it has so many seeds that some eventually will grow... leave enough flowers to go to seed.

mums seem to root so easily i've not bothered with it.

oh goody, having fun shelling beans and seeing some of my crosses giving results i like to see. :) :) :)

raining today, they even have flood warnings for localized heavy storms if they happen.