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This is so sweet ... last night on The Late Show. Mavis is 86. She was with the Staple Singers years ago with her sisters and sometimes her father. (Change the volume just as she finishes the song. The crowd cheering nearly knocked me outta my chair :D.)

Because it was always fresh food that was in the paintings, @Dahlia ? The enthusiasm for a new crop must have always been a part of life. We are having lots of persimmons right now ;). I wonder how common at home wine-making was during those years. I do have a theory about wine making...

I thought to post a LINK to this thread about growing celeriac. There is no secret to growing them that I know of except that they take a very full season. That means that the sprouting of seed indoors begins very early, like 8 weeks before last frost. Yes, they can take some chilly weather...

Up at 3 AM, I fell asleep in the lazyboy after breakfast. Entering a clinic waiting room, I see a nurse directing a naked man out of the exam rooms hallway to a seat. The lady at the other end of the row of chairs looks uncomfortable. I sat near the front row of seats. Big Bird and Mr...

How much more personally vital to life and how much more diverse could a world of food be?

Looking back on the compiled monthly reports from the Weather Service ... October isn't really a part of the growing season but for cool-season crops, about half of the month could be considered so this year. The rainfall was considerably above average with 2¼ inches while the October average...

Dug up the celery roots and prepared that end of the bed for 2026. The surface soil has benefited from several years of cultivation and moving soil and organic material in. That end was part of a driveway at one time. Really, the entire bed was but, probably many years ago, the route to the...

A bright, sunny morning — the sun showing up an hour earlier made it more so ;). Starting out, I accomplished what I had hoped for by staying on the horizontal in bed for 8 hours. Most nights recently, that has not been the case. Yes, I realize that the sun will disappear below the western...

fits.

Has our "sister site" seen this?

I had to look up "deer lease." If the property owner combines that with, year-around installed blinds and baiting ... it almost comes down to a selling game. The only plants that remain in the gardens are the ornamental perennials and about 6 feet of celeriac in one bed. There was about 8' at...

And, when she returned with a handful of something , my eyes began to lose focus and the scene slowly vanished into the mist shrouded forest and mountains beyond. The kid turnout seemed about the usual number. Our candy supply had been based on history. Somehow, I expected fewer kids. We...

Here Lots of Fog. Yesterday's official temperatures: 30⁰f low, 39⁰f high (-1⁰C, 4⁰C). Short thermometer. Honestly, with all the coast to coast hoopla ongoing and for today, combined with a dense fog locally, I suspect that lots of little kids will be too scared to leave the house tonight 🧙‍♀️...