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This is Tortilla Chip Day. It must be of special significance in Texas since tortilla chips and salsa are the state snack of Texas. 😁

@Marie2020 , “Playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner” but we can view it on YouTube. An update a few hours ago:

Happy Birthday, Pulsegleaner 🎉! 🥂 Steve

Lots of nice pictures and video clips ... I am in favor of "open pollinated" and hybrids, both. Preserving genes is important but so is individual success. And, this is especially and greatly important for utilitarian purposes including food supply, of course. Hybrids often have broad...

That's it, @ducks4you. I feel like I am now living somewhere in southern Arizona. Of course, it isn't that hot and dry here. Looking at the WS information on averages: it shows that Springfield had its driest year in 1940 with just over 20 inches. Drought is measured as a current comparison...

We had snow twice last week, it must be gone this morning because it's not freezing out there in the darkness. Rain is coming soon, we are told. We also had a 13⁰f morning (-11⁰C) a few days ago. It would hardly have been remarkable except that it was the coldest temperature in the Winter of...

And, here's something for those of you who enjoy classical :).

I thought it was interesting (in a way) that Emmylou Harris recently said that there is nothing as difficult as growing olde. Well, here's something from a time when Emmylou was young and singing about young people :). Just for fun. The captioning is nonexistent but they are all online in a...

Checking on "What's new," it stopped there and I thought you might then say, '' ... to use bottles from someone who has 'the bug.'" Uh oh, she has a cold, too! Good to see that this isn't so :). I hope your daughter feels better soon. Steve

1804 – The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales. 1828 – Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah

Did DD make this calendar selection based on the Dad jokes?

Tending living plants is only one step from gathering food. Humans had the cleverness to gather seeds of useful plants and sow them where they were more convenient and had not been growing. Assisting those valued plants by limiting competition from undesirable plants is an additional small...

Wow! Someone likes, really likes allium flavors.