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I live near a University and too many people Have to be Right about too many things. I saw this quote this morning. I almost want to print and frame it.

https://plantophiles.com/gardening/10-gardening-rules-you-can-totally-break-and-still-get-amazing-results/?sh_kit=357550a83e048117b2080e898420e8b1039c75bf614e783d5757741daf938dce

6. Sharpen Once a Season (or at Least Once a Year) Dull tools are dangerous. They slip more, bruise stems, and make you work twice as hard for half the result. Most people wait until a blade is useless before they sharpen it. By then, it’s usually too late. You don’t need a sharpening service...

https://plantophiles.com/gardening/how-to-store-your-garden-tools-so-they-last-forever/?sh_kit=357550a83e048117b2080e898420e8b1039c75bf614e783d5757741daf938dce 3. Use a Sand + Oil Bucket for Hand Tools This trick is old-school and brilliant. Most people have never tried it, which is a shame...

https://plantophiles.com/gardening/7-plants-you-can-shockingly-grow-in-your-garage/?sh_kit=357550a83e048117b2080e898420e8b1039c75bf614e783d5757741daf938dce

Have you ever tap danced? You basically throw your foot out and back again. Repetition brings speed. It's also a little like Flamenco.

@digitS' , ever the optimist philosopher.

On the phone again to insurance companies. DH and I each kept an insurance policy for each other. He no longer needs Mine, so I am now waiting on hold to find out How I can cash mine out. I could use a $cushion, then maybe move monies over to JP Morgan for investing, which is how we bought...

Red car is done--4 new tires, 2 (rear) brake pads and suspension, oil change--2025 battery was under warranty. This was DH's car. I guess he didn't think about it much last year. :lol: Funny, we had This moment-- https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/98414454-7b27-4ff5-aaba-202e1e5eb497 You Have to...

LOVE Muppets!!! Thanks @flowerbug!! :hugs

Light snow, high of 53 today, winds 10-20 mph. DEFINITELY March.

Be sure to put your general location so that I know what zone you live in. You haven't mentioned it yet, and my back yard is probably different than yours. :welcome

Snow is melting, even though it hasn't topped 32 degrees. Snow expected overnight, then we top off above 50 degrees F, so ALL of it will melt tomorrow. Fed ponies early, got cat litter boxes cleaned and litter bagged up and thrown in the street garbage can, along with the other bags including...

I think there is a song to accompany this...

Twelfth Night is So much Fun!

I made a new dish Saturday, which I am calling Chicken Goulash. Started with 2 pints of the chicken broth I made last week, 3 days worth of cooking down chicken with bones, fresh thyme, parsley and sage from my fridge top herb garden, then: carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, dehydrated garlic...

:hugs:hugs:hugs I feel for you. When we did our unsanctioned Cruise driving excursion to White Horse (from Skagway--very long drive, very long land day), we ate at a nice place and the waitress told us that the government won't let anybody use ANY WEAPON against bears--totally illegal. Makes...

Well, we survived. There was an 800 mile squall line that produced tornadoes from Texas to Michigan last night. We had >50 mph winds and a torrent of rain to start with, no hail. My property was sandwiched between 2 lines of tornadoes--TWS didn't actually identify them BUT my phone alarm went...

LIke the video says, cardboard is a Temporary, non poisonous layer. Weed seeds sit under the surface. When somebody tills up the soil, they pull up the weed seeds, the soil fragments and pools together becoming less friable and you get a weed explosion. MY weed problems are different mostly bc...