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I am seriously addicted to the scent of tea olive. I have planted them On four corners of the house so no matter which way the wind blows that attractive woman finds my nose. What do you like to smell?

A greenhouse city. In southern Spain

You know you have a gardener soul when this type article holds interest for you. I may not share this with the wife though for fear of eyerolls. Bison snot holds the American prairie together. Here's how, according to an ecosystem expert: https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/bison-snot

Does anybody do this? It was just in a top 10 type list for unusual things a dishwasher was good for. Cold cycle, no soap, no heat of course.

I think this will end up being a favorite yard implement especially since the house sits on a hill.

So Publix has these repackaged unsold basils that gave me this for 8 bucks or 10. I was shopping for a birthday dinner and there they were. My neighbor is 97 and lost his wife this year. His birthday is today but Sunday I had him over for a Beef Tenderloin roast dinner. The scalloped potatoes...

Ever seen the ancient yin and yang symbols? The balance of nature? How did they know?

I cannot imagine this kind of tragedy but it is not that rare. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/09/australia/australia-poison-mushroom-meal-intl-hnk/index.html

Sad, and it is that time of year with heat and humidity where we risk more that we know digging in the dirt. https://www.foxnews.com/health/wisconsin-woman-dead-after-contracting-rare-fungus-found-soil

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/21/us-approves-sale-of-cell-cultured-chicken-to-two-start-ups.html There is no animal. I cannot fathom this. Old brain I guess. Is this basically gonna be a bathtub full of something that looks like baloney?

I am gathering ideas for an outdoor potting bench. It will have a small roof I think. You may even call it a gardening bench as some activity will include 15 gallon containers. Anyway, if I promise not to paint it in camouflage colors or neon pink, can I elicit a few functional suggestions from...

Today's word is "Yarden". This is to differentiate between "Garden and "Garden" which are both currently mis-used to denote landscaping and vegetable growing areas of activity. Guess what Yarden means yet? I saw this morning that the New York Times is saying that "Synswer" is TWOTD, to...

I am always trying to get a handle on longer term future weather, and this article was published Monday, making me wonder if anybody can point to a relation to weather in the 70 year cycle being discussed. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01112-z

So I forsee a first world problem as I have sorted and organized my batteries and their associated tools and chargers to eventually turn off on command so the transformers are not energized for the majority of time they are not used. I have paslode nail gun batteries, ryobi batteries in...

Can metals be taken up into the plant to cause the source of this problem? Are other nuts, pods etc at risk as well? Consumer Reports is said to be the testing source in this article...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/11/07/1134796649/could-this-cheaper-more-climate-friendly-perennial-rice-transform-farming

While on the kitchen recipe trail of fermenting creme with different cultures I read an excerpt that came back to me later. " fermented foods are easier to digest" Later it struck me that Fish, Blood and Bones are all fermentable. One of the problems with organic fertilizers is that they...

My neighbor has some wild plums and peach trees that are blooming like crazy but 23f is coming. What should he do to help them?

And they are off! 45 Steak, Super Steak, Roma And Sweetie Cherries on a 30 day countdown to ground! A Lot of the peppers are up also but that was enough for one day!