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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!

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/atrocious-but-efficient-how-ranchers-used-barbed-wire-to-make-phone-calls/

Here it is Thanksgiving and little did I know all the local grocery stores are out of buttermilk. While noodling the question of where is the buttermilk (wife has a serious homemade cake doughnut addiction and serious recipe for that matter) I hit this video and found it amazingly simple. Now I...

I just ate the sweetest yellow bell I think I have ever had in my life. DW brought home some snack plate from an event. What are these sweetest peppers called? I am definitely going supersweet when starting some seeds after Christmas.

Having had Lyme once, this article caught my eye. A good thing. Lyme disease is nasty once it takes hold...

Ever heard of Vexis? Its a new granular for killing nutsedge. That is exciting! Wanna know what is not exciting? Treatment calls for 4 pounds per thousand square feet. A second treatment would total 8lbs for both. I saw a 15lb bag for sale at 40 bucks. My front yard is 20,000 square feet easy...

Talk about an industry ripe for disruption! I just spent an embarassing 3 hours trying to fix my 25 gallon tank sprayer. How can there be that many types, sizes, methods for one device? I did find out pressure washer wands will work and are far more serviceable so there is that. I have enough...