1965, age 13, weighed perzactly 100 pounds (a requirement my Dad had for me doing farm work. I was a skinny little kid). Hauled hay (throwing...
There have been perennial crops in the US for a long time, but they may not be what you like best. Rhubarb, asparagus, berries, sunchokes and...
My cilantro/coriander didn't grow this year. I started seeds indoors that died, two plantings in the garden didn't come up at all, and in...
That's the best news of all! Mine has taken some heavy casualties in the Bug Wars but next year I'll be better prepared for them. Looks like the...
If you want to see where the US will be in twenty years, look at England now.
Some Taoist thought from a translation of Chuang Tzu If you aren't familiar with Chuang Tzu, he enjoyed playing with words and making outrageous...
Well, you could dump it in the compost, then turn the compost a few times, then shovel up the compost and wheel it over to the corn and spread it....
I'll second Gardener's recommendation on the Ruth Stout book, there's a lot to learn there and her ideas really work. Very few weeds get through,...
Throwing up during the drinking means your body can't process any more. That's a good, natural "whole body" defense mechanism. Throwing up the...
When I was younger I was a coal miner. We had to get "dressed out" in coveralls, mine belt, light, hardhat, etc. and stand around waiting to be...
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Gardener, They may work well for you, it's been abnormally hot and dry here in SW VA this year, we've had less than half the normal rainfall and...
Konnichi-wa, ye damned blackheart! [img]
"Honk again if you've never seen an Uzi fired out of a car window"
I got some "Amerite" beans from the French Vegetables section of Wilhite Seeds' catalog this year, and just picked the first round of them. They...
Nice to know it isn't just me. Yeah, I have some crazy dreams after taking Ambien - nothing scary at all, just weird.
He sure did, in Chapter 4 of Tao: The Watercourse Way Outstanding book, I'm reading each night in it and it's really opened my eyes a lot.
Better check out the Federal laws, too. Some have mandatory minimums = no parole. A kid I went to college with got caught with a joint in around...
To paraphrase Mordecai from the Ballad of the Flim-flam Man, "Boy, you just can't cheat an honest man. Unless he's got some bad intention in him...
I'm assuming that you're referring to King James I, who commissioned, not wrote, that version. He was indeed at one point somewhat obsessed with...
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