It's so foggy today that my husband turned on the outside porch light so I could find my way back from the barn! Since it's so soupy out there,...
Mart, I love antiques, too! I restored antiques when we lived in New York, and we have a lot of antique furniture in our home. Have you read...
Oh Mart, astrophysics isn't boring--it exercises your brain and gives you something to think about at 2 o'clock in the morning when you wake up...
Cayuga, you are so encouraging! https://www.gardenstew.com/threads/tuscan-rub-recipe.42222/ It's easy to make, keeps well, and adds so much...
Sjoerd, I think the woodpecker is going to hang around! We saw him yesterday and I heard him this morning on my way to the barn--couldn't spot him...
We haven't had woodpeckers for a while, but yesterday this Red Bellied woodpecker came to the ashe juniper and showed off his colors. [ATTACH]
Tooty, I'd be interested in his thoughts, too. No reply to my e-mail and photo. I even sent a follow-up to ask if he was well. He just may slip to...
Sjoerd, congratulations! I just won't tell the cats their cute photo was beaten by leeks. They are sensitive . . . .
Today we took our almond crop out to the garden table and shelled almonds. With the dry summer, even though we watered faithfully, we had fewer...
Sjoerd, I have no idea what plant it is. A friend with a black thumb gave me the original cuttings, saying "you can't kill this" and she was...
Netty, I read your post and went back to bed, completely exhausted! I don't see how you do it all, but you do, and with grace and wit. I re-potted...
Growingpains, it is a wise person who realizes fighting Mother Nature is always a losing battle! You had the joy of the creek garden, and now you...
I was picking various flowers and filler in the flower beds, getting ready to make a mixed bouquet. It occurred to me that bouquets and people are...
Mart, I didn't mean he should eliminate salt completely. Many foods, mostly meats, naturally contain salt. I use salt in baking and occasionally...
The wife of a friend called today and asked if she could come over, look at herbs growing, and perhaps learn how to use them in cooking. Her...
Mego, we have a cat that likes oyster crackers for treat--won't touch the salmon/chicken flavored treats I buy for the other two. Animals have...
Sjoerd, in my imperfect understanding, a quark is a subatomic particle with minimal electric charge. None have been actually observed, but they...
Tooty, I forwarded your post and photo to an ornithologist friend of ours who will be very interested in it. Thanks for posting, and for being so...
I cut out hackberry sprouts from the flower gardens today. Hackberrys spread like wildfire, and are just about as beneficial. They are a useless...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. I admit I understand about every third word, but the man writes so well and I finally...
