I’ve taken my plot and straightened out its borders a bit. “N” of GAIN went to work with me last week and we measured 10′ x 13′ instead of the expected 10′ x 10.’ After some community discussion via email, some of us voiced concern about deer and other critters. The plots are near a…
Remember when I wrote about kitchen scraps for the garden? I planted the cabbage today. Take a look at the before and after: The cabbage took off with very little attention from me. I placed it in a pot of soil shortly after one week of being in a jar of water. As you can…
On Friday, I spoke to a group of women from across the state about keeping honeybees. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is a powerful group of women. Some of them have maintained friendships for decades and across many miles because of their membership. That is power. Historically, many important initiatives, such as street lane…
The biggest news in the counter area is that Mr. TellBlast has used epoxy to fasten round granite “pencils” to the edge of the counter. And they fell off. After leaning against one, the tile snapped off at the epoxy joint. I believe the pencil would be supported by the thin rectangle that he planned…
Our HSAP arranged a field trip to a local water works. We hadn’t visited for a four or five years. The weather was nice enough for us to notice the motors and pipes above ground this time around. Most of the employees were there to maintain the equipment — which has been in use since…