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I suspect that you don't remember that post offices had both "ash units" with some sand in them for snuffing out cigarettes but ... spittoons for those who chewed. The post office and hotel lobbies seemed to be the last locations with these sorts of receptacles. Of course, smokers were very...

Sweet potato dollar cakes for a 2nd breakfast :). I'm having 6 instead of my usual 5 (because I've been good). Maybe we can try sweet potatoes again this year. With limited previous success, these pancakes provide inspiration.

Have the film on the hoophouse 😁. It always requires a bit more work than it seems like it should. A lot of the extra tinkering is a result of the casual approach of preceeding years. I suppose that those seasons must be close to 25. I try to keep a door and window frame in space year-round but...

Up a little later this morning with knowing that we will have a rainy day and not suitable for a fair weather gardener :). Thinking about @Marie2020 's question about making vinegar. I am assuming that she means apple cider vinegar. I have made hard apple cider twice — once good, second time...

The diet of a spouse can be an influence. My and my wife's diets are similar. No, they are not exactly the same but difference can be a bother and, because of that, are limited if not eliminated. Over years, I tried quitting tobacco many times. One time was when I first met the lady who...

I just thought it was fun, thinking about who these people are/were :).

Today in 1857, Elisha Otis installed the first safety elevator for passenger service at 488 Broadway in New York City.

Or, isn't it surprising .. . that a rose is in that family? It might have been called the Spirea family, spiraling out over a lot of ground. But, that describes the leaf growth rather than migration pattern. Quite the bed of roses for an apple a day. ;) Steve

Set up the hoops for the 9' by 20' hoophouse. Driving rebar stakes, putting together the pvc pipe, setting them in place — that is about all I accomplished in a couple of hours. Too windy, with 30mph gusts, to be messing with the plastic film. It's a tad late by the calendar for the hoophouse...

Since it is World Poetry Day

My hernia surgery seemed remarkably non-invasive. At the same time, I felt rather stunned following, if that is the right word. I was glad that, partly because of the timing, I had very little to do for several days. The first 2 or 3, most of my physical problem was simply standing up from...

Corn Flakes • Rice Chex • sliced banana • raisins and a small bowl of applesauce, along side. Oolong. I am also confused about the weather, @Gardening with Rabbits. Soil temperature at 35⁰f?! Soil temperature here at home where I could keep track of it didn't work so well as a guide. It varied...

Oh my! The wild roses here have rose hips that are so sour. sshhhivering Steve

My 30 minutes of exercise today was trying to level a step in the garden. After laying out some bricks and making use of them for 3 years, a tree root began pushing up from below. It's from a tree that the neighbor had taken out several years ago. Shoots continued to show up in her yard so I...