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Jams, compotes, and syrups are super easy to make. I found that out after finding myself with around 20# of strawberries one summer day last year.

Sarsaparilla is hands-down my favorite drink.

May 9th is estimated last frost here. Today was 83F, but we had snow 10 days ago.

There was a whole tv show dedicated to forest rangers that were combating the old growth poaching in that region. I lived not far from there for half of my life.

I'm a sunflower kinda guy. They remind me of my service to Ukraine, and the never-ending fields of sunflowers that remained unharvested due to war. I always liked the mammoth variety (even if they're often called Russian Mammoth). This year I am planting a few new varieties, (Rouge Royale and...

I felt the same way when I discovered my amaryllis had a 2nd "leaf". That's like... one leaf per month. This feels like I'm aging cheese, not growing a flower.

When I moved to the Colorado desert a year ago, I learned very quickly that "full sun" is typically referring to 6 - 8 hours/daily. I get up to 15 hours daily in June, over 7 of those hours being "peak sun" hours. At one point even my sunflowers were not doing well. (Excuse me, aren't you...

Sounds like your son is being lazy or wishes to be lazy for the foreseeable future. lol If only a well-manicured lawn was my thing. Seems like it would be much less work to me. Then again, I'd have to adopt a taste for grass.

(5 days ago) Tomatoes, Potatoes, Peppers, Lavender, Radishes, Carrots. I tried the double cup method, it wasn't immediately effective but now it's quite noticeable. I've since planted Pumpkins, Cucumbers, Squash, Okra, and Cantaloupe.