Be Less Boring

The soil in my yard is heavy clay.  That's great if you want to make bricks but its not much good for anything else.  Add a little rain or melting snow and you end up with a glue-like mud that sticks to everything, your shoes, shovels, and any vegetables… more »

I spend more time on Facebook than I should and I don't know why because it annoys the hell out of me.   I don't know how many dozens of requests to join people's "Mafia" or to join "Farmville" I've ignored but it's probably up in triple digits by now.  … more »

I found a tumblr blog this morning that just shows old pictures of people's parents.  There are pictures of people from the 1980s on back to at least the WWII era.  It's quite interesting to look at them and see how clothing fashions, hair styles, and ho… more »

It's interesting to be a gardener in the winter.  While everyone else has been complaining about the cold, I've been nestled near the wood stove poring over seed catalogues planning out the summer garden.   I've made lists of what seeds to order.    I've… more »