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Southern Arizona ... I keep hearing a noise that sounds like a woodpecker trying really hard to peck on something metal. Could that really be? I've never heard that sound in other places with woodpeckers. Wouldn't they hurt their little beaks and stop? Whatever it is just took a crack at my air...

impromptu Don Williams concert starting with Tulsa Time

Mine has spiked a few times too in the last few years (though fortunately, so far it's always come down again). I think there are places you can get it checked for free, like Walgreens and Walmart? though I don't think they're supposed to be as reliable as one you get from your doctor's office...

I guess I just have dwarf greens instead of microgreens then. I will have to look this up and do it properly next time (I mean, do micro on purpose). My dwarves are edible though. They're a lot sharper than the ones I get in the grocery store. I don't know if that's because they're dwarves or...

Still seems like a good idea to keep informed, especially if there are public-comment sessions available to participate in. When there is a chance of something negatively affecting people, that's the time to do something. That's not about speculation so much as informed citizenship. (Meanwhile...

So you do need to have special seeds for microgreens, right? It's not just the same seeds, grown differently?

How does that work? are they like miniature versions of the main greens types? I've been doing this arugula thing but the only thing "micro" about them is that they're not getting very big b/c I didn't give them enough soil depth. I'd like to know more about how you're "really" supposed to do it.

Saguaro cactus with nurse tree (palo verde, I think). Gives the seedlings a protected place to get their start. Sometimes when the cactus grows up it kills the nurse plant, and sometimes they both thrive and look like they were arranged by some crazy florist. Buds on an organ pipe cactus. I...

First Dog on the Moon gives advice on how to read books. https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/cartoons/2024/04/26/how-to-read-books/ I loved #6, that is so me. I will literally be so sleepy I drop the book on my face, then I turn off the light and boing!

Between the crazy ****** do-gooders, the charming Mexican slackers, and their little power struggle, I swear it's like having two alcoholic parents, and one of them is a committee.😵‍💫 I drove all the way down there, was supposed to finally have the talk with the shelter manager about what he...

I slept on something like that for two years during school. It called itself a cheap-@ss futon, but was pretty similar. Maybe 2.5 or max 3" but maybe 2". Cheap ones compress down after awhile, but it was still sleepable-on.

Grew some arugula from seed in old greens containers. they're not really deep enough (should have 4") but it sort of works. you can make a little greenhouse by sticking two containers together, but they seem happier without the top. so eventually you have to thin them. OK this feels a little...

Not as true as you might assume. Random free resources of varying quality -- sure, like on any other topic on the interwebs. Usable training -- not so much. There's a standard two-day training for volunteers, which AFAIK is still mostly offered in-person and IMO is not much use. The next step...

Well, hopefully now that the Augean Stables Project is almost done (finishing touches tomorrow -- didn't get permission so just gonna go ahead and do it, howz that for the new me?), I can hopefully do something more for them than reach the topmost board game down from the shelf for the...

My favorite mangy dog from the shelter (there are at least half a dozen), and the shelter turtle. Those kids do love their stickers, they'll put them anywhere. The kids all asked me when I was coming back. No seriously, how flattering is that??? (I think they just like me because I give them...

OMG everybody in this organization trash-talks everyone else. And here I am trying to keep a straight face and go "uh huh" ... I go to a meeting and the bosses are saying all this stuff that, after spending a few days at the shelter, seems apeshit nuts to me, and people are looking at them...

B, that is exactly the sort of ideas I need! Once the Augean Stables are done, I'm sure I'll be doing ESL tutoring. (I mean, what else do they need that I could do?) I'm looking for exactly those sorts of low-stress, fun ideas. Trading a Spanish word for an English word is perfect.

This shelter where I go has volunteers come down and teach crafts, mostly to the kids. So I’m thinking, what if the shelter people, especially the moms, already know how to do crafts and just need supplies? The NGO has $$ but I wanted to try it out first before I asked them for anything. Brought...

Stay safe up there!!!

Bookmarked; thank you! By coincidence there was a pretty good first-aid primer in the New York Times today -- fwiw https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/21/well/live/first-aid-cuts-burns-rashes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU0.WCpW.sq-HL2c2_jaU&smid=url-share