John Duffy

Cristobal Cristo, you might try some worms castings in your planting holes the next time around. Jack Chambers of Sonoma winery says the death rates of his grape vines dropped to 3 percent when he started using castings. I use them religiously on my tomato plants an by July, they are huge and healthy

Jay, those juicy plums would make some nice sweet wine.

In my 50+ years experience with various finishes, I have never been disappointed with ANY Zinsser products!
They do sell it in your area.

I like to sprinkle wood ashes around all my garden plants. You'll need to reapply after it rains...Also for you fisherfolks out there, slugs make great fish bait!

Burra, Thank you for sharing your knowledge about Black Cherry bark. I had no idea that it had medicinal qualities. I have a friend and two daughters that make natural medicines so, going forward, I will start harvesting some bark for them...If your whittling knife is a Flexcut brand, I'm pretty sure the handle is Cherry

"FREE " on Marketplace is music to my ears...What a creative and efficient use of 'waste' trampolines. Nicely done!

If Purple Martins live in your area, build bird house for them. They are great skeeter munchers

Chips are a great resource and very beneficial for most uses. I would not incorporate them into the soil. Also, be aware that poison ivy/oak and others may find their way into your chip delivery. I would strongly suggest a good pair of leather gloves and long sleeve shirt. I learned this the hard way

A good quality compost thermometer is worth the investment. By monitoring  the internal temps, you'll have a better idea of when to turn an when NOT to turn.

If your vehicle is equipped with a tachometer,"train" your accelerator foot to try to keep the RPM's below 2500...My younger daughter WAS  very heavy-footed and, she always whined about her MPG... Since I showed her this simple hack, her mileage went up on 10%...It also saves a lot of wear and tear on your drive train...Now we like to 'compete' over who is getting better mileage