Dennis Barrow

Me:    "I'm not very hungry, I just want something easy".

Server:   "........ maybe the chicken strips for $6?"

Me:    "Maybe it does, but that doesn't help with my hunger."

I got back a couple weeks ago from 2 weeks in Costa Rica.
I was really happy while there, interacting with the local wildlife, swimming in the ocean, eating the local food.  But I would say the joy I experienced there was when I was with my family that were able to vacation with us.
Then, when I got home. here in Montana.  I noticed I was happier than the past couple weeks.  Joy at being at my place, Joy of getting back with the animals, and then when my dog saw me we both shared what I would call JOY!

Cristobal Cristo, I can see that advantage  for watering.
Myself, I am retired and enjoy watering by hand with the hose.  Gives me a bit of structure in my day.

Kim Wills wrote:

Christopher Weeks wrote:

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:AI doesn't have hands!

Yet.

Even if it does, there is no way it will be successful at hands-on things. My husband has been repairing & renovating homes for 40 years and EVERY job is different.

Kim, I agree 100%.
I am retired from being a contractor with decades of remodels, new construction and maintenance work.
I have 4 sons all having their own companies doing this. They each already have over 2 decades of experience, (and still call me a lot for ideas.  I think to just keep my mind sharp. lol)  Each of them will search the net and uses AI to a certain point just to be sure they are looking at all to options for the job.  I have  people asking me for advice from time to time also.  Many of them have already searched for answers on the net and then get really confused.  That is where hands on experience comes into play.

I guess that definition of a straight line comes into play.  lol   My definition and the results of a string line are not the same.
It really depends on the plant for me.
Some of the raised beds are planted in lines to maximize the area, some not.
Corn I like in lines because it is easier for me to harvest.
That being said, this year I am planting some corn, beans and squash in circles using some old tires, (my mother used to do this).  I have several tires placed, (not in a line) in an area of one of my garden spaces. Close enough together the corn pollination should work ok.  We will see.
I have a piece of 4 foot fencing that I staked down in an arc and grew peas on it with a couple of tomato plants inside the arc.  Worked really well.
Planted some beets in an area about 3 foot by 5 foot, just scattered the seeds, worked ok.
Potatoes I put in lines as it is easier to harvest a large area of them that way.
Etc.....

I have 3 sets of bibs.  I love them!
Best part is they all have pockets for knee pads.
Plus lots of pockets for everything else I use during the day.  Screws, nails, hammer, pliers, tape measure, pencils and of course the ever present and never go without, cell phone.

So I read the last couple posts about 2 hours ago and they took me down a rabbit hole.   ;-)
I looked up the Ken Onion Mk2 and then the original sharpener then comparison of them, then reviews and opinions, then videos on using them, then various other sharpeners, then got into strops, kits, homemade ones, flexible strops vs solid ones,  video's of all.............  
Wish I still had my granddad's strop. 2 feet long or so.  While he was alive it was in his shop one end fixed to the edge of his work bench hanging down.    It vanished while I was in the military.
Finally, I would like to try the Ken Onion Mk2 sharpener, but don't want to spend that kind of money on it at the moment.
I need to find a big piece of leather that I can make into a strop.
Yup, 2 hours of new knowledge for my old brain cells!!

I used an old toilet for one year.  That first winter the water froze in the trap and broke it.  
It definately was a sight to see flowers blooming out of the bowl !  (I did take a few pictures of it, but can't find them, If I do I will post them)

Ulla Bisgaard wrote:

Edward Norton wrote:Excellent suggestions. I did a little more reading last night and discovered you can put glass jars in the freezer so long as you leave room for expansion.  

Yes, you can freeze mason jars. Just remember never to fill it past the shoulder aka the narrowing place between the top rim and the biggest part of the jar. The reason is that the jar can break after freezing if you fill it too high. 2” is a minimum headspace for freezing. The shoulder are smaller for wide mouth jars, so for this reason I only use wide mouth jars when I freeze in mason jars.

With just the wife and I a gallon of milk will often go bad before we can consume it all.  
We take quart mason jars, (both small and large mouth) and freeze the extra milk in them.  We only fill to the shoulder of the jar also.
Works great for us.  Just take out a jar the day before you run out and it thaws perfectly in the fridge.
We now have a freeze dryer and will get and extra gallon of milk when on sale and FD it.  Reconstitutes perfectly.  

I used to remodel buildings, (old K-Marts, Walmarts etc.) for new Murdoch's stores through out the west.   Many times the building had lots of good items that we were told to throw in the dumpsters.
I kept many items, small wind turbine generator that works great, many boxes of everything from nails, screws to hinges, lots of building materials.  Kept what I could and then sold a lot of it locally where ever we were on facebook market place.   Hated to see any of the stuff go to the landfill when it would be recycled.