Tereza Okava

Hey sweetie ass!
Don't cut my grass!!*

(post a camera just in case the mower falls off the machine in shock. How's that for a viral video!!!)

*not a real suggestion, but wouldn't it be fun?

these situations are so unique. I know once I had a friend who was blessed by someone who came and mowed her lawn when the town was going to fine her (she had two disabled toddlers and no time to shower, forget about anything else). It was life-changing generosity. But it was clearly a need that was there, and not someone guessing at a potential need.
where I live those videos of yard makeovers are a big thing, but you also have to have permission to set foot in the yard or you're likely to get hurt (and you'd be legally at fault) so consent is definitely required.

That said, my nextdoor neighbor was lawn happy for a while. I let my grass get way high, while he literally was cutting his grass every few days. He started creeping over into my yard, farther and farther every time. We don't get along great with this neighbor (we used to have to call the cops on them for noise and street parties all the time, it's gotten better but we have a nodding acquaintance and that's about it), and I didn't want conflict.
My mailbox is on our property line, built into the fence that separates the inside yard from the outside yard (sort of like a median strip, it's mine but the public can access it, any fruit growing there is fair game, etc). The mailman was walking on the grass so I decided to make a concrete path for him that just happpened to lie on the property line. Possibly the most antisocial resolution ever, but it worked and I got to avoid drama (shortly after, he paved over his front outside yard, and that was that).

It seems to me that the new neighbors need educating. This could be a sign (sigh, again? Maybe something along the lines of "please don't mow! I'd love to meet you and tell you why!") or maybe even some neighbor ally who understands what you're up to and can help the new folks understand. In the meantime, it sounds frustrating, though.

welcome newb with a scheme (the best kind!!)!
You may enjoy looking at Justin Rhodes' youtube channel, where he does a lot with chickens in tractors following his pastured animals to eat bugs and build soil, but he also has a few "static" chicken runs that I could see being similar to what you're thinking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGwAn3wIBFE
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICu2bRepiL8 come to mind.

i am no tech expert, but I'm pretty sure the tool bar (date, time, etc) is part of the Windows settings, not Edge.

Depending on which Windows you're running there may be different options.
The easy way would be to right click on any empty space on your desktop, select Display Settings, look for Scale and Layout and choose a higher percentage on the dropdown menu (150%, maybe. I have multiple monitors and have different ones for each). That will also make all the icons bigger.

okay, so work got busy, then it finally rained and so I finally was able to prune all the trees and get the (probably rootbound) fall starts into the ground over the past few days. There are still more, and more seeds to plant too, but one step at a time.

Over the last week I made some progress using up:
oat flour (banana oat bread)
rye flour (100% whole grain rye/beer soda bread, bloody amazing https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/beer-rye-irish-soda-bread/ )
flatbread using both....

more simmered soybeans
tteokkbeokki that used up the frozen mochi logs AND Chinese fish tofu I had stashed
I also found some fine-ground peanuts in the fridge (thought I knew what all was in there...) and tonight I'll make some Chinese peanut cookies with the rice flour, maybe using this recipe. https://www.rotinrice.com/chinese-peanut-cookies/

We are back to soup weather now, and I am eating the first hot cereal of the year.
This is how I'll use up the remaining grains and meals, most likely.

So for now, I think the 2026 version of pantry cleanout is done! Good thing too since I just bought 5kg of chickpeas I found at a ridiculously low price. And so it starts again.....

I keep meaning to reply here, but I have three basic routes:

Rabbit poo: rabbits eat my kitchen and garden waste and their poo becomes fertilizer. Some people breed them for another food source, but my rabbits are exclusively pets and fertilizer producers.

Coffee grounds: -I put used coffee grounds underneath the rabbit cages in trays to absorb urine (more fertilizer)
              - I mix other used coffee grounds with wood ash or charcoal and bone meal or other nutrient rich meal (cottonseed, castor bean, etc) to make a fertilizer sprinkle

Other trash and garden waste to make treatments and teas: i save eggshells and either grind them to dust or soak them to increase calcium (thinking about my tomato plants). i also grow comfrey specifically to make comfrey tea.  

Any other garden waste that doesn't get eaten by the buns or converted into something else gets composted (sometimes after chipping or bokashi fermentation), and that gets put on the garden.

where i live (Brazil) they are still quite common. Sometimes people will use the tables to play dominos or checkers or cards, or will just hang out there. They are always made of concrete (very much like the picture).
There are a lot of public plaza type things, because of the nature of how cities here are laid out (all start focused around either walking or public transit, even if nowadays most people have cars) and most every one has these tables and some kind of benches. Many also have "outdoor gyms", fixed exercise equipment. The idea is generally the more ways you encourage people to come use these common spaces, the safer and better-used they become. Adding a community garden bed, dog play area and bird feeders is also common.

I know personally my issue with these places is always visibility, as they tend to get used by homeless people or drug dealers if they're hidden under trees or bushes. The best public squares have shade from high trees.

Jessica Ostrow wrote:
What kind of beans do you use? My son tried two types of soybeans, two different times, and wasn't happy with the results. I think he said that the second time, the skins came off, and he said that wasn't supposed to happen. I'm going to try the soybeans we have for making miso, and hopefully will find soybeans that will work for natto.

Where i live there is only one kind of soybean, so its the same I use for everything. I never noticed the skins being an issue with natto, id be more concerned with the taste.

Today I'm putting out my fall starts-- finally it rained!!!
I also pruned the trees, been waiting for the rain to do it. Hopefully this makes the moringa bush out and encourages the fruit to produce.

Phil Stevens wrote:Since the new growth looks healthy, I don't think it's disease. .

I agree, and since the entire vine looks wilty.... could it be that there was wind and the support tree was swaying and the vine got damaged at its base?

I grow chayote and they are amazingly resilient plants. I've got one that is at least 4 years old and keeps putting out shoots. I cut the heck out of it (use it as browse for my rabbits). Fruiting in my setting (9b) is limited to early winter, they will have flowers/small fruits all year that fall off, the fruits only stay when it's cooler. Give it time, and I dont see any situation in which pollinators are a bad thing.