Brenda Culp

What about souchan?  AKA cutleaf coneflower.  Perennial edible green.
And pernennial wild arugula.  

I don't really know anything much about building, but I do live in the high elevation areas of the Appalachian mts. and I observed what happened during Hurricane Helene.  I saw way too many places where the saturation of water was at its max, and the mountains answer to this was to simply lift all of the topsoil and vegetation clinging to it up off the bedrock of the mountain, which in this case was absolutely beautiful green and pink rock called ukanite, and slide it down the mountain.  This left gorgeous little creeks running over beautiful rock, but whatever, including buildings, was in the way of this lifted mass, just went with it.  So, if you hit a wicked crazy rainy season, would having those ditches that run horizontally across the mountain--  I know they have an official name, I have one across my pasture that helps keep too much water from running down and causing a deep rain creek right outside my back door, but I know they're a thing up here in these mts.  People (like me) have them across their driveways and wherever they think water might run and take the land with it.  So, are you planning any of those up above your structure?

I'm in the high mountains of North Carolina, and I find that my wild arugula plant comes back big and spreading every year.  Zone 6 a/b.  I got the seeds through our local library, but they were donated to the seed library from High Mowing Seeds.  The leaves are thinner and you need to harvest a lot more of them to make the same quantity of usual garden arugula.  But you don' t need to replant it or be sure it reseeds every year.  I agree that souchan is a great green.  It grows wild here in the mountains, but it also loves my raised beds.  I am trying to grow Good King Henry this year for the first time, but from reading other posts, I'm not sure how much I'll like it.  Egyptian walking onions are great and reseed themselves.  Very easy.  Lovage is more of an herb than a vegetable entree, but it also comes back every year and I like the strong celery taste.  My lawn is unsprayed and not mowed much so I have a natural supply of dandelion, and plantains.  Always lovely.  Good luck with whatever you try!  

Can you make sourdough bread with gluten free flour?

I would not be a bit embarrassed to dig through my own trash for reusables or recyclables.  Who's to know but me (and anyone reading this) anyway.  But, I must admit, when cleaning up after a public event, I do the same thing because even if you put out a bin labeled "Recycle" people still throw good stuff in the trash.  I also go through all the trash cans on my once a week volunteer gig at our local arts council.  The amount of reusable office paper, paper clips, and whatnot is amazing.  I get tons of junk mail, mainly asking me for money and including a handy reply envelope.  So, I open them all, even if I know I am not going to contribute, I take out the reply envelopes and use them for all kinds of things-- seeds for next year's garden included.  So, if you need any envelopes, I'm your gal.

Broadleaf or lance (narrow) leaf plantain are both great for stings.  Chew a leaf or two-- the chemical reaction of your saliva and the plant's components seem to kickstart the magic.  After you've masticated it a bit, slap it onto the sting.  I put a band aid over that to hold the plantain on, or tie a cloth around it to do the same job.  It works.  Yay plantain!

I found that hiding my squash and beans amidst the taller weeds kept them from drying out and it hid them from the pesky deer.  There is not a fence that mt. NC deer cannot jump.  Marvelous athletes with marvelous appetites.  I am going to expand my weedy bank this year with other things and see what happens.

I am ordering this book to be sent to another person who happens to be in prison.  I was never asked where the book should be shipped and I cannot send it from me.  It must come from the buyer to him.  How do I fix this?

I get freebie Christmas cards in the mail from charities, some of which I actually like as far as the visuals... but I don't always like the message.  So this year, I made a personalized general message-- yeah, that statement sounds like an oxymoron, but let me give you an example.  I wanted something that might suit everyone, so here's what I am going to make and paste on top of the messages I don't want: "Blessings of the Season-- Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, however you celebrate the Winter Solstice Season.  I celebrate with you the light in the darkest time of the year-- the kind of light that remains in our hearts all year long."

I just looked up "Voice to text freeware" and lots of alternatives came up.  Have you tried that route?  You would still have to verify that it had the "right" where or wear, etc. in there, but perhaps some are intuitive enough to make that rare.  I have not personally tried them, but it is a thought.