Joylynn Hardesty

Love the creature from the black lagoon! That was a favorite from my kid's childhood. We introduced him to monsters, and the grimm tales early, so he could know that monsters, whatever their form can be defeated.

An idea! Here is a diy fake flat stones for a patio. You could use the concept for tabletops, and make a wood form for a center column. That is, if someone else knows how to be sure the table top does not tip off of the pedestal. I envision tiles for the chessboard



I have seen YouTubes of people making forms out of cardboard, for very different products.

I have not eaten any johnny jump ups, however we have lots of wild common violets in our yard. We have eaten salads with violets as the only greenery. Everyone enjoyed it, and has eaten it repeatedly.

It also does well as a side dish, wilted, like you'd do with spinach.

We also toss it in forever soups, but taste wise, it hides there.

Thanks everyone!

Oh, and the stuff I am calling straping, is metal.

Oh! The glue! What kind? I already have this for a different pipe issue. (From Ace hardware store)

Over the winter somebody must have spent time under my house, relaxing on my sewer pipe. I discovered it has fallen, and is disconnected. How pleasant. I tried to put the pipes back together, but the pipe no longer fits the flange. Some kind of build up, old glue? Something less pleasant?

There is no 'play' in the lines. My thoughts are to cut off 10 inches of pipe, use a replacement section and a joint connector to fix this. Then use several lengths of strapping tape to support the line in several places. At least one on each side of the tee.

The tee from Amazon


The plan


Is this a good plan?

How would you cut the pipe? Hack saw?

It tastes incredibly boring. Must not be thyme.

John wrote:.... you may need to get some of those ice cleats or similar under your boots to do sufficient damage....?  

Ohhh! I have a pair of those! A few years back, my crimping was done by pulling a heavy metal pipe over the beds. The rye just regrew. That year I took a machete to it.

Yes Judith, it is ryegrass sold as a covercrop. Though I hadn't realized they were two distinct plants.

I have several beds plated in winter rye. I recently read that the milk stage was the time to crimp them. I saw heads forming and crimped walked down a portion that was seeded in a path.

After inspecting the pics, I realized they are only just beginning to tassel. Ooops.

Anyway, is the trampled rye 'crimped'?

how many years do your seeds last

It depends.  

I have found that saving myself seed every year or two is the best way to go. Do I always do so? No. I did not save Matt's Wild Cherry tomatoes, despite what my records.told me, and had to order them again.

I keep telling myself that I will toss my older seed out somewhere just to see what will happen, but it just never happens. I have some that are over 10 years.

Anyone else feel 'rich' when you sift through through your seed? They are soooo hard to discard. Souch potential life!