Still Winter

I’m starting to wonder if this is going to be one of those winters that never happened. Yes, we’ve had some freezing temps, but all in all, above-normal readings nearly every week. Nature noticed. The peach tree surprised me today by busting out some of...

Latest in Transformer Oil Spill News

Back in 2014, the electrical transformer in my yard blew up during a storm and the lid came off and the oil inside sprayed over part of my garden. You can read more about it here. I sued the utility company to recoup the money I spent to replace the plants, etc. I...

Flirting With Solar

Who wouldn’t love to say goodbye to their electric bill (or most of it) and get your electricity from the sun? I think I would, but the high cost, the complexity, the fact that it always seems like the next big breakthrough in solar is just around the corner...

If It Weren’t For Volunteer Tomatoes

. . . I’d have no tomatoes at all. Weird year for tomatoes. We had plenty of spring rain and mild weather so the tomatoes I planted in the garden got off to a good start. Unfortunately, by the time the first few tomatoes started to ripen, drought set in and the...

Are You Gross Like Me?

I et a stinkbug yesterday. That’s an exaggeration. I chomped down on a stinkbug by accident and spit it out. The thing is, I wasn’t fazed by this, and for a second I was separating out the bits of stinkbug from the bits of mulberry in my mouth (because...