Usually my allergies are skin allergies. I get intense irritation from even the slightest rubbing of things like sunflower leaves. I have had extreme skin breakdown from tea tree oil. I am very careful about what I put on my skin. However, this year I discovered blooming kochia will give me a full-blown upper respiratory […]
Can You Plant Directly in Horse Manure ?
Why use horse manure Sometimes your options are limited. Like when dealing with a very complicated, multi-step moving/building project. That is why this past spring, I planted my garden directly in horse manure. To be sure, I know that most animal manure needs to be aged to work well in the garden. Not only can […]
Lockdown Day 19: The Problem with Scientific Data (or Bats, Broccoli, and Hospital Stats)
The trouble with evaluating data Remember the phrase two wrongs don’t make a right? This holds true when try to evaluate scientific data. Or maybe it could be said that just because one person is wrong, that doesn’t make the other person right. There can be a lot of wrong answers to the same question. […]
Lockdown Day 13: The Magic Willow Branch versus the Steel Fence Post
Scrounging for fence posts Today, we have once again confirmed that I do not think like an engineer. Thankfully, I am married to one. I’d say that was good planning on my part, but I wasn’t savvy enough to plan it for ALL the good traits he has. The exercise was fence building, because the […]
Lockdown Day 12: Laughing at Zombies in Chinese
One big game of Rumor There is a lot of doomsday talk going around. Anxiety, worry, panic. Fear. It would be easy to slip into and, to tell the truth, has grabbed at my ankles a few times. But I don’t want to live in fear. I am evaluating what is going on around me, […]
