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I have rats. Thankfully they are not in the house but are running wild in the vegetable garden. They have eaten the tops of my beets, hollowed out...

My life is a series of fixing things and moving stuff. I feel as if I could do a George Carlin stand-up routine.

Last Sunday’s snowstorm caught me off-guard. It is beyond me why I ever watch the weather man.

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I hate shopping. It is the endless wandering about stores trying to make sensible decisions. It’s why one year I gave hard, cold cash for Christmas.

I’ve always loved carrots. Some years are better than others concerning the growing of them. I am loathe to thin anything.

Here it is heading into actual winter and I have yet to get my bulbs into dirt. I do have to give myself a bit of credit, however, since I was much...

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