Posted on 09/18/2021 5:23:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
When I started gardening, I was told to plant ornamental herbs.
It turned out to be pretty sage advice...
Add me, please.
*GROAN*
Well, that got the day started off right, LOL!
Good morning. Just thought I’d let you know that while I seldom write, I read your thread every time it’s posted, and enjoy it. Thanks for posting it, and I hope your autumn is as bountiful as can be.
Added. Welcome! :)
Hey, Diana!
Thank you, Don! What a nice thing to read first thing in the morning. Wishing the same to you and yours. :)
maybe he’s been talkin’ to gymbeau, that guy is a pun a day on FR.
Making you the 5th person to ‘hear’ that pun...
I’ll look him up...
Back ‘atcha & thanks for the thread!! Downing my first delicious cup of covfefe as I type. :-)
ZOE MOORE September 9, 2021
Celebrate National Potato Month by staying inside this spud-tacular potato.
The Big Idaho Potato Hotel in Boise, Idaho, definitely makes the list for Airbnb's unique stays.
The 6-ton potato is recycled from the Idaho Potato Commission’s Big Idaho Potato Tour.
After traveling around the country, the potato-themed hotel now sits on 400 acres of farmland situated in America's potato capital.
The hotel fits two with a queen bed, earthy theme and pops of pink.
It also has all the essentials including outlets and a mini fridge.
According to the Airbnb listing, "If you love the fluffy feeling you get when you eat Idaho potatoes, you’ll love staying in a giant potato turned cozy, grown-up getaway for two."
The hotel even features a silo turned into a spa retreat that's perfect for soaking and enjoying the stars.
The hotel typically lists for $250 per night.
Speaking of sages…I planted a new one two days ago. Salvia Amistad.
It’s called Friendship Sage. I wish I remembered how to post photos here, (off to HTML Bootcamp when I get time, hahaha). It’s quite a purple showstopper.
I battle herds of Blacktail Deer in my little beach town. The locals of the liberal persuasion cannot understand or follow the local rules about not feeding them. Consequently we have as many Deer or more running around than full time human residents. It’s not uncommon when I first moved here to have 50 deer browse thru my property daily.
We try finding plants the deer will ignore, not many fall into that category better than the Sage family. It’s not guaranteed though, the 2 biggest problems are fawns that eat everything not knowing they not tasty morsels and the damn Bucks that tear stuff up trying to rub the velvet off their antlers.
The Sage Amistad and my favorite Hotlips Sage are beautiful and bloom all summer, fall and depending upon the sighting in my USDA Zone 8B property all winter too.
Greetings from southern New Hampshire! Household Six is proudly harvesting tomatoes and peppers. Her Luffa is getting ready for harvest. One impressive yellow straight neck zucchini is starting to pump out fruit, and our bush and pole beans are suddenly blossoming out.
I, however, have been sidetracked from pallet disassembly and raised bed production to pantry renovation. I picked up a nearly new, small chest freezer on my trip to Georgia, and I removed some shelving in the pantry and moved in the freezer. Then, I started installing a French Cleat system on the wall above the freezer with can storage modules (Magazines). Now, they are populated and we have decided to remove the rest of the shelving and convert the whole wall to French cleats. I need to drive over to Rockler at Salem, NH today to pickup some more Baltic Birch plywood.
Somehow, I will get everything done before the snow flies and my cataract surgery process starts.
“...my cataract surgery process starts.”
Process? One eye at a time, with recovery between?
I got both eyes, one at a time. and had distance lenses in both.
In retrospect, I would have tried a multifocal contact lens, post surgery, on the first eye, and if tolerated, gone with a multifocal implant on the second eye.
Overall I’m very happy with the results, but need I do $2 readers or a magnifying glass for close work.
Correction
“folks that love soil, manure, seeds and plants of all kinds, except weeds.”
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