Cleaning question: how do you de-funk a house from dog smell and housemate’s weed smell?

I only have herbs in the edible department: dill, chives, parsley, and basil. The dill is bolting now so I hope the swallowtail butterflies enjoy it.

I am a gardener, and I’m also a huge introvert. This week, a woman posted on Nextdoor that she had native wildflowers she wanted to get rid of to good homes. I am currently working on removing chunks of lawn in my backyard to make room for native meadow plants, so this was wonderful news. We arranged a date and…

I am away from my beloved black Labrador retriever today to attend a wedding, but it turns out our hotel allows large dogs. Wish I had known. At least when I was outdoors while my husband vaped, we met another hotel patron walking his beautiful black lab that’s was so similar to ours, we had a quick conversation and…

Counterpoint anecdote, I also attended a Midwest wedding today. Michigan. I expected my father in law, who was seated at my table for the reception, to make a Trump comment I disagreed with, as he is a mid-sixties white guy with conservative ideas. In fact, he actually went on a rant about how upset he was that…

My house has attic doors just like those without the outside latches. They swing open all the time if you open a door or window in another room. My guess is they are innocuous. I hope, at least.

What is that outfit?

That’s awful. I understand why you didn’t stop, and why you feel guilty. It wasn’t your fault. You didn’t let the cat out or hit it. It’s nice that you tried.

That sucks. I’m not on the spectrum as far as I know, but socially awkward and introverted nonetheless. I have a narrow circle of people I trust. I can imagine how awful that is, having a chronic illness as well, and all I can say is I’m sorry. We should do better for you. For all of us. There should at least be…

My other suggestion, and I’m not sure if it has any scientific validity, is to brush your dog outside in the area where skunks are a problem. I heard that their fur can let the skunks know to stay away, but that is pure speculation. Couldn’t hurt though.

Oh, Lady dog was doing the classic “roo-roos” of when she’s on to something. I was just as unaware as you were until it was too late. :/

I was my high school’s valedictorian. Class of 151 people senior year, when we started with 255 freshman year. I come from a very small town in MI. I hated extracurriculars because they involved spending time with the idiots I already hated. I did French club, national honor society,and senior year I did quiz bowl.

I planted cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis. It’s a native plant to my area in MI, and its bright red flowers are highly attractive to hummingbirds. I would look up your ecoregion or USDA hardiness zone for native plants that attract hummingbirds and go from there. Also, Lady bird Johnson wildflower center has…

I understand. My yard is fenced in too. I live in a large city in a suburban neighborhood and skunks are a huge issue here. They eat almost anything, so there isn’t much to do to discourage them. If you find a skunk burrow or den, you can trap them, but in my area you need a specialist wildlife professional to…

My pollinator garden is working and I saw my first hummingbird this week! It sucks when you can’t take a good picture with your iPad, but it was there.

Female dogs in my area too. My dog has an inch long green tattoo on her belly.

Nature’s Nether Regions by Menno Schilthuizen. It’s delightful if you are a science geek like me who enjoys Ze Frank’s animal videos and Isabella Rosellini’s green porno series on YouTube.

Garden thread? I didn’t see one yet, so apologies if I’m stepping on anyone’s toes.

I think you are sweet to think of this.

Honestly, you probably smell a bit “off”. My husband was worried after our crazy dog got skunked, and his coworkers didn’t seem to notice it until he asked, and then they were like, “oh yeah, that’s what that is.” It was faint, but there. Full blast skunking smells to me like burning rubber and rotting onions and…