What about password protected gates? The password would have to be something a toddler wouldn’t guess like

The problem in SoCal is for fifty years they have been installing a water hog turf called Marathon. It might be fine north of Redding, but in the desert southwest it needs to be watered every day. The turf-type solution is to install grasses adapted to the climate and soils. Examples are hybrid bermuda (like TIF 419),…

I am unfamiliar with nasturtium and with northern Utah.  I’m more of a southern lawn guy. 

When I was entering the military we used masking tape stuck to a ruler to sweep our floors and the inside of our drawers and closets.  Start with 2-inch wide tape, pull off a 1-foot long strip and stick it to the ruler by about 1/2-inch.  Then wipe the overhanging sticky part of the tape over the area with glass. …

Seriously, that grapefruit technique is ugly video. Nobody should make those noises.

Garden writers have to be very careful about giving advice in an article with a broad audience. I’ve been writing about lawn care for 20 years and am still learning about regional differences in the lower 48 states. When I see someone reference a research study from Cornell and try to apply it to Arizona, Florida, or…

I was a kid in the 50s living in Riverside but driving to see family in Arizona twice a year. Going through Indio was often memorable due to the potato laden trains heading west from the Imperial Valley to LA. Other than that there were date orchards, a few houses, motels, and gas stations. Oh, but there was the Indio…

Waaaay back when the airlines converted to jet engines, my mother and I flew somewhere where a meal was served onboard. It came on china plates with glassware, so that should be a clue as to how long ago it was. Dessert was half a pear (canned pear) with the pit filled with mayonnaise and covered in grated cheddar.…

Claire, are you sure you’re not pregnant? 

Not exactly perfectly on topic, but the more I read about Putin’s history and Hitler’s history, the more I understand Trump and his objectives.  No wonder Trump cannot bring himself to criticize Putin...that and the piss porn pix that Putin has. 

I grew up in SoCal and was a wall flower in high school. No sports, no girls - nothing to distract me from getting into college. I was in grad school in Dayton for my 10th reunion so I missed that. For the 20th I was in Texas and was easily able to slip away to attend. I’m glad I did if only to reaffirm that the jerks…

The flying wedge design in back is THE fundamental flaw making this a useless vehicle with a truck bed. Honda took a few years to realize their mistake of making the slope-back truck bed upper. And there’s no excuse for Chevy copying the Honda design. The problem is that the top and bottom of the bed need to be…

My 28 year old daughter is an aggressive driver on the freeway. Rather than telling her to “drive carefully,” when she leaves, I tell her, “it’s not a race to get home.”

Durango, CO. Seems like everyone is walking a dog.  It isn’t the easiest town to walk around or through, though. 

I’ve been following the corn gluten meal story since before it became a weed control. Prior to that it was a livestock protein supplement. It’s even in dog food. Then Iowa State did some experiments and jiggered the statistics to make a claim that it had preemergent weed control qualities. It doesn’t. At best, and…

Butter churner.  Perhaps you should collaborate with Claire Lower on your next sex position calorie counter article. 

Ironically the tag photo illustrates one way of eliminating methane by burning it off from oil wells...and converting it to CO2. 

I’m allergic to walnuts, but I still prefer them in baked goods over pecans.  The only reaction I get is a sensitivity in my mouth.  It feels like I just ate a full mouthful of fritos and scratched my palate. 

This probably doesn’t apply to most of you but if you spray it into the intake of a freshly cleaned jet engine (cranking but not running) the heat in the compressor section will bake the WD-40 into a protective varnish on the blades and stators.

So basically it’s a cruise missile with hopped up motors.  Why is it such a news event?