Way back in the day our parents used to cut them into pieces about 6 inches long and throw them into the pool for us to retrieve.  It turns out the idea was to occupy us so they could gossip and to tire us out.  It worked. 

Does anyone know of any good videos that demonstrate this?

When I moved to San Antonio from SoCal I learned about humidity coupled with heat. In SoCal your armpits sweat. In San Antonio your entire body sweats.  For a short time I lived in a house with no AC.  I set up a Central American style hammock in the living room, put an exhaust fan at one end of the house and opened a…

OMG! TEMPS IN THE 70s FOR 3 DAYS! NO RELIEF IN SIGHT!!

But what about

That 5% drop represents more than I paid for my house in LA back in 1975.  My neighborhood was literally across the street from my office building.  Life was good.  Who knew? 

We use a plant called Gregg’s blue mist flower. This might be a link if it works.

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

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.