I made the mistake of going to this seed swap when I was planning to reduce my garden. WRONG. It doubled my garden instead. ALL are invited regardless of if you have seeds to swap or not. Just let the trading go on first and they will usually gladly let you select from the left-overs...

I first came to know Barbara from the origins of our garden club Weed'em & Reap many years ago. She was there the first night and quickly became a cornerstone of our group. That said, I am sure she would like me to be sure to declare that she loved Jesus Christ and lived with him in her heart every day. ...

How's this for last minute notice. I subscribe to the American Herbalist Guild and get these notices, (usually earlier) but there may be some who are really interested in herbs so I thought you might like a head's up. By the way, none of these links compensate me in any way (affiliated). I don't think the T-G likes that anyway...

For several weeks now the National morning news program that comes on after my preferred local channel (Channel 5) seems to be shifting in the way and amount of Trump coverage. Even this morning after the surgical removal of a top Iranian figure, the expert they brought on seemed to give a balanced evaluation of that incident as well as a National view of politics. Hmmmm...

At first I thought we just "happened" to catch this man in a response to the Embassy attacks but quickly learned it was a strike of opportunity. I am surprised at the rather subdued response from Trump critics and am drawing the conclusion that this was a truly "BAD" man. Few want to criticize his death, just the lack of notification that they were going to do it...

Curiously, Facebook provided me with a snapshot of a posy I made almost one year ago about how disappointed I was that the NFL had pretty much sold their soul to the highest bidder. The curious part is that I was about to write a post here about how the NCAA was rapidly doing the same thing , at least the football side of it...

Every morning while feeding our four legged family, my mind runs through the upcoming day and there are always blog topics popping into my head. Most “news” topics get shelved and by the next day seem irrelevant to what has happened over the past 24 hours...

Gov. Bill Lee sent a letter of consent to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announcing the decision to continue allowing vetted refugees to come to Tennessee. The letter was in response to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in September giving state and local governments the decision to allow refugees to resettle in their communities...

Break out your gardening tools, clean those seed starting trays (if you haven’t already) place your seed orders. I’ve been taking advantage of these mild days to put 7 truck loads of chips on the garden. I plan to put a layer of nitrogen fertilizer (for me probably a load of soybean meal or chicken compost) to let the rains carry it down to the soil and compensate for the wood chips grabbing some, but mainly to help the chips start composting down...

I get Thomas Industry updates and this one about about "innovative materials" caught my fancy. I could try to explain but I would just be paraphrasing the article so.... check it out...

The home on Harrison Road was severely damaged Tuesday afternoon. The home was occupied by Erica Pieczynski and two children. No one is in good condition when this happens and with it being this close to Christmas and cold weather, what can we do?...

Our “paws” are grateful and especially a particular young black cat that arrived with a bad skin condition. This is the one that seemed to vaporize every time I made a vet appointment...

This is one that you can curl up with but in a way I wish they did not have to spend so much for all that COLOR! of course the first thing I checked was the family photo. I met Jere a few years back when they just had Ella, so watching the family grow is a warm fuzzy. You’ll have to visit the website or wait for your catalog for that pic...

Today in 1941 is one of the dates that we need to keep fresh. Not to blame the country (leaders yes), or military that carried out their orders on the December attack on Pearl Harbor, but to remember those who perished and the human weaknesses, hate, greed, fear, pride, etc. that contributed to the climate that fostered World Wars. It is amazing that after this many years, we continue to have the same issues today. Humanity has not learned...

I watched the news to see if a plane was diverted because of an emergency, but nothing. Wouldn’t it seem that a normal route would be more gradual?

Feel free to add any of your own observations for any animals (non human, they can get nasty). I know a FEW of you might have dogs, we have one ourselves so we don't want to leave them out. The idea came from watching three cats trying to get in/out the pet door we have inserted in our sliding door. ...

We have to find a workable replacement (less expensive) for our cats’ litter boxes. I know there are some wood based products out there but they are not less by any means. I have access to copious amounts of wood chips and am thinking about grinding them smaller, Just short of sawdust. Dust would not be good...

I ran across this and thought it would be an interesting diversion from some of my other posts. I don't believe I have ever seen the ads to which they refer but starting at $1 this auction will start out in my price range. For a second or two at least. World's fastest UPS truck...

I am sure there were other things said just as juicy as this one of the French President commenting about his exchange with President Trump, but I am curious what is the line between unplanned eavesdropping, and purposely taping conversations between one or more persons. How much else was picked up that might be an impeachable offense, espionage?...

Actually, I stopped making them years ago. As I get older I just make daily resolutions and see how it goes. :-) BUT one resolution that I want to put out there for our one or two readers is that I will try to do more posts. I have slacked off after I inadvertently offended a friend because I got mixed up one which one they were responding to and therefore my response was off-track...