Got a new zoom for the camera. Now, to be fair to the lens, you should know that I accidentally set the camera to a film speed of ISO1600 all day. I told you I didn’t know what all the buttons did. That’s why the pictures look a little like they were [...]

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I’ve been bad about visiting all these excellent (and not so excellent) local nurseries in the Portland area– mostly because I really don’t like to drive and Portland Nursery is about a block from my house. I spend a fortune there, and, to be honest, I don’t even particularly like the place. If [...]

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I just bought one of these:

It’s a McCullough Electric Chipper Shredder. Now, I have to say that I fully expected it to fail. I made a point of asking the customer service person at Fred Meyer if I could return it dirty if it turned out not to work. (They said “sure.”)
I cleared [...]

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I was listening to my friends over at Wiggly Wigglers last night. (Note: We’ve never met, but I’ve gone to bed with Heather, Ricardo, and Phil a couple of times a week for months. Very pleasant people. A bit crowded.)
Anyway, they were talking about growing potatoes in tires (or as they like [...]

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I decided to take Gurney’s up on a coupon they sent me recently. I’d only ever ordered an apple tree from them, and I thought I’d see how their other stuff was.
Wow. It showed up this morning and was the worst example of mail order nursery stock I’ve ever seen. Not only [...]

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