Recent content by Gary Knowels

I use a cheap steel wok from Pal-do. Our stove doesn't have quite the BTUs that it needs, but we use it often. One tip I got was to use the highest power burner, but remove the diffuser plate so the flame is huge and direct to the bottom center. You have to light manually though. It really...

I applaud the move

I'll have a yard of soil delivered later this week to finish off my raised bed renovations then get going on early season seeds. The herbs all existed somewhere else and have now been consolidated, awaiting parsley and cilantro in the open spot in the first bed. At just under 100 square feet...

Thanks for the info, that looks like a real solution, but not in the budget for this year. I hope to install that when the fence fails and needs to be replaced, that way I can trench the whole run along with digging post holes.

Hahahaha they'd rather their trees survive and thrive...

I'm emptying, turning, and rebuilding raised beds today. The beds were here when we moved in and there isn't really an option to relocate them on our property. Our neighbor's cherry trees have a bad habit of infiltrating our beds with roots and causing problems. They form a dense mat of roots...

Our school resident osprey came back this week, announcing their arrival with LOTS of vocalization and a fish dropped out of the nest onto the track...

We have no idea where this tulip came from. This is our 4th spring in this house and have never seen it before. The leaves look like shit but this crazy flower came out of it.

They've also played 2+ more games than all teams except for the Padres and are *only* 5th when going by winning percentage 🤷‍♂️ Mookie is a spectacular athlete though and can do literally anything on a baseball field.

I had one do that to me while fishing Lake Sylvia 8ish years ago.

Not yet, we have a nesting pair that uses a light stanchion at our football stadium yearly. We anticipate their return shortly. Our digital photo classes love photographing them and named them Nachos and Tina.