Nocturnal Slacker v2.0He’s growin’ Mexican Petunias nowadays. Y’all may remember that the ol’ Slacker was playin’ at being a gentleman farmer earlier this spring when he started taking care of three little adopted mater plants. Well, them mater plants never did put out too many maters… and the ones they did put out were so little it [...]
I was talking with my elderly aunt yesterday about what she had paid to have a tree in her backyard cut down and hauled off. The fly-by-nighter tree surgeons she got to do the job charged her $800 for what would have taken my cousin (her son) and I about 1/2 a day’s time and [...]
You may remember from THIS previous article that Farmer Slacker is trying his hand (and black thumb) at tomato growing. Well, them mater plants is getting bigger and bigger. And now we got maters on ‘em too. There’s a 4 or 5 little tomatoes on each plant right now. The largest is about the size [...]
Typical for Central Florida at the end of April; the heat starts getting turned up. Worse than that, though, is the humidity. It didn’t seem to bother me when I was a young boy/man. Nowadays, the extremes of deep winter of sultry summer really affect me. I have this silly rule about not turning on [...]
A couple Sundays ago, I wrote about some little tomato plants that the greeter was giving away at the Walmart Garden Center. Well, those three little guys are still doing well. Every morning I give them their little drink of water and then put them in the eastern back porch window to catch the morning [...]
Still in the lawn & garden/springtime vein here at NS v2.0, I have to talk a bit today about my garden hose. I went out into the backyard this morning to refill the water bowl that’s out there for the critters… birds, cats, squirrels, etc. When I turned on the spigot water sprayed all over [...]
Most folks have some need for portable heating in their homes this time of year. If you’re conscious of safety and efficiency, this article is for you. Up until a few years ago, I would supplement my main house heating method using a radiant space heater. The ones I had around here were those old [...]
Well, it’s not really new, but it’s new to me. A buddy of mine from across the street upgraded to a newer box, so he was looking for a nice home for his old one. I promised him I’d take good care of it. It’s nothing fancy; just an older Craftsman box, but it’s a [...]
It would be nice if you didn’t have to struggle mightily to get that gas weed-eater to start in the spring, huh? Well, a few easy steps can be taken to make sure that all your gas-powered lawn and garden equipment fires right up after its winter hiatus sitting in your garage or workshop. I’ve [...]
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