• Up until recently, there was a big old oak tree out in my front yard. It was very old. I literally grew up and old with this tree watching over [...]

  My New Friend

  27 March 2014
• Nah… this one doesn’t have anything to do with gay cowboys or anything like that. It’s more literal; an actual broken sink. My [...]

  The Brokeback Sink Saga

  21 March 2014
• Last night I was thumbing through some books here in my home looking for a specific one. I was looking for Alvin Toffler‘s 1970 treatise on [...]

  The (Almost) Lost Art of Making Brown Paper Grocery Bag Book Covers

  10 December 2012
• He’s growin’ Mexican Petunias nowadays. Y’all may remember that  the ol’ Slacker was playin’ at being a gentleman [...]

  No Mo Maters for Farmer Slacker

  18 September 2011

• 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 [...]

  5 Things to Remember When Contracting for Services

  21 July 2011
• You may remember from THIS previous article that Farmer Slacker is trying his hand (and black thumb) at tomato growing. Well, them mater plants [...]

  Them Thar Maters Is Gettin Bigger

  9 May 2011
• 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 [...]

  The Heat Is On

  28 April 2011
• 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 [...]

  Farmer Slacker Grows’um Maters

  26 March 2011

• 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 [...]

  My Hose Got Hosed

  28 February 2011
• 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 [...]

  The Safe Way to Get Warm and Cozy

  2 December 2010