Author: Allyson

  • Miracle Gro

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    BLUF: Miracle Gro is basically minerals salts and coloring, which can (but doesn’t always) help short term, but long term will destroy the beneficial things in your soil. It’s expensive and messy and can harm your vegetables. Free and low cost alternatives include animal manure, natural mulch, etc… all of which add to rather than…

  • Prepping – Keeping out the Neighbors

    Prepping – Keeping out the Neighbors

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    You can take that title however you like. When I first wrote it, I was thinking of the four legged kind of beastie that sneaks in and eats your broccoli while you’re sleeping. However, if we’re talking prepping, there’s a legitimate chance that the critter in your garden is two legged and armed. So let’s…

  • FBEL – The Auto-Pen

    FBEL – The Auto-Pen

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    I’ve had a couple of talks with Chris about the magic auto-pen. It has a history dating back almost a century (yes, WAY back in the NINETEENTH CENTURY! gah, I feel old…), and has been used by many Presidents over that time. Feel free to read up on it if you want to learn more…

  • The Weekly Feast – A Springtime Feast in 1750

    The Weekly Feast – A Springtime Feast in 1750

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    I’m at the Fort this weekend (if you’re in the area, come on over and visit!), presenting life in the early spring in a cold environment. I’ll be staying all weekend, with no running water (it’s turned off until all danger of frost is gone) and little electricity (the gift shop has some). I decided…

  • Prepping – Prepping Outdoor Beds for Sowing

    Prepping – Prepping Outdoor Beds for Sowing

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    I’m watching the snow melt outside. It’s SLOWER than watching paint dry. Ah well. It’ll be gone soon, and then I can get to work on outdoor stuff. For now, it’s time to plan the outdoor garden space, and decide which things are getting direct sowed. In other words, which things go right into the…

  • FBEL: Balancing the Humors

    FBEL: Balancing the Humors

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    I’m going through some personal stuff right now, and it’s been rough. Some of the responses I’ve gotten to my last few posts have left me feeling raw and frustrated, and unsure of what to do and say going forward. After some long talks with Chris and others, I’m writing this to try and get…

  • Prepping – Indoor Seed Sowing

    Prepping – Indoor Seed Sowing

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    If you live in any of the Plant Hardiness Zones that are 1a through 6b, then you need to know how to start your seedlings indoors. This is something that can be a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of work as well. Doing it right takes effort and time. The end results are…

  • Memes, Good Memes, and Damn Lies

    Memes, Good Memes, and Damn Lies

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    Larry Correia of Monster Hunter warned about the Dem’s white signs from Trump’s speech yesterday. He said they would live to regret using white signs, because they’re so easy to manipulate into memes. He was right. This picture says it all (and says the truth, where the originals probably didn’t). This is a good meme.…

  • Prepping – Garden Beds

    Prepping – Garden Beds

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    Planning out your garden beds is important, because where you put your plants matters. Some plants can’t go near one another. Others love to be close together and help one another. It’s a complex dance, and you need to learn a lot to do a good job at growing enough food to at least supplement…

  • Fear Mongering in the Wild

    Fear Mongering in the Wild

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    This image came across my Facebook page this morning. It had the following rant attached: Copy pasta: Signal boosting.. CN: mentions the actions mandated by Ohio law to be taken by a doctor on the body of a girl suspected of not being “female enough” to play sports on a girl’s team, which plausibly verge…