May 16, 2020
John Cretti’s Gardening with an ALTITUDE
Fertilize Daffodils and Tulips
After your daffodils and tulips have finished flowering, deadhead the spent blooms. Leave the foliage intact and scatter a slow-release flower fertilizer around the root zone. Water in...
May 2, 2020
John Cretti’s Gardening with an ALTITUDE timely reminders
Get Ready for Planting
Planting time for vegetables and herbs is near as soil temperatures begin to warm up. As soon as the soil can be worked, sow seeds of beets, turnips, carrots, leaf lettuce, spinach, onions, peas, Swiss chard, kohlrabi, and endive. If you've started transplants of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and onions, make plans to set them outdoors. Use floating row covers to warm the soil and help the plants get off to a strong and healthy start.
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April 2020
Gearing Up for Spring Lawn Care
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If You Want ‘Renewable Energy,’ Get Ready to Dig
Building one wind turbine requires 900 tons of steel, 2,500 tons of concrete and 45 tons of plastic.
By
Mark P. Mills
Aug. 5, 2019 6:48 pm ET
Democrats dream of powering society entirely with wind and solar farms combined with massive batteries. Realizing this dream would require the biggest expansion in mining the world has seen and would produce huge quantities of waste.
“Renewable energy” is a...
This was sent to me by a loyal listener. It is quite detailed, but explodes many radon myths.
THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My father taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
4. My father taught me...
Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.
1973: Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.
2016: School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1973: Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled...
Apolitical Aphorisms
If God wanted us to vote, he would have
given us candidates.
~Jay Leno~
The problem with political jokes is they
get elected.
~Henry
Cate, VII~
We hang the petty thieves
and appoint the great ones to public office.
~Aesop~
If we got one-tenth of what was promised
to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement
to go to heaven.
~Will Rogers~
Politicians are the same all over. They
promise...
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