Who hung compact disks in my hedge?

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It was a humid morning.  The sun was finally up high enough to begin shining through the tree canopy and into the hedge, and looky, looky!...

Lawns are a soul-crushing timesuck and most of us would be better off without them

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How did TPP miss this article as it so clearly reflects his lawn philosophy in so few words "a soul-crushing timesuck".  You have ...

Little minds focus on smallest details

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A small article caught TPP's attention. The WH via the Dept of the Interior has rescinded an Obama era ban on plastic water bottle in Na...

Weed of the week - ragweed

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Your eyes may have just started to water just looking at these images of giant ragweed. The plants can reach 7-8 feet tall easy an...

Friday Fabulous Flower - Phlox

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This is not a wild phlox, but it is not a typical whimpy cultivar either; it resists powdery mildew and all the cultivars tried in this...

Friday Fabulous Flower - A Rose by anyother name

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Well, a rose by name may not be a rose, like a rose-of-Sharon ( Hibiscus syriacus ) Mallow family, as the flower so aptly shows.  The com...

Nuclear threat

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TPP wants to explain to everyone younger that the world has been here before and it was a very bad thing. TPP was high school age at the hei...
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Weed of the week - Indian (mock) strawberry

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Since TPP has no shortage of weeds, the weed of the week shall continue.  This one also generates a lot of queries from people and someti...

Blow & NYT nails it!

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My efforts to try and understand our POTUS have been very depressing, but when I read a commentary where someone really nails it in terms ...
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All things botanical

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One of the great things about being a generalist is that you never run short of botanical things to examine. It's not even that TTP s...