December Game, Ho Ho Ho
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Comments (11)We received a foot of snow today. I am wondering why drivers think that they can make left turns from the right lane and why they can run red lights in the snow. This afternoon, we had an accident (intentional) happen in part of our yard. We live in a cul-de-sac and between our house and the neighbors is a sidewalk that leads to a private park behind our house. Each year we both put Christmas lights on both sides of the walkway. An eighteen year old female new driver drove down our street very fast and decided that the walkway was a street. She ended up about 100 ft in the park. She didn't touch the neighbor's yard or lights, but wiped out all our lights and drove in our yard since the walkway was only about 3 ft wide. It is a good thing I wasn't home because I would have given her a piece of my mind. I did hear that another of our neighbors did yell at her a bit. The good thing is nobody got hurt and we can repair her damage easily. If she was my kid she would be cleaning it up. Tomorrow will be a better day. Happy holidays everyone!...See Moresnow bank ppaf w'hos gonna tell
Comments (35)First, let me say that as a professional writer, I am very much in favor of protecting your work. I believe we should all respect protected items of any kind. I get really angry when someone plagiarizes my work, but in reality, I don't have time to try to find every copied article or blog post, so I'm sure I catch many fewer than there are. That being said, and having worked for a grower with patented cactus, nobody is going to come into your yard and arrest you for having a Snowbank without the original tag or proof you bought it. They go after the sellers most of the time, not the gardeners. After 20 years, there are so many illicit cuttings of Snowbank out there, that they probably are only pursuing people who are reported. I'd report a nursery or online seller who was violating the law, but I would never report a gardener who had one in their yard. First, the only way to prove it really IS a Snowbank is with a genetic test, which is very expensive, and the patent owners are not likely to go out and test every suspect plant found in every yard, because it just isn't cost effective. People lie, so even if someone asks where you got your Snowbank, and they ARE the plant police, they aren't going to arrest you or charge you if you say you got it as a NOID brug from another gardener. You are under no legal obligation to rat out your trading partner or friend, and you could simply say that you didn't keep records of your trades, so you had no idea where you got it. Unless you have a backyard full of them, they aren't going to arrest you and confiscate your computer to find out where you got it originally. If you are selling them, they may do just that, though. Let's not all start freaking out. Just respect the law, and if someone sends you a NOID variegated brug, love it and take care of it and don't sell cuttings....See MoreHo hum
Comments (7)Getting beyond ridiculous at this point. I have two feet of snow in the fields around the house (with drifts to 3 - 3 1/2 feet). Last weekend the deer heard settled in the back yard. They usually don't eat the holly but they are now. Fortunately, I never pruned my big Japanese holly so I didn't care--still needs to be pruned in the Spring. I took the lights off the Trachys--they were starting to burn a bit--from the warmth! Southern magnolias took a bit of the hit from the last one (too HEAVY and wet). Get ready, seems that the atmosphere is already gearing up for another MAJOR snow bomb toward the end of next week. Can you imagine what will happen once it eventually starts to RAIN on us--major flooding. Mostly staying home here--ordering more PALMS!!!...See MoreWhat were you gung ho about but later realized later it wasn't
Comments (5)This may not be quite in the spirit of your question, but when we were younger I wanted a BIG house with ALL the bells and whistles! When I saw a new idea, I wanted to incorporate it -- media rooms? Wow, that's a thing? I need it! A kids' den, a game room -- yes and yes! Oversized eat-in kitchen AND formal dining room. Of course I want those! Now that we're older, I think more about the house as JUST ONE of my priorities, and I think more about opportunity costs, maintenance costs, and cleaning. Now I want something much smaller and more practical. Now I'm much more interested in efficiency and doing things RIGHT instead of just having appealing spaces. The irony: Back when I wanted ALL THAT STUFF I couldn't afford it . . . but now that I could easily afford it, I don't want it....See Morekathy_t
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