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Very cool that people from all over the world can get together and share. We've had some very 'spring like' weather, just a little windy...perfect kite flying conditions, as noted by my daughter! ;) Gonna buy my kitty litter in one of the tubs with a metal bail handle, so I can try doing the 'topsy ...

Yay, now I get to say hello to someone!

I like your 'like minded' thing...lol...I only have a bit of mind going at one time...heh. *wow, seems most folks here are from the UK? I want to go there some day...my ancestors came from Spofforth, and "our" castle is still a tourist attraction (although not much more than ruins). Someda...

I have always had too many 'irons in the fire'...but most of them had to do with sewing/costuming. Now, my local sources for fabric have closed down, along with the best thrift shop for my hobbies. :( I need to find another creative outlet, and it may as well be something that helps save us money (s...

Wow, so many friendly people!

Thanks for the warm welcome(s).

Thanks to all who replied! I should have known about the soil thing, I can remember how my dad used to 'rotate' our crops on our 40 acres when I was a kid. Makes sense. I'm going to try a technique I found on a youtube vid, making my own 'potatoe sacks' from garden fabric, and I figure the 3 pieces ...

Thanks for the welcome.

I found links here that helped me figure out how to grow potatoes!

I told my husband and he told me that our County (he works for the County's Sheriff Dept), gives out free mulch from the recycled 'green waste'! yay.

I have some potatoes and sweet potatoes (yams?) that I forgot about (in a bottom shelf of cupboard which I couldn't bend down to see after my neck surgery)...they've all started to sprout! Now, do I 'plant' the whole thing, or cut the thing up so that each 'eye' is able to grow on it's own? If I use...

Greetings all...I'm new, just saying hi. I'm a married mom of 3 adult kids (last one still living in her own 'lair' on the property). We're on 1/2 an acre and hubby will be retiring from law enforcement career in about 3.5 yrs. We used to be on a larger 'mini-farm' with chickens, ducks, pot belly pi...