Garden Update Part II: The Good the Bad and a Lot of Ugly

...furniture that I’ll discuss down the road once I run it past the boss. The chicken coop ain’t looking so good. One of the reasons I’m not going to replace our current flock is so that I’ll have a pretext for tearing down this eyesore. No more ugly. I may re-purpose the funny sign that I “borrowed” from a auto junkyard in Houston. It’s a joke, by the way. Some visitors to our yard seem to think that I actually electrified the coop with 7,000 volts....

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Saturday Tweets: Georgia O’Keefe, Rampaging Peacocks and Mango Mania

...s: They might be cute little songbirds, but they're also opportunistic chicken-feed thieves who can… https://t.co/AaCwaoCN1M — Hobby Farms (@hobbyfarms) July 1, 2017 Mango mania hits the capital at 29th annual International Mango Festival featuring 500 varieties, Delhi, India https://t.co/YrRBbjASzv pic.twitter.com/6fqldqu3PZ — Fruit Cornucopia (@ValenzuelaJohn) July 1, 2017 NYTimes: What to Blame for Your Stomach Bug? Not Always the Last Thin...

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I Made a Mallet

...tools. I’ve done a lot of carpentry over the years such as building sheds, chicken coops, laying floors, repairing joists and hanging molding. I’ve done this all with hand held power tools. But I have very limited experience with chisels and planes as well as shop machines such as table saws and bandsaws. And I’ve never paid enough attention to the details. Kelly is thrilled with my attempt to, ever so slightly, raise the quality of work around th...

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