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So excited...just checked on my native planting of Tarahumara Squash( from Native Seeds) in my front yard (shooting for desert adapted plants)...I planted it in native dirt & it sprouted !! Yahoo!

Looking to reconcile dog friendly environments with permaculture values!

Hey all - I have a friend that needs a place for the winter. Let me know if you have something.

Wanted: NOW short term room, or rental, house-sit, or house tending /on market home to care for while I buy and redo a condo in the East Phoenix/ Valley area. Have an offer on a Scottsdale condo, has to be remodeled before move in. Temporary stay: unfurnished or furnished, to include access to kitchen, w/d + all utilities, with wifi please. Prefer own bath. Non- smoking environment, I have one well behaved gent of an indoor cat named Cash. I return to AZ mid- November, would like to store a few items now. Nov - possibly Jan. $250 - $300 month neg. Will bring all my own bedding, linens, etc. Local References.

On the prowl for new and exotic ways to use up eggs!

Temperature is highest in history in Oklahoma. Lost my oldest Rooster to heat exhaustion but others seem to be doing well. Younger rooster is also doing well.