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Everybody needs a hug.
It changes your metabolism.

~ Leo Buscaglia

Hey Tempe/ Phoenix friends!!!! Does anyone have any 5 gallon buckets that they want to get rid of? I am needing some for a garden project, but I'd rather re-purpose buckets instead of buying them. I would also be willing to pay for used ones :)

Built our first lasagna garden/sheet mulching today. Totally stoked to see how it turns out. We did it for prep for the spring.

Lots of things are sprouting, and lots of things are not. Had to replant some carrots and chard - they didn't take. Broc is coming up, and had put in onion sets, since my seeds were older than I thought. Lots of flowers are starting off well.

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!

Tepiary beans just sprouted!!!

John Goudie has FIFA. For the next month, I will never know from the sounds behind his closed bedroom door if he's playing that game, having sex, or waxing his own legs.

We are gonna miss you in AZ Bindu Koshy!