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You Got Rocks in Your Head! No, Just Protecting Tomatoes Against The Cold (yet another Gardening Interlude) 8 May 2013 | 03:28 pm
Moving into May – and my isn’t this 2013 slipping by fast – the danger of frost is gone for most gardeners, but it’s been a wacky enough spring. Last average frost date for our zone 6 area is… Read...
Monday Morning Fish Wrap: Long Live the King 6 May 2013 | 03:44 pm
The Fish Wrap: an occasional grouping of interesting links, mostly centered around finance topics, largely from personal finance blogs. A carnival of sorts, this time nicely arranged by topics, and c...
Has The Penny Seen Better Days? 2 May 2013 | 05:23 pm
Once more into the breach with Nelson of Financial Uproar. Let’s talk about Canada for a second, eh? We could talk about poutine, maple syrup, round bacon, hockey, or even how it’s May and there’s sno...
Be Rich. Then You Can Be Lazy. 29 Apr 2013 | 04:35 pm
While 101C is off to Amsterdam, tiptoeing through the tulips and tilting at windmills, here’s a guest post from Nelson @ Financial Uproar. Let me tell you about a guy I know. Because it’s not going to...
Seven Storefront Retail Ideas to Plow Your Inheritance Into 27 Apr 2013 | 07:20 pm
So old crazy Aunt Nettie has passed on, and she’s gone and left her favorite niece/nephew/godson a buttload of money. A buttload to your broke self, anyways: a couple hundred grand ain’t what it use...
Cheetos In China: You Are What You Eat 25 Apr 2013 | 03:49 pm
Goodness gracious, who knows what’s in that candy bar. Stay away from that hamburger, and don’t even think about those Doritos. It’s all going to make you fat, give you diabetes, rickets and high bl...
Gardening Interlude: A Quick Way to Make a Vegetable Garden Bed 22 Apr 2013 | 12:01 pm
Say you’d like to get a few pepper plants in the ground, but don’t feel like digging up that part of the back lawn, nor laying down a tarp and waiting for the grass to die off. Plus, you’re busy, and ...
Paying More than Market Price: Not Always a Bad Thing 20 Apr 2013 | 07:27 pm
Some people are too stupid to live, and some small businesses are too stupid to stay in business. At least, it seems that it should be that way. Low-ball contractors, lousy service providers and crap...
Monday Morning Fish Wrap: Springtime at Terra Farms 15 Apr 2013 | 04:09 pm
Springtime at Terra farms, our grandiosely named bit of acreage in the country. The birds are thieving singing, flowers are blooming, the barn needs fixing, and Mrs. 101′s project/wish list grows ever...
Tamales Will Make You Obese… or Will They? 11 Apr 2013 | 03:18 am
Based on simple observation from several trips south of the border, we assumed that the population of Mexico can be as portly as any populace, but not according to the headlines. From breathless he...
