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I've been trying to find Crow Garlic (Allium vineale) for some time. Seed companies don't carry it. It's considered an invasive species, & is illegal to send to Arkansas, California, and Hawaii. Back in Indiana, my mom used to make THE BEST garlic bread with this. We wildcrafted it. It's never sp...

UNUSED cat litter, if lacking in any of the fancy perfumes & synthetic chemicals another poster mentioned, may be useful in improving SANDY soil. May also be useful in small proportions in making up your own potting mix.

PLEASE DO NOT recycle USED cat litter other than maybe adding to the soil a...

1. You CAN eat the female blossoms but those are the ones that your squash will come from. If you hand-pollinize your cucumber family crops, which is easy once you learn how, you'll have more male blossoms than you need, so those are the best ones to eat.

2. Some summer squash DO vine rather tha...

@BigBoyG1 cont. Another of my dad's stories was, allegedly Franklin Landers made most of his money by selling "short mules" to the Union Army. They weren't tall enough to meet the Army's height requirements for mules, so Landers would pad their horseshoes with cork to bring them up to standard. A...

Geez, those pronghorn sure can run fast. Said to be second fastest land animal, slower only than the cheetah. Interesting that they accomplish such high speed while staying low to the ground, without all that leaping and bounding motion that the other animals show.

Choreography by the Ministry of Silly Walks.

Hate Don Francks' performance (but I blame Coppola for not directing it the way it should be sung. On the other hand, I'm MADLY IN LOVE with Petula Clark's work on this number.

"We are leaving too, we are going to Krakow." "We cannot stay among people who would do such things." So if their children and grandchildren are lucky enough, they'll wind up on Schindler's famous list. If not, it's the gas chamber for them. Oy vey.

BTW, in case you wonder, I do not have the hon...

"So you must go away, Starsky?" "Yes." "Alone?" "No, with my partner, Hutchsky."

Recursive mathematics humor:

"Did you know the 'B' in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for 'Benoit B. Mandelbrot'?"

Don't drown, Mickey!

@chAL111777 -- A basic light cornmeal batter works well not only for catfish, but also clam strips, bluegill/sunfish, bass, perch, cod... the list goes on and on. Trout is delicate in flavor and texture, so I recommend no batter, quick cooking at lower temps, not much spice. Tuna and salmon as no...

It is in this chapter that we learn the boys exist in an alternate universe in which it's actually possible to start a fire with a pair of eyeglasses.

Now me, I happen to LIKE firm, crumbly mashed potatoes with a lot of varied texture, so if I ever make mashed potatoes, I'll probably just do the opposite of almost everything she recommends. I do like the parsley, though. I think if I were adding milk or cream, I'd also add a little grated parme...

@marsCubed Well, if your doctor tells you you belong on a lowfat diet, then please stick with it. But if not, a diet higher in omega-3 fatty acids than average, containing some monounsatured and polyunsaturated fats, and low in saturated fat, is good for most people. Canola oil, and NON-"extra vi...

I just had to vote this one down: a. At least for burgers in a frying pan, temps are hottest at center, thus the center of the burger should be thinner than the edges to even out; b. Bacon & American cheeselike product? Puh-leez! Give me mushroom and Swiss any day. c. I'll take a whole wheat bun ...

@MisterRayVideo According to IMDb, "Allen in Movieland" was not only a TV movie, it aired for the first time on July 2, 1955. "Revenge of the Creature" had already been released on March 29. So Callum is just plain wrong all the way around.

@pedrofcuk Well, we just plain disagree about the arrangement, then. Hearing it again, I notice Jones subtly varies the tempo to suit her interpretation of the content, just as a good singer should-- but the instrumentals don't change to match the vocals, they just keep plodding on mechanically. ...

RIP Captain Beefheart.

@MoralMoney -- It is puzzling, isn't it? I guess we MIGHT assume that somehow, there really might be some self-identifying TeaPartiers out there who really aren't "blinded by the right." But given everything else we've seen from the, ahem, Astroturf Movement, it's hard not to be suspicious of Tea...

@yoda002 -- He writes that way because he learned his expository writing skills from Bristol Palin's dance coach.

@1986hangman -- Thanks for saying exactly what was on my mind.

@GreenPilowwww - I know for sure crows can talk because my neighbor had a rescued injured crow who could say "Hello." Dunno if he ever learned to say any other words. When it healed and could fly again, he let it go back to the wild. Said he felt really sad about it, but knew it was the right thi...

Anybody else notice the graffiti somebody spray-painted on the WBC's own church sign, "God Hates the Phelps'"?

@FunkyHonkyCDXX -- By "sick," I take it you mean that as a compliment? If so, I agree heartily.

Dude... Duuuuude! I grew up in Brooklyn, Indiana! I knew Doctor Link! Tell your "other self" he's FULL of it!

Geez, how am I going to find my way back to my car through this crowd?