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Any recommendations for an El Cheapo auto insurance ?
Nothing deluxe. Just for minimum coverage on an older car of low value.
Just 2 requirements :
1) Legally licensed to write an auto insurance policy
2) Cheap
 
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Anyone ever do a compost pile? I've always thought about starting one. I guess my question is how do you get enough organic material to go with the brown material (leaves etc)? I was under the impression that you can't add green stuff once it starts composting and we don't have nearly enough banana peels etc to get the thing started.
 
I used to grab bags of lawn clippings on the side of the street and added that to mine.
 
I used to grab bags of lawn clippings on the side of the street and added that to mine.
Lawn clippings I got. I'm trying to figure out how to compost table scraps. As I said it will take us weeks to come up with enough of that sort of thing and I don't believe you can just keep adding a little at a time.
 
Sure you can… it’s all going to break down. Some people have 2-3 piles… they put fresh scraps into the first and then every few days or weeks move it to the next pile. The stuff in the last pile is ready after a few weeks to go into the garden.
 
Lawn clippings I got. I'm trying to figure out how to compost table scraps. As I said it will take us weeks to come up with enough of that sort of thing and I don't believe you can just keep adding a little at a time.

Spaghnum Moss is a great addition to compost. So is Worm Castings. If you don't mind spending money.

But as for "free compost" I been using table clippings or a while and it's worked our great. Pretty much anything that's not meat, I bury.
I'm not an expert but these are some things I learned by experience and work for me.

First, manually break it down as much as possible, like either blender or a coffee grinder.
Try to dry or dehydrate is as much as possible.
Make sure it's not too condensed in the soil ; mix it up with the other compost evenly.
Bury food deep enough so it doesn't attract flies and such.
Remembering the difference between how long it takes for some things to decompose as opposed to others ;
The longer it takes to decompose, the deeper I bury it, OR the further ahead of time I bury it, before planting.
WORMS. Whenever I find a live worm, he gets relocated into one of my plant soils.

Some examples for me, are like the skins of produce : Sweet Potato skin, Avocado skin, Banana peel, Egg shells ground up into a fine powder.
One way, is take a large cauldron with a matching lid, line it with a plastic Walmart bag, and after each time you eat, throw in the table clippings
into it and slap the lid on until you're ready to compost.

Doing this has so many benefits, besides the obvious ones in the garden ;
You will go through a lot less kitchen trash bags, the kitchen sink and trash can will be more sanitary and smelling good, and dumping less is better for the environment
 
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I mentioned this in the gardening thread, but I recently splurged and bought an indoor electric composter called a 'Reencle'... pricey, but so far it seems to be working amazingly well. I will show some pictures when I am back home.
 
I had a staredown with this Red-shouldered Hawk (and a crappy zoom)
A hawk's grip strength is 200 psi, which is 10 times that of the average human hand. So never offer to shake hands with a hawk. Not to mention the sharpness of the talons.
I wonder if it scratched that car's paint


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And then this guy was just sittin there, only about 40 yards away from the hawk that I spotted.
Surely there must be a connection...


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Sure you can… it’s all going to break down. Some people have 2-3 piles… they put fresh scraps into the first and then every few days or weeks move it to the next pile. The stuff in the last pile is ready after a few weeks to go into the garden.
I have a dog so I don't want piles of decaying food lying around. I was thinking of getting one of those things you can crank to tumble, so that's one "pile" as it were.
 
I mentioned this in the gardening thread, but I recently splurged and bought an indoor electric composter called a 'Reencle'... pricey, but so far it seems to be working amazingly well. I will show some pictures when I am back home.
$500-$600??????
 
I'm really enjoying all the videos circulating from World Cup fans from around the world discovering America. One was at a Buc-ees, that was a show. Apparently things like being able to purchase an entire gallon of milk is unheard of in Europe. They are losing their shit over ranch dressing. Ranch dressing. LOL.

But what I liked the most was the constant comments about how nice and friendly Americans have been to these visitors. Time and again I heard them say this was not what they were told about America. I don't care about soccer at all but I'm digging the World Cup for all it offers.
 
I know I might be late to this one, but I just cancelled our cable TV. Xfinity was charging me over $220 a month for basic channels and internet. It took a week to complete the cancellation from start to finish. I think they make cancellation difficult as a deterrent.

One advantage to cable was that I didn't need smart TV's. Now I need them.

TV's are cheaper nowadays so this won't be too difficult replacing them BUT I now have to learn the differences between smart platforms like ROKU and FIRE. I chose FIRE for the pool table TV today and that wasn't too difficult. I chose FIRE since I already have an Amazon account but no idea if FIRE is the best or not.
 
I think a ‘Cutting the Cord’ thread would be a good idea if you guys want to start one
 
And I always thought that Al Bundy's highlight in life was his 4 TD's against Polk HS. I didn't know that Ed O'Neil even played football in real life and here he is playing against Staubach. Too cool.

 

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