Improve your chances, Tip # 3

The cane is one of those items that seems innocent. Despite controversy around concealed carry, no businesses or government building would deny use of a walking aid. I tested this theory at several establishments. Mind you, I did not pretend lameness. At Walmart, I threw the thing in my buggy. At the mall, I carried it in hand and walked briskly. At smaller businesses, I looped it over the shoulder and browsed. Not once was I confronted. Though I carried a solid piece of oak with enough reach to knock out legs, break wrists and crack heads, no one seemed to notice. Imagine my advantage in a confrontation. 

Plant profile - Luffa Gourd

The luffa is an interesting, multi-purpose vegetable. Though I am passionate about perennial agriculture, this annual vine is worth a spot in the garden.

Dakota hole

A cooking solution for ninjas and leave no trace campers - the dakota hole is stealthy and safer in windy and/or dry conditions.

Plant profile - Plantain

From Europe with love, plantain was cultivated as a food and medicinal crop oversees but has become a derided weed in every American lawn.

What's in the box? Final episode!

Hurricane Joaquin is finally wearing itself out and the rains are subsiding. Dare I hope this will be the last mystery box video? It would be ever so nice to frolic outdoors again without waving at Noah as he floats by. That guy never has room for hitchhikers.

2016 Winter Forecast

Looks like snow in north Georgia. For generations, people have used the persimmon seed to prognosticate winter weather. By splitting the seed, the white embryo is exposed. If shaped like a knife, expect heavy wind. A spoon indicates snow (think snow shovel). Forks mean kind weather all season. My theory is that year-long weather effects growth rate. If the fruit is relatively immature by fall, you get the knife, farther along, the spoon and most mature, the fork. As weather comes in cycles, this has proven a fair predictor of where we are on nature's seasonal timetable.

What's in the box? Episode 3

Thanks to Hurricane Joaquin, it is still raining in northeast Georgia. So let's see what else is in the box...