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Strange Yellow Beetle in My Garden

Posted on29. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I’m hoping there’s a bug expert here amongst my readers. My daughter was out looking at our grapes on our grape vine, and saw this huge yellow beetle on the leaves. YUK!!! Does anyone know what beetle this is? Does it eat grapes??

The beetle is large, about 1.5 to 2 inches long. It flew away [...]

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Hydropolis

Posted on27. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I grew up near New York’s largest inland lake. I sometimes miss the life by the waterside: the fresh fish, the swimming, the boating, the marina activities. I live in Central New York where the nearest REAL lake is 40 miles away. I am not a very good land-lubber…
So I watched this amazing video with [...]

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Weed Hacking and Building Gardens

Posted on25. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

This yard, where half of it is gravel beneath turf, and the other half is completely waterlogged, is very difficult to cultivate. When we bought the place, it was horribly overgrown. It has been a decade of hacking, digging, sweating, screaming, and crying to plant ANYTHING here. The good thing is that we are old [...]

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Update on TempurPedic Noisy Foundation

Posted on22. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

This is a continuing saga… you can read my first review of our TempurPedic mattress and foundation set here, and then the problem with the horribly squeaky foundation here, and then the story about getting the replacement here.

Whew! This entire story is almost a year old and as drawn out as those weight loss supplement [...]

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Find the Kitty #5

Posted on21. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Yes, boys and girls! It’s time to play Find the Kitty again! Where is my beautiful Livvy? Hmmmm..

She’s such a corker. But she’s no longer a kitten. She’s turning 1 year old in less than a week when she officially becomes a full-fledged CAT. Boy, I miss those kitten days. She’s [...]

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