rudyamid on June 15th, 2010 at 8:12 am

I don’t  have a big yard.  The yard is mostly lawn, so I do quite a bit of lawn maintenance every couple of weeks, or so.  I use electric everything, from mower, trimmer, hedger, vacuum, and blower.  I guess there’s a fair bit of cable management there, too. 🙂 I used to “outsource” this task […]

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rudyamid on April 28th, 2010 at 2:25 pm

After discovering my orange tree would not grow, I went to get a new one to replace it.  Last Sunday, I just planted a Washington Navel Orange tree, and documented the effort. I dug up the old tree and it was easy.  The root was thin and had not gone deep.  There was a nice […]

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rudyamid on April 22nd, 2010 at 1:35 pm

When it comes to gardening, it seems to be a hit and miss for me.  I seem to have a grey thumb – in between green and black. I admit I don’t know much about planting, nor do I know what to plant in the first place!  My backyard is one giant earth experiment for […]

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rudyamid on January 21st, 2010 at 10:52 am

Southern California has always been dry.  Hardly any rain, all year around.  If it wasn’t close to the Pacific Ocean, this area would be a nasty desert.  Fresh water has always been scarce here.  Even a colleague back East called me a “Water Sucking LA1 Man”, since we’re so thirsty for water here in SoCal. […]

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rudyamid on December 17th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

There’s been so much rain in California recently, I thought I’ll sing about it. Well… actually, I’ll let the Yahoo’s Emoticarolers do the singing.

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