April 2023

May Gardening Tips

Gardeners learn the basic rules of gardening and then add more and more information the longer they garden. The garden centers and nurseries are starting to get plants in for the spring season. I know gardeners cannot wait to get started after a long winter without gardening so here are some good basic tips that I think will make your chores easier and your garden more enjoyable and successful.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-bymail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service. The move will end an era that began a quarter century ago when delivering discs through the mail was considered a revolutionary concept. The DVD service still delivers films and TV shows in the red-and-white envelopes that once served as Netflix’s emblem. But the California company says it plans to mail its final discs on September 29. Netflix ended last year with nearly 231 million worldwide subscribers to its video streaming service. It stopped disclosing how many people still pay for DVD-by-mail delivery years ago as that part its business steadily shrank.

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Ex is still a negative influence on man’s life

Dear Abby: My wife and I were married 21 years ago. Since then, she has admitted to cheating with 10 different men. Each time, I stayed with her, hoping she’d change. I finally left 3 1/2 years ago because I couldn’t take it anymore. She became homeless, but for the past year and a half she has been living with my daughter and me because I saw her on the street one day and she looked terrible.

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Do a good deed today

The pollen collects as yellow dust on car windshields, along walkways and small piles accumulate in corners of my yard. Meanwhile small winged elm seeds rain from the sky down to earth, ever hopeful they will lodge in a hospitable place where they can germinate and sink down roots. There’s not going to be much activity until we receive some decent rainfall. Already several potted plants are being watered as the residents in the greenhouse continue to be moved outdoors. Temps inside the large greenhouse are nearing 100 degrees some afternoons even with the door and windows open, but some plants will remain inside. One nighttime low is predicted to drop to 40 degrees. Plumerias do not like it below 40 degrees.

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