Signs One Needs A Life

Over the past three years, I've found that just about every nook and crannie in the Minneapolis Star/Tribune will veer into one extreme or another of lefty politics; the innocuous Kim Ode will occasionally uncork a Silent But Lefty that will gladden the spirit of Jim Klobuchar.

In fact, it's the best possible cure for blogger's block; flip through the Strib at random; Sturdevant, Coleman, Riemenschneider, the Letters, probably the classifieds all provide blog fodder.

All, that is, except the Garden Blog.

No, I actually tried.:

When making a raised bed, many organic gardening books recommend digging up the sod and reusing it to fix dead patches in the lawn. This seemed like a great idea, but the sod had other plans.

Sod does not roll up clean and smooth like new carpet.

It is alive, lumpy and quite determined to stay exactly where it was seeded. Our dull shovels were no match for the rocks...

Well, you get the picture. I sorta lost my heart for the project.

So I'm proud to announce at long last - the Strib has an unfiskable feature!