For anyone wondering DIMBY is Daycares in my back yard

As long as the anglosphere doesn’t include the USA. Most people here would be able to guess what a sausage roll is but most wouldn’t have seen one.

What is a “leftover fries”?

Reminded me of this 3 min “nature documentary” about the ibis/bin chicken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4dYWhkSbTU

It is common, some chess celebs don’t like it, but not because it is bad strategy.

It is the London opening. People like to hate it.

It is functioning as mulch. Lets water in but slows evaporation. Allows air transfer to soil but blocks direct sunlight (to keep the actual soil cooler and help prevent weed establishment). Also usually light color stone is used. That will reflect some heat away during the day.

Background soil levels are almost for sure above their lower threshold. Source control is the only way to stop the accumulation.

Definitely the greener option.

https://nativeplantspnw.com/red-huckleberry-vaccinium-parvifolium/ has some good detail on post seeding temps for good germination.

Roundup is a systemic herbicide. You have a chance of killing the parent plant since they share roots. It probably won’t, but it seems pretty drastic when you could just pull any shoots. You can even pot them up and give them to friends.

I think the best bet would be following recipes. That means finding recipes that minimize ‘to taste’ instructions. A lot can be done by look and texture, so you can be decent enough for anyone who’s not a snob. Also, err on the side of too little salt and put some on the table.

It is the same as other easily spreading plants. In their native habitats there are checks like diseases and predators. When you move them out of those habitats they can thrive at a new level because of the lack of those things.

Beautiful, and an old friend of mine would smile if I tell you that that flower shape is called a scorpiod cyme (pronounced sime) by botanist types.

You can look at wildlife/pollinator gardening. There are different focuses like rewilding or even restoration. There are also a lot of companies willing to sell incredibly invasive plants while calling them nice things, so buy from a reputable source if you do buy plants or seeds.

Absolutely, and just to expand on why they can be wildly inaccurate. Local governments have different ways of updating assessments. Most are simply small increases to the assessment every year. Small enough that they haven’t kept up with the market. If you watch, there are usually huge jumps on assessed value when a property sells because that sale value (aka market value) gets recorded as the assessed value.

Refreezing is fine for safety (if you thawed it correctly). The main reason not to freeze and thaw things multiple times is that tiny ice crystals do damage to the structure of the food each time freezing happens.

In meat, that damage makes your meat dry out easier when cooking. That’s normally a bad thing, bit it might actually be a good idea for making jerky.

In short, I would have no hesitation using refrozen meat to make jerky

Earthworms are invasive in parts of North America…

I appreciate your sacrifice. It would’ve been me if not you

Also, donate your time to review papers, an absolutely critical part of “peer reviewed journals”, for the people charging you both.