Gardening – Collecting Leaves And Preparing For Drought

By Cynthia Sax on September 23, 2026

I heard somewhere that 1 molecule of organic matter in our soil has the ability to hold onto 4 molecules of water.

Which is VERY good information to have.

Because the possibility of drought increases every year as climate change progresses.

And it is super easy and often free to add organic matter to the soil.

In my corner of the world, for example, leaves are plentiful. The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I collect as many as we can (from our yard and from the school yards) and we cover our garden beds with them. We also store them in the chicken wire ‘bins’ we’ve set up on a dark never-walked-upon part of the yard. They break down into gorgeous leaf mold. And we add leaves to our compost bins.

Kitchen vegetable and fruit waste can be turned into compost either in a compost bin or simply in a hole dug and afterwards covered up in the garden. This is simple and easy to do.

Used coffee grounds, obtained for free from neighborhood coffee shops, can be spread over lawns and garden beds and put in compost bins.

There are a gazillion free ways to add organic matter to our soil. And this could very much make the difference between our plants surviving or perishing next growing season.

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Preparing For Water Fluctuations

By Cynthia Sax on February 11, 2023

The planet is getting warmer.

Warm air holds more moisture. The air sucks up the water from the planet’s surface. When that happens, we get drought.

Then, eventually, it returns all that water to the planet. When that happens, we get flooding.

This will happen more and more. It will be feast or famine water-wise now and in the future.

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are doing our best to prepare for these two possibilities.

We ensured flood damage was included in our house insurance.

We’re banking the house with soil this summer (the soil will be obtained for free from pool installation businesses and land developers), ensuring the land around our house slopes downward.

We will likely install more rain barrels to deal with possible droughts.

We’ll cover the tomato/bell pepper garden with leaf mulch to retain moisture.

We’re looking into ways to reduce our water consumption and to reuse the water we do utilize.

It is like a big real life science experiment. (smiles)

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Raw Desires

His human female is attempting to kill him.
This cyborg finds that adorable.

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Winning her affections will be a greater challenge. Battle has always been Raw’s focus. The rough-and-tough warrior has no idea how to engage anyone’s tender emotions.

Fortunately, he isn’t alone in the universe. His unmatched male friends help him craft a plan.

All Raw has to do is relay a few unsettlingly sweet words to his female and give her the thoroughly unfunctional wall decoration he has obtained. He projects she will then jump into his big, strong arms and beg him to claim her.

Taytu isn’t jumping anywhere. She has one mission—kill every cyborg in existence.

The huge, handsome male traveling to meet with her is her first target. His rough hands, firm lips, and sparkling, energy-infused eyes won’t save him from her vengeance. She has trained vigorously for this moment, and she won’t fail at her assigned task.

The cyborg will die.

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