Farmer Fred®

Taller, with more hair, in the newsletter & podcast, Beyond the Garden Basics. In Sacramento County. Or on my bike, anywhere.

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@pettyranch “The leading U.S. zip code for avocados” (93060)certainly carries more panache than “The Paddleboard Capital of the West” (Folsom, CA). Of course, it’s tough to top this:

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@mnolangray Highway 99 is the soul of California.

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@pitsenberger And, it was a country music Mecca in the 1970’s under the ownership of Lloyd Hickey, attracting the biggest stars to its nightclub and restaurant.

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@pitsenberger The video quality is astounding!

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So, you want to water your crops? Fill out the form first. And pay up. https://t.co/uVOszkkztg

[Viora Tech @Viora_Tech_Ai]

Your smart TV takes a screenshot of your screen twice every second and sells what it sees.

It is called ACR, and it has been running since you set the TV up.

Texas already sued over it. Here is how to turn it off in under 2 minutes:

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@Spotify

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@TurnbullMartin And my smiling, old Uncle Charlie was the guard by the front door. But it seems his main job was as a greeter. Especially if you were a starlet.

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@MatthewKeysLive I was under the impression that CBS' financial role in this was their support for that particular public access show.

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No greater accomplishment by a musical artist than taking someone else's successful song and making it your own.

[Ladytron Fan Account @Lady_FanAccount]

"Hurt" is not an original by Johnny Cash. The song was written by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) in 1994 for the album The Downward Spiral. Rick Rubin had to insist several times on Cash recording his version, at first Johnny found the idea completely insane because the original version is industrial and noisy. At 71, already very ill, almost blind and with trembling hands, Cash completely transformed the band.

The iconic video, directed by Mark Romanek, was filmed at the House of Cash (his own museum). June Carter Cash appears looking at him fondly, the video was shot in February 2003, a few months before she died (May) and Johnny himself (September).

Trent Reznor was so moved that he declared, "This song is not mine anymore." It is considered one of the best covers of all time.

[Rebecca Aguilar (on Blue Sky & LinkedIn) @RebeccaAguilar]

Everyone COPY this video, share it far and wide. Paramount Skydance billionaire baby David Ellison can’t handle that Stephen Colbert is getting millions of views . @Youtube we will cancel our subscription as we did when we dumped @paramountplus.

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Growing tea in the Central Valley? It could happen, and it would be a game changer. 5 acres of premium tea trees could produce the same revenue as 100 acres of almonds. https://t.co/tu5PFyFzQ4

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@awfulannouncing Unfortunately, that would be the same call if Kuiper was on the radio.

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@RealStephens Sublimation is a versatile term used across science, crafting, and psychology, defined fundamentally as the transition of a substance directly from a solid to a gas without passing through a liquid state. (Wiki)

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@Armand_Broady @paulsen_smw I think it comes from growing up in the shadow of greatness.

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@Jimfrombaseball Maybe the Pope confused him with this guy:

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California fresh pear harvest season is about a month away. https://t.co/1lo6pfga51

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Cannery closes. Hundreds of thousands of peach trees to be ripped out from CA farms. https://t.co/wNKMkHNp49

[Alice Mills @millsalice144]

I'm a big advocate for the Oxford comma. I'm, also an advocate for, the, Shatner comma. You should, try it sometime. It really, makes your, sentences more, exciting!