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To add on to your notes about maintenance: I have large gravel, mulch, and grass in my backyard. The gravel requires much more weeding time than the mulch. The mesh does nothing.

Sorry to be grandpa reddit but the last one felt forced too

Several cities, including Paris and Grenoble in France, São Paulo in Brazil, and Chennai in India have taken concrete steps in this direction. In São Paulo, ads are banned from certain parts of the city, and in Paris, they are prohibited near schools.

Several more cities are following suit, with a growing ad-free movement aiming to make cities a better place to live. ‘Adfree Cities,’ a UK-based nonprofit, is one such example. Cities such as Bristol, Birmingham, and Cardiff are part of its network, attempting to drastically reduce the amount of urban advertising

This is an excellent trend, and one that only lobbyists would fight against.

Since the online advert bubble seems to be bursting, I'm going to take that as a glimmer of hope. And until then, VPN maximus, ads be gone!

Unfortunately it seems like refrigerators are the appliance that is just known to die the fastest now. I searched high and low for a good warranty but even the higher end fridges don't get them these days. And the Samsung 10 year warranty is a bandaid for the lawsuits they're facing.

You've clearly done your research cause the first thing to die in a fridge is always the ice maker 👍

Renovations.

I feel lucky to have already been a homeowner before COVID. I have no interest in buying/selling again, despite our house being considered a "starter home". So after we suffered major water damage over winter we just made our kitchen hella nice.

Also, look up Speed Queen.

I think it's important to note this will up your backyard tick count exponentially

I wish more people understood that rural life is really freaking hard, especially if you don't already have connections.

Cheapest and messiest: pile on the ground.

Cheap and contained: pallets or chicken wire.

Expensive but easy and not ugly: a kit like this https://greenesfence.com/collections/cedar-composter

Skip the tumblers unless you're really not ready to commit to a location in your yard. I ended up giving mine away a year into it.

I agree sending it off would yield better results, but this kit was like $11 and does N, P, K, pH x10

It stays on my phone for the sole reason that I have notifications turned on from a local weather account

Nah. For this soil test you let your dirt water sit overnight and let it settle before you get a liquid sample.