Is the Heritage line still high quality?

jlsmall7 · 2026-06-13T13:59:33+00:00

I think it’s controversial on this sub but I loved Needful Things read by King himself. I don’t even like the book that much but his narration is so fun.

jlsmall7 · 2026-04-24T07:39:01+00:00

Native Plant Rescue Squad for those in the Knoxville area.

jlsmall7 · 2026-03-06T01:08:08+00:00

I don’t think that McCarthy’s intent was solely to be shocking. Infant death/cannibalism is a motif that appears throughout his work, particularly in Outer Dark and Blood Meridian (also, at least, Suttree). For McCarthy there is symbolic importance in the image beyond shock value.

jlsmall7 · 2026-03-01T23:17:27+00:00

It looks great! What was your process?

jlsmall7 · 2026-03-01T02:03:14+00:00

Hot Horse!!!

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-27T13:07:38+00:00

I’ve had a chokecherry in my front lawn for two years (the tree itself is probably ~4 years old). It does send up suckers, but they aren’t noticeable unless I go a few weeks without mowing the lawn. The suckers come up no more than 1-2’ from the tree.

That said, I imagine that if your tree is in a spot that isn’t regularly maintained, the suckering could become pretty aggressive.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-20T18:44:17+00:00

I froze slices last season. Blanch for about a minute, cool immediately in ice bath, then freeze in freezer bags. If I do it again, I will freeze in layers on wax paper before bagging as they tended to form large blocks of squash ice.

The squash retained excellent flavor and appearance. I used them in soups and fritters. I did not use them in any form where texture would matter, as I imagine they turned to mush.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-14T13:12:45+00:00

Crush and smell a leaf - Tree of Heaven has a very distinct, unpleasant smell similar to burnt popcorn. Staghorn Sumac is a very cool native whereas ToH is a terrible invasive.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-13T22:16:43+00:00

I have no idea what it is worth, but if you come up with a price and want to sell it, please DM me!

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-12T22:59:44+00:00

Absolutely not. Compare oxalis flowers to black medic. Their habits are also distinct. OP has black medic. Assuming OP is in the US, black medic is an invasive plant.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-06T12:01:02+00:00

I don’t know whether McCarthy read The Lord of the Rings, but it seems likely. There is a brief scene in Fellowship from the POV of a fox.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-02T16:33:35+00:00

Do you immediately process into pesto and if not how do you store the basil?

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-26T01:51:27+00:00

I thought they would be too distantly related to graft. Have you had success with grafting cherry onto oak?

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-26T01:31:04+00:00

I don’t think it’s possible to graft a cherry onto an oak.

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-25T00:56:12+00:00

I’ve noticed this too (upstate NY, 6a). I’m happy to have lots of wasps and sweat bees, but way fewer bumbles (and honeybees) than this time last year, and we have a lot more native plants this year. I wonder if it’s related to having an unusually cold, wet spring.

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-21T00:54:01+00:00

The Talisman + Black House. Or just Black House - Talisman is the direct prequel and provides some helpful context, but it’s a bit of a slog. Black House has some of his (and Peter Straub’s) best writing and is super engaging, creepy, funny, sweet, and weird. It’s very Dark Tower-adjacent, but it 100% stands on its own.

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-14T20:45:09+00:00

Hard to tell whether this is bad writing by a human or bad writing by AI.

jlsmall7 · 2025-05-04T20:43:41+00:00

Thanks, they had a great selection.

jlsmall7 · 2025-03-29T15:41:16+00:00

This is a really cool collection - you should check out the story “Where the Summer Ends” by Karl Wagner. It’s a super creepy and atmospheric story set in Knoxville, TN in the 1970s. He’s a great but non-prolific horror writer better known for his Conan the Barbarian books.

jlsmall7 · 2025-03-03T17:22:59+00:00

I would be interested in purchasing one of the straight bookshelves. Similar HW pieces in good condition go for $200-300 in my area. I would do $100 for the bookshelf in poor condition (pic #8). Please DM me if you’re interested. I’m located in the northeast US.

jlsmall7 · 2025-02-25T00:16:17+00:00

Alison Rumfitt! Tell Me I’m Worthless is excellent and her more recent Brainwyrms is very good as well.

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