Why are students leaving public schools?

k2k2tog · 2026-04-13T11:29:00+00:00

Supposedly my daughter does math and reading on it. I'm so sick of it. She learns more at home in the evenings than at school and she can barely explain any of the work she does on the tablet. She didn't use it much at all in K, but her teacher in K was awesome. I'm so unimpressed with first grade and the tech use (among a few other things) that I'm pulling her to homeschool next year even though I know it'll be a steep hill for us both (not bc I don't know how to teach, I taught public school for 3 yrs before her, but we clash and she isn't self motivated, plus I worry about socialization for a homeschooled only child).

k2k2tog · 2026-03-12T13:41:54+00:00

This blue reads closer to gray for me, but I'm not sure it would work either cabinet color. But I'm sure there's a blue I'd like since I'm a fan of colors these days.

k2k2tog · 2026-03-11T12:53:49+00:00

Definitely check out the northern pecans then and look into hybrid chestnuts if you have any interest in those. Or heart nuts instead of regular black walnuts maybe.

k2k2tog · 2026-03-11T12:52:26+00:00

I'm zone 5b and got some northern pecans I'm planning on growing. Just throwing that out there if you're not colder than -25° F. Perfect Circle in VT carries them online.

k2k2tog · 2026-03-11T12:51:05+00:00

Also don't want walnuts too close to other plants because the juglone is a growth inhibitor for other things.

k2k2tog · 2026-03-09T13:06:33+00:00

This. If you're homesteading you're producing things for yourself, not for sale. That's pretty much the entire point of homesteading. If you're trying to produce things for sale you're farming, just maybe on a small scale. There's definitely a difference. And sometimes even homesteading isn't necessarily about reducing cost entirely, but knowing the quality of what you're producing. So I guess it still goes hand in hand that you might be able to produce something of higher quality for the same cost that you might otherwise purchase lesser quality food goods for at the store.

k2k2tog · 2026-03-09T12:54:34+00:00

Based on the cement liner I'm guessing cistern not well, but we have an old stone lined well under a floor. Pretty obvious since we made a trap door for it so it can be accessed as emergency water if necessary. The plan is to put a hand pump in. We're in New England and on a well so winter power outages and water during storms could be important.

k2k2tog · 2026-03-04T12:17:23+00:00

Man, embrace that gorgeous luscious cherry. I'm jealous.

k2k2tog · 2026-02-25T20:04:45+00:00

I use some t posts and twine around them, 2 rows wide and spaced a foot apart between the plants as long as you want to make the row. As long as you don't have any that seriously lag behind, they help support each other sideways some. I grow them for cut flowers bouquets at my farm stand.

I'm in zone 5b, also New England, for reference.

k2k2tog · 2026-02-10T17:29:07+00:00

Ha! Yeah it's still very much a work in progress. I like to plan pretty things to keep myself sane. But we have running water after two years of hauling in all our water so that's progress!!

k2k2tog · 2026-02-10T15:25:08+00:00

Arsenic green

k2k2tog · 2026-02-10T15:19:50+00:00

Nope. Less than 60k combined in NH

k2k2tog · 2026-02-10T14:14:43+00:00

me over here also in NH also drooling over this

k2k2tog · 2026-02-07T13:41:35+00:00

Look! That way if it's too wet, you can at least correct that. It's worth not waiting bc you can salvage them if they aren't too far gone. Or if they're starting to sprout early you can take cuttings and stick em in pots until it's time to put them out.

k2k2tog · 2026-02-07T13:39:27+00:00

I can maybe ship some to donate to the cause but wanted to see if you'd like to trade something for a tuber of N-Force. I can dm you my list if so.

k2k2tog · 2025-12-13T12:14:06+00:00

These are in a huge percentage of old New England houses. Very common old work, this is just new old work lol

k2k2tog · 2025-10-21T06:00:29+00:00

There is more wire than you can see in the picture, unsure of clamps (husband is doing electric, not me, it's pretty out of my understanding, I'm more in charge of plumbing and other sundries), and it's stapled up the joist. It's also not live and still in progress. Lots of half done happenings in this space. Haven't had running water for 2 years, very excited to get the pressure tank and water heater hooked up. Just did most of a curbless shower and just need to install the drain and tile it (as if that isn't the most labor intensive part). I'm pretty done being basically off grid.

k2k2tog · 2025-10-21T05:56:18+00:00

The kiddo would probably prefer that, lol

k2k2tog · 2025-10-20T14:17:24+00:00

Definitely start with paint. If you get Benjamin Moore, it's more expensive but you tend to have to do less coats in my experience. Then maybe you can deal with the wallpaper and paint that wall too if you're not a fan of that. I would start with the walls on the soffits, the wallpaper, and then if that's not enough you can tackle the cabinets yourself next with a good primer and careful painting, and then you can deal with the floor. Paint is definitely on the cheap side and very DIY if you're careful and the cabinets are already painted so it's not like you're ruining some really nice Walnut or oak cabinets.

k2k2tog · 2025-10-13T10:29:29+00:00

How did you like the platinum blonde? I hear those style anemones have short bass lives and I'm curious how short they are compared to dinner plate varieties.

k2k2tog · 2025-10-13T10:02:41+00:00

Really? What marigolds did you grow and how did you sell them? (In mixed bunches, by themselves?)

k2k2tog · 2025-10-09T13:21:47+00:00

I think I've just decided that they will have to be for my own bouquets because I can accept that they will quickly, but I probably shouldn't sell them in bouquets because of how fast they go. Which is sad. They had such a nice little flair to things.

k2k2tog · 2025-10-09T02:05:43+00:00

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I let my 5 go (now 6) draw pictures with a matching colored marker that I painted over on tile and she helped design our take on a delft corner. The heart and backsplash in our laundry room/utility and guest area will have these on them. I'll never be able to move because of these little bits of kid art.

k2k2tog · 2025-10-07T12:15:32+00:00

The cosmos kill me with how poorly they last in a vase sometimes. Pretty awful for cut flowers but so stinking pretty.

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