Reminder re November 2026 Fund Drive

Please note that this site from its founding in 2011 has been kept financially alive solely by virtue of voluntary member donations during fund drives, which used to take place annually. There never have been any ads or required dues here.

After our last fund drive one year ago, I stated that we could probably go without another fund drive for three years, until November 2026, if folks were generous enough.

You were.

At the conclusion of that fund drive, I suggested that you all save $15 a year for the next three years so that you would have $45 to contribute in November 2026 to fund the site for another three years. In other words, we need about 80 people to contribute the equivalent of $15 per year to keep this site comfortably afloat.

I'm not asking for any money now, and won't until the fund drive two years from now. This is just a reminder to save $15 a year. I'm now not sure moving away from annual fund drives was the right decision, but we'll stick with that program and hope enough of you will be around in two years.

Thanks for your attention.

Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I’ll be here. You will have my support.
Jim

Ditto

I buried it in a tin can in the backyard. I just hope I can remember exactly where it's buried. It's a lot of yard.

Alan

a) what's your address again?
b) was that a ferrous or nonferrous cash container?
c) was it just 15 bucks or do you invest all your important savings in the backyard?

Odyssey said:

c) was it just 15 bucks or do you invest all your important savings in the backyard?

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It was just Glenn's $15. I wanted to keep it separate from the rest of my money so I didn't inadvertently spend it.

The bulk of my savings is buried in the front yard where I can better keep an eye on it.

Alan

Odyssey said:

a) what's your address again?
b) was that a ferrous or nonferrous cash container?
c) was it just 15 bucks or do you invest all your important savings in the backyard?

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I'd be happy to send something now rather than go digging in my yard again. 4-legged creatures do that for me now. The city squirrels raid the tulip bulbs, the family dog(s) dig just because, and wildlife burrow towards the unknown. I've let my urban yard "go", mostly as an effort to bring the bug life back (which has worked wonderfully) but also to set me apart from the rest of somnolent suburbia. I don't know, did I already bury money in the backyard? How much? Where? And how much? Mostly, WTF was I thinking? Oh yeah, I remember. It is Glenn's fault!

Odyssey said:

I've let my urban yard "go", mostly as an effort to bring the bug life back (which has worked wonderfully) but also to set me apart from the rest of somnolent suburbia.

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Good for you! That's gotta be kinda tough when you have neighbors. Thankfully I live out of town and haven't mowed my yard in years. It's much more interesting that way and fun to see the plants that show up.

I have another piece of land where I hope to build a house someday and so far have seeded a little over an acre to native prairie. Hopefully another acre or more next year. It's a lot of work but very rewarding.

Alan

You back yard buriers, keep in mind that I'm a clean living guy who can't accept "dirty money." So . . . please launder it first.

(Especially Odyssey, who actually mails simoleons.)

I hear if you bury a two blade over top the money people stop digging and leave in disgust. Do what you will with that information.

Save $15 a year, . I’ll just have to eat beans and ramen for a week when the time comes.

Kudos to the folks rewilding their yards! Ecologist Doug Tallamy had an impressive statistic, which I'll attempt to paraphrase with moderate accuracy - the acreage of lawn in the US exceeds the acreage of just about all the national parks put together.

And kudos to Glenn for keeping the lights on so we can enjoy interesting discussion and some tomfoolery. $1.25/mon is a heck of a good value for CT. For what it's worth, I'm just as happy to give you $15 a year, that way I don't have to remember where I buried it.