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In Oregon I had a large pot (like 20-30 gallons to catch rain from the roof. It started getting mosquito larvae so I picked up a couple "feeder" goldfish from PetSmart and an appropriate mix of plant life. I didn't think fish were that interesting until I got them. I quite enjoyed them. Then we had one of the coldest winters in the entire time I lived there and the pot froze solid enough that it shattered one night. I was smart enough to realize what had happened in enough time to get both the fish while they were alive and get them in the bathtub. One of them might have actually made it, except the only water I had for them was tap water which has a chlorine substance in it to prevent bacterial growth in the pipes and I wound up losing them. I only had them for less than a year and you can't bond with them the way you can a dog--or even a cat, but I still felt sad about losing them.
 
If you ever want to know how to get the chlorine and/or chloramine out of your tap water I could become the fish nerd FOR A MOMENT (or forever lol). Luckily I have a well, so I don't have to worry about that stuff, but I have watched a million videos on fish water.

I tried to make gardening my hobby, and I still grow peas and tomatoes, but I don't really like it that much. It's too fucking hot, I hate weeding. Fortunately southern peas are easy to grow, and I manage to fill my freezer up every year. There is a satisfaction in growing some of your own food, but every year I am thankful I didn't live in the era where you had to grow your own food.
 
I also had a pair of plum trees out in Oregon. You kind of have to do something if you have plum trees. I got a dehydrator for prunes (which, for whatever reason didn't turn out that good, no amount of drying kept them preserved. You could eat them, but by the time you finished them off they were starting to get pretty sour) and made plum butter, which was amazing and I never needed to buy jam for years, and plum wine, which was also quite good. I need to get a plum tree to do it again--even though pitting the bastards was a miserable chore. Actually 2, maybe, because I've heard they aren't self-germinating.
 
I used to have a bunch of orange trees, but the various diseases and pests that killed off the citrus industry in Florida also got mine. Now I've got a couple loquat trees, but they keep dying too. I think I need to find a better spot for them. Maybe next to my garden where they'll get more water.
 
I was giving the chickens some water and a single drop of chicken poopy water bounced up into the air and RIGHT IN MY MOUTH. I thought, IS THIS IT? Am I going to die from some chicken poop disease?
 
If you spit it out you should be fine.

I finished making that wood thing but my wife didn't like it. So time well spent.
 
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