Farmer Fred Hoffman
@farmerfred.bsky.social
Garden Basics podcast at GardenBasics.net Newsletter at Substack.com/gardenbasics I also like to ride my bike(s).
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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One point to reinforce in this story: no one disagrees that improperly pruned shrubby plants, aka “poodling” (trimming the outside into globes, spires, and squares) leads to massively dead plant interiors, making them more fire susceptible.
Trees in zone zero can remain if branches are kept 10 feet from chimneys, 5 feet from walls and 5 feet above roofs, writes @blancabegert.bsky.social.
Most people don’t have the time or resources to maintain their plants to less flammable standards, says Yana Valachovic @ucanrfirenetwork.bsky.social
Most people don’t have the time or resources to maintain their plants to less flammable standards, says Yana Valachovic @ucanrfirenetwork.bsky.social
Uncertainty in the science on plant combustibility is throwing a curveball at California’s effort to require an “ember-resistant” perimeter around homes.
October 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
One point to reinforce in this story: no one disagrees that improperly pruned shrubby plants, aka “poodling” (trimming the outside into globes, spires, and squares) leads to massively dead plant interiors, making them more fire susceptible.
When you leave that bag of excess zucchini on your neighbor's porch tonight, be sure to write on the bag: "And it's good for you!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/w...
How Healthy Is Zucchini?
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When you leave that bag of excess zucchini on your neighbor's porch tonight, be sure to write on the bag: "And it's good for you!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/w...
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It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
August 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
Allen is alive and out of prison…so…
So I asked Elon’s Grok to write a fake press release to make fun of Donald Trump, and it appears that Grok has happily joined the Resistance …. 🤣
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August 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Allen is alive and out of prison…so…
California ❤️ tomatoes!
July 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
California ❤️ tomatoes!
Learn this. It’s on the Alzheimer’s test.
July 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Learn this. It’s on the Alzheimer’s test.
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“You can smell the grasshoppers eating your vegetables. No one feels good about that,” Laura Snell @ucanr.bsky.social told Emma Glassman-Hughes @eg-h.bsky.social of Offrange
Some northern California producers are reporting up to 70% crop loss from grasshoppers. Where is the federal management agency that’s designed to assist with this very problem? My latest for Offrange:
Grasshoppers Wreaking Havoc - Offrange
California producers are reporting up to 70% crop loss from grasshoppers. Where is the federal management agency that’s designed to assist with this very problem?
ambrook.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“You can smell the grasshoppers eating your vegetables. No one feels good about that,” Laura Snell @ucanr.bsky.social told Emma Glassman-Hughes @eg-h.bsky.social of Offrange
Anybody up for 196 mile bike ride around the second biggest lake in Sweden each June? And it begins at 7:30 p.m. But don't worry, the sun doesn't set until 1130pm. Sunrise at 3 a.m.! www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-s...
How Sweden's Vätternrundan Became One of the Biggest Recreational Bike Rides on the Planet
For 60 years, cyclists have descended on the city of Motala in June to ride 196 miles around Lake Vättern and promote healthy living
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Anybody up for 196 mile bike ride around the second biggest lake in Sweden each June? And it begins at 7:30 p.m. But don't worry, the sun doesn't set until 1130pm. Sunrise at 3 a.m.! www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-s...
@josebeentv.bsky.social thanks for speaking “Imperial” to us in the states today!
June 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@josebeentv.bsky.social thanks for speaking “Imperial” to us in the states today!
Even if your “home weather station” only consists of an outdoor thermometer, you’ll gain a world of knowledge from Daniel Swain about where in your garden you should put that thermometer!
I joined @farmerfred.bsky.social on the Garden Basics podcast to discuss how to best locate home/farm weather stations (including microclimate considerations!). We also discuss consequences of cuts to NOAA/National Weather Service for those who work and grow outdoors. www.buzzsprout.com/1...
Garden Basics with Farmer Fred
Tips for beginning and experienced gardeners. New episodes arrive every Friday. Fred Hoffman has been a U.C. Certified Master Gardener since 1982 and writes a weekly garden column for the Lodi News-Sentinel in Lodi, CA. A four-decade fixture in Sacramento radio, he hosted three radio shows for No...
www.buzzsprout.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Even if your “home weather station” only consists of an outdoor thermometer, you’ll gain a world of knowledge from Daniel Swain about where in your garden you should put that thermometer!
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Welp. 2 California NWS offices--covering entire Sacramento/ San Joaquin Valley region & adjacent foothills/mountains--are no longer operating 24/7 due to extreme understaffing & expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS. This is a very big problem! #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater www.washingtonpost.c...
May 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Welp. 2 California NWS offices--covering entire Sacramento/ San Joaquin Valley region & adjacent foothills/mountains--are no longer operating 24/7 due to extreme understaffing & expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS. This is a very big problem! #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater www.washingtonpost.c...
@declanquigley.bsky.social “Anglo-Saxon epithets”…classic!
April 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@declanquigley.bsky.social “Anglo-Saxon epithets”…classic!
“…but I also know the things I’ve learned from watching hummingbirds as a birder. They are small bundles of sass and fury, and I love them for that.” Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Ed Yong, in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World (Gift Article)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“…but I also know the things I’ve learned from watching hummingbirds as a birder. They are small bundles of sass and fury, and I love them for that.” Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Ed Yong, in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
@antmccrossan.bsky.social , you and Hannah are at the peak of your game today. Wowzer!
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
@antmccrossan.bsky.social , you and Hannah are at the peak of your game today. Wowzer!
From Politico this morning: 5 bills introduced in the House over the past 2 months, would: put Trump’s face on the $100 bill, create a new $250 bill with Trump’s face, make Trump’s birthday (June 14) a federal holiday, rename Dulles Airport in Trump’s honor and carve Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore.
March 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
From Politico this morning: 5 bills introduced in the House over the past 2 months, would: put Trump’s face on the $100 bill, create a new $250 bill with Trump’s face, make Trump’s birthday (June 14) a federal holiday, rename Dulles Airport in Trump’s honor and carve Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore.
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I'm 100% real life cycling fan but on socials its probably about 40-50% cycling content. I'd love a normal fan/three bike label.
Either way, appreciate the hard work you put in here.
Either way, appreciate the hard work you put in here.
November 27, 2024 at 10:06 PM
I'm 100% real life cycling fan but on socials its probably about 40-50% cycling content. I'd love a normal fan/three bike label.
Either way, appreciate the hard work you put in here.
Either way, appreciate the hard work you put in here.
The impact of governmental decrees and cutbacks is adversely effecting America’s farmers in a variety of ways: open.substack.com/pub/farmerge...
The Devastating Impact of Trump 2.0 on U.S. Farmers
The fallout begins...
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The impact of governmental decrees and cutbacks is adversely effecting America’s farmers in a variety of ways: open.substack.com/pub/farmerge...
California, requires home owners in high-fire-risk areas to create 100 feet of defensible space around structures. A requirement to create a zone free from flammables such as plants, garden sheds & propane grills within five feet of homes haven’t been written. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
What the homes that survived the L.A. fires reveal
The few structures still standing in Altadena and Pacific Palisades may offer clues on making homes more resistant to wildfire.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
California, requires home owners in high-fire-risk areas to create 100 feet of defensible space around structures. A requirement to create a zone free from flammables such as plants, garden sheds & propane grills within five feet of homes haven’t been written. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
Saw this pea plant support at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, using items near and dear to my heart. You can see one little pea plant that has already germinated on the right. The tennis balls are placed on top of the support poles to protect the Master Gardeners and visitors from getting poked.
February 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Saw this pea plant support at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, using items near and dear to my heart. You can see one little pea plant that has already germinated on the right. The tennis balls are placed on top of the support poles to protect the Master Gardeners and visitors from getting poked.
The L.A. fires: which trees and shrubs survived? Which ones didn’t? www.latimes.com/lifestyle/ne...
What trees survived in our terrible fires? And why didn't they burn?
Stark aerial photos of the Eaton and Palisades fires show blocks of ash where houses used to be, and a surprising number of green trees. Why? Plus February plant events.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The L.A. fires: which trees and shrubs survived? Which ones didn’t? www.latimes.com/lifestyle/ne...
Available wherever you get your podcasts. Or, from our home page, GardenBasics.net
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Available wherever you get your podcasts. Or, from our home page, GardenBasics.net
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Enjoy this video from someone who is quite prolific and accurate about investment scams. This scam is such a grift that he’s almost speechless.
youtu.be/8zjBj194el8?...
youtu.be/8zjBj194el8?...
trump memecoin is insane
YouTube video by voidzilla
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January 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Enjoy this video from someone who is quite prolific and accurate about investment scams. This scam is such a grift that he’s almost speechless.
youtu.be/8zjBj194el8?...
youtu.be/8zjBj194el8?...