How is Jimothy the Raccoon doing better than our Government?

Henry’s birthday sparks a wide-ranging conversation covering Nicole’s new GERD and histamine-friendly diet, summer gardening tips (including deer-resistant plants, AI-assisted gardening, watering, and Japanese beetle control), home maintenance projects, and a mix of current events and tech topics—from the Sunshine Protection Act and Xbox layoffs to Apple device issues and the challenges of AI-driven job applications. Listen to the full episode here.

Show Notes for Season 5 Episode 11

• Henry’s birthday
• Nicole complains about GERD and histamines again
  • New diet for GERD and histamine intolerance
    • Unsalted pretzels
    • Cheerios (generic cheerios are half the price and taste exactly the same)
    • Rice Chex
    • Oatmeal
    • Rice
    • Steel cut oats
    • String cheese
    • Bananas
    • Fuji apples
    • Yogurt
    • Canned chicken
    • Pinto beans
    • Mango – popsicles
    • Oatmilk
    • Dried plums (which are really prunes)
• High heat and sap coming out of old deck lumber
  • Depends on type of wood (not age or location)
• High winds vs trellis 
  • Cattle panel trellis arbor
  • The clematis will bloom in the fall!
• So many rabbits, 4 outside the window
  • Deer and rabbit resistant plants
    • Colorado State University list
    • Michigan State information and list
    • Plants in our yard
      • Coneflower
      • Allium
      • Catmint
      • Kousa dogwood
      • Hardy hibiscus
      • Gingko
      • Lilac
      • Redbud (weeping and dwarf)
      • Larkspur
      • Calamint
      • Sedum
      • Spirea
      • Hydrangea
      • Burkwood Virburnum
      • All gold Japanese forest grass 
• Using AI to garden
  • Larkspur care – it will bloom again due to AI
  • Clematis trellis for next year
  • Japanese beetle removal
  • Watering schedule
  • Michigan Flora app
• Watering strategy and tactics for new plants and transplanted grass
  • New grass watering – at least 5 minutes once per day – optimal 5 minutes twice per day for two weeks
  • Miracle Gro (once per week)
  • Miracle Gro Bloom Booster (for flowering plants)
• Nicole vs Japanese beetles
  • Do not use traps
  • Neem oil for small amounts
  • Sevin spray for serious infestations
    • Be very careful with the Sevin spray
• How to clean the back of a refrigerator and freezer (condenser coils)
  • Mark, in the video did a half ass job
• Cleaning bathroom fan
  • Find the brand of your fan
• Getting a new freezer
  • Best Buy Insignia
• Sun vs curtains
  • Linen blackout curtains
  • Sunshine protection Act passed the House – repeat of 1974 (not slated to pass the Senate)
• Blue Angels did low flyover of Florida beach
• Jimothy, the famous raccoon from Seattle
• Cyclospora Outbreak
• Xbox layoffs
• AI job application gauntlet
• Would there be fewer layoffs if job conflict counsellors were a thing?
• Fitness tracking when you forgot to wear your apple watch
• Hot phone alert and other Apple device problems