It's interesting how a recipe can outlive the person who wrote it. Those dishes become living history we get to taste.

Ugh, that's so frustrating. What part of the map do you think was the most wrong, the frost dates or the whole zone rating?

Read about this simulation theory stuff where people get stuck in loops. Your garage sale guy and those lawn gnomes fit way too perfectly.

Adjust your browns. In my Seattle apartment, I use a five-gallon bucket with a tight lid. I found that adding twice as much shredded cardboard as food scraps keeps things dry and odor-free. Breaking down citrus peels and onion skins before tossing them in made a huge difference. It's not perfect, but a weekly stir and extra browns saved my kitchen from becoming a bug zone.

Thought it was pointless until mine cracked too.