Yep, that’s why I installed a BNC on my HT. My fire department HT I keep next to the bed wasn’t getting out after the trees were fully leafed this spring. It got so bad I missed a few calls. I connected it to my base station antenna that sits on my roof and now I send and receive just fine. A BNC is also much easier to handle in the middle of the night when a fire call comes in, it’s dark, I’m still half asleep and just got a shot of adrenaline.

I also do the 18/6 fast. This is a way of life for me. Humans didn’t evolve to eat three meals a day. That is a product of industrialization. Aligning ones eating schedule with evolutionary patterns gives the body time to clear out a lot of junk. That being said, my first meal usually includes eggs. It is said that the 100 folds in a chef’s hat represents the 100 ways to prepare an egg. I have a lot of fun with trying new recipes and experimenting. Lately I’ve been addicted to Japanese style omelettes.

I wonder how this applies to trees planted as seeds vs transplants. I learned a couple years ago to mix some local soil into my seed starting mix to allow symbiotic microorganisms a chance to adapt a plant’s epi-genetics to the local strains, resulting in a stronger plant/fungi/bacteria relationship.