Tried neem oil last year on my squash plants. The aphids were everywhere. I mixed it exactly like you said, with a drop of dish soap in a spray bottle. It took about a week of spraying every other day, but they finally cleared out. The leaves looked a bit shiny after, but no more bugs.

Yeah the whiteboard idea is smart. I read a blog post once where an archaeologist said they started putting a small chalkboard in the corner of their dig photos. They'd write the unit number, depth, and a quick note like "south wall, feature 12." Said it saved them hours later when they were trying to remember which layer a weird stone came from. Makes total sense to add the date and your initials right there too.

Architectural clothing with visible seams and raw edges feels like a real rebellion.

Right? Game changer for sure. My old foreman thought it was cheating until his arthritis got bad.

My buddy Dave got his GPS to find a hidden trailhead in the Smokies last fall.