I just got back from Europe. My phone has two eSIM slots, if you have an extra one, Airalo is a good option. One of us can give you a referral to get $3 off.
It didn’t initially work but I had to do this:
make sure data roaming was turned off for Xfinity (otherwise $$$!)
make sure data roaming was turned on for Airalo
make Airalo the primary eSIM
With this setup my data was all through Airalo but international calls and texts were still free through Xfinity (which was a nice surprise for me, they sent me a text when I landed!). Sometimes my texts got stuck and would try to use Airalo and not go through, but if I clicked on the contact then I could select Xfinity.
Supposedly Mint works fine in Europe. It failed miserably for me in Italy and after a couple days of trying to get support (and failing, and at one point having their tech support call me at 2am because apparently time zones are difficult) I ended up just getting a local sim card at the train station.
A super weird thing was that I had horrible reception with Mint in Europe with my very premium Samsung phone, but Marmalade’s mid-range Samsung phone got perfect reception! We ended up using his phone as a Bluetooth hotspot so that I had connectivity
Landscaping question! I live in Denver (zone 6a). I am looking for a groundcover plant to fill in a space that is currently rocks. It gets a lot of morning sun, not so much in the PM as the garage blocks a lot of the south light. It is dry AF.
We need to be able to walk on this area but can put down stepping stones. I already bought some Turkish veronica for a different area but (a) I like variety and (b) it’s very expensive ($9/plant, the walkway I’m doing was a splurge!). I could just do Buffalo grass again but what fun is that?
Anyway, does anyone have suggestions for a groundcover to replace these rocks that isn’t too $$ but I can readily purchase? I don’t have the greenest of thumbs, either.
oregano? I put some in the rocks in my front garden where it is super dry, and it’s very happy there despite (because?) of my neglect. It will grow high (1’) in the spots you don’t walk, but it smells nice when crushed. It will attract some bees. (I am also zone 6)
I’ve seen people recommend varieties of creeping thyme - some are apparently pretty hardy and can take actual foot traffic.
Wooly speedwell is also a pretty groundcover that people like, but I’m not sure about its ability to tolerate foot traffic - I’d recommend stepping stones.
A little taller and you’d definitely want stepping stones, but I’ve had good look with turquoise tails sedum. It’s been very very hard to kill - I accidentally left a few of these in teeny tiny pots all summer (with slightly irregular watering) and they were completely fine!
I’ve included some info placards about different specific varieties of these because I’m a dork and go around collecting these like Pokemon cards lol
