Q: If you encounter someone you don't want to talk to because this person is rude, or you two have a history, remember to stay polite. Being courteous and not letting someone's attitude toward you goad you into retaliating is an effective way to keep any conversation short. You won't always be able to completely avoid someone you don't want to talk to. However, you can minimize your interactions with this person by keeping a polite poker face. Pause, and take a deep breath. Focus on yourself. Your goal is to end this interaction as quickly as possible. Politely excuse yourself from the conversation. Instead of acting similarly to this other person. Remain calm and say that you have to meet a friend or have an appointment. Then you can leave the situation. You don't always have to express what your boundaries are to someone you wish to avoid, but you should know what you are willing to tolerate. Stand your ground and stick to it. These can be both mental and physical boundaries. You have a right to your personal space and it's ok to be clear about what that space means to you. Whether you're dealing with a co-worker, schoolmate, or ex, be clear about how and when you are willing to interact with this person. Though it may be difficult, don't be afraid to be blunt. If someone has a history of invading your personal space, the next time you have an encounter, simply tell this person to give you more space physically. You can also be upfront at the beginning of conversation that you only have a certain amount of time to talk. Additionally, you can inform someone that you prefer to communicate via email or text. Chances are that you are not the only person who wishes to avoid a certain person. Pay attention to how others deal with someone you wish to avoid. If you've tried more upfront methods that haven't worked, simply ignore this person. Ask other people how to best deal with ignoring this person. Sometimes you have a relationship with someone that just isn't going to work out. This person can be someone you were in a relationship with, or even a coworker. If you have made attempts to create distance that have not worked out, simply ignore this person. Ignoring someone isn't always the easiest, especially if this person is insistent, but over time, not giving in can prove effective. Ignoring someone doesn't mean ridiculing a person or making mean face or gesture. It simply means you act as if this person isn't around you. Don't pretend this person isn't there in an immature way, however. Sometimes ignoring someone means you have to be the bigger person and excuse yourself from the gathering or area.
A: Treat everyone with civility. Draw your own boundaries. Ignore this person.

Q: Make sure your tools are sharpened before you use them. Sanitize your tools with rubbing alcohol before and after you cut each plant. This helps prevent the spread of bacteria and disease. Purchase shears and snips at your local gardening store or online. Wear gardening gloves if you want to have an improved grip on the shears. In most cases, a sharp pair of household scissors should work for pruning fuchsias. Just make sure to sanitize them first. The dead branches help protect the root systems from the frost. After the last frost date, which should happen in later April or early May depending on your area, you can take off the branches. You may see new spring growth happening underneath the old branches before you remove them. If you live in the United States, you can use your ZIP code to check the expected last frost date here: https://garden.org/apps/frost-dates/ from the surface of the ground."|}} Snip the branch at the base of the plant or where the wood is healthy. Leave darker colored wood and cut away pale or faded wood. If a branch is broken, make your cut just below the break. Cuts made at an angle will help water run off the stem and prevent any fungal diseases. The leaves on fuchsia branches will be brown and withering while any new growths that have developed will have green leaves. It will look like you're removing almost the entirety of the plant, but it will regrow. Make your cut at a 45-degree angle to prevent disease. Cutting back will help promote more healthy growths and will help keep your fuchsias a uniform size. Only do this for growths from the previous season. The current season's growth will be small if it's present at all.
A: Use hand shears or snips for pruning. Wait until the last frost has passed to start pruning. Make a 45-degree cut to remove any dead or broken shoots. Cut one-third of the length off of healthy branches.

Q: For a bucket trap, you'll need a large plastic bucket, something that will work as a ramp, a flat piece of wood that will work as a trigger, and a thin stick to hold the trigger. You'll also need some bait, such as birdseed. For the ramp, find something long, flat, and sturdy, like a piece of wood. Something around one to two feet long will work. For the trigger, you'll need a piece of wood no longer than the diameter of the bucket. Locate your trapping spot. Look for signs of chipmunk around your property. See if you can find a chipmunk hole. If you have a patio you should look on the border of it. If you have a deck, you should check under it. If you can't find any signs of chipmunks, this method works just as well on squirrels. You'll want to place your bucket in the area around the chipmunk hole, or the area where you've seen chipmunks. Place the stick across the top of the bucket. Then place the trigger on the bucket, with one end resting on the edge of the bucket, and the other end hanging over the stick in the middle. Then, adjust the stick and trigger so that the slightest amount of pressure on the end of the trigger will cause it to tip over. It's okay if it's not perfectly balanced. Just use your best judgment to determine whether the weight of a chipmunk on the unsecured end of the trigger will cause the trigger to tip over. Take the longer piece of wood or other material you're using as a ramp and lay it so that one end rests on the bucket, near the top. It should sit on one of the outer lips of the bucket, as close to the trigger as possible without disturbing the trigger. Put some of your bait at the entrance of the ramp, and even more bait on the unstable end of the trigger. You may need to adjust the trigger and the stick more if the bait causes the trigger to tip over. Then all you have to do is wait for a chipmunk to fall for your trap. Check it regularly throughout the day. Optionally, you can place a trail of bait up the ramp as well. Use peanut butter to make the bait stick to the ramp without sliding down.
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Gather your materials. Locate your trapping spot. Set up the trigger. Place the ramp. Place the bait and then wait.