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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 41 OCTOBER, 11, 2013
October 11, 2013
| greeneyes
Posted on 10/11/2013 12:29:02 PM PDT by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes; All
Does anyone grow tansy? I'm thinking about growing it to use as an insecticide and to keep bugs out of certain garden beds.
/johnny
To: greeneyes
Just curious... if we didn’t receive the ping, how would we know?
/trouble-making
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:24:16 PM PDT
by
Jemian
(War Eagle!)
To: JRandomFreeper
Hi, Johnny! Praying for rain for you.
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:25:22 PM PDT
by
Jemian
(War Eagle!)
To: Jemian
accidentally running across it-like rightly and HopeandGlory.LOL
I always kinda like a few rebel rousers.LOL
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:26:17 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Nope. Marigolds and basil is about the extent that I have delved into repellants. Those I just plant with tomatoes and the basil all over to try to scare off the skeeters.
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:28:04 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: greeneyes
Weird and incomprehensible things happen on the mysterious Interwebs....
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:35:34 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
To: Silentgypsy
Have I mentioned that I am very technologically challenged?
I am sure it is something I did or failed to do.LOL
It is all mysterious to me.
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:41:03 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: greeneyes
We have wild blackberry bushes and in previous years the berries tasted really good. This year they weren’t sweet either but somebody was eating them (I’m assuming deer and birdies because they hang around there. I sit at my desk at dusk and sometimes catch them.). I think they were planted by prior residents here. When we dug in to lay the foundation for the cement deck, there was a big old cement foundation.
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:41:48 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
To: Silentgypsy
I have been convinced that the drought we had was a lot of our problems. We have plenty of critters that chow down on stuff too.
Hubby plants a lot of extra stuff, and covers stuff up with nets, and sets traps etc. I couldn’t possibly process it all anyway, so if the critters leave enough for us, I don’t really care if they get a snack or two.
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:44:58 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: Marcella
Wow! Thanks for the link! Your account of travails with the squirrels never fails to crack me up! One of my poor neighbors had the misfortune to drop by to chat when we still had tomato plants in the garden, and I ventilated very loudly about hornworms and squash vine borers. He had never seen me lose my temper but there was much reddening of face and projection of speech, as well as waving of arms and yelling up to heaven about why these poor, innocent plants had been so cursed. Now he speeds past the house, probably afraid that the unbalanced lady resident might send an RPZ (rocket-propelled zucchini) at him. (No sweat--the borers killed all the zucchini plants, but not until I cooked, dehydrated and shared a goodly amount.)
Thank you for the report! My friend, Earthwoman, had a watering trough into which she put seed potatoes and she grew bunches of them. Is a washtub maybe an option?
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:55:06 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
To: rightly_dividing
Awwwwwww! She’s gorgeous! Thanks for posting!
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posted on
10/11/2013 4:58:18 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
To: greeneyes
Do you water the garlic during the winter? I just don’t “get” things that grow underground.
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posted on
10/11/2013 5:01:16 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
To: Jemian
Hi stranger!
Thank you for your prayers. It's been mostly dry here for the last few weeks and I've got my fall garden that I'm trying to get started.
City water won't do for the seedlings, it kills 'em deader than a hammer.
/johnny
To: Nepeta; greeneyes
Ditto for me too ... [pingless] ... until an hour or so ago.
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posted on
10/11/2013 5:05:17 PM PDT
by
mlizzy
(If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended. --Mother Teresa)
To: JRandomFreeper
Works great for fleas, but I don’t know about anything else.
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posted on
10/11/2013 5:07:05 PM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: Silentgypsy; Marcella
Is a washtub maybe an option? Woah! what about Saturday night bath night? You can't be using the washtub for just anything.... ;)
/johnny
To: Marcella
Friend Earthwoman has a fig tree and invites us over to pick the ripe ones. Am I blessed or what? Yahoo!
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posted on
10/11/2013 5:09:59 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
To: goodwithagun
Tansy is supposed to be toxic to most insects. I guess I'll wrangle some seeds from somewhere and see how it does.
It was used as a cooking herb in the middle ages (watch the amount, it's poisonous), so it fits in with my only growing stuff that I can eat or use.
/johnny
To: rightly_dividing
stole every one while we were gone. So far, no one has stolen anything from here except the washing machine repairman. This is the first time I've ever lived in a safe neighborhood, and I thank The Creator every day for our blessings! Can you install a camera security system with recording capability?
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posted on
10/11/2013 5:14:11 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
To: greeneyes
I am tech-challenged. You maintain a thread. Let’s just straighten this out for the sake of accuracy.
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posted on
10/11/2013 5:17:27 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(the seed spawn of zor-ketthraa!.)
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