Posted on 10/11/2013 12:29:02 PM PDT by greeneyes
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/johnny
Just curious... if we didn’t receive the ping, how would we know?
/trouble-making
Hi, Johnny! Praying for rain for you.
accidentally running across it-like rightly and HopeandGlory.LOL
I always kinda like a few rebel rousers.LOL
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.
Weird and incomprehensible things happen on the mysterious Interwebs....
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.
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.
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.
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?
Awwwwwww! She’s gorgeous! Thanks for posting!
Do you water the garlic during the winter? I just don’t “get” things that grow underground.
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
Ditto for me too ... [pingless] ... until an hour or so ago.
Works great for fleas, but I don’t know about anything else.
Woah! what about Saturday night bath night? You can't be using the washtub for just anything.... ;)
/johnny
Friend Earthwoman has a fig tree and invites us over to pick the ripe ones. Am I blessed or what? Yahoo!
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
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?
I am tech-challenged. You maintain a thread. Let’s just straighten this out for the sake of accuracy.
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