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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 50 DECEMBER 13, 2013
Free Republic | 12/13/2013 | greeneyes

Posted on 12/13/2013 12:25:11 PM PST by greeneyes

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread. There is no telling where it will go and... that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us!

NOTE: This is a once a week ping list. We do post to the thread during the week. Links to related articles and discussions which might be of interest are welcomed, so feel free to post them at any time.


TOPICS: Gardening
KEYWORDS: agriculture; food; gardening; hobby
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To: Marcella

Our neighborhood has a private group on Facebook, and it seems that the schools are full of flu, and this other disease. It’s really going crazy around here. I had fevers all day Fri, and laid in all day saturday with Carol. Mussenex is keeping us breathing, but we are very weak and cant eat. Tomorrow, Wed, will be a week. I kept the puppy today a I napped more than she did.


341 posted on 12/17/2013 9:56:03 PM PST by rightly_dividing (2 Tim. 2:15)
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To: fanfan

God bless you and Merry Christmas, too! I’m printing it and putting it in gardening folder. (Old laptop crashed earlier this year and I can’t find the thumb drive with the backups.) (((Hugs)))


342 posted on 12/18/2013 8:14:35 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: Marcella

Waded through NIH and DSMS materials last night and it appears that I should pursue this plastic peanut business. They have information on inhalation, but not certain if that’s for a manufacturing facility. Will keep looking and update y’all.


343 posted on 12/18/2013 8:24:24 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: mom3boys

Beautiful eggplants! Thanks for posting!


344 posted on 12/18/2013 8:25:33 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: Nepeta; Marcella; greeneyes

I thought the white things in purchased garden soil was perlite or something. Never read what it contains. Must do that.

Nepeta, I’ve only taken four chemistry courses in my life. Does this mean I should stop the research? You sound like you know what you’re doing as opposed to me.


345 posted on 12/18/2013 8:35:26 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: rightly_dividing

Hope you and yours get well soon.


346 posted on 12/18/2013 8:36:22 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: Silentgypsy

Thanks. There is a mystery bug going around here that has killed 4 people, with 4 very sick survivors.


347 posted on 12/18/2013 10:00:17 AM PST by rightly_dividing (2 Tim. 2:15)
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To: Silentgypsy; rightly_dividing; JRandomFreeper; greeneyes; All
There is a posted thread about the deaths in Montgomery County, the county in which rightly and I live. The link is below.

You will read on this thread that I have decided not to go to Kroger grocery store. I was going to get food for the engineer as he will be here tomorrow evening or on Friday or both. I am well but I don't know what is killing these people so I'm not leaving my house. I will feed the engineer grocery stored food. There are big cans of beef stew and chicken/dumpling soup, plus I have Bertolli Italian meat sauce in glass jars and thin spaghetti stored in the freezer to cook.

It is his wife, my sister-in-law, who won't eat anything that comes out of a can. I wish she were here so she would have to choose to eat food that came out of a can or risk her life to go to a restaurant or grocery store. She is basically a scared puppy if anything happens (just went nuts one time when she was here, it was night, and power went off - now she keeps one of my flashlights with her at night afraid power will go off again.) If she thinks she might get sick if she leaves the house, she is staying in the house.

rightly, if you can when you leave the doctor's office, let us know if you are home. It is possible the doctor may put both of you in the hospital. Try to get word to us if they do put you in hospital.

Here is today's thread about the people in our county dying:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3102920/posts?page=1

348 posted on 12/18/2013 11:11:11 AM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Silentgypsy

:-D


349 posted on 12/18/2013 11:24:57 AM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: mom3boys

I think you’ll have fun with it! Please keep us posted if you do it!


350 posted on 12/18/2013 11:31:21 AM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: trisham

Oh it was! I have a little bit of it left over and am looking forward to hotting it up!


351 posted on 12/18/2013 11:32:01 AM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Marcella

I read this A.M. that the people who contracted it tested negative for flu, whatever that means (H. influenzae and not a virus?). We had a nasty thing last Christmas through New Year’s (I actually had to use Asthmanefrin because I was moving so little air) and I wonder if this is the same thing.


352 posted on 12/18/2013 12:43:54 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: Marcella; greeneyes; trisham; All
Packing peanuts
353 posted on 12/18/2013 12:58:44 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: Marcella

The containers have holes in them for water to drain, so why do I need rocks????”
Our 60 containers sit on wooden decks so I put cut pieces of stainless steel screen and place over the holes to prevent soil from leaking out. I bought the SS screen at our nearby Ace Hardware


354 posted on 12/18/2013 3:38:18 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: rightly_dividing

Did you go to the doctor this A.M.? If so, what did he/she think it was?


355 posted on 12/18/2013 4:41:29 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: Silentgypsy; Marcella

At 8am we could not get an appointment for both of us to see a dr at the same time at our new dr or our old one. We went to the ER since my wife was so bad off and spent the day there. We got swabbed out, EKG’ed, bled, Xrayed, shot w/steroids, and breathing treatments.

Thank you Lord, for small favors. Neither of us has the flu. They determined my wife to have severe bronchitis and myself to have asthma attack. I have very mild asthma, never needed any treatment or anything. I think my ever present wheezing caused them to look longer and deeper. They watched me for a few hours debating whether to admit me on a caution for possible pneumonia. A mega shot of steroids and an additional breathing treatment and a little improvement caused them to discharge me. I wasn’t gunna stay anyway. They just had the figure it out on their own.

We left about 5pm with a handfull of scripts for antibiotics and steroids, and after the drugstore circus and a stop for supper, we made it home.

Thank you for your prayers and concerns.


356 posted on 12/18/2013 5:20:21 PM PST by rightly_dividing (2 Tim. 2:15)
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To: rightly_dividing

Thanks for letting us know.


357 posted on 12/18/2013 5:28:49 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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To: rightly_dividing

Prayers going up for my Brother and Sister in Christ . . . God be with you both.


358 posted on 12/18/2013 5:50:58 PM PST by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
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To: Silentgypsy

The dr said he looked at 18 respiratory related people all day, as of 4pm, and had not had a positive for flu. It is the ideal season for breathing troubles from the weakest of people, children and seniors, and weakened immune systems. In Triage they put a possible flu tag on me after an exam. Further testing dispelled that notion.

The staff is less than happy with Houston tv’s alarmist report. The numbers just don’t back up the story. When we got there, there was nobody in the ER waiting to be seen, none; They wheeled us right in and went to work.

After 3 trips to the ER at this hospital in recent months, I am 100% pleased with them and have complete confidence in the staff, and I told them so as I was leaving.

The schools here are full of all kinds of sickness right now. We have a neighborhood only group on FB, and the list of things the kids have is immense, even hoof, hand and mouth, or something like that. Only a few have flu, the rest, other things. It’s that time of year, conditions are perfect for respiratory distress; cold, rain, cloudy, sunny, repeat... That constant swinging from good, bad worse.

That’s my report from the frontlines in Monkey County.


359 posted on 12/18/2013 5:58:12 PM PST by rightly_dividing (2 Tim. 2:15)
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To: rightly_dividing

Thank you for the report, r_d; prayers following accordingly. This week has been a bear for FReepers.


360 posted on 12/18/2013 6:08:23 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mondays should be outlawed.)
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