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did I create an ecological disaster?
conservativecave.com ^ | May 5, 2009 | franksolich

Posted on 05/05/2009 10:02:59 AM PDT by franksolich

I didn't mean to, if I did.

The other day, while in town, I noticed the local grocery store had its usual springtime inventory of starter plants out front on the sidewalk.

Now, I don't plant things. I simply let all the flora at this place out in the middle of nowhere grow as it wishes, when it wishes.

The William Rivers Pitt, for example, grows lavishly with "volunteer" tomatoes and catnip, and given the nature of the William Rivers Pitt, it's usually a darker green than similar foliage on the ordinary soil here.

Where, for about 110 years, there was a large vegetable garden (5 acres?--I dunno, I'll have to ask someone who knows) I leave even that alone, to burst forth as it wishes, when it wishes. I will occasionally pull out weeds, but that's it; I don't plant, I don't thin, I don't "regulate."

Unlike primitives and "nature lovers," I leave nature alone to do its own thing, while nature leaves me alone to do my own thing.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: flower; flowers; marigold; marigolds
I hope this is of interest; it is of some concern to me.
1 posted on 05/05/2009 10:02:59 AM PDT by franksolich
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To: Auntie Mame; buschbaby; Paul Heinzman; Roscoe Karns; KJC1; bcsco; GeronL; Purrcival

Ping for the list; if one wants on or off the list, please holler at me.


2 posted on 05/05/2009 10:04:22 AM PDT by franksolich (Scourge of the Primitives, in service to humanity)
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To: franksolich
I accidentally spilled a whole bunch of oil in Prince William Sound once.

Oh, no, wait....that was Captain Hazelwood.

Never mind.

3 posted on 05/05/2009 10:06:18 AM PDT by Allegra ( Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.)
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To: Allegra

What about your socks...aren’t they an ecological disaster?


4 posted on 05/05/2009 10:12:35 AM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: franksolich

I really love your concern for nature. But you are into “brain-washed.”

Don’t worry about it and just enjoy your plants.

Is it worse than global warming (phony as it is)?

Is it worse than swine/hog/whatever pandemic we are going through (phony as it is)?

Is it worse than Obama (not a phony problem)?

Relax and enjoy your plants.


5 posted on 05/05/2009 10:22:16 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: franksolich
Here is a picture of a fully ripened tomato of the William Rivers Pitt plant......





6 posted on 05/05/2009 10:28:21 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: franksolich

as you can see this variety of tomato is suffering from some sort of fungus


7 posted on 05/05/2009 10:29:40 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: GQuagmire

You ought to be flogged for that....


8 posted on 05/05/2009 10:32:49 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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To: JRios1968
What about your socks...aren’t they an ecological disaster?

No!! My socks are always clean and fresh! (OK, except maybe at the end of one of those delightful 120+-degree days in August...)

9 posted on 05/05/2009 10:34:07 AM PDT by Allegra ( Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.)
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To: GQuagmire

ROFL


10 posted on 05/05/2009 2:13:33 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: franksolich; GQuagmire

Frank, there is an ecological disaster at post #6. You may have to have the whole thread deleted! LOL!


11 posted on 05/05/2009 2:15:35 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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Frank, there is an ecological disaster at post #6. You may have to have the whole thread deleted! LOL!

You know, sir, one of these days I hope to get around to posting a picture of the William Rivers Pitt, that circa 740 cubic yards of antique swine manure from 1875 to 1950, that's a prominent landmark here.

Alas, I can't do that at the moment, until someone else gets done with her soil analysis of the Jungfrau-like mound; as it's her Ph.D., I don't want to mess it up for her.

12 posted on 05/05/2009 2:25:43 PM PDT by franksolich (Scourge of the Primitives, in service to humanity)
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