Coffee

[ducks4you]

Back to gardening on this NON gardening thread...
"Earthworms are native to the United States, says Melissa McCormick, ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, but the earthworms in some northern parts of the country (including Vermont) aren’t indigenous."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/earthworm-native-united-states-more-questions-from-readers-180958094/#:~:text=No.%20Earthworms%20are%20native%20to%20the%20United%20States%2C,parts%20of%20the%20country%20%28including%20Vermont%29%20aren%E2%80%99t%20indigenous.

" Thousands of years ago, glaciers that covered North America and reached as far south as present-day Illinois, Indiana and Ohio wiped out native earthworms. Species from Europe and Asia, most likely introduced unintentionally in ship ballast or the roots of imported plants, have spread throughout North America."
I believe that this introduced species is NOT harmful.

 

[flowerbug]

...worms reintroduced after glaciers...
I believe that this introduced species is NOT harmful.

unfortunately this is not true. some plant species (i think the trillium is one of them) in northern woodlands are adapted to more leaf cover and putting worms back into those woods means those plants don't do as well.

 

[digitS']

Breakfast. The first load of laundry is in the washer. Garbage went out, mostly because DW stuffs whatever in the first available trash container and it hardly makes sense to then move it around the house to one of the other cans.

First breakfast is unimaginative Grape Nuts with raisins and a bowl of applesauce. Yesterday, Corn Flakes with raisins and applesauce. Tomorrow, what? Maybe Raisin Bran with applesauce? I'm okay. Instead of tossing them in the cereal, thought of putting the raisins in the applesauce ...

Pain continues in the knee but I'm also continuing to be fairly active and sleep without pain killer. Sleep is important and a little surprising since I can't lie on the bad left leg for long and the newly bad right leg is a worse problem. DW says that I'm not snoring lying on my back.

On to 2nd load and drier but back to herbal tea in the lazyboy. May fall asleep again. This would probably be a good time. It is completely dark outdoors. And, I'm both comfortable and ss sore ... snooore

 

[ducks4you]

I.LOVE.GRAPENUTS!!!
I always forget this and don't buy it, and then I DO buy it and eat it and start the love affair
ALL OVER AGAIN!!

 

[Dahlia]

Breakfast this morning fresh nettle tea with a large dollop of honey, bacon n eggs, banana sliced on top of yogurt, coffee for dessert.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I am not sure I had coffee this morning. Daughter-in-law made it and it looked more like chocolate. I was kind of sleepy all day, so I made some later in the day and then kind of had heartburn. I never get heartburn, but was not sleepy. lol

I have all my plants out in the greenhouse. We had really warm weather yesterday and DD and the kids and I wore ourselves out. DD and I rearranged her garage and we walked around the yard looking to see what is coming up. The kids rode bikes and ran all over the place. We were all tired today. DD is 35 weeks now and doing great.

We got to 71 today and we are supposed to have a thunderstorm with wind tonight. I hope my plastic greenhouse stays in place now that i decided to take everything outside.