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    Microwave ... caput !

    My wife was cleaning the microwave , then she noticed a modification had occured on it's ceiling... it was a dime size hole right smack in the middle of it's ceiling. It is a GE and over 8 years old, just getting broken in . What the ....? I guess we will be in a market for a new one...
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    Garden update ...

    I just received a very long e-mail from the barrister. He said that the person with a same name as me, died in a car crash on March 15, 2015. He never married and had no kids. The amount of the account is One million two hundred thousand British Pounds . This was followed with a l o n g...
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    Garden update ...

    Now, every day there is more dead and dying leaves on most of the plants including all young maples under 4 years old. The older trees still do not show any sign of dead leaves yet. On some brighter news ..... I just received an e-mail from a Barrister in Africa informing me that I have died...
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    Garden update ...

    The plants that suffered the most damage were the NATIVE ( go figure ) Lady ferns followed by the Sword ferns. Next clocked in were the oldest of the Corral Bells. Most of the others survived with only slight signs to no signs of damage. :idunno
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    Garden update ...

    I watered heavily on Friday evening in preparation of this heat wave. Yesterday in got to 109* ... a new record. Some plants showed signs of heat related stress, so I watered last evening. I just came in from making the rounds in this afternoon's 112* heat .... quite a few plants are showing...
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    A Seed Saver's Garden

    When you build a fence to keep deer out that it is high enough so that they are NOT able to jump OVER it. Mine was 6' tall cyclone fence and I have seen them jump over it from in a stand still flat footed and right over it. Build the fence at 8' ! :th
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    Garden update ...

    To solve a very bad draining issue that drowned about half of my plants including a couple trees and 12 blueberry bushes ... for the last 3 months I worked from first light to dark digging ( when not raining ) another meandering creek bed. With the excavated dirt I made several hills. Next , I...
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    One Alaskans greenhouse

    Since the computer does't allow me to edit... this is a continuation of the above post... I had Very HIGH levels of potasium. The Doctor said that IF I would have drunk the 6th 6 oz. can, I would have been pushing up daisies. I was within 0.2 points of meeting my maker. I received 4 IV...
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    One Alaskans greenhouse

    Inquireing minds what to know the price of these amendments as well as what is the expected increased yield of the crops. Another thing to consider is what increase of mineral percentage in the crops. I ask this because I am taking prescription pills of several minerals and my bloodwork still...
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    Drip irrigation, how easy and efficient it can be.

    I used a drip system extensively on my ranch. When a drip emitter plugs up and does not drip, the culprit was invariably a earwig bug getting into the emitter opening. The easiest thing to do is to just replace the emitter. :old
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    Happy Birthday to the one and only Baymule

    HAPPY BIRTHSAY Bay !!! and many MORE. :celebrate:love:weee:clap:ya:woot:thumbsup
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    2021 Garden Tour

    After the state workers left the felled cottonwood tree trunks, my neighor and I cut a 16" diameter tree trunk into 9 sections - 4 ft . to 6 ft leanghts. then I removed an 8 ft section of my back fence, rolled them up the drainage ditch ( about 4' deep and 20' wide and placed them along my side...
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    2021 Garden Tour

    This last winter, many of my plants drowned due to heavy rains during Dec. and Jan. Also, the State had cut down a mile of cotton wood trees behind our back fence. Since this subdivision was built over a wetlands swamp, boy oh boy did we have water standing on the surface and dead plants here...
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    At The Table

    From this list ... 27... but I have eaten many things o_O that I had to scrounge around in the forests , meadows and army dumps of Lithuania, Poland, and Germany during and right after WW2. :old
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    Somehow, It's Funny that Way

    I took a typing class in high school as it was after my last class and start of football practice, so I had an hour to kill. . I was the only boy in a class with 27 girls. At finals, I stood 2nd in this class in speed as well as accuracy. :caf
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    Discombobulated

    We received our 2nd Covid19 shot last week ...... NOT EVEN a hint of any adverse reaction.... NOT even a red spot ..... :) :celebrate:weee
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    Rabbits

    When you are dealing with hundreds of rabbits at a time, having a Vet. castrate the males would put a HUGE dent in the research budget. So, I did the deed myself. Once you know how to do it you can do dozens in short order at a younger age. And no, you do not suture the scrotum as you need...
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    Rubber mulch

    Has anyone used rubber mulch ( like from Home depot ) for flower beds or kid's play area ? We have 2, 5 year old twin girls as well as 4 neighbor kids ages 3, 6, 9, and 11 that play in our back yard daily. What do you like or dislike about it ? :caf
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    I want a pair of goats

    Over the years we had ( 1 nubian and 3 nigerian ) goat weathers. NEVER again ! Too much dammage as well as headaches. :he I would go with Dorper ( sheds wool annually ) or Southdown weathers... they are quite docile, easy to handle and when you are done with them, they have the finest...
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    Broken Shovel Alert!

    My best shovel IS one that my father purchased way back in 1956. He used it for about 10 years when I inherited it. I have used it to dig garden sights, install lawns, sidewalks, several house and barn foundations, as well as any clean up or project that involves the use of a shovel. The...
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