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  1. Dirtmechanic

    A Seed Saver's Garden

    Yes.
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    A Seed Saver's Garden

    Iron leaf seeds are coming. You never could have convinced me that a cold snap would have produced this response but then it was a hard snap for us and there are so many of these pods now.
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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

    So suspicions are possibly correct, there must be a very short, obviously invisible, debris devil hoisting sharp painful bits into your footwear.
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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

    Is Satan the reason I get so many rocks and sharp bits in my shoes this time of year? My wife and I have agreed it is obviously shoe boulder season.
  5. Dirtmechanic

    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Looks like chard pie is on the way. Personaly I think that is the only reasonable use for the stuff but DW likes it other ways too. I got smart and did not plant as much this year.
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    Weed love a little help

    2,4-D was the other half of agent orange. edit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209597/#:~:text=2%2C4%2C5%2DTrichlorophenoxyacetic,also%20referred%20to%20as%20TCDD).
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    Weed love a little help

    Use little nitrogen and lots of P and K on the grass. Its like watching a glacier race but the dense grass root and solid nature of the resulting mat will be what those bloggers talk about with grass crowding out other plants.
  8. Dirtmechanic

    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    It does not seem like it but with some late but hard frosts we have had a long cool spring here. Some years we can be in by March but not the last two so lazy gardening has been the best bet.
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    The seeds are emerging. Most of the green beans are solidly up and the squash and cucumber are just breaking the surface.
  10. Dirtmechanic

    Coffee

    Good morning! Coffee in hand I am cuddling with cats while DW gets those precious extra moments of sleep. Soon its off to the groomer in my direction and off to the doctor for hers. Rain today so nothing outside much that cannot wait. Inside work has been all the rage anyway as yesterday I...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Finally got the deer fence up. I leave it high so cats can do the rabbit thing.
  12. Dirtmechanic

    Plant Identification Apps

    Why not? Everybody seems to have chipped in a name! Hard to tell without flowers etc!
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    Plant Identification Apps

    I hang around garden forums because there are so many naked ladies https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/517/ Agapanthus?
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    Home Repairs

    I cannot help with the wash but I have a 55 dollar gizmo that I use with my cast iron sometimes, especially when I am frying a lot of okra. Grill Boss 90057 Dual Fuel Camp Stove | Works with both Butane and Propane | Perfect for Camping & Hiking | Emergency Cooking Stove | Single Burner 12k BTU...
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    Home Repairs

    229 at Amazon But a 10 dollar laser thermometer reports the same wavelength in temp, just not pictures.
  16. Dirtmechanic

    One Alaskans greenhouse

    Adapt. There is a word that made me think tomatoes and huskies. So naturally I also thought about geothermal heat. So I asked myself "How deep would a geothermal hole need be to expose heat transfer tube to a useful surface area?".
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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

    Humans are hurt when CO2 levels hit 4% and we are at .04% in the air now, so we have to pollute 9,900% more to help the ai destroy humanity and I already feel tired.
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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

    The percentage of CO2 in our atmosphere is .04% Plants struggle at .02% Have a nice day;)
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    Home Repairs

    Use an infrared camera. They have become common and will show the cool spot of water. They also work the other way and can show heat leaks through the same holes.
  20. Dirtmechanic

    Home Repairs

    You have a roof problem or leaky pipe. Solve the moisture, solve the mold. Too bad so much cellulose is used in home building, wood frames and paper sheets over gypsum wall board, because moisture seems inevitable.
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