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  1. Xerocles

    Discombobulated

    I'm going to keep this as non-controversially apolitical as I can. But this has me totally discombobulated. Yesterday there was a protest in New Jersey. And a counter-protest. Both were peaceful. Now the counter-protest was in poor taste and an embarrassment all in all. But legal and peaceful...
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    New Idea - Plant Focus Threads - Feedback Needed

    What a great idea. But perhaps a little TOO grandiose? There are 80 something breeds listed in BYC, and each has maybe an average of 5 recognized varieties? Veggies alone would eclipse that number with varieties in the ?hundreds? Then to fruits, flowers, and ornamentals. i.e. tomatoes. 1 thread...
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    Birds

    Let's see if I can get these photos to load. I took them with the camera, transferred to the computer, then transferred to my phone (which I use because I have no internet service here). Eastern Phoebe?
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    Birds

    I'll still download pics, but I think I got them figured out. Eastern Phoebe.
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    Birds

    Ok. I got some, I think, acceptable pics today. Just have to download from camera to computer. Birds, nest, eggs. Just some teasers. About the size of a sparrow. No brown, just white and shades of grey. White breast and up the neck. White extends in a thin line around the neck, but depending on...
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    Birds

    Do you try to help others to identify birds? Normally, I don't care about names. Lots of birds around here, and I just enjoy them for what they are, little sparkles of color to brighten the day. But there is a pair of birds who have sorta become "family". They're not particularly "standout"...
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    Baymule’s 2020 Garden

    And the "good weed" is the one with the highest THC content? :ep:hide
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    Garden humor thread..

    I don't get it? It's only a pair of sneakers. My last pair cost me.....oh wait, NOW I get it. There's that extra "0". :lol:
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    Baymule’s 2020 Garden

    I'm not really familiar with that crop on the left of your picture, but it sure looks vibrant and healthy. Bet You're really proud of that! BTW. I had to pull weeds in my garden two days ago. There were 12 of them. (Dang weeds!)
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    Garden humor thread..

    My dog treed a cat, on a poplar tree with the lowest limb 20 feet above the cats head. It took a few hours, but eventually muscle failure allowed them to meet and discuss things.
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    Garden humor thread..

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    Discombobulated

    First, as respectfully as I know how to say this, your statement doesn't make a lot of sense. Aging doesn't allow us to have long, healthy, productive lives? Age, by definition, would seem to counter the long life argument. Healthy is just so vague. I'm 67, and able to do most of the things I...
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    n95 dust masks

    Numbers. Don't we LOVE numbers! Www.worldometer.info (where @seedcorn 's chart came from), now has coronavirus deaths (in the USA) at 88,000. As of May 15, the CDC has the number at just over 60,000. Does anyone really know? People get numbers, play with them to develop statistics that suit...
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    Can I dig up and replant daffodils NOW?

    I never did anything with daffodils before, except admire them. But I have a drunken row right in the middle of my front lawn. Impossible to mow around. I planned to transplant this fall. Researched, wait until the foliage dies back. Then dig and transplant. But I noticed as I dodged them with...
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    Something Olde ;)

    Strongest memory of tv was Captain Kangaroo, with Mr Greenjeans and Bunnyrabbit. That's how my Mom discovered I needed glasses at 3 yrs old. I insisted on watching it from 6 inches away. And try explaining to kids today about turning a crank to pump fuel out of a tank into a glass jar with...
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    Garden humor thread..

    My crookneck squash would NOT be impressed.
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    n95 dust masks

    I'm way ahead of the curve on that one. I got to the doctors office today and realized I was wearing my rubber muck boots that I put on to feed up this morning.
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    Wilted tomato plant question

    I think I figured out out. TOO MUCH water. Bottom leaves turned yellow. I had stripped the bottom leaves, and planted deep. The original roots were deep in the clay hole. Water probably seeped in and partially filled the hole. They started rotting, thus the wilt. But the new roots, up the stem...
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    Wilted tomato plant question

    Right. LOTS of rain this year. Heavy clay=holds water. Thus the extra deep hole with compost in the bottom, in case water "puddled" in the hole. LOTS of mulch on entire plot. If anything, too much water, but never heard of that causing wilting.
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    Wilted tomato plant question

    First logistics. HEAVY clay earth. Last rain 4 days ago. Daytime temps mid to upper 60s. Scant 8 hrs sun per day. Plant was About 12" tall at planting. Hole dug 12" deep. Bottom filled with compost, potting soil, and rabbit manure. Bottom sets of leaves stripped, planted with 4 sets of leaves...
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