Dave called an old school friend of his yesterday for his birthday. The poor man is sick, away from home and stuck in the hotel because all the roads are closed. He's in North Carolina, poor guy.
Black Lab, I spent over 30yrs in SoCal, and you and I both know that June ain't the only month of gloom. ;) No, that temp isn't too cold at all. Use my Electric Blanket Sandwich. Cost effective, and effective. Be sure to get the type that don't have an automatic shut-off. $30 from the Wally World, works
great as long as it doesn't have auto-shut-off. Uses a fraction of the watts a heater would, too.
Good morning Farm. Another day of shoveling. I am going to be ripped by the end of winter with all this shoveling I have been doing.
Sea, I hope you get those gnats under control. Personally I never really worry when I see them. As long as there is a good amount of organic matter in the soil they really don't seem to cause too many issues with the plant growth. I am sure you have tried using
diatomaceous earth, there is also a relatively new product call Gant Nix from Growstone. It's recycled glass and works almost exactly the same way DE does.
Ken, I dig the avatar.
The FGs are a
constant issue, I have them year-round and see them everywhere. In the garbage, around moist areas on the north side of the house, EVERYWHERE. Last year they killed off a bunch of seedlings, quite a lot, and that's the problem I'm afraid of because
this year I've got a few hundred $$$ in beans down there. If they get bad, everything's going back outside because while I know they won't grow quickly, I know they'll LIVE. Right now I'm workin' @
Capulator 's bennies HARD.
What kind of volvo- I'm totally stuck on the old 240's. I've had a few of them and everyone is my favorite. I have a line on an old 142- the series before the 240s and I think I'll jump on it if the owner really does want to sell.
Colorado knows all about cracks in windshields... down in the flats its probably 3 in 10, in the hills its probably more like 50% of vehicles have chips. Pain in the ass.
DTE works great- so does bacillus thuringiensis- if you can find the BT that comes in a liquid form it's pretty cheap but it dilutes down to the point that it'll last you forever- something like one drop per olympic-sized swimming pool- give or take...
DTE I use around doorways during summer- don't breathe the dust.
I hardly even know what shoveling snow is like anymore- we've had plenty snow but the winds just comes and blows it around to the point there is no longer any reason to shovel. My driveway for instance: its all pickaxe work- windblown drifts. Better off parking on the street and walking up except for the plow will push your sled right off the road.
Southern girls are definitely where its at. Update: I need another dog and a southern girl and a volvo and...
Good morning Farm
'99 S80 T6. I like the older Volvos, but for comfort, luxury and POWER? I love my turbo-charged baby. Actually, I FUCKING LOVE my turbo-charged baby. Oh my God I love mashing the pedal down HARD! I LOVE how she takes the curves on these mountain roads! Ooo.. I'm getting excited and have to stay inside to trim today, better stop right here and now. In the meantime, I was really impressed with the repair work the folks at Glass Doctor did. You can't see the crack, you can only
barely see what at first looks like a smudge, but it's the chip the rock took out. Up here we get windshield cracks from the pines dropping cones, too, and sometimes they'll break right through. This is the first time I've experienced this from a rock on the freeway. The only other times I've had it happen rocks were sliding off the mountainside, hit the side of the car.
Hoo boy! Good morning fine people! Right now we've got sun shining, but I'm hoping that goes away and we get a wee bit more rain as predicted.
