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[GeorgiaPeachie]

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When you plant out of the greenhouse try this. I buy distilled water for my husband's cpap machine regularly. I cut the bottom out of those jugs and save sticks from my fruit tree prunings as stakes. Leave the top off to vent heat. Plant your little plant and stake this over it and leave it for a week or two. Protects from frosts, rabbits, some bugs, wind and hail and makes a little tiny greenhouse environment over your plant. Because it is opaque it also gives a little protection from the bright sun. You will see a huge difference between this plant and the one without the jug. Works to keep seeds warm and will help them come up faster because it warms the soil under it when the sun shines. When I finish with them then my husband strings them back up and suspends them from the rafter of the shed for next year. Makes a huge difference. Just a little trick. Hope it helps.

What a grand idea! Will start collecting these now. Thankfully my oldest daughter with 3 kids goes through milk fast. I will get them off her. She just called all upset because her two peach trees were robbed blind sometime last night or this morning. She thinks the squirrels did it because they were acting nuts all day yesterday running along the fence near the trees.

 

[dirtdiva]

What a grand idea! Will start collecting these now. Thankfully my oldest daughter with 3 kids goes through milk fast. I will get them off her. She just called all upset because her two peach trees were robbed blind sometime last night or this morning. She thinks the squirrels did it because they were acting nuts all day yesterday running along the fence near the trees.

We just bought 2 new live traps squirrel size and a new air rifle for the same reason. For some reason the squirrels are thick. We had a bumper crop of acorns and hickory nuts last year and that may be the culprit.

 

[dirtdiva]

Got a couple more tips and tricks I'll try to post when I get a spare moment that may help as well. If I forget remind me as I am old and forgetful. Also I have not forgotten I need to post a picture of that red peanut bean that guy gave me. I guess we need to move this conversation to gardening somewhere.

 

[dirtdiva]

Zucchini Bread fresh out of the oven with walnuts and chocolate chips. Hubby will be in the house momentarily I guarantee

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Got a couple more tips and tricks I'll try to post when I get a spare moment that may help as well. If I forget remind me as I am old and forgetful. Also I have not forgotten I need to post a picture of that red peanut bean that guy gave me. I guess we need to move this conversation to gardening somewhere.

I will move it after dinner DD. You are the BEST!

 

[Mountain trapper]

The only thing new here is that I can post pictures now. Here's one of the house.

 

[Mountain trapper]

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[GeorgiaPeachie]

The only thing new here is that I can post pictures now. Here's one of the house.

Very pretty house Arctic! I must have missed what house this is? It looks new.

EDITING to say I misread. I see it is your house! I really like it a lot! Very much a style that I enjoy.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Worked on checking the bucket seals and contents of our preps awhile this morning again. It’s a slow process because there are so many. They are stacked 4 high, but so far are ok. My hubby is happy because he finally finished putting down mulch around our place. It has taken him 2 weeks, not counting weekends. But it was two big dump truck loads, so it was a lot to put down.

 

[Brent S]

My favorite Chinese restaurant around here is permanently closed now. It’s actually been closed for a long time now but I was hopeful it would reopen eventually. I haven’t seen too many places close so far but have seen prices go up a lot. One place had a surcharge on all dishes with beef in them. Their steak dinner was 7.00 extra. I’m not helping them stay in business anymore.... it’s sacrelige to tax a steak dinner! Other than that the heat and humidity is all that’s new here. Glad to have put the pool in at least.

 

[dirtdiva]

Worked on checking the bucket seals and contents of our preps awhile this morning again. It’s a slow process because there are so many. They are stacked 4 high, but so far are ok. My hubby is happy because he finally finished putting down mulch around our place. It has taken him 2 weeks, not counting weekends. But it was two big dump truck loads, so it was a lot to put down.

That is a job and a half especially in this heat

 

[dirtdiva]

Hot and windy today. Nothing more miserable than a hot wind. Glad I am snapping beans in the AC.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

That is a job and a half especially in this heat

It really has been tough in this heat. I have to really watch him too because he doesn’t hydrate like he should.

 

[Dani]

Hunny did my feeding for me this morning to let me have a few more minutes of sleep after getting home at 3:30 this morning from work. I cut off an hour early since we were spending the day down at the beach with granddaughters. The water was great with no undertow and was actually shallow the first 50 yards out.

 

[dirtdiva]

It really has been tough in this heat. I have to really watch him too because he doesn’t hydrate like he should.

I understand completely mine has a heart history. He gets busy and forgets to drink so I am running water out to him all day and making him take breaks. Geez men

 

[Joe SA]

I understand completely mine has a heart history. He gets busy and forgets to drink so I am running water out to him all day and making him take breaks. Geez men

That's why we have awesome women the likes of you

 

[dirtdiva]

That's why we have awesome women the likes of you
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Good answer

 

[Mountain trapper]

Very pretty house Arctic! I must have missed what house this is? It looks new.

EDITING to say I misread. I see it is your house! I really like it a lot! Very much a style that I enjoy.

Thanks. It's brand new. We moved in to it in October. Still have a few things to finsh up inside and we decided to put a roof over the rear deck. That'll make it usable in winter. We started putting in the rough landscaping but I doubt if we'll plant anything until spring. Got too many projects going on right now.

 

[dirtdiva]

The only thing new here is that I can post pictures now. Here's one of the house.

Nice

 

[Morgan101]

I was out this morning picking up breakfast for the family, and noticed gas has gone up 25 cents a gallon. Quite a shock. I shouldn't complain since I haven't needed gas in over three months. Maybe that is why I was looking. I need to fill up.

 

[Mountain trapper]

We just bought 2 new live traps squirrel size and a new air rifle for the same reason. For some reason the squirrels are thick. We had a bumper crop of acorns and hickory nuts last year and that may be the culprit.

We have more ground squirrels this year than I've ever seen before. Some of these squirrels are supposedly "endangered". They look more like prairie dogs and dig big holes in the meadows. I made a repeater cage trap for squirrels. It'll catch up to 6 squirrels at a time.
The biggest problem that I have here is with chipmunks. I made a repeater cage trap for them too. I also keep about a dozen of my ermine traps set around the place. It's basically a wooden box about a foot long with a 1-1/2" hole drilled in one end and a trap set inside baited with grain.

 

[dirtdiva]

We have more ground squirrels this year than I've ever seen before. Some of these squirrels are supposedly "endangered". They look more like prairie dogs and dig big holes in the meadows. I made a repeater cage trap for squirrels. It'll catch up to 6 squirrels at a time.
The biggest problem that I have here is with chipmunks. I made a repeater cage trap for them too. I also keep about a dozen of my ermine traps set around the place. It's basically a wooden box about a foot long with a 1-1/2" hole drilled in one end and a trap set inside baited with grain.

Hubby said picture of repeater trap please!

 

[DrHenley]

Hubby said picture of repeater trap please!

How about a video?

 

[Brent S]

I was out this morning picking up breakfast for the family, and noticed gas has gone up 25 cents a gallon. Quite a shock. I shouldn't complain since I haven't needed gas in over three months. Maybe that is why I was looking. I need to fill up.

I’ve appreciated the cheap gas for a while now but have noticed it slowly rising too. No doubt a tank of gas lasts a long time for us too. No where to go safely and most places I liked are closed now anyways.

 

[dirtdiva]

How about a video?

Wow that's a serious squirrel trap

 

[tmttactical]

Here is a simply mouse trap video from the same channel.

 

[user 6493]

I had a interesting day today,,,I went down near Little Rock Arkansas and was able to watch the people for a while,,,,,if there is any racial unrest going on in Arkansas you would never know from what I saw,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I have also noticed the stories about it have died down,,,I am beginning to wonder just how much of that crap was really going on,,,I am not saying it did not happen but I am beginning to think it is only in isolated areas,,,and the MEDIA was just blowing it out of proportion ?????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[Wiredog8]

It was 112 degrees here today. Stayed in and youtubed all day. Screw that heat. lol

 

[Brent S]

I had a interesting day today,,,I went down near Little Rock Arkansas and was able to watch the people for a while,,,,,if there is any racial unrest going on in Arkansas you would never know from what I saw,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I have also noticed the stories about it have died down,,,I am beginning to wonder just how much of that crap was really going on,,,I am not saying it did not happen but I am beginning to think it is only in isolated areas,,,and the MEDIA was just blowing it out of proportion ?????????????????????????????????????????????

There is no doubt the media has been fanning the flames in the name of ratings. I think the only bad places have been in the large cities.

 

[user 7704]

This is interesting