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Jam Lady
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 Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 21, 19 1:00 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| My friend across the river in Pennsylvania has gotten 9.5 inches / 24 cm of rain. That's more than they usually get in all of May, and the month is not yet over. |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon May 20, 19 1:42 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| More rain. Thunderstorm yesterday evening and overnight with a total of 1.57 inches / 3.987 cm in less than 12 hours. We're on a hill so managing O.K.The fellow I'm getting asparagus from, and buy pea ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed May 15, 19 1:29 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Soggy wet weather, several inches of rain over the last several days. Last Saturday was an outlier with gorgeous sunny weather - blue skies, trees incredibly green, light breezes. Today looks like it ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri May 10, 19 5:07 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Welcome back, Gregotyn! I missed you and your comments. |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue May 07, 19 1:02 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| What an awkward situation for gregotyn. Cannot have a password keeper on "his" computer because he doesn't have one. Paper goes walk-about when tidying up (at least it does for me.) How will admin e-m ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Apr 24, 19 11:55 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
According to Wikipedia the life span of saguaro is about 200 years, Mistress Rose. They are extremely impressive.
Where we were in Arizona had cacti all over the place as wild plants - prickly pear ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Apr 23, 19 1:32 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| Wonderful 10 day vacation in Sedona, Arizona with our daughter and son-in-law, their daughter and her husband. We had a convenient AirB&B so tended to eat at home or take picnics rather than eat o ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Thu Apr 11, 19 12:43 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Llama yarn is good for rugs, alpaca is quite nice, vicuna is the best. Vicuna run wild. Periodically they are rounded up, sheared, and turned lose again.
Llama are pack animals, not raised for meat ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Apr 10, 19 12:31 pm Subject: Wildlife |
Ty Gwyn, most likely a recessive gene so must come from both parents. If one provides white and the other blue the offspring have blue flowers.
In the Rocky Mountain lupines bees prefer the blue f ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Apr 10, 19 12:25 pm Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
| That's why I especially like llama and alpaca for manure. Most useful - they have a dominance thing and they all poop in a single pile so it is all nicely gathered together for you. Secondly, their ma ... |
| Topic: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Apr 09, 19 1:31 am Subject: ... the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves ... |
Absurdly warm weather. It reached 78 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday afternoon. Plants are hurling themselves into bloom. Which means, alas, they will also pass rather promptly.
But I am getting some ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Wed Mar 27, 19 12:58 am Subject: Wildlife |
| Look at the leaves. The snake is about the diameter of my index finger. I didn't bother this one but when I have handled them in the past the worst they do is void some stinky crap from their cloaca. ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Mar 26, 19 5:34 pm Subject: Wildlife |
First sighting of the season, out enjoying the sunshine.
http://www.downsizer.net/gallery/29777/BelleWood+in+Bloom_2019-03_garter+snake.jpg |
| Topic: Oats and Beans and Barley Grow |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Mar 15, 19 7:52 pm Subject: Oats and Beans and Barley Grow |
I forgot about that one, Slim! Thanks for reminding me that
Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey
A kiddle divey, too. Wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer and funny to your e ... |
| Topic: Oats and Beans and Barley Grow |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Mar 15, 19 5:08 pm Subject: Oats and Beans and Barley Grow |
I'm working on an entry about oats / oatmeal for my website. There's a children's folk song: oats and beans and barley grow. Alternate: oats, peas, beans, and barley grow.
Googling seems to just ge ... |
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