Re: Senseless Banter...

**Turan** 5/27/2012, 3:17 pm

SwampCatNana wrote:Finally, good news! I was assigned my community garden plot yesterday! I've been waiting for it since last spring.
Did a lot of haggling because I had been skipped over early this spring; and practically had to threaten them to get a plot.
I'll have a BIG project just clearing it. Seems no one has worked it in years! I have weeds almost waist high, found there were strawberry(bearing berries) plants under some of that foliage! Trying to clear at least that area so the plants can breathe.
There are so many stones and pieces of brick, well, mostly full and half bricks, I may have to screen the soil before I can work it.
Then they tell me some inspectors will be coming by on June 23rd! "Will you be able to get something planted by then?" AARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!
Well, back to work. Want to at least get the berry plants uncovered and the perimeter determined. Wish me luck.
Lee

At least you will have the strawberrys and hte weeds knocked down. And much much more if time allows. Wishing you luck!
Save the bricks they can come in very handy. Too bad they did not let you have it last fall so you could prep the bed , seeing as no one else was using it. O welllllllll........

**llama momma** 5/28/2012, 9:07 am

BUGS and another 90 degree day Shocked

it's not even June and I'm a little tired of them both already. Got bit by a little red ant and noticed it drew trickling blood down my wrist. That never happened before. I must be allergic as there is quite an itchy welt from it this morning. What's with the gnats, so many of them this morning biting my already itchy poisoned ivy ears. Lets just top this off with the two biggest mosquito bites on my back end too. Veggie and flower beds watered and burlap covered. Not a fun morning at least I'm done outdoors. Going to think of those who really suffered on this Memorial Day. But I'm definitely staying inside. Senseless Banter... - Page 23 3170584802

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SwampCatNana 5/28/2012, 11:39 am

Turan wrote:
SwampCatNana wrote:Finally, good news! I was assigned my community garden plot yesterday! I've been waiting for it since last spring.
Did a lot of haggling because I had been skipped over early this spring; and practically had to threaten them to get a plot.
I'll have a BIG project just clearing it. Seems no one has worked it in years! I have weeds almost waist high, found there were strawberry(bearing berries) plants under some of that foliage! Trying to clear at least that area so the plants can breathe.
There are so many stones and pieces of brick, well, mostly full and half bricks, I may have to screen the soil before I can work it.
Then they tell me some inspectors will be coming by on June 23rd! "Will you be able to get something planted by then?" AARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!
Well, back to work. Want to at least get the berry plants uncovered and the perimeter determined. Wish me luck.
Lee

At least you will have the strawberrys and hte weeds knocked down. And much much more if time allows. Wishing you luck!
Save the bricks they can come in very handy. Too bad they did not let you have it last fall so you could prep the bed , seeing as no one else was using it. O welllllllll........

UPDATE: Went back in the afternoon and the bricks were gone. At least they were kind enough to leave me the half bricks and pieces! Evil or Very Mad

Sent email to garden coordinator --- she is not happy about it either!
Lee

SwampCatNana wrote:
Turan wrote:
SwampCatNana wrote:Finally, good news! I was assigned my community garden plot yesterday! I've been waiting for it since last spring.
Did a lot of haggling because I had been skipped over early this spring; and practically had to threaten them to get a plot.
I'll have a BIG project just clearing it. Seems no one has worked it in years! I have weeds almost waist high, found there were strawberry(bearing berries) plants under some of that foliage! Trying to clear at least that area so the plants can breathe.
There are so many stones and pieces of brick, well, mostly full and half bricks, I may have to screen the soil before I can work it.
Then they tell me some inspectors will be coming by on June 23rd! "Will you be able to get something planted by then?" AARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!
Well, back to work. Want to at least get the berry plants uncovered and the perimeter determined. Wish me luck.
Lee

At least you will have the strawberrys and hte weeds knocked down. And much much more if time allows. Wishing you luck!
Save the bricks they can come in very handy. Too bad they did not let you have it last fall so you could prep the bed , seeing as no one else was using it. O welllllllll........

UPDATE: Went back in the afternoon and the bricks were gone. At least they were kind enough to leave me the half bricks and pieces!
Sent email to garden coordinator --- she is not happy about it either!

llama momma - bites on your butt? How did they get there? :scratch:
Lee

**llama momma** 5/28/2012, 11:45 am

SwampCatNana wrote:
SwampCatNana wrote:
Turan wrote:
SwampCatNana wrote:Finally, good news! I was assigned my community garden plot yesterday! I've been waiting for it since last spring.
Did a lot of haggling because I had been skipped over early this spring; and practically had to threaten them to get a plot.
I'll have a BIG project just clearing it. Seems no one has worked it in years! I have weeds almost waist high, found there were strawberry(bearing berries) plants under some of that foliage! Trying to clear at least that area so the plants can breathe.
There are so many stones and pieces of brick, well, mostly full and half bricks, I may have to screen the soil before I can work it.
Then they tell me some inspectors will be coming by on June 23rd! "Will you be able to get something planted by then?" AARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!
Well, back to work. Want to at least get the berry plants uncovered and the perimeter determined. Wish me luck.
Lee

At least you will have the strawberrys and hte weeds knocked down. And much much more if time allows. Wishing you luck!
Save the bricks they can come in very handy. Too bad they did not let you have it last fall so you could prep the bed , seeing as no one else was using it. O welllllllll........

UPDATE: Went back in the afternoon and the bricks were gone. At least they were kind enough to leave me the half bricks and pieces!
Sent email to garden coordinator --- she is not happy about it either!

llama momma - bites on your butt? How did they get there? :scratch:
Lee

SwampcatN -- they didn't have the nerve to come around the front of me so they went around the back and went right through my thin worn out shorts! Ouch!

SwampCatNana 5/28/2012, 11:59 am

llama momma -
SwampcatN -- they didn't have the nerve to come around the front of me so they went around the back and went right through my thin worn out shorts! Ouch!

SwampCatNana 5/28/2012, 1:22 pm

llama momma - here's a solution for those thin shorts!

"Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away." hyper

Make sure it's a BACK pocket! okay

Read more: http://www.aimlessdirection.com/2008/17-tips-to-make-your-life-easier/#ixzz1wBZZ5q4o
Lee

**llama momma** 5/28/2012, 2:30 pm

I will have to try that because the mosquitos are active when the sun comes up and I'm out there trying to beat the heat.

SwampCatNana 5/28/2012, 4:42 pm

llama momma wrote:I will have to try that because the mosquitos are active when the sun comes up and I'm out there trying to beat the heat.

I would "rough it up" a bit before putting in my pocket.

**camprn** 5/29/2012, 9:32 pm

Good by to a man who ALWAYS made me smile! Thanks for the great music Doc! Farewell!

**camprn** 5/31/2012, 8:06 pm

They are getting so BIG!

westie 5/31/2012, 8:18 pm

Very cute Eagle post camprn. I live just a half hour south of there and have visited the Trout Hatchery where the cam has been many times. Curiously don’t Eagles have such strong sibling rivalry that only one chick usually survives. Looks like they will soon be out of the nest.

**RoOsTeR** 5/31/2012, 8:39 pm

Holy mackerel they have gotten BIG
I keep meaning to check up on them, but have just been so busy lately I keep forgetting. Thanks for the update camp Senseless Banter... - Page 23 3170584802

boog1 6/5/2012, 1:11 pm

So the wifee had at take her dad to the er last night they were put on a waiting list 35 people long. Shocked

7 hours later they got to see a nurse. He'll live, so fair warning avoid er's during the full moon phase Wink

**camprn** 6/5/2012, 7:03 pm

LOL, Boog!

today's senseless banter... The Venus transit 6/5/12. There wont be another for 105 years.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/venus_transit/index.html

**RoOsTeR** 6/7/2012, 10:58 pm

We have another skunk...My wife just went out and saw one just laying there with one of the cats eating one of our chickens eggs. I heard my wife outside yelling and spooking off the skunk before I could figure out what was going on. Evil or Very Mad

Nonna.PapaVino 6/7/2012, 11:28 pm

Your cat's a friend of the local skunk? Never heard of such. Last Saturday, we had our own adventure with a skunk. PapaVino has been using a live trap to attempt to catch the squirrel who's been doing damage in the woodshed. Our neighbor dog, who often comes up to visit while her folks are at work, was barking her fool head off at the woodshed. I went to investigate, and saw PapaV had caught a skunk. Nikia (dog) started toward it and it stomped and sprayed....all over the wood piled on the side of the woodshed. Fortunately, neither Nikia or I got hit, but our house/yard as of today still has an odor of Pepe le Pew. Ah, the joys of living in the country, what?

Lindacol 6/7/2012, 11:40 pm

You guys will appreciate this. We have a dumpster instead of trash cans. Trash cans blow away and all the neighborhood dogs get into them.

Anyway. the day before pickup, yesterday, as usual I finish filling it up by cleaning the goat pens (manure). I have way too much for me to use and can't find people who want to come get it. This morning, it is half empty. Someone took it out of the dumpster. I don't mind - they can have all they want. But I have to lift it into the dumpster by hand and it sure would be easier to fill containers and hand it to them.

Goosegirl 6/8/2012, 8:49 am

Lindacol wrote:You guys will appreciate this. We have a dumpster instead of trash cans. Trash cans blow away and all the neighborhood dogs get into them.

Anyway. the day before pickup, yesterday, as usual I finish filling it up by cleaning the goat pens (manure). I have way too much for me to use and can't find people who want to come get it. This morning, it is half empty. Someone took it out of the dumpster. I don't mind - they can have all they want. But I have to lift it into the dumpster by hand and it sure would be easier to fill containers and hand it to them.

Put out a sign: Leave empty containers for goat poo - no questions asked!

You could even put some rocks out there with a sign: Weights for empty containers!

GG

**RoOsTeR** 6/9/2012, 1:19 pm

*SIGH* We are so incredibly dry here along the front range in Colorado. Even the high country is dry and way down on snow pack. This is an arid environment, but I haven't seen things this dry in probably 10 years. And now we have another wildfire kicking up along the foothills...

http://kdvr.com/2012/06/09/new-wildfire-burning-in-larimer-county/

cheyannarach 6/9/2012, 2:09 pm

RoOsTeR wrote:*SIGH* We are so incredibly dry here along the front range in Colorado. Even the high country is dry and way down on snow pack. This is an arid environment, but I haven't seen things this dry in probably 10 years. And now we have another wildfire kicking up along the foothills...

[url=http://kdvr.com/2012/06/09/new-wildfire-burning-in-larimer-county/

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That stinks, I'll wish some rains your way!

**RoOsTeR** 6/9/2012, 2:24 pm

That stinks, I'll wish some rains your way!

Thanks! But don't wish all your rain away though. I need you guys in SD to get good rains also. I'm banking on your rains right now for the hay we're going to have to get from up there this year. Our first cutting of alfalfa was yesterday and it's truly pathetic. We'll be lucky to get another...

Just now:

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you can see smoke from the fire in the background. Evil or Very Mad

cheyannarach 6/9/2012, 2:32 pm

RoOsTeR wrote:
That stinks, I'll wish some rains your way!

Thanks! But don't wish all your rain away though. I need you guys in SD to get good rains also. I'm banking on your rains right now for the hay we're going to have to get from up there this year. Our first cutting of alfalfa was yesterday and it's truly pathetic. We'll be lucky to get another...

Just now:

you can see smoke from the fire in the background.

Don't worry, I'm not that generous, haha, I love the rain, it seems every time it rains everything shoots up several inches ( Senseless Banter... - Page 23 3170584802

heres to hoping all the moisture they got from the hail will shoot everything up too,lol). I know all about those fires and we have been lucky for quite awile, hope they can quickly contain it!

**RoOsTeR** 6/10/2012, 8:19 am

So yesterday when I posted this:

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The fire was only about 50 acres.

Here is about the same view this morning:

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The fire has gotten really bad. The winds keep shifting and not helping matters much. The smoke is really bad around here this morning.

http://kdvr.com/2012/06/09/new-wildfire-burning-in-larimer-county/

**camprn** 6/10/2012, 8:22 am

well, crap, crap, crap! I hope no one in the family is asthmatic... Is it coming your way? Hang in there Brother!

**RoOsTeR** 6/10/2012, 9:12 am

No asthma thank goodness! They are saying this morning the fire is over 5000 acres...and it's windy Evil or Very Mad

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