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Billy

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?v=7WBB0svwMdY&feature=relatedWell Thank you Billy. We are not at any elevation other than about

200ft. So yes, it was a hot'un today. my little min/mx thermometer said "103.5" today. It's 80 at 9:30pm. Windows all open and fans are going it's fine. We didn't stay down here after lunch today. One nice thing about having mountains of a good size nearby. A 30mile drive and it was about 78 with a nice breeze. There are snow drifts in the shade at about 5000 ft ( also a whole lot of snow up at Lassen Nat Park....about 8 feet still up there at about 6 or 7000 ft. )

We went looking for early wildflowers at a few favorite meadows/bogs/ creeks. Found Trilliums, Dogwood, Saxifrage in bud, Cobra Lilies (or CA Pitcher Plant) in bloom, Marsh Marigolds (ours are white) Buttercups, Bleedinghearts, and Steer's Head (Dicentra uniflora). Lots of little green things poking their noses up and the creeks were rushing full of snowmelt. It was a nice day up there.

I have golf ball sized 'maters and onions, and the boysenberries are starting to turn red. I deadheaded roses until about 11 am when it got too hot in the sun. That's when we had lunch and headed for the "high country"

Emilie NorCal

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mleblanca
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Oh, ye know how ma Nature is. Her habits are hard to divine. Last year we went to 109F in May, very peculiar thing to happen. In '96, we had rain in June, unheard of. Hot today, worse tomorrow. Only thing that makes it bearable is knowing that soon, everybody will be down in the same hole that we are in. Then we can all laugh about it;o) Uh, that's not PC is it? Hmmm

Watered everything twice today. Found my passion flower. Thought I'd lost it. Moving a hyssop down to the cabbage patch tomorrow and I'll look around for my aeration stone. Gotta get up early to finish the Dent corn patch. It just needs a little chicken doo, rock phosphate, and some wood ash, and the drip laid out. Beautiful plant, Dent corn. The Golden Bantam will be better eatin' but the Dent is spectacular too look at. Goin' to put some of the Mammoth sunflowers in with it. In the past I had them up by the road but now they will be down by the front of the house where I can enjoy them more with "happy hour" and dinner(once the mosquitos shove off).

Got "In Defense of Food " yesterday from the library. It's only a two week loan so I guess I should get to it.

Fickt Bush.

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Billy

I guess you folks be the champions of heat. What was it? One hundred days of 100F temps or some god awful thing like that? I ain't gonna bore you with my petty complaints. Sure felt fine to point the spray nozzle straight up today and pull the trigger, though. Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm.

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Billy

We have ours in a raised bed. 24" high. So far, the dogs have left it alone and it comes back every year.

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Omelet

Maybe in WEST Texas. :-)

I'm in the Hill Country.

It rarely breaks 100 all summer, but we have plenty of days in the 90's.

I did used to run a misting nozzle for my chickens when I had them. The coop was built totally in the shade under post oaks.

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Omelet

Is that the one by Pollan? I just saw him on TV, not 20 min. ago, giving a talk at UCSB on nutrition. Sounds like a great book.

cheers

oz, shopping at the outside edge of the supermarket

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MajorOz

Hah....pc be damned.

I'm on my second batch.....not sure what the fascination is, but it just tickles the shit outta me to be brewing up this tea. The stuff is amazing.....I poured some on an old dead cat and darned if the old feller didn't turn green and jump up and catch a bird!! Watch for the big bubbles, per catdaddy....I got it now. Went from mechanics to mystery. Zenned and grokked and all that stuff! ;-)

My control groups on application went to hell. Couldn't resist putting everywhere. I'm using it and fish sauce on my transplants.

Looking at brewing a batch of nettle tea real soon, supposedly it greatly enhances the flavor of 'maters.

Composting never loses it's fascination for me. My last pile, started five days ago is up to 138F ...crazy science stuff, I tell ya'! Water to wine, it is!

Thanks for the reminder on the sunflowers.........I'm pulling them out of the ziplocks now and they are going in tomorrow.

Book report is expected in three weeks. It is on my list to purchase on next trip to Bigtown. Actually, we are going to a different Bigtown Sunday, but don't have time for anything other than visit to hospital. Mona's mother joined Ingrid in the Titanium Knee Club today and we couldn't shake free to go visit until Sunday....Omaha......god I hate that town......have some really effing bad memories from thirty-five years ago. Actually, I really hate any large town, anything like over

150 population.

"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart?s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." ~~See below.....Mencken

Charlie, winamp Marillion - "Holidays in Eden - 1991" - "No One Can"

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Charlie

Charlie wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

stinging nettle? i'm about to start pulling mine (before it flowers/seeds). if my 'maters would like it, i'll make them some tea. is there any way to make thistles stay in line? the goldfinches love them, but i really don't want them all over... lee

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enigma

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Just a thought.

Bill

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Bill

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Billy

I saw him few weeks ago on C-Span Book TV. Kewl!

BTW - allow me to slip in a plug for C-Span Book TV. All weekend, writers talk about their non-fiction books in hour-long well-designed programs at book fairs, or with intelligent interviewers. Great assortment, from L. to R. and in between. I always print out the program from Book TV's Web site,

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record what I want to view later on DirecTV. That way I don't have to spent a beautiful day indoors, but can go out into the garden and kill myself weeding and planting and watering and pruning and transplanting and...and... YOU know!

Also embarked on a project to replace the lattice-work surrounding the back porch (porch to ground) which has been ripped away by various gardeners and repair people. This involves measuring -- not my strong suit -- building frames, and nailing/screwing in left-over lathes from a

1973 bathroom remodel, which I stashed up in the beams of the garage. Waste not, want not!

Persephone

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Persephone

Billy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@c-61-68-245-199.per.conne ct.net.au:

oh, i know, but i have too many in just the wrong places. i may attempt some transplants... i wonder if they'd mind being bog plants...

lee

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enigma

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