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    2 hours ago, Chris said:

    They were spreading this stuff down in Lowman ( at least I’m pretty sure that’s what it was ) and dear Lord what a smell.

    That could be overlooked, but God knows what’s in that sludge. It’s perhaps worth examining closer.

    Long , long ago in a land not so far away from here it was attempted to burn the sludge till dry and could be spread with , well , your backyard fertilizer spreader . I can attest to its lack of smell and it was just a gray colored potting soil texture. Obviously not doing that any longer as now its just a slurry from a tank spreader .

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    5 hours ago, Chris said:

    Yeah he owns a lot of buildings in the area. I’m told that includes one up here in our town.

     

    Say it isn’t so !! Must think he’s moving up in the World … 

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    4 hours ago, Adam said:

    it would be nice to see public comment periods for any level of governance, moved to AFTER the officials have spoken/conducted business. Folks would have opportunity to better express their concerns.

     

    Not gonna happen! Public comments come before the meeting before one has the chance to comment on the topic at hand . What they hope for is because you have to wait a month for the next meeting, you will have forgotten or just said screw it and don’t attend !! 

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    On 5/17/2025 at 4:24 PM, Chris said:

    I got the herbs, lettuce, peppers, and spuds in the ground this afternoon. 

    I decided to start with new seed stock for the potatoes to see if that makes a difference in the quality of what we get at harvest time. 

    This week I have two raised beds to replace and then we'll get more planted. I still have a bunch of plants that need to be potted or planted still. 

    Yea , I need to get to Banfields this week ! Going to start with new seed potato stock this year ! Probably Yukon Golds but this time i’ll be double checking that they actually are YKs … 

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    1 hour ago, Chris said:

    The best part was the lady loudly complaining about, "Who would spend that much on a chicken?" even though she dropped out at $17.50 

    The same lady also offered to sell me some Maran eggs to hatch . After that bit now I know why the breed is called Cuckoo Maran lol. Always interesting to go to poultry auctions !! 

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    27 minutes ago, Adam said:

    paw paw seeds are in the greenhouse,

    I take it you found the bag of potting soil in that greenhouse / solar lumber dryer / garden tractor garage lol ? 

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    Exactly! The chemicals widely and indiscriminately used here in the U.S are part of that larger threat to our bee population. But what chaffs my ass is the war on Dandelions ,  it’s ridiculous and totally unnecessary. Every other commercial on the boob tube right now is “ KILL THE UGLY DANDELION “ really … Heavens we can’t have an ugly yard what will the neighbors say , quick get out the spray weed killer , you know , the one that kills all those pesky dandelions not to mention may come back to haunt your health later ! It takes just a little foresight and timing to have your precious beautiful lawn and help the bees get those first hits of nectar and much needed amino acids ! 
    Hint , watch your lawn in Early Spring if able do your first cutting , the dandelion’s will be able to reach up to blossom quicker . Try to resist cutting for a week or so then have at it as the bees will have other food sources by then and you have done your part to save your local bee population. 

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    Knowing just a bit about bees and beekeeping I will throw in my two centavos on this “ bee loss “ . Imagine if you will hundreds maybe thousands of hives trucked thousands of miles from the familiarity of the base apiary to pollinate, for instance , the pecan groves . Now , these hives as shown being loaded on semi trucks with forklifts is just small thing … nope , disturbed bees are confused bees . Next , the trip to the groves where along the way countless bees are lost just blown away from “ home “ at over 65mph … and contrary to belief No , they do not catch up at the next truck stop and nor are they “covered “ by netting to keep them contained “ ! 
    Then IF enough do survive the trip they are again snatched off the trailer and plopped to the ground and expected to start right in pollinating or if really lucky they get a hit of sugar water to help them get over the trip ! Heard enough, because thats not the end of the story by far but just watch the article and the way the hives are handled , thrown around ! Bees cannot thrive under this type handling , much less spending much of their lives traveling the rounds to all types of orchards . These people are NOT BEEKEEPERS, they are in the business of pollination at any cost to the actual Pollinators. Yes , there are other pollinators but none so prolific , so domesticated , so adapted to being treated as livestock… and they are considered livestock by the way . 

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    I suppose it would be a bad analogy to say the homeless, excuse me “ unhoused “ , are not unlike the Tent Caterpillar nest I just destroyed on one of my trees ? Point is , they are and will be here , there is no way to permanently rid the area of them . And we all know we are not unique in being blessed with their presence. Hmm , maybe not such a bad analogy it would seem lol . 

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    I’m positive there were more fun / funny discussions throughout those 11 years but the fog of time doesn’t allow for any specific conversations from this end lol 😂 HAPPY 11th trip around the Sun !! 

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    4 minutes ago, Kevin said:

    Good ole' SOS.   LOL

    LOL… Exactly! I mean who has never had Shit On a Shingle ?! And pardon the salty language please but when you’re brought up by a Sailor then become a Sailor yourself SOS is in your blood , quite literally it seems, in my 72 years around the Sun . 

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    Oh yeah … its a cold weather treat in this house , and I know at least one of my Sons makes a mean batch ! As a kid we ate it quite often but used Chipped beef ( from the jar ) and I remember we had quite a collection of those little drinking glasses . 
    PS … good over grits as well .

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    2 hours ago, Chris said:

    I can't understand how people can produce more than what six 13-gallon bags can hold in a week. 

    I also wish they'd chosen a better color than yellow. 

    I happened to drive up Church St today , some damn how all that Yellow just made me laugh a little ! 😁🤷‍♂️

  24. Posted

    Probably you have already thought of this but … 

    To be doubly sure the mower operator doesn’t do an end run and access the area from behind the roadside signage , a couple of the cheaper signs could be put at the beginning of the plot ( driveway end ) . My reasoning is this , unless that operator has specific orders “Not To Mow “ or there are times when the regular operator is elsewhere and his replacement may not have that info . Not my favorite saying but … just sayin’ ! 

  25. Posted

    19 hours ago, Zapp Brannigan said:

    About the only place we eat at regularly is Nicks on Sunday's as we have the same waitress and she takes damn good care of us and that is reciprocated in her tip 

    I have to agree with you on  Nicks ! We hadn’t been there for years and was pleasantly surprised when we did go again . 

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