2017 gardening thread.
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Because Mike runs the workin's and I got the brooms and mops.How come you never pass the buck when you think I need an ass-chewing!?
And keys to the Brig.
Duck
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Mike.
Notice I didn't put the @ before his name.
It's because that's the answer to your question, not passing it along like Injun did.
You should know this by now. Whenever weird stuff starts happening, it's because Mike got bored.
I've traveled all over the world and ate some very colorful food. When I asked what certain things were I was surprised they were carrots. If I remember correctly there was never an orange carrot. They were made to honor some person in Denmark??? Earl of Orange or something like that.
Duck
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OK, I was sort of close. You made me look it up.
Allegedly they are orange for entirely political reasons: in the 17th century, Dutch growers are thought to have cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange – who led the the struggle for Dutch independence – and the color stuck
Allegedly they are orange for entirely political reasons: in the 17th century, Dutch growers are thought to have cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange – who led the the struggle for Dutch independence – and the color stuck
But was Wiliam ever in a "blue mood"..???
did he ever feel "green" with envy about others in a better position..??
did he ever see "red" when he got so angry..?????
mndriver
curmudgeon extraordinare
I calculated the reservoir to be very close to 20 gallons.
I reached this conclusion by using nerd math.
OR...
by filling a 5-gallon bucket and pouring it in the bed 4 times...
I don't recall which.
@ironpony
@Skateboard
@Hammer166
One gallon is the same displacement as the gm 3800 engine. About 231 in^3
Duck
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Did you learn that in the men's room?
For the women who won't get the joke: A lot of urinals have "1 gallon (3.8 liters) per flush" written on them.
mndriver
curmudgeon extraordinare
Sure.Did you learn that in the men's room?
For the women who won't get the joke: A lot of urinals have "1 gallon (3.8 liters) per flush" written on them.
That's why I said gm 3800.
As in a 3.8 litre engine.
Duck
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Blood
Driveler Emeritus
Powdery mildew on Carolina White strawberries.
I haven't seen this on the red ever-bearing.
After reading up a bit I decided to prune the infected leaves away which was a LOT!
I got about a gallon if measured loose.
Then I misted them with 4 ounces raw milk to 1 quart water with a squirt of dish soap.
I read that milk inhibits the mildew and I figured that raw milk would be better since it's has live organisms in it instead of dead ones (like store-bought milk).
Thee was a lot of mildew though.
The crap was flying while I was pruning leaves off so who knows?
I haven't seen this on the red ever-bearing.
After reading up a bit I decided to prune the infected leaves away which was a LOT!
I got about a gallon if measured loose.
Then I misted them with 4 ounces raw milk to 1 quart water with a squirt of dish soap.
I read that milk inhibits the mildew and I figured that raw milk would be better since it's has live organisms in it instead of dead ones (like store-bought milk).
Thee was a lot of mildew though.
The crap was flying while I was pruning leaves off so who knows?
Blood
Driveler Emeritus
The 14x28 greenhouse is nice and I'll probably always have a large one but I often think that a series of smaller ones is more sensible. The two 7x9 greenhouses that have the strawberries and greens in them are isolated from everything except what occurs in there.
It's been cloudy & rainy here for days.
I don't know what the humidity is in the small houses but it's 85% in the big one right now.
It's been cloudy & rainy here for days.
I don't know what the humidity is in the small houses but it's 85% in the big one right now.
it was about 60 Sunday, so i did more yard cleaning and leveled the garden.
was still very wet, but at least, no soil being blown around by the breeze.
next comes buying some cow crap, and turning over that garden, with some fertilizer, maybe next month.
not sure yet if i wanna go to the local bait shop, and buy some worms as well. i only saw one night crawler in the garden.
repaired the chicken wire fencing from the snow damage.
still have lots of dead leaves in the arborvitae that are dropping, and need to be cleaned up.
a little at a time.
mother's day weekend is when the greenhouse usually has everything out and ready for sale.
was still very wet, but at least, no soil being blown around by the breeze.
next comes buying some cow crap, and turning over that garden, with some fertilizer, maybe next month.
not sure yet if i wanna go to the local bait shop, and buy some worms as well. i only saw one night crawler in the garden.
repaired the chicken wire fencing from the snow damage.
still have lots of dead leaves in the arborvitae that are dropping, and need to be cleaned up.
a little at a time.
mother's day weekend is when the greenhouse usually has everything out and ready for sale.
gearjammer
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