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![]() From: Mike Powell (1:2320/105) To: n/a Date: Wed, 02 June 2021 Poison Ivy Good morning! Does anyone have any tips and tricks for removing poison ivy? I don't have any large patches of it, but do encounter it here and there in some of the border beds around the outside... |
![]() From: Kurt Weiske (1:218/700) To: n/a Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 Finally, a garden... I moved into my house in 2015, and life conspired to delay us landscaping my back yard until now. First, a layoff, then long job search, a change in jobs, then Covid and having 2 elevated decks ga... |
![]() From: August Abolins (1:396/45.29) To: n/a Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 when i hate trees ** On Wednesday 12.05.21 - 23:19, August Abolins wrote to All: AA> But, I decided to tackle the job. I got home from my shop AA> at about 5p, grabbed my hand saw, and pole pruner and went ... |
![]() From: August Abolins (2:221/1.58) To: n/a Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 when i hate trees The blackflies will descend (or emerge) upon us shortly. So yardwork that requires extended time outdoors, particularly when the evening hours are only available, is best to be done not much l... |
![]() From: Mike Powell (1:2320/105) To: n/a Date: Wed, 05 May 2021 Birds that sound like... > MP> Granted, some of the places I hear them when out walking are areas where > MP> ground-dwelling bird might like to nest, but I am pretty sure the calls > MP> always come fr... |
![]() From: Alan Ianson (1:153/757.2) To: n/a Date: Wed, 05 May 2021 Birds that sound like... Re: Birds that sound like... By: Mike Powell to ALAN IANSON on Tue May 04 2021 01:32 pm MP> I don't *think* so but we might. Do quail get very high in trees? Not normally. They can fly bu... |
![]() From: Mike Powell (1:2320/105) To: n/a Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 Birds that sound like... > Do you have any quail around there. They make a ribit, ribit sound similar to > frog. I don't *think* so but we might. Do quail get very high in trees? Granted, some of the places I hear... |
![]() From: Alan Ianson (1:153/757.2) To: n/a Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 Birds that sound like... Re: Birds that sound like... By: Mike Powell to ALL on Sun May 02 2021 10:07 am MP> I still have not quite narrowed it down, but I think it might be one of MP> the woodpecker species we... |
![]() From: Mike Powell (1:2320/105) To: n/a Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 Birds that sound like... So for the past few months, I have been trying to figure out which local bird it is that has a call that sounds sort of like a frog croaking. Not exactly, mind you... it is not as deep as a frog ca... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Mon, 01 March 2021 Gardening Tricks Does anybody remember Jerry Baker, the Master Gardener? I used to watch his news segments years ago where he talked about ways to make lawn care easy. He said to use a hose end sprayer to mix ... |
![]() From: Denis Mosko (1:153/757.1315) To: n/a Date: Wed, 17 March 2021 Joke I from Russia, All. Gardening is cheaper than therapy ... and You get tomatoes. And what is Your Joke, gardener? :) --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1) * Origin: "Luka Mudischev"2007anima... |
![]() From: Mike Powell (1:2320/105) To: n/a Date: Tue, 02 March 2021 Gardening Tricks >In the springtime, if you have a patch of dead grass that has ruts, mix grass s >ed in with >the black dirt and then simply pour it into the rut. Because the dirt has gras >seed a... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (0:0/0) To: n/a Date: Fri, 26 February 2021 Spring is coming? On 25 Feb 2021, Denis Mosko said the following... DM> CP> Yes, it does seem to he so. After freezing weather last week, this DM> CP> past week has been rather warm. I'm now going t... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (1:106/127) To: n/a Date: Thu, 25 February 2021 Re: Spring is coming? On 25 Feb 2021, Denis Mosko said the following... DM> Question located in subj. Yes, it does seem to he so. After freezing weather last week, this past week has been rather warm. I'm now go... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (0:0/0) To: n/a Date: Thu, 11 February 2021 Winter is coming? On 10 Feb 2021, Mike Powell said the following... MP> > No sir, I'm in Houston Texas. But a lot of this area was swampland as w MP> > There are many many bayous that run through the H... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (2:240/1120.976) To: n/a Date: Fri, 23 October 2020 Winter is coming? Hello, All. Here it is, a few weeks before winter, and I've got cherry tomatoes growing. You got to love Gulf Coast Texas weather sometimes. -- Best regards! Posted using Hotdoged on Androi... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (0:0/0) To: n/a Date: Mon, 08 February 2021 Winter is coming? On 08 Feb 2021, Mike Powell said the following... MP> I live in an area that is on the edge of a city. I am within walking MP> distance of a cornfield, a cattle farm, a tobacco field, and s... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (0:0/0) To: n/a Date: Sun, 07 February 2021 Winter is coming? On 07 Feb 2021, Mike Powell said the following... MP> > That could well be. There are a pair of hawks around. My wife doesn't l MP> > letting our little dogs out when we see them flyi... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (0:0/0) To: n/a Date: Sat, 06 February 2021 Winter is coming? On 06 Feb 2021, Mike Powell said the following... MP> > I Suppose that is possuble, The camphor is also the only tree in my yard MP> > leaves currently. MP> MP> The could... |
![]() From: Charles Pierson (0:0/0) To: n/a Date: Fri, 05 February 2021 Winter is coming? On 03 Feb 2021, Mike Powell said the following... MP> > I also have a half dozen or so redheaded woodpeckers hanging out in my MP> > Camphor tree for some reason. It's not very big... |