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I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.

Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able
to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow
and keep the forest from growing back.

Gotta start somewhe
http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
Keep going:
http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
Almost:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
Job well done:
http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
Tenants:
http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
Hummers are back:
http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg

I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure
hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to
dry out. Oops is raining now.

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"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
>I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>
> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was
> able
> to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
> it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to
> mow
> and keep the forest from growing back.
>
> Gotta start somewhe
> http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
> Keep going:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
> Almost:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
> Job well done:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
> Tenants:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
> Hummers are back:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg
>
> I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure
> hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to
> dry out. Oops is raining now.


looks like you're busy.

That's damn big field - can't you lease it out to a truck farmer for a piece
of the action?

Dimitri

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brooklyn1 wrote:
> I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>
> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able
> to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
> it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow
> and keep the forest from growing back.
>
> Gotta start somewhe
> http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
> Keep going:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
> Almost:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
> Job well done:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
> Tenants:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
> Hummers are back:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg
>
> I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure
> hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to
> dry out. Oops is raining now.
>
>
You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd
like that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.

I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!

--
Jean B.

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brooklyn1 wrote:
> I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>
> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able
> to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
> it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow
> and keep the forest from growing back.
>
> Gotta start somewhe
> http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
> Keep going:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
> Almost:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
> Job well done:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
> Tenants:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
> Hummers are back:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg
>
> I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure
> hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to
> dry out. Oops is raining now.
>
>
>
>
Tell me I didn't just type humming birds!!!! If so, :-(

--
Jean B.

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"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
m...
>
> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>>
>> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was
>> able
>> to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field
>> and
>> it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to
>> mow
>> and keep the forest from growing back.
>>
>> Gotta start somewhe
>> http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
>> Keep going:
>> http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
>> Almost:
>> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
>> Job well done:
>> http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
>> Tenants:
>> http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
>> Hummers are back:
>> http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg
>>
>> I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure
>> hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to
>> dry out. Oops is raining now.
>>
>>
> Looks good. Our hummers arrived about 10 days ago. I've been meaning to
> ask. . .what do you use to till your garden? A rototiller? Your big
> tractor with disc? Or do you have a smaller tractor with a tiller?
> Janet
>
Well, depends on the size garden and location. My veggie garden is 50' X
50' and it's fenced, so I can't manuever in there with a tractor. I own a
5' roto tiller that attaches to my tractor but I've never used it, I bought
it thinking I was going to plant a fruit orchard, but for many reasons
canceled that idea. When first making my veggie garden I needed a pretty
big tiller to break up virgin ground so I bought an 8 horsepower
rototiller... had I known then what I know now I would have rented one...
because once the ground is busted up all one needs thereafter is one of
those little Mantis tillers... wonderful little machines. So what are you
planning?

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On Thu, 14 May 2009 15:05:32 GMT, "brooklyn1"
> wrote:

>I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>
>Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able
>to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
>it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow
>and keep the forest from growing back.

Beautiful!!! Where do you live Sheldon? Looks like mid-south? With
Canadian geese:). Gorgeous green color.

We live in Hawaii where we do not get that new spring green, and we
saw that same green on a trip to M) last week, to visit family. That
green is beautiful!!

Trimming. We do have to prune each of our multi-thousand coffee
trees once a year- just one branch, but we have over the year, figured
out we could pile them high, instead of trimming them to bits, and
within 3 years, they have decomposed.

Thanks.

aloha,
Cea

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"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>>
>> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was
>> able
>> to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field
>> and
>> it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to
>> mow
>> and keep the forest from growing back.
>>
>> Gotta start somewhe
>> http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
>> Keep going:
>> http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
>> Almost:
>> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
>> Job well done:
>> http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
>> Tenants:
>> http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
>> Hummers are back:
>> http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg
>>
>> I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I sure
>> hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it to
>> dry out. Oops is raining now.
>
>
> looks like you're busy.
>
> That's damn big field - can't you lease it out to a truck farmer for a
> piece of the action?
>
>

Not worth the liability placed on myself and I don't need the loss of
privacy having folks
traipsing willy nilly, nor do I need their mess. I actually enjoy the
mowing and tending to the perimeter, especially the peacefulness of that
back field. I can afford the $10 worth of diesel to mow that field each
week, it's wonderful entertainment... much better than paying $39.95 to see
some dumb movie on PPV... just to stand out in the middle of all that
natural space and uninhibitally, unabashidly, pee on the ground like a wild
beast.

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"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> m...
>>
>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>>>
>>> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was
>>> able
>>> to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field
>>> and
>>> it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to
>>> mow
>>> and keep the forest from growing back.
>>>
>>> Gotta start somewhe
>>> http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
>>> Keep going:
>>> http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
>>> Almost:
>>> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
>>> Job well done:
>>> http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
>>> Tenants:
>>> http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
>>> Hummers are back:
>>> http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg
>>>
>>> I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like rain... I
>>> sure
>>> hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden this weekend and I need it
>>> to
>>> dry out. Oops is raining now.
>>>
>>>
>> Looks good. Our hummers arrived about 10 days ago. I've been meaning to
>> ask. . .what do you use to till your garden? A rototiller? Your big
>> tractor with disc? Or do you have a smaller tractor with a tiller?
>> Janet
>>
> Well, depends on the size garden and location. My veggie garden is 50' X
> 50' and it's fenced, so I can't manuever in there with a tractor. I own a
> 5' roto tiller that attaches to my tractor but I've never used it, I
> bought it thinking I was going to plant a fruit orchard, but for many
> reasons canceled that idea. When first making my veggie garden I needed a
> pretty big tiller to break up virgin ground so I bought an 8 horsepower
> rototiller... had I known then what I know now I would have rented one...
> because once the ground is busted up all one needs thereafter is one of
> those little Mantis tillers... wonderful little machines. So what are you
> planning?
The leaves from last Fall have been reduced to compost and run through the
chipper/shredder. The original pile of chopped leaves was 15x15x6. That's
my husband's personal hobby -- making compost. All winter he turns the pile
by hand and keeps the temp. at 160F or so. About half went on the main
garden, another 6 carts full went into the winter squash bed. The rest will
be used as surface mulch/weed control for the rock gardens around the creek.
The main garden was rototilled last Tuesday. This weekend the weather
should finally be warm enough to put some plants out. I've started
tomatoes, 4 varieties of winter squash, one zucchini (Romanesco -- I thought
that it looked interesting) bell peppers, banana peppers, jalapeno and
Anaheim peppers, basil, tomatillos and broccoli. The compost didn't get
off the potato bed in time to start potatoes because of unseasonable cold
and wet weather, so no potatoes this year. I really only grow potatoes so
that I can try the unusual varieties. I may plant some lettuce and who
knows what in that bed. I'll seed corn, cucumbers and 3 kinds of bush beans
in the main garden to keep the started plants company. The new herb garden I
started last year looks good. I've interseeded that bed with larkspur and
nasturtium and sweet peas along the fence. I'll be able to dig horseradish
this fall, but the rhubarb I planted last year was still too puny to do any
harvest this year. That's about it, unless the neighbor lady has some extra
plant of something that I will tuck in here and there.

Are you trying any different varieties or crops this year? Are there
veggies that you have tried that you won't grow again?

Janet

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"brooklyn1" > wrote in
:

> I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>
> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough
> that I was able to mow my 4 acre back field for the first
> time, used to be a hay field and it was already in seed, that
> takes a full day's labor every week just to mow and keep the
> forest from growing back.
>
> Gotta start somewhe
> http://i44.tinypic.com/110j82e.jpg
> Keep going:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/34pxerl.jpg
> Almost:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/2lvb693.jpg
> Job well done:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/de9x6t.jpg
> Tenants:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/aw9wdx.jpg
> Hummers are back:
> http://i41.tinypic.com/x5qjvn.jpg
>
> I planned to start string trimming today but it looks like
> rain... I sure hope not as I plan to till my veggie garden
> this weekend and I need it to dry out. Oops is raining now.

BeeeeeUtiful! Lucky you!!

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"pure kona" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 May 2009 15:05:32 GMT, "brooklyn1"
> > wrote:
>
>>I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>>
>>Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was
>>able
>>to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
>>it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to
>>mow
>>and keep the forest from growing back.
>
> Beautiful!!! Where do you live Sheldon? Looks like mid-south? With
> Canadian geese:). Gorgeous green color.

I live in NY's Catskills... and it's Canada geese. I've been to all the US
states except Hawaii... can't you build a tunnel... I ain't flying ever
again. I love the four distinct seasons. My brother retired to Florida,
he hates it, only two seasons there, hot and hotter.

> We live in Hawaii where we do not get that new spring green, and we
> saw that same green on a trip to M) last week, to visit family. That
> green is beautiful!!
>
> Trimming. We do have to prune each of our multi-thousand coffee
> trees once a year- just one branch, but we have over the year, figured
> out we could pile them high, instead of trimming them to bits, and
> within 3 years, they have decomposed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> aloha,
> Cea

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"Jean B." > wrote in message
...

> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd like
> that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>
> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>

I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually don't see
my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other day. Obviously a
repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat) hovered over the Sheppard's
hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I didn't have a meal ready for him,
but I'm going to wait until nearly June to start hanging the feeder. It's a
lot of work to keep these guys in fresh and clean food. :)

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On Thu 14 May 2009 07:12:55p, Cheryl told us...

>
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd like
>> that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>>
>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>>
>
> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually don't
> see my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other day.
> Obviously a repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat) hovered over
> the Sheppard's hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I didn't have a
> meal ready for him, but I'm going to wait until nearly June to start
> hanging the feeder. It's a lot of work to keep these guys in fresh and
> clean food. :)

Believe it or not, we get a huge number of several different types of
hummingbirds here in the greater Phoenix area throughout the year. I'm
guessing it's because we have many ever-blooming plants that seem to appeal
to them. We don't use a feeder, but they're in our yard almost every day.
Even at my office I see them at least several times a week. They're
wonderful to watch and so beautiful.

--
Wayne Boatwright
------------------------------------------------------------------------
High ~tech tomatoes. Mysterious milk. Supersquash. Are we
supposed to eat this stuff? Or is it going to eat us? ~Annita Manning

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Cheryl wrote:
>
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd
>> like that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>>
>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>>
>
> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually don't
> see my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other day.
> Obviously a repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat) hovered over
> the Sheppard's hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I didn't have a
> meal ready for him, but I'm going to wait until nearly June to start
> hanging the feeder. It's a lot of work to keep these guys in fresh and
> clean food. :)
>
Oh we do, I'm sure, but it is hard to see them. The second time,
which was over ten years ago, I initially thought it was a large
bumblebee!

--
Jean B.

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Cheryl wrote:
>
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd
>> like that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>>
>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>>
>
> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually don't
> see my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other day.
> Obviously a repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat) hovered over
> the Sheppard's hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I didn't have a
> meal ready for him, but I'm going to wait until nearly June to start
> hanging the feeder. It's a lot of work to keep these guys in fresh and
> clean food. :)
>
PS: Yes, I was not imagining I saw "humming birds" as the post
slipped past my grasp. Ack! That conjures up odd visions.

--
Jean B.

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On Fri, 15 May 2009 06:22:58 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd
>>> like that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>>>
>>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>>>
>>
>> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually don't
>> see my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other day.
>> Obviously a repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat) hovered over
>> the Sheppard's hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I didn't have a
>> meal ready for him, but I'm going to wait until nearly June to start
>> hanging the feeder. It's a lot of work to keep these guys in fresh and
>> clean food. :)
>>
>Oh we do, I'm sure, but it is hard to see them. The second time,
>which was over ten years ago, I initially thought it was a large
>bumblebee!


I see you have a few of our tourists hanging around, tell them to come
home as the family is all here now except them. There's a little lake
about 5 min. from here where you can sit and feed them from your hand.
It's alittle intimidating having a few hundred surround you wanting a
snak, you'd better have enough. ;)

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On May 14, 9:12*pm, "Cheryl" > wrote:
>
>
> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! *

She must be dating the wrong guys.

--Bryan

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"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd like
>>> that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>>>
>>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>>>
>>
>> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually don't
>> see my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other day.
>> Obviously a repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat) hovered over
>> the Sheppard's hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I didn't have a
>> meal ready for him, but I'm going to wait until nearly June to start
>> hanging the feeder. It's a lot of work to keep these guys in fresh and
>> clean food. :)
>>
> Oh we do, I'm sure, but it is hard to see them. The second time, which
> was over ten years ago, I initially thought it was a large bumblebee!
>
> --
> Jean B.



There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often mistaken
for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's actually a
moth that is attracted to flowers :)

Jill

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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cheryl wrote:
>>>
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd like
>>>> that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>>>>
>>>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually don't
>>> see my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other day.
>>> Obviously a repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat) hovered over
>>> the Sheppard's hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I didn't have a
>>> meal ready for him, but I'm going to wait until nearly June to start
>>> hanging the feeder. It's a lot of work to keep these guys in fresh and
>>> clean food. :)
>>>
>> Oh we do, I'm sure, but it is hard to see them. The second time, which
>> was over ten years ago, I initially thought it was a large bumblebee!
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
>
>
> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often mistaken
> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's actually a
> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
>
> Jill
One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms can
strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
tomatoes overnight. [:{
Janet

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jmcquown wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cheryl wrote:
>>>
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> You make me very grateful that I don't have that much to mow. I'd
>>>> like that much land, but mostly wooded and wild.
>>>>
>>>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm surprised you don't get hummers in MA! Here in MD I usually
>>> don't see my regulars until June, but I saw a transient the other
>>> day. Obviously a repeat visitor because he (BRIGHT red throat)
>>> hovered over the Sheppard's hook I hang the feeder on. I felt bad I
>>> didn't have a meal ready for him, but I'm going to wait until nearly
>>> June to start hanging the feeder. It's a lot of work to keep these
>>> guys in fresh and clean food. :)
>>>
>> Oh we do, I'm sure, but it is hard to see them. The second time,
>> which was over ten years ago, I initially thought it was a large
>> bumblebee!
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
>
>
> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often
> mistaken for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's
> actually a moth that is attracted to flowers :)
>
> Jill

So, since it was at a distance, maybe I did not even see one a
second time. :-(

--
Jean B.

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On Thu, 14 May 2009 15:05:32 GMT, brooklyn1 wrote:

> I know I've been missed but not to worry, I've been busy.
>
> Yesterday for the first time this season it dried out enough that I was able
> to mow my 4 acre back field for the first time, used to be a hay field and
> it was already in seed, that takes a full day's labor every week just to mow
> and keep the forest from growing back.

Wow. You're a regular Forest Gump.

Now I see understand why you're so envious of my house.

-sw

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On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:

> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often mistaken
>> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's actually a
>> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
>>
>> Jill
> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
> tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms can
> strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
> tomatoes overnight. [:{
> Janet

worms, hell! those are snakes!

your pal,
blake

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Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Jean B." > : in
> rec.food.cooking
>
>> I have only seen humming birds twice in my life. Lucky you!
>
> Really? We get a lot of them. Last year there seemed to be a huge number
> of them around. We have a couple of feeders out and we have plants that
> will attract them. Feeders go out about the end of April until about the
> 2nd week of October.
>
> Michael
>
I haven't gone out of my way to attract them. Maybe after I move.

--
Jean B.

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"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often
>>> mistaken
>>> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's actually a
>>> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
>>>
>>> Jill
>> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
>> tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms can
>> strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
>> tomatoes overnight. [:{
>> Janet
>
> worms, hell! those are snakes!
>
> your pal,
> blake
Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave green
poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am spooked by these
things. I take care of them by cutting them in half with the pruning
shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes out. (Apologies, my
finger must have hit the wrong key. I meant 3-inch long, not 5. 5 would be
truly horrific.)
Janet

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Janet Bostwick wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote

>>> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane
>>> to tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick
>>> worms can strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size
>>> holes in the tomatoes overnight. [:{

>> worms, hell! those are snakes!

> Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave
> green poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am
> spooked by these things. I take care of them by cutting them in half
> with the pruning shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes
> out.

They are monsters! I didn't know they would click at you, it's
even worse than I remember. I'm terrified of them. You're
supposed to pick them by hand? I wouldn't pick them with
OJ Simpson's hand! Blech!! To make matters worse, they are
the same color as the tomato plant, you might touch one by
accident. Ahh!

nancy, going to have nightmares tonight, just planted tomatoes today

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On May 16, 9:06*pm, "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> >>> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often
> >>> mistaken
> >>> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). *But it's actually a
> >>> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
>
> >>> Jill
> >> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
> >> tomato growers. *A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms can
> >> strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
> >> tomatoes overnight. *[:{
> >> Janet
>
> > worms, hell! *those are snakes!
>
> > your pal,
> > blake
>
> Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. *Besides, they don't leave green
> poop everywhere and click ominously at you. *I seriously am spooked by these
> things. *I take care of them by cutting them in half with the pruning
> shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes out. *(Apologies, my
> finger must have hit the wrong key. *I meant 3-inch long, not 5. *5 would be
> truly horrific.)

So the threat of Sheldon's 5 and a HALF inches would send you into a
panic?

Right now he's thinking about Barb, something about a "fountain". You
could be next.

As you said, "Snakes are more pleasant and attractive."

> Janet

--Bryan

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In article >,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> >
> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>>
> >>> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often
> >>> mistaken
> >>> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's actually a
> >>> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
> >> tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms can
> >> strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
> >> tomatoes overnight. [:{
> >> Janet
> >
> > worms, hell! those are snakes!
> >
> > your pal,
> > blake
> Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave green
> poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am spooked by these
> things. I take care of them by cutting them in half with the pruning
> shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes out. (Apologies, my
> finger must have hit the wrong key. I meant 3-inch long, not 5. 5 would be
> truly horrific.)
> Janet

I've seen them 5" long. <g>

When I had poultry, I used to simply toss one in the hen yard.
Gloriously entertaining! One hen would grab it and run, and others
would chase her. Sometimes they'd end up in a tug of war.

Then one would get into a corner away from the others, beat it against
the ground a few times and swallow it down like a big fat noodle!

Ducks were more sedate if they got ahold of it, They'd just swallow it
down alive...
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

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In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> Janet Bostwick wrote:
> > "blake murphy" > wrote
>
> >>> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane
> >>> to tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick
> >>> worms can strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size
> >>> holes in the tomatoes overnight. [:{
>
> >> worms, hell! those are snakes!
>
> > Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave
> > green poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am
> > spooked by these things. I take care of them by cutting them in half
> > with the pruning shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes
> > out.
>
> They are monsters! I didn't know they would click at you, it's
> even worse than I remember. I'm terrified of them. You're
> supposed to pick them by hand? I wouldn't pick them with
> OJ Simpson's hand! Blech!! To make matters worse, they are
> the same color as the tomato plant, you might touch one by
> accident. Ahh!
>
> nancy, going to have nightmares tonight, just planted tomatoes today

Just spray your plants with BT and you won't have to worry about them.
Once I learned that from the gardening list, I never had to deal with
the damned things again.

A single one can wipe out a large tomato plant overnight. :-(

BT is considered to be organic since it's not a chemical pesticide.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

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Janet Bostwick wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often
>>>> mistaken
>>>> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's actually a
>>>> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
>>> tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms can
>>> strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
>>> tomatoes overnight. [:{
>>> Janet
>> worms, hell! those are snakes!
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
> Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave green
> poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am spooked by these
> things. I take care of them by cutting them in half with the pruning
> shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes out. (Apologies, my
> finger must have hit the wrong key. I meant 3-inch long, not 5. 5 would be
> truly horrific.)
> Janet
>
>
In the south a 5-inch hornworm is a baby, one of these devils can eat
all the leaves off a 5-foot tall tomato plant in a single day.

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In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Janet Bostwick wrote:
> > "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> >>
> >>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often
> >>>> mistaken
> >>>> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's actually a
> >>>> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Jill
> >>> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
> >>> tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms can
> >>> strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
> >>> tomatoes overnight. [:{
> >>> Janet
> >> worms, hell! those are snakes!
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> > Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave green
> > poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am spooked by
> > these
> > things. I take care of them by cutting them in half with the pruning
> > shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes out. (Apologies, my
> > finger must have hit the wrong key. I meant 3-inch long, not 5. 5 would
> > be
> > truly horrific.)
> > Janet
> >
> >
> In the south a 5-inch hornworm is a baby, one of these devils can eat
> all the leaves off a 5-foot tall tomato plant in a single day.

Yep. I've had it happen!
I've hand picked those suckers at dawn or dusk when they were active
enough to be easily spotted.

The chickens always loved them. <eg>
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

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"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
snip
> In the south a 5-inch hornworm is a baby, one of these devils can eat all
> the leaves off a 5-foot tall tomato plant in a single day.

That's what I didn't need to know (shudder)
Janet

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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>
>>>> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane
>>>> to tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick
>>>> worms can strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size
>>>> holes in the tomatoes overnight. [:{
>
>>> worms, hell! those are snakes!
>
>> Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave
>> green poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am
>> spooked by these things. I take care of them by cutting them in half
>> with the pruning shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes
>> out.
>
> They are monsters! I didn't know they would click at you, it's even worse
> than I remember. I'm terrified of them. You're supposed to pick them by
> hand? I wouldn't pick them with
> OJ Simpson's hand! Blech!! To make matters worse, they are
> the same color as the tomato plant, you might touch one by accident. Ahh!
>
> nancy, going to have nightmares tonight, just planted tomatoes today

The clicking is actually helpful. If you suspect that you have hornworms on
your plants but can't find them, shake the plant. The worms will click and
you can track them by sound.
Janet

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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> > "blake murphy" > wrote
>>
>> >>> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane
>> >>> to tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick
>> >>> worms can strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size
>> >>> holes in the tomatoes overnight. [:{
>>
>> >> worms, hell! those are snakes!
>>
>> > Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave
>> > green poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am
>> > spooked by these things. I take care of them by cutting them in half
>> > with the pruning shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes
>> > out.
>>
>> They are monsters! I didn't know they would click at you, it's
>> even worse than I remember. I'm terrified of them. You're
>> supposed to pick them by hand? I wouldn't pick them with
>> OJ Simpson's hand! Blech!! To make matters worse, they are
>> the same color as the tomato plant, you might touch one by
>> accident. Ahh!
>>
>> nancy, going to have nightmares tonight, just planted tomatoes today
>
> Just spray your plants with BT and you won't have to worry about them.
> Once I learned that from the gardening list, I never had to deal with
> the damned things again.
>
> A single one can wipe out a large tomato plant overnight. :-(
>
> BT is considered to be organic since it's not a chemical pesticide.
> --
> Peace! Om
>
BT is great stuff. It also keeps you from having to apologize to your
guests for the dead worms in their broccoli ;o{ Never happened to me and my
broccoli, but I did have worm broccoli on my plate at someone's house.
Janet

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"Omelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:04 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> >
>> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >>>
>> >>> There is also something called a hummingbird moth which is often
>> >>> mistaken
>> >>> for a baby hummingbird (or a very large bumblebee). But it's
>> >>> actually a
>> >>> moth that is attracted to flowers :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Jill
>> >> One of the species turns into the voracious Tomato Hornworm, a bane to
>> >> tomato growers. A couple of the 5-inch long and finger thick worms
>> >> can
>> >> strip the foliage from a tomato plant and drill dime-size holes in the
>> >> tomatoes overnight. [:{
>> >> Janet
>> >
>> > worms, hell! those are snakes!
>> >
>> > your pal,
>> > blake
>> Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave green
>> poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am spooked by
>> these
>> things. I take care of them by cutting them in half with the pruning
>> shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes out. (Apologies, my
>> finger must have hit the wrong key. I meant 3-inch long, not 5. 5 would
>> be
>> truly horrific.)
>> Janet
>
> I've seen them 5" long. <g>
>
> When I had poultry, I used to simply toss one in the hen yard.
> Gloriously entertaining! One hen would grab it and run, and others
> would chase her. Sometimes they'd end up in a tug of war.
>
> Then one would get into a corner away from the others, beat it against
> the ground a few times and swallow it down like a big fat noodle!
>
> Ducks were more sedate if they got ahold of it, They'd just swallow it
> down alive...
> --
> Peace! Om
>
Now that's entertainment!!! I'd enjoy that.
Janet

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In article >,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> > Just spray your plants with BT and you won't have to worry about them.
> > Once I learned that from the gardening list, I never had to deal with
> > the damned things again.
> >
> > A single one can wipe out a large tomato plant overnight. :-(
> >
> > BT is considered to be organic since it's not a chemical pesticide.
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >
> BT is great stuff. It also keeps you from having to apologize to your
> guests for the dead worms in their broccoli ;o{ Never happened to me and my
> broccoli, but I did have worm broccoli on my plate at someone's house.
> Janet

I need to spray some on my passion fruit vines.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

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In article > ,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> >> Snakes are more pleasant and attractive. Besides, they don't leave green
> >> poop everywhere and click ominously at you. I seriously am spooked by
> >> these
> >> things. I take care of them by cutting them in half with the pruning
> >> shears -- and then all the green worm jelly oozes out. (Apologies, my
> >> finger must have hit the wrong key. I meant 3-inch long, not 5. 5 would
> >> be
> >> truly horrific.)
> >> Janet
> >
> > I've seen them 5" long. <g>
> >
> > When I had poultry, I used to simply toss one in the hen yard.
> > Gloriously entertaining! One hen would grab it and run, and others
> > would chase her. Sometimes they'd end up in a tug of war.
> >
> > Then one would get into a corner away from the others, beat it against
> > the ground a few times and swallow it down like a big fat noodle!
> >
> > Ducks were more sedate if they got ahold of it, They'd just swallow it
> > down alive...
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >
> Now that's entertainment!!! I'd enjoy that.
> Janet

It was pretty amusing. <eg>
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.