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Post by steev on Feb 18, 2021 5:24:44 GMT -5
Anent that, I'm thinking about transplanting various "weeds" to the farm; these are largely species brought from Europe, intentionally or otherwise, which are nutritionally useful while needing no care: dandelion; chickweed; cheese-weed; plantain; and miner's lettuce come to mind; none of them being endemic to the farm area, I think for both climatic reasons and ethnic stock cultural reasons; folks here are ranchers, not farmers; I'm used to sticking out, so I don't mind; SOS.
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Post by steev on May 3, 2021 14:20:06 GMT -5
Walking around for errands and exercise, I've noticed two blooming Protea shrubs, varieties new to me, quite spectacular in bloom; got to get cuttings of those for rooting; think I should start a Protea collection. I value their durability as cut flowers, like my Cymbidiums.
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Post by flowerbug on May 16, 2021 21:02:49 GMT -5
not much rains out there this past season. hope you're doing ok there?
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Post by flowerbug on Jul 27, 2021 17:17:42 GMT -5
i hope you didn't get burned out? how are you doing?
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Post by xdrix on Aug 6, 2021 9:29:40 GMT -5
Hello steev, how are you?
What give your protea collection?
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Post by steev on Aug 8, 2021 16:27:56 GMT -5
Far as I know, there's been no fire near the farm, but I've not been there since January.
I've not started rooting Proteas; another project on hold.
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Post by xdrix on Aug 9, 2021 4:11:12 GMT -5
J'ai entendu dire que tu as le dixit fire depuis six mois j'espère que tu auras une meilleure année. C'est effrayant ! In france after three years of drought we have a year extremly humid.
So humid that the wheat is not harvested in the region picardie.
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Post by flowerbug on Aug 9, 2021 8:06:27 GMT -5
glad to see you still up and able.  is that a long time to be away from the place out in the country? i'm such a home-body here that i'm rarely away for even a day. |
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Post by steev on Aug 9, 2021 14:50:24 GMT -5
For seventeen years I've gone at least once weekly.
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Post by flowerbug on Aug 9, 2021 20:53:11 GMT -5
wow, that's a lot of trips. |
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Post by reed on Sept 2, 2021 16:26:23 GMT -5
Steev, I'm sorry to hear your streak of visiting your farm has been broken. Fire & Smoke? SARS CoV-2? Transportation? Bands of rabid trumpanzies? In any event I hope you make it back there soon.
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Post by steev on Sept 4, 2021 11:28:18 GMT -5
It's smokey, but it's really that I drove my truck into a ravine and haven't scored another yet.
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Post by flowerbug on Sept 8, 2021 9:12:18 GMT -5
oh bummer... hope you can get some wheels and visit the place soon! |
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Post by steev on Oct 7, 2021 22:06:45 GMT -5
Thanks, that would be therapeutic, but I don't know how soon it will happen. MY landlady thinks I should apply to Trader Vic's or Walmart; I'm kind of stuck on if that would work.
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Post by flowerbug on Oct 9, 2021 23:37:23 GMT -5
not sure what that means? |
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is that a long time to be away from the place out in the country? i'm such a home-body here that i'm rarely away for even a day.