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The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed!

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To: Corin Stormhands

Hehehe.....was checking out the list of retired hurricane names. Both my names are on there.


661 posted on 08/27/2005 5:40:50 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed

Morning OT - hmmm standing water, saturated conditions, hydric soil, could we have a wetland forming?

It will be nice to have some sun, ground was squishy at the park last night. Gypsygirl stayed mostly on the sidewalks.

We'll see what the day has in store for us once we return from Gypsy's constitutional. She is presently laying on the door, facing the door.


662 posted on 08/27/2005 5:43:23 AM PDT by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Morning Rose - congrats on the follow-up interview. We're all on your side.


663 posted on 08/27/2005 5:46:04 AM PDT by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Overtaxed

4 Weeks more? Isn't there a way of factoring in hurricane to your field assessment sheets?

We're off. BBL


664 posted on 08/27/2005 5:48:55 AM PDT by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: osagebowman
could we have a wetland forming?

Yikes! Hope the Army Corps of Engineers aren't lurking about.

665 posted on 08/27/2005 5:55:10 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: osagebowman

Well...I guess there would be if the hurricane didn't flatten the crop.


666 posted on 08/27/2005 5:56:31 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed; Rose in RoseBear
Show up in something different.

Or...show 'em you're really versatile. Show up as someone completely different.

667 posted on 08/27/2005 5:57:59 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Overtaxed; osagebowman

Speaking of crops, I gots garden questions.

I'm going to be digging up the entire side garden to install the dry stream bed around the end of September. Can't get it done before then, but that should give me sufficient time before first frost.

I have some pampas grass that I planted in a pot this spring. It's about 12-18 inches high. Do I need to winter that inside? Or do you think I can put it in the ground? The pampas grass I planted last year didn't make it. The other grasses did.


668 posted on 08/27/2005 6:00:44 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

HHmmmmm.....I don't have much "sperience" with pampas grass. From what I've found out on the web it's normally planted in the spring ("propagated by clump division in the spring.") The thing I'd worry about is whether it can get its roots established before th cold weather sets in.


669 posted on 08/27/2005 6:18:45 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: osagebowman; Overtaxed

heh, we don't have standing water... course, we don't have any flat spots...

hay beans I planted last Friday in the food plot are up nice... been runnin' the same four longbeards off'n it fer the last three days...

want to get the small plots in today... turnips, hay beans, wheat and rye...


670 posted on 08/27/2005 6:22:56 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad

~sip~

I'm checking out to see what I can plant now....probably turnips and lettuce and such. Might be too late fer collards.

I planted some grass for the cat a few days ago.


671 posted on 08/27/2005 6:24:56 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed

Yeah, that's what I'm wondering. I've got a couple other clumps I planted as established plants. They should be okay. 'Course I AM gonna move everything. It was $2.00 worth of seed, so losing it wouldn't be tragic.

I figure though if I move the rest of the stuff around the end of September, first of October and mulch really well I should be okay. I'm mostly movin' daylilies and iris anyway. And planting the 200-ish bulbs I ordered this week.

Check these out:
http://www.gardeners.com/Shopping/sell.asp?ProdGroupID=20210&DeptPGID=20507&lstCategory=0&RecGroupNum=2

What do you think?


672 posted on 08/27/2005 6:25:01 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Rose in RoseBear

woohoo!! great news Rose...

I'm afraid that I can't help with fashion questions...


673 posted on 08/27/2005 6:26:36 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Overtaxed

like to get some spinach, lettuce and peas in the garden... mebbe a few tunips..


674 posted on 08/27/2005 6:30:27 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Corin Stormhands

Hmmmm......do those things work? I wouldn't mind having some hummingbird-friendly flowers around.


675 posted on 08/27/2005 6:32:13 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: g'nad

'Course last years the varmints dug up muh turnips.


676 posted on 08/27/2005 6:33:00 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Rose in RoseBear

Yay! I hope this is the one for ya, right off! That'd be awesome!

As for the outfit dilemna...I'd say Sys Admin guy wouldn't notice if you wore the same thing, but others might...

I hope my interview process is just one interview and hire! I've never been anywhere where they did a second interview...what do those generally involve? Just introducing you to more of the company?


677 posted on 08/27/2005 7:00:24 AM PDT by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: g'nad

Morning G'nad. Concur on the lack of flat spots. "It's not the hills are high, it's the valleys what are low" is the way it was described to me.

Sounds like a good crop for the plots, the critters will enjoy them. Hmmm. Longbeards. Seeing more of them this year than I usually do.

Sunny day and too soggy for yard work means some quality time with rasp on wood. The rear deck seems the best place to undertake this. The snakey blank is commencing to resemble a bow.


678 posted on 08/27/2005 7:16:32 AM PDT by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Overtaxed

"Retired both my names" They retired "over" and "taxed"? amazing. :-)


679 posted on 08/27/2005 7:18:32 AM PDT by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Overtaxed
Looks like it's swinging towards New Orleans

RuhRoh. That would be VEY bad!

680 posted on 08/27/2005 7:20:56 AM PDT by SuziQ
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