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Weekly Gardening Thread (Vacation?) Vol. 6, February 17, 2012
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| Red_Devil 232
Posted on 02/17/2012 12:49:07 PM PST by Red_Devil 232
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To: Red_Devil 232
We were only there a year or so...I was eight. We spent a week on the ‘Big Island’...rode over on a LST (?) thru rough waters...didn’t think it was possible to puke that much...OMG...it was hell. Excepting the Lake Champlain ferries; I haven’t been on a boat since.
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02/17/2012 6:28:25 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: left that other site
My jalapenos have always produced in abundance! Matter of fact any hot pepper I have grown has done well. It has been a different story for my sweet bells. I have gotten so so production out of them except for last year when I tried some Pimentos they did great. Picked in there green stage and they are just like a green Bell. They ripen to the wonderful red we are all used to seeing in the jars at the supermarket.
![Photobucket](http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn182/wjb123/100_0671.jpg)
A few fresh figs on the left and an egg for size.
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02/17/2012 6:33:08 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: who knows what evil?
Wow! My family took me out of school and I missed few weeks at a time because they had me going to the Big Island and a couple of others on an LST. They thought it was important to see the country. I am a member of the Halema`uma`u poopd pedestrians.
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02/17/2012 6:44:15 PM PST
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
OMG! I remember the Sandalwood Trail, and that certificate! (I think my Dad has them socked away somewhere, but he lives a long way from where I am.) We saw the black sand beach, had teriyaki for the first time at lunch, checked out the Lava Tubes.
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posted on
02/17/2012 7:11:57 PM PST
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who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Red_Devil 232
To: who knows what evil?
I think my Mom and Dad saved everything that was considered an event in their and my life. My father even took pictures of us on the deck of that LST and the bunks we were sleeping in. He was a prolific picture taker.
I have a Mason jar of black sand from the Black Sand Beach that my Mom collected. It is supposed to be bad luck to take the sand. I have read where people have sent their black sand back to Hawaii because of the supposed bad luck. I think in 1959 it was not considered to be bad luck but when the PC Liberal crowd thought that all that sand would be taken away they created a myth.
All my Dad's pictures are packed up in a box right now. After our move and when I have time I will post a few.
My Mom and Dad surprised me with a visit when my squadron was training in the Philippines just before we deployed to Da Nang, Vietnam.
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02/17/2012 7:52:39 PM PST
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
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02/17/2012 8:38:31 PM PST
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txhurl
To: Red_Devil 232
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02/17/2012 9:04:23 PM PST
by
dennisw
(A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
To: Red_Devil 232
Thanks Red_Devil 232. I picked this up the other day, it's a special extra issue from
Fine Gardening mag, a publication I'd never heard of prior to this.
![Starting from Seed](http://store.finegardening.com/media/catalog/product/cache/4/image/318x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/4/044036.jpg)
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posted on
02/18/2012 5:00:12 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(FReep this FReepathon!)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Jack is in his second semester of Community College, on the Computer Engineering Technology track with thoughts of switching to EE.
After a lack-luster high school performance, he has caught fire, getting two As and two Bs in his first semester.
Thanks for asking.
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02/18/2012 5:14:42 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
To: Red_Devil 232
LOL. Now that’s ironic. The first time I heard about Arkansas Traveler was from your posting on one of the Weekly Gardening Threads. LOL.
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posted on
02/18/2012 5:29:13 AM PST
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: Tatze
Thanks
I looked at the second link earlier this week, but the towns they use are all in Northern Connecticut where it’s much cooler. That’s part of my confusion.
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02/18/2012 5:37:54 AM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Red_Devil 232
I love that picture.
And the print on your moms’ shirt would still be fashionable today!
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posted on
02/18/2012 7:48:39 AM PST
by
JRochelle
(Note to the MSM: Unemployment has been higher under every month of Obama than any month under Bush.)
To: Redleg Duke
I’m so happy for you and for him! I remember you said that he was thinking of studying EE, but I didn’t know he was is college already. That is remarkable, considering his previous disinterest in academic pursuits; but that happens to lots of people — particularly boys.
Does he still live at home?
To: JRochelle
It would not surprise me if she made the outfit she is wearing. She loved to sew and collected all kinds of fabric on her travels. She collected a lot of Thai raw silk prints. I have an old footlocker in storage that is full of some of her fabrics.
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02/18/2012 8:44:26 AM PST
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
This morning I got up early and freshened up a corner of my garden for four rows of cabbage, brocolli, and onions. Got it all in. Tomorrow I’ll plant spinach and beets. Central piedmont area of NC.
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posted on
02/18/2012 9:52:22 AM PST
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perchprism
(To those about to revolt, we salute you.)
To: perchprism
Full day of steady rain here today nothing gets done outside.
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posted on
02/18/2012 10:06:13 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
Aquaponic Kale root growth - Week 6
![](http://www.pbase.com/wm25burke/image/141579025.jpg)
With the heat-exchanger reworked (ok the part that got reworked last week is just an old truck radiator that was rearranged in proximity to a 24V fan for better airflow... But heat-exchanger just sounds much more geeksterishly impressive than "old truck radiator", doesn't it?), the heating water is now up to 80 degrees on a sunny day. That keeps things warmer at night... and the growie things appear to be liking that a whole lot.
Both leaf and root growth on this guy have nearly doubled in two weeks.
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posted on
02/18/2012 1:14:01 PM PST
by
LomanBill
(Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
To: LomanBill
Looks like you are having great success with your system.
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posted on
02/18/2012 2:30:09 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
I knew you’d have a new home with A GARDEN. YIPPEE!!
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posted on
02/18/2012 3:13:10 PM PST
by
tillacum
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