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Weekly Gardening Thread (Transplanting Tomatoes) Vol. 10, March 9, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012 | JustaDumbBlonde

Posted on 03/09/2012 10:51:08 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde

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To: tillacum

Congrats on the weight loss! I’ve lost 10 too, by reducing the size of my portions to half. Finally got straightened out on the Lyme disease I’ve battled for nearly 4 years, and was able to stop some medications that had weight gain as a side effect.


181 posted on 03/11/2012 8:58:22 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Before I figured out it was Java, I was so disgusted I was considering a switch to Firefox (which I have used before) or Chrome. Thanks for the input on Chrome. BTW, when I ‘googled’ the error message and got answers, it did give the versions of Java that had the ‘bug’ that was causing my problem.

My nephew was in California playing tennis and the match was underway, my brother was frantically texting me to watch & couldn’t understand why I couldn’t get it .... I didn’t have time to download the latest Java. Thank goodness someone suggested the compatability view .... I pulled it up, typed in the web address for the livestreaming link and voila ... tennis! I saw the last couple of points of his doubles match, but it was better than seeing nothing. :-)

BTW, see this post on the Recipe Thread ... I think you will find it most interesting:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2857329/posts?page=37#37


182 posted on 03/11/2012 9:45:15 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: tillacum

Lots of rain here in the last three or four days and it looks like most of the rest of today will be rain.


183 posted on 03/11/2012 9:48:47 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Congrats on your weight loss too. I didn’t know you’d picked up the lyme desease. I’m so sorry to hear you did. It is a terrible thing to experience. I’m happy, thought, that you are licking it.


184 posted on 03/11/2012 9:51:16 AM PDT by tillacum
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To: Red_Devil 232

I love the rain. Of course I was born and raised in a “rain forest”, SE Alaska. We don’t get inches of rain up there, we measure by the year/foot.


185 posted on 03/11/2012 9:59:19 AM PDT by tillacum
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To: tillacum
"Of course I was born and raised in a “rain forest”, SE Alaska."

We are planning on taking our camper up there during summer 2013. My late inlaws, back in the 60's and 70's, used to make that drive at least every other year! From Louisiana, seems like a once-in-a-lifetime drive to me and they did it a dozen times. Took 5 or 6 days to get there.

186 posted on 03/11/2012 10:18:16 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: MissMagnolia
I downloaded and installed the program, but haven't had a chance to play with it yet.

Feature that I'm enjoying in Chrome ... it spell checks while you are typing, just like Word does.

187 posted on 03/11/2012 10:21:38 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

FireFox does that same spell check as you finish typing a word. When posting on FR you don’t have to do that extra step to check spelling.


188 posted on 03/11/2012 11:00:59 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Thanks for the thread JaDB!

Seed starting question for anyone:

I have one grow light (2 bulbs in a 48” reflecting shop light) over an old table in the basement. I have no access to the two sunny windows in my house.

How can I keep the grow-light close enough to the seedlings, when they grow at different rates, and are planted at different times?

189 posted on 03/11/2012 12:41:23 PM PDT by fanfan (This is not my Father's Ontario. http://www.ontariolandowners.ca/)
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To: tillacum

Our pup is SO happy the sun is out again and she can go for walks and play in the yard. We have been stuck in the house with a 50+ lb Old English Sheep dog that thinks she is a lap dog. Not good.


190 posted on 03/11/2012 1:57:50 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

I’ve never travelled the Alcan, but my sister has done it quite a few times. She and her husband would travel in May to take advantage of the berries, which she canned as they travelled and the fiddle head ferns, plus other wild veggies along the way.

They took their time, sometimes 2/3 weeks, depending on their schedule, picking berries, canning, goofing around, and whatever they did. She loved it.


191 posted on 03/11/2012 2:37:17 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: Arrowhead1952

Oh my stars, I can imagine the pups happiness, after being cooped up all those days.


192 posted on 03/11/2012 2:41:52 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: Arrowhead1952

Your 50# sheep dog sounds like my Dad’s boxer, he thought he was a lap dog too...and he liked to “kiss” whoever allowed him on their lap. Thank goodness my lap wasn’t long enough for him.


193 posted on 03/11/2012 2:44:29 PM PDT by tillacum
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To: fanfan

FanFan, (I’m new at least so.....) I would just focus on the taller of the bunch, they say you can keep them 2” away from most seedlings.

I’m planning on using jack chain attached to ceiling hooks and shortening the chains with zip ties as I go.

I just picked up full spectrum 4’ T8s lamps @ Home Depot and changed my ballast for T8s, I’m an electrician so that part was easy, just hoping the full spectrum lamps will work - they’re certainly bright enough!


194 posted on 03/11/2012 3:41:29 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: fanfan
"How can I keep the grow-light close enough to the seedlings, when they grow at different rates, and are planted at different times?"

I really don't have a good answer for that one, fanfan. Think what I would do is try to group the seedlings into 2 heights and put them under the light for 12-hour shifts, and adjust the light for the other group. Might be able to do three 8-hours. You can always keep the shorter ones around when lighting the taller group(s).

195 posted on 03/11/2012 3:52:43 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: tillacum

We were planning on doing some fishing and I was going to can some along the way, but I had never even thought about the berries. Great idea! I’d like to charter a boat for halibut, and I’m not sure what part of Alaska is the best for that. The trip is still in the planning stages and I have research to do.


196 posted on 03/11/2012 3:56:13 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Another thing you could do - put a 2x6 or two under the short seedlings to bring them up to the height of the taller seedlings perhaps?


197 posted on 03/11/2012 4:37:31 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: Sparky1776; fanfan

Great idea Sparky. Then you don’t have to adjust the light up and down.


198 posted on 03/11/2012 5:48:47 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: tillacum
We have a neighbor who has a 90 lb Pit Bull mix and it is allergic to grass, tree, and every other pollen. They have a 90 lb lap dog that has to stay inside 24/7 and is driving them crazy. I see her almost every day on our walks.
199 posted on 03/11/2012 6:24:25 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, thanks for the rain, but please let it rain more in Texas. Amen.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Ketchikan,Junea, Sitka are about the best for halibut, I think, but I’m from the panhandle and think they have the best fish, clams, etc.


200 posted on 03/11/2012 6:39:01 PM PDT by tillacum
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