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Been fighting a war in my garden the last couple of weeks: BUNNIES.
They've eaten ALL the echinacea & teasel I grow to feed songbirds
AND THE PARSLEY
Someone on Reddit told me about Irish Spring being effective
I'm gonna grate this shit like cheese all over my garden
bunnies will be blowing bubbles
They've eaten ALL the echinacea & teasel I grow to feed songbirds
AND THE PARSLEY
Someone on Reddit told me about Irish Spring being effective
I'm gonna grate this shit like cheese all over my garden
bunnies will be blowing bubbles
07:35 PM - Jun 13, 2023
if you hate weeding, never plant scabious
ever, ever
it's like the plant that never ends -
and it's worse than mint, BECAUSE AT LEAST MINT IS USEFUL
#gardeners #gardening #SpoutibleGardeners #feckingscabious
ever, ever
it's like the plant that never ends -
and it's worse than mint, BECAUSE AT LEAST MINT IS USEFUL
#gardeners #gardening #SpoutibleGardeners #feckingscabious
03:01 PM - May 31, 2023
08:27 PM - May 27, 2023
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From Kyle Griffin: Save the date: Adding to Trump's cluttered calendar, a Wisconsin judge has set a Sept. 3, 2024 start date — just two months before Election Day — for the jury trial in the lawsuit seeking $2.4 million in damages from Wisconsin's fake Republicans electors.
07:32 PM - May 27, 2023
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Rediscovered the names of two TB irises I'd bought but lost the tags of, thanks to Google Lens and @W4TERLILY !
1. Rio Rojo, bred by Schreiner, Registered in 2009
1. Rio Rojo, bred by Schreiner, Registered in 2009
04:55 PM - May 27, 2023
Thanks to @W4TERLILY it has now been identified!
Tall Bearded Iris, "Alcazar", bred in France in 1908 by Vilmorin; introduced in theVilmorin-Andrieu & Cie, catalogue de plantes 1918 - during WW1!
That means that my two earliest irises are both French in origin. Here's Sans Souci, introduced 1854:
Tall Bearded Iris, "Alcazar", bred in France in 1908 by Vilmorin; introduced in theVilmorin-Andrieu & Cie, catalogue de plantes 1918 - during WW1!
That means that my two earliest irises are both French in origin. Here's Sans Souci, introduced 1854:
03:26 PM - May 26, 2023
Anyone good at iris identification?? I've got me a mystery. Iris was here when we bought the house.
It was here w/ another iris, heirloom Sans Souci.
Base of foliage on Mystery Iris is NOT purple. Runs between 26-30" tall depending on how much rain we get and when. Rhizomes. Looks like a neglecta?
It was here w/ another iris, heirloom Sans Souci.
Base of foliage on Mystery Iris is NOT purple. Runs between 26-30" tall depending on how much rain we get and when. Rhizomes. Looks like a neglecta?
11:54 AM - May 26, 2023
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It's officially Tall Bearded Iris Season here at the cottage! These two are Celtic Skies, and Celtic Tartan. Celtic Tartan, the bloom you see here, measures 8cm/7in across. The scent is exquisite.
09:19 AM - May 25, 2023
People love those galvanized stock tanks for raised gardens, because of the aesthetic - but practically speaking, y'all gonna burn the crap out of your shins/knees on a hot day leaning over to harvest/water anything
09:10 AM - May 20, 2023
It is the year of our Beyonce 2023 and I am SO DONE with "medical professionals" acting ass-ignorant of basic germ theory trying to tell me it's safe to walk into a hospital full of maskless people for testing.
Whistling in the graveyard is one thing...dancing with Death is another.
Whistling in the graveyard is one thing...dancing with Death is another.
08:24 AM - May 20, 2023
Found and identified a native wildflower in my yard yesterday that I'd never seen here before:
Erigeron pulchellus — Robin's plantain fleabane
the key to the ident was the stems and the leaves. Hardly any serration to the leaves, and the stems were not green but purplish. #wildflowers
Erigeron pulchellus — Robin's plantain fleabane
the key to the ident was the stems and the leaves. Hardly any serration to the leaves, and the stems were not green but purplish. #wildflowers
07:59 AM - May 20, 2023
An exchange w/ friends yakking about the Con-A-Nation:
Me: WTF is Chucky *wearing*? What's that purple schmatta? It's giving King Friday from Mr. Rogers' Neighbourhood. I thought they spent £250 on this?
K: KING FRIDAY WOULD NEVER
K: YOU APOLOGIZE TO HIS MAJESTY KING FRIDAY XIII
Me: WTF is Chucky *wearing*? What's that purple schmatta? It's giving King Friday from Mr. Rogers' Neighbourhood. I thought they spent £250 on this?
K: KING FRIDAY WOULD NEVER
K: YOU APOLOGIZE TO HIS MAJESTY KING FRIDAY XIII
03:44 PM - May 06, 2023
PM report: Ruby-crowned Kinglet is back, and a new sighting: Brown Creeper, Certhia americana!
We're in the year round range for Brown Creeper, but I don't know if this one is migrating further north or is part of our "local borb collective". #MerlinBirdID #birdwatching
We're in the year round range for Brown Creeper, but I don't know if this one is migrating further north or is part of our "local borb collective". #MerlinBirdID #birdwatching
02:10 PM - May 05, 2023
Dr. Uché Blackstock nails it right here.
There was an opportunity, and two US administrations from BOTH parties caved to Big Money and abandoned us to death, disability, and despair.
There was an opportunity, and two US administrations from BOTH parties caved to Big Money and abandoned us to death, disability, and despair.
01:43 PM - May 05, 2023
Hey Ocean Frens -
If you're looking to plant Beautyberry in your yard (they're fun, berries are crazy purple, birds love them, people can eat them too)... & you live in USDA Zone 5?
Don't get Callicarpa americana.
Get Callicarpa dichotoma, the Asian cultivar instead, it'll survive Zone 5 winters
If you're looking to plant Beautyberry in your yard (they're fun, berries are crazy purple, birds love them, people can eat them too)... & you live in USDA Zone 5?
Don't get Callicarpa americana.
Get Callicarpa dichotoma, the Asian cultivar instead, it'll survive Zone 5 winters
01:36 PM - May 05, 2023
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REINFECTION EVERY 60 DAYS ?
😨
"Our findings indicate that the time between confirmed primary infections and reinfections with different Omicron subvariants is frequently shorter than the 90-day definition of reinfections used by the CDC."
😨
"Our findings indicate that the time between confirmed primary infections and reinfections with different Omicron subvariants is frequently shorter than the 90-day definition of reinfections used by the CDC."
12:08 PM - May 04, 2023
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Love this shirt.
Has the pandemic turned me into a misanthrope?
If it has, whose fault is that, really? Sit with that a bit.
btw you can get this shirt on sale right now
40% off
https://www.etsy.com/listi...
Has the pandemic turned me into a misanthrope?
If it has, whose fault is that, really? Sit with that a bit.
btw you can get this shirt on sale right now
40% off
https://www.etsy.com/listi...
11:42 AM - May 04, 2023
2023: aka the Justice Clarence Thomas Scandal-A-Day Desk Calendar
I'm old enough to remember Anita Hill telling Joe Biden that Clarence was not to be trusted...
I'm old enough to remember Anita Hill telling Joe Biden that Clarence was not to be trusted...
10:02 AM - May 04, 2023
09:56 AM - May 04, 2023
Debt Ceiling Debacle in a nutshell:
2023 Dems: We want to work together in the spirit of bipartisanship...
2023 GOP: We set fire to and sunk the bipartisanship in the 1990s, don't you remember?
Sen. Wyden et al, wake tf up. The pre-Gingrich era is not coming back.
2023 Dems: We want to work together in the spirit of bipartisanship...
2023 GOP: We set fire to and sunk the bipartisanship in the 1990s, don't you remember?
Sen. Wyden et al, wake tf up. The pre-Gingrich era is not coming back.
05:07 PM - May 03, 2023
Added a new bird to my Life List this morning. A House Wren! Not local to us, but we're in it's breeding range here. It's just a visitin'.
#ChonkyBorb #BirdLifeList #birdwatching #MerlinBirdID
#ChonkyBorb #BirdLifeList #birdwatching #MerlinBirdID
02:42 PM - May 02, 2023
This was the face this baby made after tasting Pho broth for the first time.
Same, baby. Same.
Same, baby. Same.
06:32 PM - May 01, 2023
Excerpt, from "We Want Them Infected" by Jonathan Howard, MD
04:54 PM - May 01, 2023
Is it illegal for Bugs Bunny to introduce Classical Opera to children in Florida?
04:44 PM - May 01, 2023
