--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAD00002 Date: 06/08/97 From: BOB LOTSPEICH Time: 08:25am \/To: SANDRA PEAKE (Read 2 times) Subj: squirrels -=> Sandra Peake wrote to Bob Lotspeich concerning squirrels <=- BL>Not to be a smartie, Sandra, but ground squirrels and chipmunks are BL>two different critters, and live in different environments... SP> And what is called a ground squirrel in one place doesn't even exist SP> in another. Anyway, Bob, you prodded me into looking it up, just to SP> make sure I wasn't passing on false information. (I hate getting it; SP> so I had better not give it! :-)) My RD North American Wildlife SP> guide under "Eastern Chipmunk" says (pg 55) -Chipmunks are SP> ground-dwelling squirrels. SP> So, we're both right - even though the same name means different SP> things to us. :-) I yield to your research. --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: The Circle Circus * Dale City, VA * 703-730-3115 (1:265/124) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAD00003 Date: 06/07/97 From: NANCY SANDERSON Time: 11:36pm \/To: DEBBIE WE (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks for the Info Hi Debbie, -> Thanks...I think we will be able to do it. I don't know about this -> year..but maybe for a fall garden. Things have been kinda wacky around ere -> lately. We are re-modeling also. You are most welcome and we are glad to be able to help in any way. -> Well I just heard the date for the surgery..it will be June 16. I go in -> today for pre-op testing. Hopefully they will be able to easy the pain and give -> me the streghth back in my arms. I won't be able to do very much after the -> surgery..my activities will be limited..but I will be able to use the computer. -> (the surgery is on my verts. in my neck) I will be having to have a bone graph -> to stabalize it. (sigh) But after..garden look out..8-) Well at least you won't be bored, like they say, "Have a computer, you can travel world wide from your own home. -> I haven't ever tried to grow lettuce..is it very hard to grow. My -> favorite is squash..yellow and zuccinni..I love them.. Lettuce is very easy to grow, a row or two of leaf lettuce will give you weeks of salads. Zuccinni grows in bushes and can be grated and frozen for future use in baking zuccinni bread or to be used in whatever. -> Hey..any home grown veggie is better than the store bought. The store -> bought ones don't seem to have much flavor.. I love home grown tomatoes and lettuce. I also find the store bought tomatoes are rather flat tasting. -> That is really neat..I have a neighbor that I will be able to get fresh -> veggies from this year. At least you won't have to worry about not being able to get any fresh veggies from your garden until next year. Take care and I will be thinking of you while you are out on June 16th. Nancy --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: Doctor On Board BBS: Niagara's Medical Host for Info (1:247/101) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00000 Date: 06/07/97 From: BECKY DUNCAN Time: 07:34pm \/To: JAMES BALLARD (Read 2 times) Subj: Green Peppers I am anxious to see how my garden does this year. Since the weather has finally straightened up I am hoping it does well. :) --- QScan/WC v1.18b / 01-0688 * Origin: * The Pit BBS! \ Parkersburg WV / 304-485-6758 * (1:2210/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00001 Date: 06/02/97 From: THURSTON ACKERMAN Time: 10:25pm \/To: PETE MCDONOUGH (Read 2 times) Subj: Malathion or Diazonon PM>I'm curious as to which is better to spray in the lawn PM>around my house for bugs, Malathion or Dianzonon? (Sp?) PM>I read both labels and I'm not sure which is best for PM>bugs in the grass lawn, around the trees and bushes, PM>and in the small vegetable garden. If you really gotta spray and have small children, or other small mammals you treasure, use the malathion (with a couple drops of dish wash soap in it to spred it more evenly 8-) about sunset and don't let any small ones frolic thereon for 48 hours (unless it rains heavily after spraying). Ciao, Ack. --- * SLMR 2.1a * I wonder if Bill Bailey ever went home to Ella Fitzgerald * Origin: SKYLINE BBS (617)361-1242 U.S.A. Mail Feeds Available. 1:101/580) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00002 Date: 06/07/97 From: THURSTON ACKERMAN Time: 12:22am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Jet Star tomatoes ???? Another heart attack interuppted my gardening plans and I missed the usual Big Boy and Girl tomato flats. When I got there last week the most robust flats were "Jet Star". They purport to be good double season producers so I took a chance. I would appreciate hearing some experience from previous users please Ciao, Ack. --- * SLMR 2.1a * Practice safe hex...Wear a write-protect tab 8-). * Origin: SKYLINE BBS (617)361-1242 U.S.A. Mail Feeds Available. 1:101/580) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00003 Date: 06/07/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 08:33am \/To: BOB LOTSPEICH (Read 2 times) Subj: Selling crops. To: BOB LOTSPEICH Subject: Selling crops. Hi Bob, BL>Excellent explanation, and much thanks, Sandra. You're detailed BL>description went into far better detail than the PBS and network TV BL>channels did. I don't think the television discussions mentioned sheep BL>offal, so that was a revelation. It was always connected to sheep. When sheep ended up with scrapie, the control measures for most of this century were to kill off the entire flock, anf quarantine stock that may have been in contact. Then, perhaps as recently as 20 years ago, after intense study of the situation (prodded by some very angry/fearful pedigreed flock owners), they announced scrapie was a genetic disease, and that blood samples would reveal whether certain animals were carriers. And that was the last word on the subject up until the "mad cow syndrome" burst onto the scene. BL>I sometimes wonder that our dogs and cats don't have serious side BL>effects, what with all the strange things they put in their food. I BL>noticed lately that they are advertising lamb in dog foods now. In BL>light of the above, I wonder how is lamb meat, and how much is lamb BL>"other parts"? In Canada, or at least, in Ontario, dead stock buyers refuse to take sheep carcasses with heads attached. They're learning. So I would think that most dog/cat foods containing lamb would be relatively safe from Canadian sources, PROVIDED you think the companies are reliable. And I've myself often wondered if some of the pit bull frenzy is an early sign of prion disease. Not that I shall ever own a pit bull. :-) BL>... We have enough youths. How about a fountain of SMART? I hear you, brother! :-) ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 Battle of dueling statistics! --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00004 Date: 06/08/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 09:49am \/To: CHARLES CURRY (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: ginkgo seeds? To: CHARLES CURRY Subject: Re: ginkgo seeds? To: CHARLES CURRY Subject: Re: ginkgo seeds? CC> Come to Richmond, Va in August. You can pick up off CC>the ground all the seed you need. I would pick them but the CC>smell is to strong & terrible. The fruit smells like rotting CC>cat manure. Ooooo, that bad? I know that Asians eat the nuts inside; so maybe they ARE rotting manure by the time you encounter them. But the female tree is valuable for producing MORE little ginkgos. :-) CC> The reason the tree in the garden center was so high CC>in price is because it is a male tree which does not produce CC>fruit. I broke down and ordered 2 seedling trees from Richter's @ $4 each, plus shipping and taxes. I don't know if they'll be sexed. (Do you hold the seedling upside down and look at its roots, like sexing a chick? :-)) Just kidding. I'll take whatever I can get, since it's the leaves that are used in most formulas. (My brain needs all the help it can get, even if I have to graze the tree daily. ) Thanks for the invite, but Virginia in August is too hot for me. :-) ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 Tried to arrest Lady Godiva. Couldn't pin a thing on her. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00005 Date: 06/07/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 02:19pm \/To: LINDA TAYLOR (Read 2 times) Subj: Snails _@/" To: LINDA TAYLOR Subject: Snails _@/" LT> The whistles, which use the wind to make a whistling sound that most LT>animals can hear but we can't, fit right on the front bumper. I can hear LT>them whistle, just faintly, but I have odd scar tissue on my ear drums hat LT>lets me hear such things. Gee Linda, maybe we're clones. I had a ruptured eardrum as a baby from infections, then it was ruptured again as a teen. I have extremely sensitive ears, although my hearing isn't that keen. Some weird sounds grate on me. Most people never know they're there unless they LT>remember they're there. Deer hear the whistles, though, as do most other LT>animals. I've only hit one raccoon, and that was because he decided to LT>play chicken with me. He lost, and I felt terrible. Some accidents are unavoidable. You've done your best; so don't worry about it. :-) I just received this message today (June 6th). Don't know what's going on upline, but my mail has been very sporadic lately. Hope it settles down soon. Hope my sysop quits making -I'm-getting-fed-up- with-BBS'ing- and-spending- $30- per- month noises. :-( ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 It spanned the spectrum, from Ultra Violent to Infra Dead --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00006 Date: 06/08/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 09:17am \/To: THURSTON ACKERMAN (Read 2 times) Subj: Green Peppers To: THURSTON ACKERMAN Subject: Green Peppers TA>Don't know about peppers; but Epson Salts (magnesium sulfate) has been TA>used to markedly increase the settings of egg plant and many tomatoes. TA>I use about 1cup to a gallon of water applied when seedings are set out TA>and again when they blossom. 1 cup? A whole cup, Ack? I use a teaspoon per quart and spray it on when the seedlings blossom -if I bother at all. TA>Some lay it to the trace of magnesium and others the sulfate added to TA>the soil. I suspect its a bit of both and count all blessings. Dick Raymond claims it's the extra magnesium that ensures the blossoms set and produce fruit, rather than fall off. (And I think the weather has an awful lot to do with that as well. :-)) ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 */ <- Tribble with a lightsaber --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EAE00007 Date: 06/08/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 09:25am \/To: AL STERN (Read 2 times) Subj: Plastic Packing Peanuts To: AL STERN Subject: Plastic Packing Peanuts AS> In today's paper an article said: "Fill the bottoms of flower pots AS> with plastic packing peanuts instead of heavy rocks. It's a great AS> way to recycle them and help your plants thrive." AS> Do the "peanuts" actually provide nourishment to the plants? Or AS> do they just improve drainage? Drainage only, Al. But rocks in the bottom serve another purpose - weight for balance. I keep most of my houseplants underpotted in order to restrict their size. (Some will take every cubic inch of soil you give them , and have hordes of offspring. :-)) With single-stalked, heavy-crowned plants, this can lead to them falling over just from vibration; so using a slightly bigger pot with stones in the bottom stabilizes the plants. I have been known to lay rocks on the surface as a counterweight to suicidal plants. ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 RAMDRIVE:Last Resort Install Procedure For New Hard Drive --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0)