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My wife would turn into a screaming meemee if I used one of those. She freaks out when there is a dead one in the trap. I can only imagine what she would do if it was alive and moving.
I had to drive home from work at lunch once to take a mouse away from the cat. The cat didn't kill it she just played with it. When I got home my wife was standing on a chair having a fit.
Needed a boost tonight! Plants always cheer me up... Plants for the porch so far this week. A big jalapeno and 2 serrano pepper plants, 4 lemon balm plants for medicine and an oregano plant for medicine... Besides being a cooking spice oregano is actually a powerful medicine... I've never used it but it can't hurt to have a bottle in the medicine chest...
Mint family plants in your kitchen spice garden, several of which are potent medicines... lemon balm, oregano, catnip, lavender, rosemary, thyme, coriander, sage, basil, marjoram, spearmint, peppermint and bee balm (1/2 dozen of those). Mints are a fascinating family of plants.
Mint family plants in your kitchen spice garden, several of which are potent medicines... lemon balm, oregano, catnip, lavender, rosemary, thyme, coriander, sage, basil, marjoram, spearmint, peppermint and bee balm (1/2 dozen of those). Mints are a fascinating family of plants.
you shoot that snake and i will turn it into a hat band quicker than you can say sneaky snake
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What the inside of a old galvanized water pipe looks like
calcium build up
I might get a visit from the black helicopters but
Something to thunk on
2 guys in front of a plane, wearing civvies
can you say OSI LOL or for those that do not understand that language how about CIA
JUST for your FYI. during the vietnam conflict. the ONLY plane that was allowed to ''peaceably''
fly over north and south vietnam was a WEATHER aircraft. because it benefited BOTH armies to know the weather. Men in civvies were often on that plane. some even jumped off of it
but that is a tale we can not discuss.
Something to thunk on
2 guys in front of a plane, wearing civvies
can you say OSI LOL or for those that do not understand that language how about CIA
JUST for your FYI. during the vietnam conflict. the ONLY plane that was allowed to ''peaceably''
fly over north and south vietnam was a WEATHER aircraft. because it benefited BOTH armies to know the weather. Men in civvies were often on that plane. some even jumped off of it
but that is a tale we can not discuss.
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I used to have a tree similar to that in my yard. Snakes liked to sit inside the hole though.
I would try that, but I'm certain my cats would tear it apart. LOL. My smallest cat is actually the best mouser. I tried to upload a picture of the rat she caught one day but it got stuck at 0%. Converted it to jpg to make it smaller but still didn't work. Not sure if it's my ISP or the site.
Best price in 25 years..and can't go anywhere..
Jim
Hanging in Costco. Someone's gonna be screwed when they realize rent is due in 10-11 days.
We are missing a golden opportunity. We could set up outside Costco and have a buy-back like they do with guns. Turn in a pack of TP and get a free item off the McDonald's $1 menu.
I don't know what it is ...but it's beautiful.
Jim
I do know what this is ..and it's beautiful .
Jim
Pretty blooms huh? It’s one of the 5 deadliest plants in North America. It causes the most excruciatingly painful death of the five according to the experts. I wonder how they know? 
This is what stores will look like in a couple years, at least the ones still standing.
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Pretty blooms huh? It’s one of the 5 deadliest plants in North America. It causes the most excruciatingly painful death of the five according to the experts. I wonder how they know?
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That's hogweed. It causes Phytophotodermatitis but don't believe it kills whomever comes in contact with it. Here's details on it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytophotodermatitis
@zoomzoom Close… The plant I posted is Cicuta maculate aka Water Hemlock. It’s in the Apiaceae or carrot family of plants. Heracleum mantegazzianum aka Giant Hogweed is also in the Apiaceae family, they are distant cousins.
Giant Hogweed likes cold weather and doesn’t grow in the deep south. It has only ever been found once south of latitude 42.3689 and then it was above 4000ft in elevation (Blowing Rock NC, latitude 36.135129).
I know water hemlock well. It sometimes grows with in feet of elderberry. The blooms and leaves are very similar to elderberry. When I teach folks about elderberry I make a point to, whenever possible, also show them water hemlock. Confusing the two would be a deadly mistake.
Poison Hemlock aka Conium maculatum is also in the carrot family, again deadly.
There are a dozen or so useful plants in the carrot family. Some are edible, like carrots and parsley. The rest are used in herbal medicine. It’s one family of plants everyone who spends time in nature should be familiar with since they all bear some similarities be it leaf shape or blooms.
Giant Hogweed likes cold weather and doesn’t grow in the deep south. It has only ever been found once south of latitude 42.3689 and then it was above 4000ft in elevation (Blowing Rock NC, latitude 36.135129).
I know water hemlock well. It sometimes grows with in feet of elderberry. The blooms and leaves are very similar to elderberry. When I teach folks about elderberry I make a point to, whenever possible, also show them water hemlock. Confusing the two would be a deadly mistake.
Poison Hemlock aka Conium maculatum is also in the carrot family, again deadly.
There are a dozen or so useful plants in the carrot family. Some are edible, like carrots and parsley. The rest are used in herbal medicine. It’s one family of plants everyone who spends time in nature should be familiar with since they all bear some similarities be it leaf shape or blooms.
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For further clarification since there was some confusion... They call it Giant Hog Weed for a reason... It's usually around 10ft tall with giant leaves and blooms. Water hemlock is rarely more than 5ft tall with much smaller leaves and blooms. While the leaves may seem similar at a distance the blooms of both plants share the distinctive appearance of a carrot family plant.
The first 3 are giant hog weed. The last 3 pics are water hemlock.
The first 3 are giant hog weed. The last 3 pics are water hemlock.
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We have a bunch of hogweed around us. There's hogweed that's indiginous to the area and then there's giant hogweed which was imported and is an invasive species. I called our Dept of environmental protection who came out and looked at what we have. He said it's the normal stuff. If it was the invasive type, he would have brought a crew out to remove it all. Tough plant to kill though.
@zoomzoom as much as I despised learning botanical or latin names of plants in the beginning its the ONLY way two people can know if they are talking about the same plant. People find it annoying if they ask me about a plant using their "local" name and I insist on knowing the botanical name of the plant they are referring to. I do it because it's the only way I can correctly answer a question they might have.
Example... I know of a half dozen plants locally that are called hog weed or pig weed. What you call hog weed may be totally different than the ones I know. If you used the latin name I would then know exactly which plant you are talking about.
Forgive me if I sound preachy on this topic but water hemlock is deadly. There is NO room for error.
Example... I know of a half dozen plants locally that are called hog weed or pig weed. What you call hog weed may be totally different than the ones I know. If you used the latin name I would then know exactly which plant you are talking about.
Forgive me if I sound preachy on this topic but water hemlock is deadly. There is NO room for error.
My new toy. a used Think Server RD230 given to me free, I also received two other's kinds of servers ( will be working on them later), its a used sever that's about 10 years old, i plan on making it into a Open Source (PfSense) router, I have been watching videos on how to do that. Yes its slow at 1.6 ghz, but for what i plan on this machine, i don't need a fast processor. Only a decent amount of ram which ill have to purchase more of lol.
A few items we brung in from storage.
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I guess it’s time to add serger repair man to my resume. This was my mother-in-law‘s machine and it has been froze up sitting at our house for too long now. I pulled it out and was able to get it going again.
I wonder if she just bought it and on her way home or she brought it from home? Decoy! It's a decoy! "Someone" runs up and grabs it from her to step away and taut her with it! She pulls her 6" Colt Python from her purse and gives that "someone" a "Meet Jesus" moment. Love it.
Don't mess with older folks...at their age life imprisonment just isn't that much of a deterrent.
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Me.
When things look bad, just keep a good attitude and try to be as normal as possible.
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