Dixie Chicks

[Alaskan]

yep!


You just told the world that you like a Finnish band!

ok, ok... one of their songs... whatever

 

[Beer can]

Those "green leaves with a bunch of pretty white flower bells" I remembered what they were called cause the wife about killed me when I trashed a big patch of them, Lilly of the valley, they were in the way of where I was digging with the backhoe. I didn't know she would have transplanted them.

 

[Beer can]

yep!


You just told the world that you like a Finnish band!

ok, ok... one of their songs... whatever

One song!
I watched all of the series of Justified and liked there theme song

and figured it was a band from down south, heck no, Brooklyn!, you've gottta be kidding me! Downloaded some of there other songs, not as good, and played one for my oldest who does like rap, I don't. She said it was just 'so wrong', fiddles and banjos don't belong in rap... Lol!

 

[Alaskan]

that one is a bit odd..... not terrible, but not good either

 

[Alaskan]

I am not sure, but @Amberjem even though I really liked the photos... I kinda wanted to make silly sounds and voices at this one:



eeek! eeek! they killed me! All the petals are ALL OVER!!!!!!

 

[vehve]

The blue flowers look a bit like lupins to me.

Al, fish have fins, Finland has Finns! Pretty cool version, but the accent bothers me too. You can usually tell if a band is Finnish immediately, and in my opinion, the Finnish accent just doesn't work that well for music. I don't know what it is, a Spanish accent doesn't bother me the same way. But the arrangement of that song is good enough for the accent not to bother me. I don't think I've heard their stuff before.

The fiddle rap song was interesting, sort of has a similar feel as some of Everlast's stuff.

Karin saw two chicks in the nest this morning. Both were reportedly black with a yellow stripe on the head. I didn't want to bother the broodies that much so I didn't get a look. One egg is probably not going to hatch, our neighbor found it in the run on Friday and said it was pretty cold already, I think Wilma had it under her wing when they had taken her out of the nest to eat. But two more eggs left that will hopefully still hatch.

 

[vehve]

And we have snow again. It's been snowing all day, luckily the temperature is still +1 so this stuff shouldn't stay, but I was sort of hoping we were done with winter already. I can still see the grass sticking through the white stuff, but in the forest there was over an inch of snow already. It's sort of hauntingly pretty and annoying at the same time.

Our bunny project is going to be pretty au naturel I think. If Hilma is going to use her tunnel as a nest, there will be no way for us to see the kits before she decides to take them out. She's started tunneling to the left now, after going straight for about 3 feet.

 

[vehve]

Well, I shall just continue my monologue. We're probably going to start the tomatoes tonight. If they will grow as fast as the chilis, I don't think the fact that we're a bit late will be an issue. I also started planning how to set up the tomatoes this year, so I thought I'd ask you guys for advice too. I will probably set up the smaller varieties on shelves close to the house like last year, but I've got some tall varieties too this year, and I'm going to have to think of a way to support them. So, cage or trellis? What do you guys think. If I build the cages out of rebar, I was thinking of taking about 3-4 by 6 foot pieces of rebar net, and making a circle out of them, 6 feet high, and placing the tomato plant in a pot in the middle. I think it would look pretty cool, but it might be a bit more costly. A benefit with this is that I could wrap the towers in clear plastic in the beginning so that they keep heat better. The other idea would be setting the tomatoes up like vines in a vineyard. That would also be pretty cool, and maybe I could just put plastic over that like a tent too. But what are your thoughts?

For salads and herbs, I'm going to plant them in old tomato sauce cans. I'm going to set up a gutter low on the bunny hutch, plug both ends and place a net on top, and then make little holes in the bottom of the cans with some string coming out, and grow all of them in a wicking system there. I'd like to set up the tomatoes with a wicking system too, but making it affordable might be an issue. I need to find some decent looking cheap buckets or something to contain the water in.

 

[Highcotton]

hi welcome

Thanks for the welcome. I have changed my user name. You would recognize me as Hagar3.

 

[Highcotton]

Well, I shall just continue my monologue. We're probably going to start the tomatoes tonight. If they will grow as fast as the chilis, I don't think the fact that we're a bit late will be an issue. I also started planning how to set up the tomatoes this year, so I thought I'd ask you guys for advice too. I will probably set up the smaller varieties on shelves close to the house like last year, but I've got some tall varieties too this year, and I'm going to have to think of a way to support them. So, cage or trellis? What do you guys think. If I build the cages out of rebar, I was thinking of taking about 3-4 by 6 foot pieces of rebar net, and making a circle out of them, 6 feet high, and placing the tomato plant in a pot in the middle. I think it would look pretty cool, but it might be a bit more costly. A benefit with this is that I could wrap the towers in clear plastic in the beginning so that they keep heat better. The other idea would be setting the tomatoes up like vines in a vineyard. That would also be pretty cool, and maybe I could just put plastic over that like a tent too. But what are your thoughts?

For salads and herbs, I'm going to plant them in old tomato sauce cans. I'm going to set up a gutter low on the bunny hutch, plug both ends and place a net on top, and then make little holes in the bottom of the cans with some string coming out, and grow all of them in a wicking system there. I'd like to set up the tomatoes with a wicking system too, but making it affordable might be an issue. I need to find some decent looking cheap buckets or something to contain the water in.

Cages are easier to work with for tall varieties. I use concrete reinforcement wire. It is strong and it has large openings. I make mine about 18 inches in diameter. Multiply by Pi to get the length of wire needed. It should be just under 1.5 meters.

The buckets are free or cheap here. I get neat looking red buckets with fireman's logo at Firehouse Subs for $2 with lids.