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[justbugged]

I think I had to read 28 pages to catch up on the posts.

To the new peeps welcome.

I have been tearing my sewing room apart for days. I figure that I need it organized so that I can really use the room. It seems that for the past year or so that every time I want to do something in the room that I have move mountains of stuff just to find the sewing machine. I can wait the get the counter in to the room and load it with stuff.

Today though I went out and molested some trees in my back yard. I had a new chain on my chainsaw, and I wanted to see how much I can get done. I almost got all of the cherry tree down. I still have a couple of cuts to get it down, but I need to get the taller ladder out to get to the branch. Then I need to move stuff to get to the plum tree, it need a sever prune this year. I also need to spray it and one of the willow trees. I was told that they have a fungus that destroys the first set of leaves every year. I also got most of the geraniums cut back. I still have the big pots of geraniums that are in the garage to prune. Uf Da!!!!!!

 

[Rainwolf]

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Cedrus deodara (Deodar Cedar, Himalayan Cedar, or Deodar)
The inner wood is aromatic and used to make incense. Inner wood is distilled into essential oil. As insects avoid this tree, the essential oil is used as insect repellent on the feet of horses, cattle and camels. It also has antifungal properties and has some potential for control of fungal deterioration of spices during storage. The outer bark and stem are astringent.

That I did not know about Deodar Cedars. . . Interesting.

I had one in the yard until a windstorm took it down... lucky it missed all the homes and landed in the yards.

 

[Rainwolf]

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It is one of my very favorite-est trees, and grows profusely on the Oregon I-5 corridor area among other places.
Working in sawmills in the Roseburg/Myrtle Creek area we would go down, and retool the entire mill, and then run massive amounts of incense cedar, so by the end of the first night you either loved it or were ready to puke cuz the smell is soo overwhelming.
Those of yopu poor souls that have never smelled white cedar are missing something extroidinary.
The trees also make a wonderful little wooden rose-like blossom that is cool for potpouries.
I want some seedings any one know where to get them ?
I have 6 planted 10 years ago in my property in Northern California...wish I could have dug them up and brought them with, they'd really like it here

Deodar cedars grow well here as well.

 

[Rainwolf]

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[Rainwolf]

btw found a decent garden calendar for planting...
http://westsidegardener.com/quick/timetable.html

Been busy cleaning critter pens, shopping for a washer/dryer had a couple plumbers in to check piping, made some more brooder totes.... have a bunch of quails due to hatch soon!

Hope everyone is enjoying the "dry" weather

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

Good Morning, Washington! :d

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

Yesterday I got my first egg. It is from my blue or splash Ameraucana.

 

[Ogress]

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from North Bend

 

[renart]

Good morning ... coffee in hand .. a wee windy for golf this morning, going to make it interesting indeed

Will come home to create our lumber order for our coop and run. woo!

 

[jbear]

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It is the 3rd weekend in April, if you go to their site you can e mail them for a show catalog. The deadline is March 26th ~ which will be here faster'n ya know it!!

Oh--Sadiesue, have not forgotten the GC's.. am e mailing my friend RIGHT NOW!