A few loonies me thinks - Page 3

 



Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between the Plutocrats and
the Kleptocrats. Still got wars. Still need jobs. Apparently we are
going to get nuclear power, too, even if the free market won't touch it
with a 20' pole.


That's what happens when the high for tomorrow is 19F and the morning
temp will be 3F even if it does feel like -2F. Only one more month to
spring, brother.

Did you know that some people grow peas for their tendrils? This is as
embarrassing as grilled, red, bell peppers. I tell ya, there should be
an operator's manuel given out at birth, pphhsss.
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.

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One last kick at nano technology:
http://www.foe.org/pdf/nano_food.pdf
--
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_arresting_activists
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/19/headlines

 

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They missed the morning temp...it was 0 at six AM.  I'm seriously
thinking row covers to get things warmed up.  Have access to a bunch
of old wooden screen and storm window frames (3ft x 6ft approx) and
thinking of covering them with clear poly, hinging two together and
making A-frame thingies to place over the raised beds.  I tried the
PVC hoop thing with poly cover one year, small scale, and it was a
PITA.

Yep, I only found out about pea shoots last year and they are
delicious.  How's 'bout this 'un?  Just read about the culinary
delights of sweet potato leaves and vine tips when researching sweet
tater culture. Fresh in salads and stirfried. New one to me.

Speaking of grilled veggies, last summer my sis-n-law brought a huge
bunch of okra which I tossed in the overflow fridge and promply forgot
about for a while.  When I "found" it, I was grilling something, and
decided to grill the whole mess of it, before it went bad.  I tossed
it with EVO and cajun seasoning and grilled it and all pronounced it
most excellant.  Never heard tell of that before either.

CHarlie, stomping life back into me frozen toes after filling finch
feeders and peckerwood feeders and the waterer

 



And I thought our birds were tough! I don't see too many birds, but
every 2 - 3 days and the feeder is empty again (black sunflower seeds).
It's enclosed and hangs by a thin metal rope (squirrels kept chewing
through the previous string).

One of our peckerwoods (Northern Flicker) sounds exotic, otherwise we
only got Steller Jays for "song birds".
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?allSpecies=y&searchTe
xt=steller%20jay

Charlie, how do you water birds when it is 0F outside?

I've spent the last 2 days inside avoiding the rain and enjoying our
wood stove.
--
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/19/headlines

 

wrote:


They gotta be tough this winter.  During the worst storm in early Dec.
I had ten sock feeders up with thistle seed and was filling them every
two days, plus four hanging feeders and two platforms and four suet
cages.  I've cut back to four socks, two hanging feeders (with black
sunflower), one platform and two suet cages.  It's hard to estimate
numbers of finches in a feeding frenzy, but three of us estimated
around 150 goldfinches.


We have the regular old bluejays, northern flickers (they do sound
exotic) red bellied peckerwoods, hairy and downy peckerwoods, white
breasted and red breasted nuthatchs and brown creepers... all of the
above devour suet cakes like crazy. (so do the #%$&&@ starlings)

Tons of goldfinches and purple finches.  A few cardinals and
chickadees.  One other guest we enjoy, but the other birds don't, is a
sharp-shinned hawk that regularly snatches a meal around the feeders.

Hope the freeloaders hang around this summer and repay their debt with
bugcatching.


I bought a 150 watt submersible heater and have it in a black two
gallon rubbermaid pan sitting on top of the birdbath.  Shuts off when
water temp reaches thirty-five.

ahhhh....sounds cozy....I miss the "old days" with the woodstoves and
a cat curled on yer lap...still have a nap kitty though.