Dragging brush is hard on my clothing. I am getting many little rips and tears in my trousers.
I am also getting many little rips and tears in my skin of my arms and legs.
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| QS showing me how to use the stethoscope |
Quicksilver is delighted by that development. Mrs ERJ recently purchased Quicksilver a medical kit and it has seen a great deal of use as QS has been doctoring my "boo-boos".
Quicksilver not only puts on bandages, but she gives me an shot, and sometimes two, of antibiotics with each boo-boo.
St Lawrence Nursery
Reader Tim W. called my attention to the fact that St Lawrence Nursery has been opened under new management. St Lawrence Nursery was originally started by Fred Ashworth in 1923 and then passed on to Bill MacKentley (and family). The operation went dormant for a while and is now operated by Conner Hardiman.
I have purchased several trees from St Lawrence Nursery and would not hesitate to do so again. I still have Trailman and Kerr apple-crabs, Nova (named after Bill MacKentley's daughter) pear and Nova (from Nova Scotia) raspberry.
St Lawrence specializes in very hardy fruit and nut trees. Ironically, some of the apple-crabs that are most winter-hardy, varieties like Centennial and Chestnut, also do very well in the South.
As a matter of disclosure, it is my opinion that the minimum temperatures listed in the catalog are optimistic by about 15 degrees Fahrenheit. If the catalog says a variety can withstand -50F, it is prudent to read that as -35F. The reasons are complex but include length of growing season, how quickly the temperature drops or how heavily the tree bore in the growing season before the cold-snap. A tree in an optimal state of dormancy might survive -50F but perish at -35F if it over-bore or if a very early killing frost hit or if the temperature was above freezing and then dropped 70 degrees in a matter of 24 hours or if the grower made a late-in-season application of high-nitrogen fertilizer.
Tick Borne Diseases
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| A map of tick-borne diseases in the continental United States |
At some point, we have to weigh the health costs of tick-borne diseases against the health costs of smoke from burning grass.
Chronic Wasting Disease
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| In North America |
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| In Europe |
CWD in Europe is a different strain than what is seen in North America. It is speculated that CWD arose independently in Europe.
No Comment
I have no comments regarding the latest drama regarding the leaks of the military communications to the Atlantic magazine other than "Don't commit any communication to "electronic" communications that you would not want printed in your local paper or used as evidence in a court-of-law".
I don't possess any unique insights or inside information. I am standing on the sidelines watching it play out.
Suckers
Suckers should be running (locally) this weekend.
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| Suckers start running/spawning at 50F (10C) water temperatures. Black Creek is the closest stream where the USGS monitors water temperature. |
My wife and I cut Huisache, Mesquite and other thorny bush growth on our small pasture to keep in control. We use a pitchfork to carry the branches which are stacked parallel to each other and keep a distance away from it. Heavier branches, we use hay hooks to drag them off to brush pile(s).
ReplyDeleteTo cut higher overhead branches, an engine powered pole saw makes short work of it. I hope this helps
The pitchfork is a great idea. I will use one for the multiflora rose canes.
DeleteEspecially useful when throwing the branches over a fence line (our pasture is cut into three for animal rotation) for consolidating brush piles. Throwing these over individually by hand can gain you scratches - lifted and dropped over the line, much easier for us.
DeleteOn the accidental release of military engagments, I noticed they only mentioned times of launch and not what the targets were nor were the launches occurred. Perhaps I missed mentions of those but that is just as important. Without it, these launches could have happened anywhere in the world.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how that reporters address was even in the system. Was it from the previous administration ? Perhaps a personal friend or professional acquaintance ? Too, I wonder why the reporter chose to stay on the ongoing texting as it happened. He had to know his inclusion was a mistake. When a person picks up a private phone line an hears a conversation between two other persons, they put the receiver down. This person decided to ease drop. Uninvited or not, they bear some responsibility as well.
A person that is an inadvertent recipient of classified information is not in legal trouble, however if that person knowing gives that information to others he is liable for criminal proceedings. This reporter is saved by the statement from Hegseth that nothing was classified in the Signal transmission. Granny used to say "Two wrongs don't make a right".
DeleteIt is important to have quality medical care readily available.
ReplyDeleteTo your point on burning, one can hope that the cost/benefit ratio of such things is calculated and considered by actual experts, not people that have a slant in a particular direction. Yes, it may still turn out the same, but at least all the data was considered, not just the preferable data.
I have not followed the communication story (not really much news at all). This seems like an unenforced error. Stack up enough of those and momentum can fade quickly.
The Signal breach buffoonery furor is fading fast as it looks more and more like somebody let the invite go deliberately. Why, so the left could wail and howl?
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