Re: Michael Jackson dies from herart attack.

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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:07:19 -0400, "Evelyn" <evelyn.ruut@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:04:33 -0400, "Evelyn" <evelyn.ruut@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:02:13 -0400, Gary <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:26:46 -0400, "Hal Hanig"
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On Jun 25, 6:56 pm, "Hal Hanig" <halha...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:23:41 -0400, Thumper > <jaylsm...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:

>>Just came over the wire.
>>Thumper

> I extend my sympathies to his fans, family and the folks in the
> White
> House.

> Once again, no class.....pure Georgia cracker political shit.
> Did you have to? Did you have to use his death as a political
joke?
I guess we have to consider the source. Like I said....no class!
Hal
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Oh. I was just about to ask Gary why he thought the folks in the
White House were family or friends of Jackson. Should have known.

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You only need to know that he's half black in order to expect the
predictable from our resident cracker.

And I'm descended from a long line of Crackers. Going back to the
ancient Druid tree worshippers.

There are worse things to worship than trees. On my recent trip
East I greatly enjoyed the many gorgeous trees of many varieties
that grace the senior complex where my daughter lives.

Here in Southern Cal we have palm trees which don't make the cut.
And I realized how much I missed seeing REAL trees.



Rita, the trees on my property here are huge. Some are 100 feet tall.
It
is amazing. Many of them are pines that stay green even in the winter.
I
do love the forest!

I missed the trees when I lived in California too. Though they had
"Pepper
trees" in California which were large and attractive and similar to
Eastern
trees. Maybe not as far south as San Diego?

But the real tall forests, with ferns, and everything all a rich dark
shade
of green are so nice! We have had a lot of rain lately so the greenery is
very lush right now.

Trees are great, but can be expensive if you must remove them! Just
the darn stumps cost 300 bucks to remove.

We have several kinds of ferns in the yard and this year, I created a
little semi-circle of ferns below an arc wall behind house. It looked
ok, but adding a gnome in it really did the trick. My wife keeps
saying that gnome is a good worker and takes good care of the ferns.



Yes, they are expensive to remove. But when they are huge like ours, the
cost is usually a little less, since they use them as lumber or firewood
around here. The tree company takes the wood and sells it, is what I'm
trying to say.

We did have trees cut for lumber from yard. These trees were at least
36 inches across (diameter). They cut them in 10 ft lengths. The
problem is they have to then run a tractor in to lift and remove.
Dropping such a big log on the ground left some wicked gouges and the
tractor did more ruts. Took me several years to work the mess out.

But, I'd do it again as the wood is reused instead of getting ground
up for double cut mulch. Our county has a machine that is bigger then
most houses that takes pieces of wood of any size and wacks up for
mulch. I get all my mulch there, free. So, at least anything cut in
our area will be reused. I've picked up four pickup load this year.
Muuuuuuch cheaper then bags of mulch from Home Depot. But, I prefer
to see good logs go back to lumber.

Fortunately we haven't had to remove too many. As for the
stumps, when we have one, we cut them even with the ground and let nature
take its course.

Me too. They are all part of my physical activity exercise program. I
take an ax and work on them. I first pile up some rocks for a couple
years and let nature work on them. Woodpeckers, flickers and such
have a field day and it is all part of feeding birds. I also get big
white grubs that are about two inches long and as fat as a finger.
They are great bait. I recall from my days in Air Force Survival
training that those grubs are great nutrition and some primitive
societies love them. I ain't that primitive, or hungry.

Our ferns are just wild ones, but they are lovely anyway.

I don't know where previous owner got the ferns. There were two
patches when we bought the house and I've divided them over the years.
They like leaf mulch and not particular about being fed otherwise.
Another kind popped up several years ago and I spread that too.

It doesn't pay
to cultivate much around here because the deer eat everything you plant.
This year it is a little less of a problem since the enormous amount of rain
has left plenty of foliage for them to eat in the forests. For the moment
my hostas and roses are unmolested, but that can change.

I've got about 25 rose bushes and am a sucker for Mr. Lincoln's and
will buy any I see in a store. I'd be inclined to want to shoot bambi
if they got into those. Yum, good bambi. We have a lot of deer
around here. But, seldom see them around houses. But, was one in
neighbor's back yard several weeks ago. He was cutting grass and
zoom, out came bambi running into front yard across road. Deer
slipped on pavement and broke a leg.

I recently discovered how easy hosta is to propagate. Great plant.

My neighbor
fences everything off that he plants. Too much work for me anymore.



We have huge herds of deer around here, and there are many people who eat deer meat regularly due to it. My neighbor often gives me a nice chunk of deer meat every so often. He's the bigtime hunter and has always been very much into hunting everything in its season. Of course we have regular hunting seasons and they can't hunt any animal when it isn't the proper season.

We also have WAY too many bears. It is a real problem in fact. I hope they have another bear hunt this year, as there are so many as to not be good for anyone concerned. I do hate it when they kill them, but I realize it has to be or the animals won't get enough to eat in nature, and they start breaking into houses looking for food.

This property has a lot of nice plantings from the previous owner too. I just planted a bunch of stinging nettles in a patch, because they are supposed to be very good for arthritis, when picked in the spring, dried and made into tea. Next door neighbor also uses it a lot.

The hostas are nice, and the flowers are so pretty, but the deer occasionally regard it as deer salad and will bite them down almost to the root. They are very destructive. We are limited to planting things deer don't like, unless we want to have the entire property covered with fences.

--

Evelyn

"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8

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