On May 6, 4:09 am, Omelet <ompome...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article
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> MajorOz <Majo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 4, 10:23 am, Charlie wrote:
> > > On Sat, 03 May 2008 09:54:26 -0700, Billy <wildbi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> > > >In article
> > > ><481c529e$0$14267$5a62a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > "FarmI" <ask@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
be given> wrote:
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> > > >> <Charlie> wrote in message
> > > >>news:p5gk1419v08guqnum1cnuetigskt0flhvj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >> >I just set out the first of the 'mater plants. Siberian and
Subarctic,
> > > >> > new heirlooms for me this year. Early, short season breeds. I
tried
> > > >> > Stupice last year and wasn't overly impressed. This is the
first
> > > >> > spring that I haven't used a tiller. I started the lasagna
business
> > > >> > last fall.
>
> > > >> > I was amazed at the number of earthworms I saw! There were
easily
> > > >> > several dozen in each hole I dug for the transplants, several
adult
> > > >> > worms and many small worms. This soil improvement business
*is* what
> > > >> > it is cracked up to be.
>
> > > >> Surely you didn't doubt it Charlie?
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> > > >> > ****, the weather monitor thingie just went off and informed us
we are
> > > >> > in a 'nado watch 'til 1am.....nothing new hereabouts, but I
still
> > > >> > don't
> > > >> > like it much. Tornados are hard on gardens!
>
> > > >> Ouch. I'm sure glad we don't get those blasted things here. I
saw on
> > > >> the
> > > >> news tonight that another one had killed more people in the US
again and
> > > >> done a humungeous amount of damage. Hope you and your garden are
safe.
>
> > > >Uh, how's your garden today Charlie? I understand that a twister
set
> > > >down in KC and made a mess:-(
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> > > Everthing well here, though it *is* effed up in KC. 40000 were
without
> > > power and quite a few homes were destroyed, though only minor
injuries
> > > were re****ted so far. There was no warning or advance on them.
>
> > > Arkansas had serious damage and eight deaths (last I heard). One
was a
> > > teenager asleep in bed and a tree fell thru the roof.
>
> > Somehow, Ma Nature follows me around and gets pissy now and then.
> > When I was a kid in NE, I survived a number of tornado close calls.
> > While I was in college in Tempe AZ, the Salt River flowed (from
> > diversion dam overflow) for the first time since the 30's, wiping out
> > most of downtown Phoenix.
> > In 1970 (71?), while stationed in the Mojave, THE BIG ONE hit.
>
> I think that was '72. We lived in LA at the time. I was 10.
> I remember the mess it made!
>
> > Somewhere in the low 8's. Collapsed many freeway overp*****,
> > destroyed a VA hospital, and almost blew a dam in north LA county --
> > 200 thousand valley people evacuated. Lived 30 mi. from St. Helens
> > when it blew.....twice.
>
> Ok, sucks to be you. :-(
>
>
>
> > Back to school at WSU (only school in PAC 10 where it snows) for the
> > coldest winter since record keeping.
> > Survived two typhoons and one super typhoon (an official term) while
> > in Micronesia with Peace Corps in 94-96
> > Ten years here with at least three nights a year in the bomb shelter,
> > spillway at Table Rock Dam (Branson) opened for the first time EVER
> > after the all-time record rains this winter, an 4.8 earthquake two
> > weeks ago and a 4.4 a couple days ago, 38 tornado touchdowns in
> > January, and my radishes are late.
> > I am expecting frogs, locusts, and flies (already got ticks) any day.
>
> > I am really a nice guy, but neighbors tend to move away.
>
> > cheers
>
> > oz, who doesn't even count backpacking through the USSR when the army
> > threw Gorby in house arrest, and me with a USAF(ret) ID in my pocket.
>
> Move to the hill country. The worst we've gotten in the 26 years I've
> lived here is one bad hail storm. ;-) 'nadoes touched close a couple of
> times but not close enough to cause harm!
>
> Hail is hard on gardens tho'. <sigh>
Izzat LBJ country? My trips through there encountered noxious yuppie
breezes from Austin. ;-)
However, the Dripping Springs area looked really nice. My son was
caretaker at a small farm near there while fini****ng his dissertation
research. He had a HUGE greenhouse, milked goats, shoveled ****, and
sold eggs. It was very quiet, but seemed close to whatever citified
amenities one might need.
cheers
oz, who, however, really liked the Xmas lights walk near UT (or is it
TU?)
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