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05-15-2009, 05:15 PM
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It's funny, but at 1st glance I thought the feeder was the flag at a gold course hole
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Funny thing is, this was a golf course until an F4 tornado came through here on May 4, 1977.
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05-15-2009, 06:47 PM
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I guess you bought the water hazard
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125g FOWLR, (3) 27w CFL's, 75g + 40g sump
$100 325g ready to go to...just need more house
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05-16-2009, 03:34 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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Water hazard I think was at the bottom of the hill from us. They can't get water to drain for anything down there.
Our rain garden is starting to grow a bit faster than I had realized, although a bunch of it is getting beat up by the winds lately. The large amounts of rain lately is causing the mulch to float and cover up the smaller plants. I marked those plants so I can find them easily and get them uncovered. Hopefully in a couple more weeks, those plants will be larger too! |
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05-16-2009, 08:39 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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We got the pole for the bluebird house today. We have had more than 5" of rain in the last couple of days and I didn't hit water with the post hole digger until I was almost 2.5' down. The dirt was even dry until I was almost 2'. This soil really drains well.
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05-16-2009, 09:03 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
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Is that going to breed skeeters? Does a lot of water movement discourage that?
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05-16-2009, 10:18 PM
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Son of Jor El
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Originally Posted by Phishnoob
Is that going to breed skeeters? Does a lot of water movement discourage that?
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They are not supposed to hold water long enough for skeeters to breed
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Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky went hunting? Well anyway, Brasky decides he's gonna hunt down all four members of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machete. They all beg for their lives, except Fleagul.
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05-16-2009, 10:27 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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Originally Posted by jenglish
They are not supposed to hold water long enough for skeeters to breed
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Right again! The garden, under normal rain, will drain about 4" of water in just a few hours.
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05-16-2009, 10:34 PM
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Son of Jor El
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Originally Posted by ScruffyRubicon
Right again! The garden, under normal rain, will drain about 4" of water in just a few hours.
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I'm answering all the questions about your new toy  I get all excited about landscaping projects  Sometimes I think I should have taken the money I spent on graduate school and just opened a landscaping business. But I didn't want to open one in the same town as the guy that taught me to do it.
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Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky went hunting? Well anyway, Brasky decides he's gonna hunt down all four members of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machete. They all beg for their lives, except Fleagul.
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05-16-2009, 10:37 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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I really liked my landscaping job. It was a good 5 years. Life long lesson. I still like to do it and it has been about 20 years.
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05-17-2009, 01:40 AM
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Ghost of reefers past
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Kewl, i am still trying to get the new lawn planted, and now the girls want raised beds to plant all the veggies in, I may be busy in the morning 
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05-23-2009, 05:43 PM
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Plankton
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That's so cool, make sure to take pictures as it progresses just like a tank!
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05-23-2009, 07:33 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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Originally Posted by SolarEclipse
That's so cool, make sure to take pictures as it progresses just like a tank!
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I'll do that. We just had a bluebird show up in the last hour. I'll see about a few pics tomorrow.
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05-25-2009, 01:27 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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Kids wouldn't stay away from the area and scared to bluebird off. Hopefully we will get another one soon.
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05-25-2009, 07:32 PM
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This really is an interesting thread, Eric. That might work in some areas of my yared. The Upstate of SC has red clay eath rather than useful dark soil.
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Some irises are like that, Doug. But I found out the hard way that my irises don't like wet feet. But I bet my Stella D'oro would like it, and there's a spout very near them. Maybe ai could make a mini-rain garden. 
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06-17-2009, 12:51 PM
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Clowns Galore!
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We've had crazy amounts of rain lately and the garden has suddenly taken off. Wind broke a few of the plants a few weeks back but they are recovering nicely now. Looks like I should finally have some blooms in the next few days. I'll get some updated photos up once that happens.
We also have a pair of nesting bluebirds. Two eggs in the nest as of this morning.
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