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[Bucket1]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

Yeah... I think the worst is over and the worst wasn't that bad, all things considered.  

Plus you are soon to be fully protected  

Is it a case of no pain no gain? It will be awesome to see the grandkids

[Marty]

7 minutes ago, Headstall said:

I've been picking raspberries for a few days. I have bushes in different places.  

I'm not sure whether my raspberry canes are just a later variety, or if the fact that they are only just starting to form fruits is due to the fact that they were bought with bare roots back around February, and just need to build up their reserves during this first year...

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Plus you are soon to be fully protected  

Is it a case of no pain no gain? It will be awesome to see the grandkids

 

[Headstall]

5 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Plus you are soon to be fully protected  

Is it a case of no pain no gain? It will be awesome to see the grandkids

Oh, hell yeah! I'm still going to be careful, but yeah, I am hugging my kids and grandkids. I will still wear a mask in stores, though.  

[Headstall]

3 minutes ago, Marty said:

I'm not sure whether my raspberry canes are just a later variety, or if the fact that they are only just starting to form fruits is due to the fact that they were bought with bare roots back around February, and just need to build up their reserves during this first year...

Mine were here when I bought the farm in 1988. They were spread everywhere. My kids used to spend hours picking berries, like, daily.  

[dughlas]

22 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Are we still talking about cats? 

You're asking that of Clo 

[dughlas]

22 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Wow that’s intense

And not a bit of melted butter in sight ...

[dughlas]

21 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

He is there to make you better, not (just) eye candy  

When I was a kid the doctor would give me a lollipop ... I think I got cheated on the candy.

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

Coming along well, thanks. Especially the vegetable garden. Also got blackcurrants almost ripe, raspberries in full flower, and already picking strawberries.

Flower garden progressing. Four clumps of (pre-existing) hollyhocks in flower, but they are all the same colour (pink). Have seedlings in pots of a multi-coloured variety that I intend planting out next spring, and should give a lot more colour. Also have aquilegia seedlings potted on for next year, and some lavender seedlings ready to pot on. Roses are in bloom, along with calendula, lupins, and climbing nasturtiums starting to cover parts of the garden walls. I've some lupin seedlings coming along to replace ones that are several years old and starting to lose some of their vigour. Various other flowers, some of which I admit not being sure what they are, as they were in the garden when I bought this place.

Those ones you don't know what they are ... they're simply known as "pretty". They're rather common. I'm sure you've encountered them before. Just think back ever hear someone say those are pretty flowers?

Edited July 11, 2021 by dughlas

[Bucket1]

38 minutes ago, dughlas said:

When I was a kid the doctor would give me a lollipop ... I think I got cheated on the candy.

Their candy does sound a lot better  

[Albert1434]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

I'm not sure whether my raspberry canes are just a later variety, or if the fact that they are only just starting to form fruits is due to the fact that they were bought with bare roots back around February, and just need to build up their reserves during this first year...

Ours are burnt by the high high heat 101f/39c sadly😭

[Albert1434]

There was a 5.1 earthquake in NC

[dughlas]

56 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Ours are burnt by the high high heat 101f/39c sadly😭

I heard the other day that a large portion of the Northwest blueberry crop has cooked on the bushes due to the heat. A total loss. That crop accounts for 80% of the total US supply. Blueberries could become more scarce and expensive.

[dughlas]

8 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

There was a 5.1 earthquake in NC

Apparently in intensity it equals one back in 1916. 

[CassieQ]

28 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

There was a 5.1 earthquake in NC

Today?

[Albert1434]

7 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Today?

Yes

 

[CassieQ]

7 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Yes

 

That's weird.  I felt the quake from last year but I didn't feel anything today.  When did it happen?

[dughlas]

17 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Today?

A bit after 8am local time. Epicenter near Sparta, about 37mi from Boone.

Edited July 11, 2021 by dughlas

[CassieQ]

3 minutes ago, dughlas said:

A bit after 8am local time.

Sparta again?

[Albert1434]

13 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Sparta again?

The news didn't say where it was Other then it was in NC

Edited July 11, 2021 by Albert1434

[CassieQ]

5 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

The news didn't say where it was Other then it was in NC

I can't find anything in the news except that it is unconfirmed.  Weird.

[Albert1434]

That is odd I looked on USGS and they don't show that quake at all

Edited July 11, 2021 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

WEIRD! 

[Albert1434]

Check this out

InciWeb the Incident Information System (nwcg.gov)

[Albert1434]

Check this out also

Nevada Wildfire Information Map map updates automatically (arcgis.com)

This one is scaring us😲