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Not particularly, and I avoid them now. But when I was walking along the road on Whidbey Island, I might walk through a puddle on purpose - just to keep passing cars from doing so & drenching me.

That reminds me of my snow spiders. The warmer weather has awakened a mid-winter surge of box elder bugs, which are really good at getting into the house. Most of them come into the basement, so I try to keep that door closed. But they fly & follow light, so if I leave the basement door open, I...

Garlic? Are you starting TGS (true garlic seed)? Just curious, since garlic is normally Fall planted.

Mine are all the miniature roses we discussed recently. Maybe larger roses, with thicker canes, are more succulent? It's crazy how deer can get past those thorns... makes my mouth sore just thinking about it.

@SPedigrees , at one point when I first moved back to Wisconsin, I had an unfenced garden in an open field behind my job. White clover volunteered freely there, and I allowed it to grow in the pathways. Rabbits mostly passed everything else by & ate the clover... deer just nipped off leaves and...

Dogs are a lot like children; they bond to us, love us, and depend upon us just as deeply - and are just as hurt when abused or neglected. Good dog owners - like those here - love their dogs as family. It's sad that their lives are so much shorter than ours, and that we have to say goodby to...

I agree that animals learn, and in my experience, scent deterrents only work for a short time, if at all. Taste deterrents work a little better; but the more effective & potent the substance, the less likely you would want to apply it to anything intended for food use. The fact that deer learn...

I remember when I lived in Puget Sound, 90 miles from Seattle. Winters were really wet, sometimes rain-drizzle-fog-repeat. After awhile, I stopped caring whether I was wet or dry & just became a duck. It hardly ever froze, but I'll take a dry freeze over cold wind-driven rain anytime.

🎵 One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small... 🎵 Probably wasn't a good idea to put mushrooms in the coffee maker...

!!!!!EAR WORM!!!!! That's like a computer virus for the mind. Can't. Make. It. Stop. :th

Oh, how I wish I could train or encourage birds to eat ear worms! If I do nothing, they will infest the majority of the sweetcorn crop, and nothing attacks them. Most of their damage is confined to the tips; I then open the husks, and shake them into a bucket of soapy water as I pick. But since...

Apparently some truths are truly universal (as are cell phones). :rolleyes:

I had to look that one up too... pretty far North. You're sort of in Noregon. :lol:

I respectfully disagree with your disagreement. As you stated, the bugs cause little problems... and the few bugs on each ear are incapable of causing such extensive & widespread damage in a short period of time. I've examined my corn after chasing birds away, and find many kernels which are...

The little bugs/beetles tend to take advantage if something else damages the tip cover. In my experience, that is usually birds. To judge by the frayed & shredded husks in the photos posted by the OP, birds are the real problem; the beetles just entered after the damage was done. Yeah, I know...

I really only order from one "catalog" now, and it's finally here: The good news: I already have 9 seed requests (not counting the 3 weird mid-winter garlic requests) and the season is just starting. The bad news: unlike years past, that is because I am now the sole source for 80-90% of the...

You mean the Bean Beret? :lol:

I don't often grow onions from seed (only did it twice). Mine did OK started under lights in February, to be set out in late May / early June. The lights I use (6-bulb T8 hi-bay fixtures) were bright enough that I never needed to give them a 'hair cut'. The plants had already begun forming small...

Dibs! :D And since this is a coffee thread... I tried an experiment with chocolate several years ago. Since some dry coffee creamer appears to have an emulsifier, I wondered if I could melt chocolate into hot coffee, using creamer to dissolve the chocolate? It works!!! :ya I sometimes add a...

You find interesting things sometimes while surfing the web. I'm not sure exactly what genre this us, but I love good harmony, and the base player rocks. Lake Street Dive