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Beauty homepage!My wife and my son keep a few orchids but we don't do any commercially. Take a peek at www.robrick.com to get a sense of what we do.
Beauty homepage!My wife and my son keep a few orchids but we don't do any commercially. Take a peek at www.robrick.com to get a sense of what we do.
They'll show up. Everyone is in a bit of a panic about the covid 19 virus right now. Things will settle down a bit (I hope).Snow here down a little more than a couple of feet here as shown against stacked planters (2x24") for comparison. Pic taken on 21st. But I am in van outside Laundromat (physically distancing) catching wifi rays watching the snowfall! It could accumulate.
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Nobody has made contact re the installation of a dish since I ordered the service last Thu. I may be doing these wifi/grocery runs for the duration.
Keep the sunny warm news from the South coming ... meanwhile I am spackling, painting - no more procrastinating
This sounds more like an undercover surveillance operation to me—you failed to mention the parabolic listening device. ( But that’s top secret. )Snow here down a little more than a couple of feet here as shown against stacked planters (2x24") for comparison. Pic taken on 21st. But I am in van outside Laundromat (physically distancing) catching wifi rays watching the snowfall! It could accumulate.
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Nobody has made contact re the installation of a dish since I ordered the service last Thu. I may be doing these wifi/grocery runs for the duration.
Keep the sunny warm news from the South coming ... meanwhile I am spackling, painting - no more procrastinating
Tried out the new electric tiller/cultivator today.
Checked the hummingbird migration map and they are about here (SE TN). One Ruby Throated male was sighted yesterday in my area. So, I put out my feeder. The males migrate first as I understand it. With the virus, I almost completely forgot about the hummingbird migration.
Tulip picture below. Took it about a week ago.
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Added Stuff: Been looking at this tulip photo. Turned out really nice which in this case was mostly luck with my little Canon point & shoot camera that I use for work stuff mostly. I have been adding edits/comments since nobody has posted after me to this point.
Monday, 3/30/20: One local internet provider (rated the fastest in the country) are creating free wifi hot spots around the area. They are mostly at schools at the moment. I think this is a good thing.
They make travel desks that are designed to be used while sitting in your vehicle. I have one, but honestly have never used it as I very seldomly use a computer inside my vehicle or access the internet driving other than to make a hotel reservation, check a map, occasionally email, or verify my gps directions in big cities (like Atlanta where I have little idea the better routes, especially downtown). My tablet gets the most use inside my vehicle and the laptop gets used at hotels. When I first started out with my little business, I needed a hotspot (or believed I did) that was portable. I think I used it once in a remote location. But I did use it inside motels that did not have wifi at the time, or for security reasons. I used to carry a printer with me if I was staying at hotels.... lots of baggage. I believe that I have three ink jet printers that I bought when traveling just to be able to print from my computer. They are probably all ruined by now due to dried up ink. I generally only use laser printers.Newsy post . Tiller looks like a great solution. I've been thinking again about starting that bee balm garden in the lower field and may move on it if the field doesn't flood this year - an 'industrial strength' tiller would help - perhaps a rental.
Yes, tulip pic - just enough depth of field to feature blooms plus setting - nice.
Re: wifi - lots of ingenuity coming out of these times as well as tragedy.
Brief note here - laptop balanced on steering wheel - great ergos
I don't believe the dish installers are essential service providers so not holding breath for high speed at home ... stay safe world.
Seedlings are up and taking all south facing windows - nasturtiums, tomatoes, peppers, pansies, gaillardia, sweet pea, hummingbird mix (capsules), climbing petunias ... still have a bunch of planting to do but a lot of that is direct seeding or bulbs which will wait until close to the end of May (last frost).
A little irrigation going on in the picture above... Is it necessary this early?
I had fair luck last year and I planted potatoes in plain green garbage bags and raised the 'hills' with earth as needed with growth of the plants - another of my experimental attempts at gardening The potatoes were palm sized mostly - so a success I felt. Your experience has me wondering if the plant roots need the hilling - don't know if you could do that in the buckets. Also drainage - were the small potatoes at the top of the roots, away from where water might have pooled? Fertilizers - some favour foliage while discouraging blooms - not sure what works for root crops. I did use some compost last year. 22-rimfire might have something more to say about potatoes.Last year, I tried growing potatoes in four 5 gallon pails. Although the foliage was robust, healthy looking, and grew like mad, the harvested potatoes were woefully small: most around pea-sized and the few larger ones the size of a nickel. I emptied my pails when the top plants withered and drooped like they were dying, as recommended by many of the YouTube vids I watched. I am going to try again this season, but I'm looking for any tips or tricks to increase my yield.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Am parked in the shade of the building adjacent to the Laundromat (wifi hotspot for dial-upers with crashed modems for those unfamiliar) as we speak Reflection off the screen is the issue - I can still see myself and don't look too bright - duh! Also miss the ease of wireless keyboard/mouse.
I had fair luck last year and I planted potatoes in plain green garbage bags and raised the 'hills' with earth as needed with growth of the plants - another of my experimental attempts at gardening The potatoes were palm sized mostly - so a success I felt. Your experience has me wondering if the plant roots need the hilling - don't know if you could do that in the buckets. Also drainage - were the small potatoes at the top of the roots, away from where water might have pooled? Fertilizers - some favour foliage while discouraging blooms - not sure what works for root crops. I did use some compost last year. 22-rimfire might have something more to say about potatoes.