Hmm, I just snap'em off whenever. I have been known to get over zealous with pruning, but I've never seen a plant respond badly...I doubt removing a few damaged leaves will hurt. On the other hand, leaving them alone may not hurt either if you're worried?

First, the reasons I switched from 5 gal pails to 1 gallon milk jugs: 1. I can brew 5-1 gallon jugs at a time...or less, if I want to. (Sometimes I just keep brewing continuously) 2. Because aeration bubbles are vertical, aerating a milk jug with 2 aquarium pump hoses disburses the O2 thoroughly thruout the brew. With a 5 gal bucket, it's harder to spread the bubbles evenly. (If I had 10 hoses in a 5 gal bucket, it would be difficult to have them spaced evenly) BTW, I don't use tea "bags", or O2 diffusers. 3. During the brewing process, I can take the hoses out, put a cap on the jug, and shake it up a little. 4. I COULD brew 5 jugs by staggering the start times (hence finish times). This is really useful if you wanna quit for awhile...or a couple of whiles. BTW, I used the aquarium pumps to de-chlorinate the H2O for tea production but also for my wife to water her plants with. Just started the brews in the pic @10AM. Tea time @10 tomorrow.... cb2

Not a problem and thanks Kendra and Donna. Kendra that's a good point and something that I didn't realize. I've noticed too that this Female is very friendly. I clapped from afar before checking on her eggs and she stood in the hole for a while then flew into a tree behind it. She sat there when I was at the box and watched. I got to see the fledglings again today! They are flying very well! They fledged on day 19 and they always seem to around here, regardless of whether it's early or late in the season. However their landings are the weaker side. they flutter then land. They are moving around more and showing themselves more. Also they're getting louder and easier to find. The 1st day is always a challenge to locate them...But I've witnessed them fledge AT LEAST 3 times! Got to see at least 2 - 4 take their 1st flight in these past 4-5 seasons. I still have to get 4 more conduit pipes for the boxes here at home! The main reason I am using PVC is because I started with it non-wobling and have plenty for 2 ft baffles. I just need more pipe and hose clamps. I already have the 4 PVC caps. BTW Kendra at site #2 2-3 neighbors have cats. One was at the bottom of the post one evening but I chased it off. I found 2 Robin Fledgings dead in the neighborhood. Thank goodness our blues are so good about keeping their young HIGH in the trees! What's wrong with these robins? They aren't so smart about the youngin like the blues. I've even had my blues outwit a hawk when it was in the same tree as the fledglings! Thanks for the input you two! Hope things are going well in your neck of the woods!

I do not like Tim Hortons coffee. At. All. I might take a dark roast now and then if someone bought it for me, but I would never go out of my way to buy one. Coffee, REAL coffee does not taste like Tim Hortons coffee at all. And their donuts are not fresh. I remember when TH first opened. You could walk into a restaurant and smell the donuts being baked fresh and the coffee was pretty decent. Now the smell of the coffee alone, gives me bad heartburn. No other smell does that to me. Just their coffee! And you do not smell donuts being baked in the restaurant. Ever. Poutine is just plain wrong too. If you're going to put anything on your fries, make it chili! Chili fries are the best. Next to plain old fries and ketchup. :)