73 degrees right now.......
terilyn
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**Damaging insects on my peppers right now(yes, now in December)
Comments (17)Define 'large infestation' ;-) Do you mean where the buds and the leaves are literally obscured by and dripping with aphids? If so, I've had infestations like that, and Ladybugs took care of the problem without flinching. Generally, folks don't overwinter a great number of plants, and so the problem is usually much more manageable. If Ladybugs are an option in your area, I really feel they are the best option. Just spray off the plants to mechanically remove the excess aphids, and then loose the Ladybugs. In my experience, one Ladybug will clear a medium-sized plant. When I overwintered more plants, I would simply move the Ladybugs from one plant to another. The Ladybug larva are even more adept and voracious at aphid control. When the Ladybugs have done their work, I move them to my Hoyas, which are even greater aphid magnets. Josh...See MoreSix more Weeks O' winter? or Spring?
Comments (6)Hey, Rustipup: That danged old groundhog was right! it has been snowing all day here today! Supposed to get 5-6 inches, most of the schools cancelled classes, and i'm sitting here in the house with a bad cold and cough! RATS!! I can't go out to use my snow-blowers! Oh, it will pass--just have to wait for it to run its course! On the other hand, i sure wish i lived out near you, so i could go up in the back country to see some of the sights! On our trip out west many moons ago, we only got a passing glimpse of the great sights! Then marriage to a nice girl who didn't want to see or drive in the Rocky mountains, or go out in the red rock country (Heck, she closed her eyes when we crossed the Miss. river!, or any other long or high bridge!) Gas was cheap then! So were motels, and restaurants, and car repairs! (The cretins hadn't refined their ways to rip ya off when ya needed help) Now, ya almost have to fly out there, rent a camper, or a truck, and go see the sights! but, thats too expensive for me, since we're subsisting on my Gov't. disability and 2 Social Securities! And, our house taxes are always going up, too. So, enjoy yer trips up into the canyons, etc! Wish i could go too! Rustyj...See MoreBig weather change coming
Comments (11)Animals must know. It was 58 at noon, and I told husband to let the dogs out. Five minutes later they wanted in as I was getting ready to take them to the doggie park for a nice run on a mild party cloudy day. The partly cloudy turned into cloudy with rain coming down in sheets. Darn forecasters were STILL saying mild and windy....See MoreSo thankful for air conditioning, right now
Comments (57)I’m almost six months pregnant in Virginia- my geothermal powered central AC is just about the only thing keeping me sane. The heat has become a trigger for migraines this pregnancy so any day 90 or above, which is all of them right now, I try very hard to leave the house as little as possible. When my in laws purchased the home we now own in 2007- yes 2007- it had cold water in the kitchen from a 20ft hand dug well that drained directly back out an open pipe in the wall, an outhouse, and one light bulb in the living room strung on an open wire hanging from the ceiling. It was occupied in this condition until a year before we purchased it. In this case the owner was a piece of crap who rented it to addicts who didn’t know and couldn’t afford better. But previously a lovely family of 10 lived here until about 1980 without electricity or plumbing. We’ve added all the modern plumbing, real well, septic, geothermal, heat and AC, electric etc. The in-laws thought they’d have to demo the house and start over, but it turns out asbestos is really good at preserving stuff, so they were able to save the original 1840 log structure. There’s a big hullabaloo in our area right now because there are areas and homes without proper water. After Emancipation, the previously enslaved people created their own communities, often small and very rural. Those little villages are little more than a collection of homes at a crossroads but now they are on properties that aren’t being approved for septic systems- in flood planes or not large enough to support leach fields. The homes have been passed down through generations but few updates have been made- lack of resources and lack of accessibility, and if we’re being blunt, lack of concern for African American villages that many people didn’t even know existed. So now the county is in process of creating special exceptions for these areas and getting funding for running utilities from the nearest available infrastructure. To their credit, our Board of Supervisors approved the funding very quickly once the issue was raised but it’s not an overnight process....See More
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