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identifying pest beetles so frustrated please help
Comments (7)jean Is there any chance you could take a picture and post it? I'm sure you know that anything we say without a picture is just a guess. I love trying to ID bugs and often use this site. The link takes you to 13 pages of various beetles that are orange, and several of them have dark spots. The milkweed assassin bug is one of them. Maybe you can find your insect there and decide whether it's a pest or not with further research. If not, a picture would be very helpful....See MoreShredders for garden waste
Comments (13)Those string shredders are absolute garbage, so don't bother. They are made for dry leaves, and even then, the smallest little twig will jam it up or wreck the string. I've given up completely on shredders, because even big ole gas powered ones don't do well with wet vegetation. I borrowed one from a friend to try out, and when I started feeding some cucumber vines in, which were still green & wet, it plugged it all up. So, there are 2 methods that I find efficient; the first is to make a pile with whatever you wish to reduce in size, and just have at it with a flat edged transfer shovel. It actually chops up pretty nice. The second, even more stress relieving way is to get a machete, and tear some stuff up. I'll either just pile stuff up and hack away, or use an old table, slide stuff off the edge a bit, and slice it off. Just keep feeding the stuff off the table edge, and keep slicing it off. You don't need to have stuff SUPER tiny, so don't get carried away. And yes, as gardengyrl said, BE CAREFUL if you use a machete! Fingers don't make good compost. Joe...See MoreStorm damage in the neighborhood
Comments (14)"There is a plant hormone called auxin (plant types here know it well) that heals tree wounds. Unfortunately it is only found within a foot or less after a fork." Sorry, but that's simply pure rubbish and is not even close to a valid reason for the way trees should be trimmed! _____________________________________ Trees don't "heal". They grow over (cover) their wounds. When terminal/heading cuts are made (as in when a tree is topped), the tree grows to cover over its wounds by growing new branches at or near the cut. At least two problems occur at heading cuts. First, the time it takes for new branches to develop into the size it takes to develop enough growth to cover the relatively large wounds is often longer than it takes for the exposed wood to rot. And second, the branches that do form at these heading cuts are often poorly attached and fail as they grow (rewounding the tree). So the problems are timing (growth not fast enough to prevent rot) and structural quality (poorly attached branches)....See MoreHow do you like your eggs?
Comments (46)I should have photographed all the pages. A version of Ricky's was listed remember called something '...in a Hat'. Finishing the toasted cut-out piece on top to serve. I really like all the South American egg scrambles. This book was discussed at work so we all shared our favorites. A Brazilian and a Venezuelan I discovered like the same 'variegated'. Similar to the country style pic above. (my Brazilian friend calls them variegated). Makes sense. Pan medium, melt a small pat of butter. Crack in pan two eggs, turn down heat to low. Cook low and slow until whites solidify, no crispy edges. Yolk still tender runny. Add tbsp fresh salsa, chopped avocado...or any handy veg, spinach, etc., a bit of crumbled queso or feta. Stir folding so the egg white and yolk yellow are not a fast scramble...variegated. Even just a simple quick egg I prefer this way. A bit of dill is nice. I like the flavor of the yolk even if partially cooked....See More
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6 years agoI have a Williamsburg Christmas Tree Form that I use for edible centerpieces...
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6 years agoVery cute! This reminds me of a vintage magazine ad I saw recently ... not as cute as a broccoli tree, but Alice knows her pretty pickles.
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