An informal study of recovery rate after deer strike.
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Comments (32)Hey folks, so I'm posting this follow up in my original thread because I think I have a related problem. Last year, I replaced the PTO drive belt and the mower blade drive belts on my inherited JD STX 38 Yellow Deck. Today I took the mower out (NOT the first time this season) and had some serious issues. First of all, the grass is tall - 18-24 inches. I had the mower height set to the tallest height. The grass may have also been slightly damp - although not wet. I was able to cut basically one path, then I realized that although the PTO was engaged, the blades weren't cutting the grass. I was going at the slowest speed (first gear) and even tried cutting using only 1/2 of the mower deck width at a time - no help. I took the mower back to my driveway, cleared out lots of old clumped grass from the blades, and started the mower and the PTO. The blades were definitely turning. I turned off the mower again, and noticed that the PTO drive belt is looking terrible - it's all pitted and slack - it's not tight around the PTO shaft! So, my theory is this: the PTO drive belt is shot again (Although not broken yet) - so the blade spin when I'm not trying to cut anything, but when I come in contact with any sort of grass of substance, the slack belt is "slipping" and resulting in the blades not cutting? Does this make sense? Solution: replace the belt AGAIN???? A few more things to note: 1) I tried cutting shorter grass and drier grass and had very little luck. 2) why would my PTO drive belt, just replaced a year ago, be so shredded already? That's worrisome... any advice would be appreciated. thanks....See MoreEarth may be cooling after all!!!
Comments (10)Hi. I'm new to AL and GWF. I'm no longer an AGW skeptic. However, since I'm pretty sure people will wait until it is too late to help themselves, I don't really debate the issue. Folks get really fired up about it, probably because they fear the proposed solutions more than climate change itself. Hard to blame them, really. Here's a pretty good link to read the argument from the AGW side if anyone is interested. http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php The cool thing (literally and figuratively) is that with the right trees in the right place, and a nice garden, we can create our own tiny micro climate and produce good food. Nothin' wrong with that, no matter where you stand on AGW! Here is a link that might be useful: AGW facts...See MoreOP germination rates ?
Comments (55)what commercial supplier of heirloom seeds would you recommend? **** My experience is not as a customer b'c I think I've only purchased less than 30 packs of seed since maybe 1982, LOL, after I moved back East from teaching in Denver at the Med School, and back then, roughly before 1990 it was Seeds Blum and Gleckers and both are out of business, although I've been up close and personal with tomatoes since I was a kid back on the farm and I'll be 69 in June. Triple Sigh. But I've been posting online about tomatoes since 1989 and seen lots of feedback and I do know the owners of most of the more common seed sources. And most helpful was several years ago when here at GW I started Wrong varieties threads and there was a tremendous amount of feedback. And I continue to monitor these issues at the four places where I do read/post. There are several factors that go into choosing commercial sources and they include seeds that are true, seed age/viability, quality of information given about varieties, kinds of varieties offered, service, and seed prices, to name a few. it really does bother me when with any given variety when source A charges $2 for a pack of 30 while source B charges $4, all other factors being somewhat equal. And it really does bother me as well when some folks are attracted to a slick website and ignore what's really important as to all the variables I mentioned above. And no source selling OP varieties has a perfect record on seed purity just b'c of the nature of OP seed production. I also don't think it's critical that a site have pictures of varieties although it's fine if they do. With those caveats I'd suggest the following, somewhat in order: Tomatogrowers.com ( Linda Sapp) SandhillPreservation.com ( Glenn and Linda Drowns) Victoryseeds.com ( Mike Dunton) SSE Public catalog varieties ( seedsavers.org) (Aaron Whaley) Marianne Jones at Mariseeds.com Baker Creek, (rareseeds.com) ( Jere Gettle) Heirloom seeds ( in PA, heirloomseeds.com) ( Tom Hauch) And yes I do know all of the folks mentioned above and have interacted with all of them in one way or another, whether it's sending them varieties for trial or for some as fellow SSE members of yore, etc) And with those above there are close to a couple of thousand varieties available. If anyone wants to go beyond the more commonly offered varieties they should consider joining SSE, not just for requesting seeds from listed SSE members, and there's often a problem there in seed purity so folks should darn well know how to rogue out wrong plants and that comes solely from experience, from the Yearbook where about 4000 varieties are offered, but to help SSE with their mission of seed preservation in general. Lousy run on sentence but I'm sure you get my drift. ( smile) Every one of the above has had problems at one time or another with wrong varieties and/or low germinating seed, except for Sandhill where no seed sold is older than 2 years old, which to me is quite remarkable since Glenn lists about 400 varieties. And I should say that of late Totally Tomatoes has done a much better job but some wrong descriptions still bother me a lot. But they (Jungs) inherited blurbs from the previous owner Wayne Hilton and there are still lots of errors but it looks like most of the seeds are fine these days. I know Gary Ibsen at Tomatofest very well but I do have problems with seed prices there. Yes, I know he sells only organic seed but to me organicness is gained in how one GROWS the plants re edible fruits, not with organic seed per se which to me is more of a personal philosophy statement. Just my personal opinion. But to each his or her own. I'm hearing some good things about Skyfire seeds but don't know them as well. And for sure there are others but you asked me which ones I'd suggest to others as sources to maybe start with and right now I've listed those above. Finally, I've said it before and I'll say it again, each person should know the basic traits of every variety they sow seeds for BEFORE they sow the seeds. And that means plant habit, ind or det, leaf form, PL or RL, fruit color and size and shape. That's the ONLY way that a person will know if the variety they have is correct and it sure would stop a lot of wrong varieties from being traded, which happens quite a bit. Of course the possibility of cross pollination should also be recognized and there's an excellent FAQ on that here at GW, just click on the FAQ at the top of the page and scroll down. Carolyn, who has also decided to stay positive and NOT list the sources she would NOT recommend to others. Sigh....See MoreFederal Government About to Undo Wolf Recovery
Comments (29)I want more hunters in western NY. The white tail deer are out of control. This year alone my brother and sister hit a deer that jumped in front of their car at night. Verrrry expensive to have the car fixed. That's just this year. In years past many other accidents have occurred. I Article in the newspaper that car insurance companies are raising rates here because the deer/vehicle encounters have skyrocketed in the last few years. Many people lose their lives in these accidents. The local parks and wildlife refuges hate the deer because they eat everything in sight. Deer do not let any new trees grow unless they are fenced off and this is stopping the forests from regenerating. The lack of small trees and undergrowth has further reduced the rest of wildlife. Deer are displacing just about everything else. This is wildlife and conservation people that hate the deer, not big business. Hunting is declining as a sport. Not enough hunters anymore to keep them under control and young people find new electronic hobbies more interesting than hunting. No wolves or other predators either. Hunting and other license fees fund wildlife services. With hunting on the decline, revenue to our wildlife services is on the decline. If you're a hunter, come to western NY where the hunting is easy. Everyone that I know is a hunter has found it pretty easy to bag their limit....See Morefrankielynnsie
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