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03-17-2008, 11:37 PM | #11 | |||
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How do you trim back tomatoes and not lose the fruit? Every year, ours are so big that my husband has guide wires attached to the cages with stakes in the ground. Then he runs them over with the mower! |
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03-18-2008, 02:42 PM | #12 | |||
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That first breakfast of fresh grapefruit won me over, bugs and all. I happen to like the tiny lizzards and tree frogs though. My nephews think I am the coolest old lady ever (I'm 44) because they catch the critters and I'm not afraid to hold them. I think they had me holding about 10 lizzards last time we were there. My sister had the willies. Hey, as long as they're NOT in my drink I'm cool.
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03-18-2008, 02:44 PM | #13 | |||
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Trim off the rest - usually they don't have fruit anyway. And you can't pick off those even if they do, cuz it gets too overgrown. You should have seen the contortions I had to do to get my maters. Yoga came in handy.
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03-18-2008, 04:15 PM | #14 | |||
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Just let me know ... you know I love to help!
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03-18-2008, 05:29 PM | #15 | |||
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You actually like to hold lizards??
I touched a snake once. It was at a bazaar near my home. We all went and there was this guy with this boa constrictor (a really big one). and he was walking around and everyone was saying "oh, snakes are slimy, snakes are yukky" and I said out loud "no they are not slimy". So some one dared me to touch the snake. I said "no problem" and I started to pet it (only bcause I knew that snakes ARE NOT SLIMY). Alan thought I lost my mind. I said "go ahead and touch it". He said "are you kidding". The kids around me thought I was cool. That's me. A person who hates, bugs, but I'll touch a snake. Go and figure. Oh, I hate rodents. OF ANY KIND. Once when I was 22, I took a trip to California with my friend. We ended up staying at my Uncle's house for the weekend. I will never forget walking up to his daughter's bedroom (she was about 12.) She opens the door and there's a mouse sitting on her shoulder. I stopped dead in my tracks. I could NOT MOVE!!! I remember my Uncle saying quietly and softly "Cathy, put your mouse back in his cage, Melody's afraid". All my mind kept registering was that THIS WAS HER PET!!! Good lord. She actually had a mouse for a pet. I bet all of you have mouse stories of your own.
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03-18-2008, 09:04 PM | #16 | |||
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I moved out here as a kid, so I've had one of everything as a pet. Mice too.
Scared stiff of snakes though, and spiders. Lizzards, so ya know, feel like snakes. They aren't slimey either. I had several iguanas and anoles, and one skink. I worked on a dairy farm, fed the little calves - that was my 1st job. I had a rat (white lab rat) a pony, rabbits, guinea pigs, cats, turtles, and now I have dogs and birds. I used to have a fish tank with a fresh water clam, crawfish, and a newt in with all the fish, lol.
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03-20-2008, 11:33 AM | #17 | |||
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Anyway, some of the family kept going;most came back. They settled in the Detroit area which had many, many immigrants from Italy, France, Germany etc. They had ethnic neighborhoods.... Grandma had a small house when I knew her. She had roses (red climbers) that grew against the garage. She had Hollyhock (alley flowers we called them)growing on the fence by the alley. There were all kinds of flowers and vegetables. People always had gardens, both flower and veggie. You are so lucky to be in a similar neighborhood. I also have flowers, but keep the veggies down to tomatoes and early spring stuff like cabbage and lettuce. I love to garden, but the heat and humidity in the south is kind of discouraging to gardeners. It takes a lot to keep things going in the hot months (me included). I still have a lot to learn about what does best here. Tootsie
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03-20-2008, 08:14 PM | #18 | |||
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What's wrong with Lizards, Salamanders, Frogs, Toads, Spiders, & Snakes? As well as Praying Mantis, Lady Bugs, etc ... I catch them all the time, they're my Pest Control for my garden & plants.... I love them all - and my son and I twice a year ride up to the special Pet Supply store to purchase Bugs / Insects ~ in a Styrofoam container and come home and feed all the salamander, lizards, spiders, snakes, and several good bugs - especially the Praying Mantis. We spoil them to keep them here and to keep them happy. However, our 2 cats on the other hand ... goes BERSERK! They consider those lizards and salamanders as "Scooby Snaxs" to them; and if they managed to get in the house, and if we don't get to them first and get them back outside ... it's lunch for one of the 2 cats! But as for the Spiders ... my cats HATES them! They kill them, so we make every effort to put them back outside.
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03-20-2008, 08:29 PM | #19 | |||
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What's wrong with Lizards, Salamanders,
Frogs, Toads, Spiders, & Snakes? As well as Praying Mantis, Lady Bugs, etc ... You almost had me on your side, UNTIL YOU MENTIONED Praying Mantisis (what the heck is the plural of Mantis??) Anyway, I found an ant in my bathroom today. Since it's freezing outside, and the wind is howling, I have no idea how this creature got into my bathroom sink, but he was a goner in two seconds flat. And of course I had to take out my Steam Mop and go over the bathroom again. That is going to be one very lonely ant. I could never make it on a farm. I'd be evicted in 5 minutes. Jeez, bugs, lizards, salamanders (what's the difference between a geikko and a salamander??)
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03-20-2008, 08:36 PM | #20 | |||
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Melody ... here you go
Praying Mantis Ummm - Is there a problem with Praying Mantis? The most glorious insect you could have in your garden and they're amazing insects - but WATCH OUT!! YES!! They can bite! Sorry about the ant though ... Did you hold a funeral service? Were any taps played while you steamed it? *laughs* PS: Gecko - Lizard - same thing Salamander - Difference Species - Can change colors GEICKO - Insurance Company ROFL!
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