Ontopic 2020 Eat Your Veggies - GARDEN THREAD

We as a species have fundamentally changed the distribution of substances in nature at a global level so many times. The biggest one is nuclear dating. You can very very specifically date anything that happened after the first nuclear bomb tests, anywhere in the world, because the materials will have radio nucleotides that just straight up did not exist in nature before the bombs

I've read about that too. I don't possess the formal education level for the fine details but can easily grasp the overall concept and cause/effect.

This kind of shit gives me a moral conundrum sometimes. Not just the nuclear thing but the overall extent of alterations we make to the environment that can last centuries or even forever beyond what is in the grand scheme of things our little flash in the pan of an existence.
 
its all cast in regards to the impact on humans too. The earth as a planet of organisms will survive and evolve just fine no matter what we do to it, life as a high level concept is resilient as hell.

We might not though.
 
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have a fig tree that the birds kept getting at the fruits and ruining them
tried to find some kind of natural deterrent to keep the little feathered fuckers away
all kinds of expensive noise makers and various other bullshit things for sale
in the end, found a guy that said anything shiny that will move would keepthem away
Hung some old blank CDs on a stick nearby so they blow in the wind and fucks sake it works
not a single fig stolen by asshole birds since
Next year Im gonna hang a bunch around my tomatoes too
simple solutions for simple people

You must also then know the trick of hanging Ziploc bags full of water to keep the flies away. Messes with their vision.
 
www.backyardchickens.com is a good resource. It's a forum but it's pretty open. Don't have a secret squirrel section that keeps all the good info for paying members or anything.
Can get a lot of good info and links to books, articles, ag/bio research papers, etc. without signing up and participating if you don't want to.
Did I mention the wife bought a chicken harness for walking her favorites? FFS! I'm worried about her, I keep finding her out in the chicken run.:p
 
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Did I mention the wife bought a chicken harness for walking her favorites? FFS! I'm worried about her, I keep finding her out in the chicken run.:p

Oh you're on the right track now, Eddie.


Where does one get a walking chicken harness? I want one for the wife.
 
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Oh you're on the right track now, Eddie.


Where does one get a walking chicken harness? I want one for the wife.
Honestly, I think it's just a chihuahua size dog harness. Two legs holes and a neck hole. Bright pink. OMG - now she want to get the chicken clothing. Like, checkered dress with a poofy Aunt Jehmima hat.

Alternate answer - if you want a walking harness for the wife I'd suggest you Google "bondage store near me." :fly:
 
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You must also then know the trick of hanging Ziploc bags full of water to keep the flies away. Messes with their vision.
MythBusters says no.

 
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Honestly, I think it's just a chihuahua size dog harness. Two legs holes and a neck hole. Bright pink. OMG - now she want to get the chicken clothing. Like, checkered dress with a poofy Aunt Jehmima hat.

Alternate answer - if you want a walking harness for the wife I'd suggest you Google "bondage store near me." :fly:

Aunt Jehmima is socially uncool now, might get you kilt.
 
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Hips - you got roaches? My late brother would make roach traps with duct tape thumbtacked to a piece of 2X4 and a little bacon grease out in the middle. He'd have approved of your paper plate idea.

Haven't had roaches for a long time but I will remember this, thanks.

Odd how some people have no problem with chemical warfare or torturous glue traps for killing bugs but when it comes to mammals those are suddenly cruel or "unethical".
 
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