ESMB has established communication with Independent Scientology Milestone Two

[Dulloldfart]

Or you can upload them to a hosting service, like Photobucket or Imgur. There are lots of free ones. Or host them online yourself, but I assume that if you did that you would know what to do anyway.

The pic in my signature, for example, is hosted at zttp://i.imgur.com/ci2RwyM.jpg. If you just wrap image tags around the address, like

it will display as an image. Only use the proper address of http etc instead of zttp etc.

Paul

 

[This is NOT OK !!!!]

Lol! Congrats on your chooks, Scooter! Pics?

I'm about to rent a goat for a week to eat the poison ivy and clean up the back section that was left wild for eight years. Apparently they love the stuff.

(also more interesting, heh)

Can I come over and grill that goat (after he's finished eating the ivy)?

 

[strativarius]

Can I come over and grill that goat (after he's finished eating the ivy)?

I do hope that you'll kill it first!

 

[Dulloldfart]

Can I come over and grill that goat (after he's finished eating the ivy)?

OK goat. What the hell do you think you're doing?

[bleat]

Come on, come on, stop playing dumb.

[bleat]

Come on. Out with it!

[bleat]

. . .


Paul

 

[I told you I was trouble]

Sheila, don't be trusting goaty Mcgoatface near your washing line when it has washing hung on it ... they love eating washing (especially undies!).

I think it's a fantastic idea to have him/her on the property though (bet you end up besotted and want to keep him).

 

[uncover]

I think it's a fantastic idea to have him/her on the property though (bet you end up besotted and want to keep him).

..... especially as a twin for your next TR's:

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[JustSheila]

Can I come over and grill that goat (after he's finished eating the ivy)?

I do hope that you'll kill it first!

No no no! He's a RENTAGOAT! I can't return him cooked! I'll lose my deposit!

He should be pretty good at keeping my neighbour's five cats out of the yard, though, if he doesn't eat them!

 

[strativarius]

No no no! He's a RENTAGOAT! I can't return him cooked! I'll lose my deposit!

He should be pretty good at keeping my neighbour's five cats out of the yard, though, if he doesn't eat them!

I once lived in a commune in the country. We had two goats, Clarence and Clara, and it was my job to round 'em up and bring 'em in at night. Clara was mild and docile, but Clarence was an ornery SOB and used to rear up and try to butt me. I was quite nervous when I was around him I can tell you, as he was a big bugger with huge curly horns.

 

[JustSheila]

I once lived in a commune in the country. We had two goats, Clarence and Clara, and it was my job to round 'em up and bring 'em in at night. Clara was mild and docile, but Clarence was an ornery SOB and used to rear up and try to butt me. I was quite nervous when I was around him I can tell you, as he was a big bugger with huge curly horns.

LOL!

This one is a male. Was the goat easier with women? How did you keep him from butting you and get him in (or were you in the mud most days)?

This is a real bad year for poison ivy in Tennessee, from what I've heard and seen. It's hard to avoid and I already had a bad rash and reaction so not messing with it again. Quite a few farms are lending their goats or renting them out. They are the ultimate organic solution for clearing small sections of overgrowth here!

 

[strativarius]

LOL!

This one is a male. Was the goat easier with women? How did you keep him from butting you and get him in (or were you in the mud most days)?

I believe he just took an instant dislike to me for some reason although I suspect I got the job of bringing him in because no one else wanted to have to do it. I think he sensed I was a bit dubious about him.

 

[Dulloldfart]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8BXUFFG1Ns

Paul

 

[JustSheila]

Paul!

There's another vid of that goat set to music. They've nicknamed him 'Gangsta Goat!'

Seems the males can play a little rough. I better have a lot of apples handy, and maybe a bicycle helmet, too:

[video=youtube;tnkIlZREiDI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnkIlZREiDI[/video]

 

[anonomog]

Hmmm

I open up the thread "ESMB has established communication with Independent Scientology Milestone Two" and find goat head-butting videos.

Wonder: is there a deeper meaning in all of this...

While we are on the gardening and weed topic, I'm hoping for some advice, gardening not really in my comfort zone. I moved to a house with a one rose and one lemon tree and the rest was baked hard earth. No grass, even the the occasional weed looked desperate.

I started planting out the back, but the last couple of weeks the ground between the plants has become covered in yellow woodsorrel. I don't really want a garden permanently full of it but we are going into winter and at least 4 months of no rain. I was thinking it might be an idea to use it as a living mulch? I have put down some indigenous plants as ground cover but I can't see them doing a whole lot till spring.
Am I out of my mind and should get rid of it now or does anyone think it might be a reasonable plan?

Oh and my cats don't watch me, they supervise.
Sammy Pinknose believes it is god given duty to 'help' me water the indoor plants. He hates getting wet but he jumps up next to each plant and watches me water, sticks his head in the pots, looks at me and gives his ok. I am no green finger, but I didn't think I was that bad. Really.

 

[strativarius]

The goats in these videos are bloody pussy cats compared to Clarence. He was like the ones you see in natural history programmes competing for females by rearing up on their hind legs and bashing their heads (or horns) together. He was a huge hairy mfr.

 

[Glenda]

Hmmm

I open up the thread "ESMB has established communication with Independent Scientology Milestone Two" and find goat head-butting videos.

Wonder: is there a deeper meaning in all of this...

While we are on the gardening and weed topic, I'm hoping for some advice, gardening not really in my comfort zone. I moved to a house with a one rose and one lemon tree and the rest was baked hard earth. No grass, even the the occasional weed looked desperate.

I started planting out the back, but the last couple of weeks the ground between the plants has become covered in yellow woodsorrel. I don't really want a garden permanently full of it but we are going into winter and at least 4 months of no rain. I was thinking it might be an idea to use it as a living mulch? I have put down some indigenous plants as ground cover but I can't see them doing a whole lot till spring.
Am I out of my mind and should get rid of it now or does anyone think it might be a reasonable plan?

Oh and my cats don't watch me, they supervise.
Sammy Pinknose believes it is god given duty to 'help' me water the indoor plants. He hates getting wet but he jumps up next to each plant and watches me water, sticks his head in the pots, looks at me and gives his ok. I am no green finger, but I didn't think I was that bad. Really.

I do not know about woodsorrel but anything that is self-setting, that you don't want, is best removed. These plants tend to "take-over".

To get a low-maintenance "I am not a gardener" garden, requires a little basic planning to start with. Soil condition is everything. Start with the basics (normal one's not that stupid book package).

Do a little research into what plants grow really well in your area (look at other gardens in the neighbourhood) and choose a few plants you really like from your research.

So you have two basic steps:
Soil condition
Growing plants that thrive in your region, that you actually like.

Next keep garden sizes small, but well planted. Too bigger gardens kill off non-gardeners because they are hard to maintain and hence tend to always look messy/annoying. Keep it small, simple, intense and beautiful. Consider "mass plantings" i.e. find a plant you really like and fill a whole area with it.

A garden should not be a chore, a drag which sucks up time which the owner resents giving. A garden, if well planned (to suit conditions and the life-style of the owner), should require minimum attention (once established) and be a pleasure to look at. I love gardening but always develop gardens to a stage where they literally only need a few hours work every six months or so. I want to enjoy the garden, not be a slave to it.

It's all in the research planning stage. Kind of think of it a bit like building a house. You have a plan, the foundations go down first, etc.

And the golden rule of gardening is:

Have bare soil, weeds will grow. Plantings that cover soil are everything!

I hope this helps.

 

[lotus]

I do not know about woodsorrel but anything that is self-setting, that you don't want, is best removed. These plants tend to "take-over".


So you have two basic steps:
Soil condition
Growing plants that thrive in your region, that you actually like.

Next keep garden sizes small, but well planted. Too bigger gardens kill off non-gardeners because they are hard to maintain and hence tend to always look messy/annoying. Keep it small, simple, intense and beautiful. Consider "mass plantings" i.e. find a plant you really like and fill a whole area with it.

Good advice!
I second!

Indigenous plants usually require very little care and are rustic (diseases & parasites)

Better to get rid of any self setting that is taking over. It usually build up roots everywhere in your garden and deprive your plants of nutriments ..they invade the garden.

The funnier thing is in the beginning - make a plan to create a nice massif (focal point) with various heights...you can get inspiration on internet. The best is to group same plants and color together. Then, start to create it..one plant at the time. (you can decide wich fauna you want to attract in your garden and choose your plants to match it)

If you want to free yourself of weeding, the best advice is to invest a little money to cover the soil around you plants with a felt mat that allows roots to grow through but doesn't allow weed to grow. Then you recover with good soil and add 3-4 inches of wood mulch that will keep your soil cool and damp. (you don't cover near the base of your plants )

As soon as you've gone through a whole year creating and have fun..it's too late to give up...you already have become addicted..and your garden is a new home to various species that let you enjoy small animals, birds and insects .

Adding a bird bath is funny to keep birds friend in.

Gardening is the most wonderfull therapy for the mind and the soul. Joy and patience to learn - a never ending work in progress, but very rewarding.
When fall comes (we usually get all the cleaning , plants moving, dividing plants and bulbs)

Have fun and enjoy!
:wink2:

 

[JustSheila]

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[anonomog]

Thanks Glenda and Lotus. I will take your advice.

I have drawn up plans on what the garden should eventually look like and have started with a couple manageable size beds. I didn't want to tackle the entire area hopefully it will become a joy not a burden.
I started planting autumn germinating seeds a couple of months ago in seed trays and they seem to be doing well. Actually, way better than expected, even if only half survive I will probably have more seedlings than garden! Really looking forward to spring.