I think what we are going to do for next year is go completely to the mineral tub plan. Nothing will be planted directly in the ground, so whatever grows there will get mowed, and the tubs are only 18-24" deep, so no ultra-deep-rooted weeds can last in there.
Good luck but weeds seem to find a way.
Haven't heard of Mineral Tubs...sounds interesting tho.
Is that what Jimi soaks in?
Doing a search, they seem to be expensive for chunks of plastic, in various shapes.
Oh there are weeds, but they are always the ones whose roots are about an inch deep and easily plucked out.
Ah, I should have explained that. A "mineral tub" is a plastic tub full of minerals that cows need. They are also commonly called "lick tubs," probably because the mineral mix is sufficiently hard that the cows have to lick it to get that good stuff. One of my neighbors uses these by the hundreds every year and because they do not charge him a deposit on the plastic tub all those minerals come in, he has a huge pile of empties, many of which come home with me when I go over there to buy wheat for my chickens. So, while the cost of the tub when full of mineral is high, the cost of the empty tub (for me anyway) is zero.
They also make good flower pots for either side of the house door (the small black ones as opposed to the large orange ones) and the big ones make great auxiliary water containers for when I let the horses loose in the yards and don't want to move their 100-gallon trough. (speaking of which, it had 1/4" of ice on top this morning, so I guess I'll have to move it in the barn soon and plug the heater in)
I like the way you think
Damn, it certainly did go down last night....
Just a shitty day no matter how you look at it....guess on the bright side, we're still above soil.
This is true, but I am having a damn hard time adjusting to the cold this year. I have the same coats, hats, gloves as last year, so what happened to make me less tolerant of the cold? Oh, I know, everyone says you'll get used to it, but my memory still works well enough to remember past transitions from warm to cold and, while I did bitch about the change, they never hurt like this. Old Phart indeed...
Yup... Sigh.
I hear that Rich...just the opposite here, seems like the older I get, the less heat I can tolerate. But when I head north during the winter, I ask myself how the fuck can anyone live in this shit....it's a two way street I guess.
If you were here, we could rub some of Lannie's Ouchie Fixit Stuff on that and you'd be fine in about 60 seconds. But....
I have often wondered if the perfect place exists on this planet. Watching old episodes of Buck Rogers, it is always 72 in the city, day, night, all year, and the computer even introduced a hint of mauve in the sunset. But where does one go in the here and now to find that?
Well, here's the equation that modifies heat due to humidity (yes, really) and, yes, it looks fucked up to me too.
Don't need any equations to understand I dislike humidity......
Aw, gee, Dale... I love math because it comes so easy to me and makes most other people cry.Don't need any equations to understand I dislike humidity......
It's not the arithmetic, it's the %'s I dislike, meaning anything above 40% is too much.....Aw, gee, Dale... I love math because it comes so easy to me and makes most other people cry.
Well, the simple explanation is that the higher the humidity, the less your body is able to evaporate your own sweat, which makes you sticky and uncomfortable. A slightly tougher version says the air around you is already saturated and cannot accept your attempt to evaporate your sweat. Either way, it sucks.It's not the arithmetic, it's the %'s I dislike, meaning anything above 40% is too much.....
Already fixed the thyroid with the B-12, Iodine and Selenium....but it may help others.
Yep, here in the desert your skin turns white from the perperaton drying on the skin....as you know being in Tucson.
Still alive, but cold as hell. It's 31 °F outside and only 66 °F here at this computer.
Salt. Cats and dogs love to lick it off you.
And time to hit the hay..........G'nite
G'Night Dale see ya tomorrow my friend
We had highs in the 60's today, lows weren't as bad as yours though Rich
We need food replicators so we could just dump weeds in them and get good stuff to eat out.
Yeah, like let's grow some pepperoni pizza...
I been thinking about raising Dental floss?Yeah, like let's grow some pepperoni pizza...