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botiasToday I cheated on a crossword puzzle and assorted kids have colds, but I also found my keys and celebrated with pizza.
Speaking of Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, did y'all know he's in the movie I Am Number Four? Does large quantities of himself and Marti Noxon's script polishing carry an otherwise forgettable teen movie? Worked for me. Justified has left me just a little unsatisfied this season, I admit. I've come to realize that the S2 story arc/conflict never really gelled for me. Still, I want more.
I've been having lots of fun with garden stuff, even though I started out the season with the most amateur sort of fail. Firstly, I applied my expensive organic snail bait that only harms foolish land mollusks. That was fine I guess, but a few days later the weather cleared again, and I decided it was time to apply compost. This buried my expensive snail bait. Ooops. Secondly, though the package of composted chicken poo promised that it doesn't burn plants, the compost clearly smelled of ammonia and I applied it in excess of the recommended amounts. It burned plants.
A couple of weeks ago, I tried again, scattering fish bone meal around all the flowering and fruiting plants, followed by a generous layer of composted kitchen scraps and coffee grounds (free from Starbucks!) enriched with modest quantities of the chicken poo.That way the raccoons become caffeinated and dig frantically for the fish bone meal, tilling the soil. I saved the snail bait for last. Ever since, whenever it rains, I imagine all the water sinking into that thick and tasty mulch and carrying all the ingredients for lush growth down to the roots of my plants.
Note: Snail bait, no matter how pricey, will not keep snails and slugs away from sunflower seedlings. Only inverted clear plastic drinking cups have given anything like a guarantee of their still being there in the morning.
Speaking of Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, did y'all know he's in the movie I Am Number Four? Does large quantities of himself and Marti Noxon's script polishing carry an otherwise forgettable teen movie? Worked for me. Justified has left me just a little unsatisfied this season, I admit. I've come to realize that the S2 story arc/conflict never really gelled for me. Still, I want more.
I've been having lots of fun with garden stuff, even though I started out the season with the most amateur sort of fail. Firstly, I applied my expensive organic snail bait that only harms foolish land mollusks. That was fine I guess, but a few days later the weather cleared again, and I decided it was time to apply compost. This buried my expensive snail bait. Ooops. Secondly, though the package of composted chicken poo promised that it doesn't burn plants, the compost clearly smelled of ammonia and I applied it in excess of the recommended amounts. It burned plants.
A couple of weeks ago, I tried again, scattering fish bone meal around all the flowering and fruiting plants, followed by a generous layer of composted kitchen scraps and coffee grounds (free from Starbucks!) enriched with modest quantities of the chicken poo.
Note: Snail bait, no matter how pricey, will not keep snails and slugs away from sunflower seedlings. Only inverted clear plastic drinking cups have given anything like a guarantee of their still being there in the morning.
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Date: 2011-04-29 04:26 am (UTC)And still snickering at the caffinated racoons :D
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Date: 2011-04-29 05:16 pm (UTC)