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I think this is one of the parent black vultures. #Georgia ...

2026-07-19T01:24:13+02:00

I think this is one of the parent black vultures.

#Georgia #birding #Nature #Vultures

Man, this episode of a podcast I don’t listen to very often, is ...

2026-07-14T19:28:16+02:00

Man, this episode of a podcast I don’t listen to very often, is riveting!
It is a major information dump.

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/capsicumology

#Peppers #Gardening #Podcast #Botany #HotPeppers #scoville #NewMexico

When I was in Maine, I loved to go watch the alewives run. I’ve ...

2026-07-13T02:42:34+02:00

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When I was in Maine, I loved to go watch the alewives run.
I’ve seen a river that is 50 feet across and 2 to 6 foot deep with Alewives so thick in it you could not see the bottom.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBq1gB

That’s my album of some of the pictures that I took

I’m going to splurge and see it Friday matinee

2026-07-01T05:14:24+02:00

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I’m going to splurge and see it Friday matinee

If you are growing bell peppers, here’s something to remember. ...

2026-06-27T23:57:24+02:00

If you are growing bell peppers, here’s something to remember. If you pick them while they are still dark green, then you will get pepper after pepper after pepper. If you let them turn yellow or red or whatever their ripe color is then the plant will stop producing.
That’s why it’s pretty common to see yellow and red bell peppers priced just a little bit more than the dark green ones

#Gardening #Peppers

I love to bake those.

2026-06-23T03:22:19+02:00

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I love to bake those.

I’m running into a lot of cognitive issues today. Yuck. . Also, ...

2026-06-19T20:27:39+02:00

I’m running into a lot of cognitive issues today. Yuck.
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Also, I just finished a call in one of the swankiest homes that I have been into. Condo, but they had money.
Also, for the record, I hate gated communities

This is fairly solarpunkSunday

2026-06-04T03:22:35+02:00

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This is fairly solarpunkSunday

pick him up and look at the underside of the shell. If there is ...

2026-05-23T19:34:28+02:00

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pick him up and look at the underside of the shell. If there is an indention, then he’s a male.

when I was in Maine I contributed many bumblebee records to ...

2026-05-10T00:51:37+02:00

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when I was in Maine I contributed many bumblebee records to inaturalist. I know that they pull records from iNaturalist for the bumblebee Atlas.

Exchange a few emails with one of the people who was over the project. I thought that I had made a sighting of the yellow bumblebee, but it was not. It was a northern amber bumblebee. Now my favorite species.
I’m going to miss not being able to spot them down here in Georgia.

Young Mockingbirds in the hedge outside one of the local ...

2026-04-10T20:35:58+02:00

Young Mockingbirds in the hedge outside one of the local libraries. Frankly, they are much further along in their development than I expected.
#Birdnest #Nature #Birding

this is prime #solarpunkSunday stuff.

2026-02-14T03:24:58+01:00

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this is prime #solarpunkSunday stuff.

if you live where there are earthworms, just toss the coffee ...

2025-12-07T02:13:56+01:00

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if you live where there are earthworms, just toss the coffee grounds out on the ground. The earthworms will pull them into the soil. And they will decay in place.
They do not acidify the soil. The acid stays in the cup at least with hot brew it does I don’t know about cold brew.

Oooh! An interesting looking episode!! #nature #foraging #plants ...

2025-10-31T02:56:34+01:00

Oooh! An interesting looking episode!!

#nature #foraging #plants #podcasts

I like it. It would be way too big for my needs unless I moved my ...

2025-09-21T18:52:19+02:00

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I like it. It would be way too big for my needs unless I moved my entire extended family in, but I like it.

I hope so too! Back in the late 70's, my brother and I would ...

2025-09-14T02:14:37+02:00

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I hope so too! Back in the late 70's, my brother and I would entertain ourselves outside under the big pole light, by throwing little rocks up. The bats would catch them, figure out they weren't food, and drop them.
I feel bad about this now.

what do you mean “timeline”?

2025-07-21T19:21:37+02:00

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what do you mean “timeline”?

Probably my last mention on this topic.... Children of Men is ...

2025-02-23T04:20:11+01:00

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Probably my last mention on this topic.... Children of Men is supposed to be a book, and if its even half as good as the movie, you are in for a treat!
Seriously though, for this one.... watch the movie first.

An old one, which I don't remember that well is ...

2025-02-23T01:54:13+01:00

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An old one, which I don't remember that well is "Lucifer's Hammer". (1977) A comet strikes earth.
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Seven Eves is a different one - neal stephenson, so its pretty thoughtful.
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I am Legend (1954). It's not mentioned.
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"On the Beach"... quite enjoyed this one, but its a sad.
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Afterland by Lauren Beukes... ah, this one is.... different.
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"The book of strange new things" is post apoc and science fiction. Not read, but I'm very intrigued.

I read it in early high school, which would’ve been 40 years ...

2025-02-15T19:01:43+01:00

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I read it in early high school, which would’ve been 40 years ago and it made an impression that stuck with me. Every read it once as an adult and I didn’t find it quite as compelling, but it was still pretty darn good.

Having attempted to transcribe some old census records (years ...

2025-02-08T02:17:20+01:00

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Having attempted to transcribe some old census records (years ago).... it's not the cursive. It's the scrawls. Much of the handwriting is atrocious.

why do you use a URL shortener? They don’t do much on mastodon.

2025-02-06T23:13:05+01:00

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why do you use a URL shortener? They don’t do much on mastodon.

Thank YOU

2025-01-20T01:09:01+01:00

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Thank YOU

"Who knows? Times change. Would you call this age a good one ...

2025-01-14T15:24:19+01:00

"Who knows? Times change. Would you call this age a good one for unicorns?"
"No, but I wonder if any man before us ever thought his time a good time for unicorns.”

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. Pg 5

bookstodon group (npub1ny7…uv57)

In addition to trying container gardening this year, I'm ...

2025-01-10T21:22:45+01:00

In addition to trying container gardening this year, I'm going to incorporate dandelions into my diet. Yep, "weeds".

#gardening #foraging

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/five_ways_to_eat_dandilions

Eggs are (really) strong, but I don't think they are truly ...

2024-12-27T01:43:34+01:00

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Eggs are (really) strong, but I don't think they are truly dominant.
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It's not the game to end all games, but its an enjoyable, lightweight to mediumweight game.

I enjoy the heck out of Wingspan. I've played it about 8 ...

2024-12-26T21:40:06+01:00

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I enjoy the heck out of Wingspan. I've played it about 8 times - mostly as a duo with my wife. It's a good game with a decent variety of strategies.

I've a friend who has thru hiked the Appalachian trail 3 ...

2024-08-28T17:36:20+02:00

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I've a friend who has thru hiked the Appalachian trail 3 times now - he is going to do the Pacific Crest at some point.
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Thanks for the photo!

I grew okra in Georgia - it does love its long hot summers. ...

2024-08-27T12:15:31+02:00

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I grew okra in Georgia - it does love its long hot summers. It’s great fried, but my favorite is the young tender pods lightly baked whole…

As someone who used one of these (though more primitive) for 2 ...

2024-08-17T20:45:07+02:00

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As someone who used one of these (though more primitive) for 2 years as an early teen... good luck. Buy for performance, sharpen often, and mow even more often. It'll build muscle. And aggravation. So, so much aggravation.

Someone measuring something as 17 and 3/4s, and not 18 inches ...

2024-08-13T02:50:42+02:00

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Someone measuring something as 17 and 3/4s, and not 18 inches cost us 10,000 dollars (roughly, bit more actually), so I feel ya.

Even if you stay on top of maintenance - which most folks ...

2024-08-13T01:15:35+02:00

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Even if you stay on top of maintenance - which most folks don't (How often do you have someone out to tune up the AC?) Crawl under the house? (if you have a crawl space), pop a ladder up to look at the roof?
It still gets pricey.

Keep it up! English Ivy first crawls, then walks, then gallops, ...

2024-06-07T01:44:38+02:00

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Keep it up! English Ivy first crawls, then walks, then gallops, Yours is in the galloping stage. When you get enough beaten back, it will get easier and easier.

I'm not sure how well English Ivy tolerates mowing or weed eating, but that's worth looking at. Kudzu has a low toleration for both - with luck, English Ivy will be the same.