Re: What a week!
So, I guess I'll really get around to turning the compost pile this
weekend and shoveling some of the finished stuff out into my garden. I
hope that will send them on to somewhere else (and so they'll stop
eating my tomatos!)
Theresa
Theresa wrote:
>Apparently we have wimpy cats in the neighborhood. They use my garden
>as a litterbox, but leave the damn rats to live there.
>
>Theresa
>
>Pam Evans wrote:
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>>Daryl - good for you! I was wondering tonight if your roof got fixed yet.
>>You've had one heck of a week lady - hope it settles down for you now and
>>that toe heals quickly - ouch!! Theresa, no cats in the neighborhood?
>>
>>
>>On 9/13/05, kmrsy <kmrsy@netzero.net> wrote:
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>>>One of my boys deposited a dead rabit in my garage the other day. I just
>>>put him in a bag and drop off at the CES dumpster.
>>>
>>>Kitty
>>>neIN, Z5
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:32 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] What a week!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Speaking of dead things...This summer I did the really stupid thing of
>>>>putting a dead armadillo in my garbage can. It was probably hit by a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>car,
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>>>
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>>>>but it walked to the end of my driveway before dying. I didn't know what
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>to
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>>>>do with it, and in a fit of idiocy wrapped it in plastic, put it in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>another
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>>>
>>>
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>>>>plastic bag and stuck it in the big green can for THREE DAYS! It melted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>am grateful the garbage man still picks up my trash.
>>>>zem
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
>>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:03 PM
>>>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] What a week!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Sounds like you have had quite a week Daryl, and it's only
>>>>>Tuesday............glad you found your dog, and that the rodent is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>dead
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>>>
>>>>>(isn't that just the most HORRIBLE stench) and that your roof is done.
>>>>>Gardening pays off!
>>>>>A
>>>>>
>>>>>Andrea H
>>>>>Beaufort, SC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>[Original Message]
>>>>>>From: Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com>
>>>>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>>>Date: 9/13/2005 5:45:59 PM
>>>>>>Subject: [CHAT] What a week!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For those that were following the roofing saga, good news! We finally
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>have a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>new roof, with a 20 year guarantee an a 5 year guarantee on leaks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>Yeah!
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>In
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>the bad news department, the roof deck was in worse shape than we/he
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>had
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>>>>>>thought, so it cost a bunch more than we were prepared for. In the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>good
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>>>
>>>
>>>>>news
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>department, I had given the roofer a bunch of plants so he gave us a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>good
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>price (considering the cost of shingles and all). And he was close-by
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>(saved
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>a bunch on gas), so he showed up a couple of weeks early,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In other news, my ancient computer hard drive started clicking
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>ominously
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>on
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Wednesday morning and wouldn't boot into Windows so I ran into Sam's
>>>>>>Club
>>>>>>and snagged a Compaq. I've spent the better part of 3 days
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>transferring
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>necessary files and getting it up and running. But, it looks like
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>it's
>>>
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>>>>>>mostly working now.
>>>>>>In the bad news department, my elderly dog freaked out with the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>roofers
>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>hammering and thumping around ( it was like living in a drumset for a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>couple
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>of days) and I spent hours trying to find him ( you wouldn't believe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>how
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>>>>>>small a space a dog can get into!) . In the good news department, I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>found
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>>>>him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In the bad news department, the hammering/.thumping cause the old
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>drain
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>pipe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>under the sink to break. In the good news department, well, I guess
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>the
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>>>good
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>news is that I had spare towels.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In the bad news department, I cracked my toe moving the computer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>stuff
>>>
>>>
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>>>>>>around. In the good news department, it was only one toe and it's
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>still
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>>>>>warm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>enough to wear sandals.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In the bad news department, there's a dead rodent in the wall between
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>the
>>>
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>>>>>>utility room and the kitchen. In the good news department, it's a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>dead
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>>>>>>rodent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It's been quite a week, but as I've gathered things for the people
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>who
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>lost
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>all to the hurricane, I know I'm truly blessed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>d - (Heading back out to water. Would you believe it? After more than
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>2
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>feet
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>of rain in the summer, we're dry as a bone. Even the trees are
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>wilting.
>>>I
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>suppose part of that is that they put on a lot of surface roots in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>order
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>>>to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>survive the flooding, and a lot of leaves because they could. We're
>>>>>>having
>>>>>>lots of leaf drop now. )
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>>--
>>Pam Evans
>>Kemp TX
>>zone 8A
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