spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on May 26, 2016 21:10:28 GMT -5
Hahaha...was hit twice in one summer. That has to be the most horrific odor I can think of "burning plastic" it drives everything away. Worse then the smell of a decaying animal corpse. |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 27, 2016 6:34:25 GMT -5
He was eating the dead stinky rotten tubers in the pots for the most part. similar to Poi. But he was defoliating the living plants to get to them. Oddly his disturbance stimulated fine growth and the Sagittaria montevidensis was beautiful. with the white flowers, probably brought in to Savannah Georgia port from S America. Seeds out everywhere, pesky in large waterways Surprising what kind of hardships plants can overcome, in fact, some seem to need. Funny how that works sometimes, James. Back in like 2003, the tree hugger folks decided to protect a supposedly endangered plant out at Glamis. (Think sand dunes and creosote bushes.) Yeah, it is called the "Pierson´s Milkvetch." Despite the growing number of off-road enthusiasts out in the dunes, the greenies kept finding ways to close off the desert to protect it and the "rare" plants. They closed off large portions, making the legal riding area smaller and smaller by fencing them off and putting signs up to keep people out. Imagine their surprise a few years later, when they found that the plants in the protected areas were not doing as well as the ones being trounced by buggies, bikes and ATVs. The reason? The off-roaders were scattering seeds with their wanton destruction, lol. Those greenies found out they really didn't know what was best for everything and everyone... Cynical? Moi? Jean Construction site runoff from a wetland disturbance used to create fine fresh weed free wetland plantings to harvest plants by the thousands for mitigation jobs. The machinery turns up an a whole new 'seed bank' that has soaked and stratified for years and germinates readily when exposed to oxygen. The grinding effect of those ATV's can scratch the seed coating similar to the notch you cut on the lotus seed. Scarify is the horticultural term for seed prep. Or acids(gibberic acid) can be used to soften the protective layer of a seed. Many seeds need some abuse to germinate. Boat propellers going thru invasive aquatic plants really spreads stoloniferous plants to spread. It is believed that lotus seed need to roll back and forth from wave action at the sandy shore to scarify and then germinate along the shallow shore line. |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 27, 2016 6:40:20 GMT -5
From you link Billy, that is funny. Stinking people out of their hood: "Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said Israeli forces regularly hose down Palestinian homes with Skunk, raising suspicions that the practice is used as a punitive measure — especially against residents in villages that routinely hold protests against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories." |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 27, 2016 6:40:56 GMT -5
I caught lots of field rats with peanut butter...... Rat soup ?? Field rats have a heavy seed diet like squirrels. Probably healthy meat for consumption. |
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Intheswamp
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Post by Intheswamp on May 27, 2016 8:28:03 GMT -5
Maybe a DemocRAT?
A vegan rat? Show him that recent video, maybe that will enrage it enough to commit harikari...
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Post by toiv0 on May 27, 2016 18:57:35 GMT -5
I caught lots of field rats with peanut butter...... Rat soup ?? Field rats have a heavy seed diet like squirrels. Probably healthy meat for consumption. Pueblo natives of NM eat pack rat, it is a traditional dish. |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 27, 2016 19:29:16 GMT -5
Rat soup ?? Field rats have a heavy seed diet like squirrels. Probably healthy meat for consumption. Pueblo natives of NM eat pack rat, it is a traditional dish. Difficult to comprehend. would have to be very hungry. |
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Post by radio on May 27, 2016 19:56:33 GMT -5
You need less water snakes and more Kingsnakes and such. Much better than a cat, and no using Mama's flower bed for a litter box :-)
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 27, 2016 20:59:44 GMT -5
You need less water snakes and more Kingsnakes and such. Much better than a cat, and no using Mama's flower bed for a litter box :-) Lots of 5-6 foot black rat snakes around. Rats and big Kings. Lots of mice and snakes and toads living under this steel. During cooler weather a feeding frenzy for the snakes. Seems like the King snakes are becoming predominate on land though. I don't know if King Snakes go after Rat snakes. Guessing they do. They kill water snakes bigger than they are; to big for them to eat them. We had a mouse problem in the out building. Got a cat and the mice seemed to disappear over night. I think the mice can smell the cat. |
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