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Lanny said:
I use to work in my yard from 7 am until 9 pm skipping breakfast and dinner. After I was through I'd fire up the Weber and grill a hunk of beast late at night. Those were good times. Sadly, I have trouble going to bed and getting up in the morning so my wife helps me. Life sucks.
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Lanny, I bet you had one of the neatest gardens in the nhood. What did you use to deal with slugs? or did you just wash them down with some Korean Beer?
 
Hoopguru said:
Lanny, I bet you had one of the neatest gardens in the nhood. What did you use to deal with slugs? or did you just wash them down with some Korean Beer?
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slugs don't like to travel across crushed eggshells....hurts their belly...I use that and slug bait to deal with them...any rough surface that is uncomfortable for them should help out...
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Go with bamboo, use containers so it doesn't get out of hand. Less yard work that way.

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Ya, that looks great. Grows fast too right?
 
THE HCP said:
Thats like some evil Island of Dr. Mareau type shit!
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I love that movie...both versions and the book....good catch! I'm not cloning arborvitae trees with goats though! Goats need to be pure to bring a good price...but you know that!
 
riverman said:
I love that movie...both versions and the book....good catch! I'm not cloning arborvitae trees with goats though! Goats need to be pure to bring a good price...but you know that!
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Our arborvitaes have somehow contracted bag worms! The dirty little varmints!!
 
HailBlazers said:
I just planted a hedge myself with Irish Yews. They're pretty dope but will take longer to fill in than your average suburban arborvitae. Certainly more unique than all your Portland bamboo neighbors:
Certainly more unique than all your Portland bamboo neighbors:
Yews are an excellent option. They’re slower growing but require much less work. And the Irish yews turn kinda golden in the sun. Plus the red berries in the English yews add some color too. I have a mix of Irish (Golden), English (Hicks) and Japanese (WTF?) as screening in my yard, along with several in large pots. I love ‘em. Great choice for a fence line. And yes, Garden World has the big stuff.
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Yews are an excellent option. They’re slower growing but require much less work. And the Irish yews turn kinda golden in the sun. Plus the red berries in the English yews add some color too. I have a mix of Irish (Golden), English (Hicks) and Japanese (WTF?) as screening in my yard, along with several in large pots. I love ‘em. Great choice for a fence line. And yes, Garden World has the big stuff.
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Hoopguru said:
Lanny, I bet you had one of the neatest gardens in the nhood. What did you use to deal with slugs? or did you just wash them down with some Korean Beer?
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I hate slugs with a passion and always have. My aunt told me that when I was a tiny tot I came into her house holding a slug in my hand which I then squished between my fingers and ate immediately. It was probably because of some dare from my cousin who was my age. When she told me that story I almost had to vomit. I can't think of anything more disgusting.
Then when I was about 12 my best friend came over and we slept in the back yard in our sleeping bags. In the morning I discovered that a slug had crawled in my sleeping bag with me. Those two incidents have given me a life long feeling of total disgust at slugs. Also. slugs ate our dahlias, daffodils, lettuce and beet greens. I can't recall what else they ate in our vegetable garden. Anyhow, I hate slugs with a passion. I'm sure I used slug bait and I think I used beer traps, also.
 
riverman said:
I love that movie...both versions and the book....good catch! I'm not cloning arborvitae trees with goats though! Goats need to be pure to bring a good price...but you know that!
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The book was great but the movie sucked.
 
Lanny said:
The book was great but the movie sucked.
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which movie? I liked both of them..bela Lugosi's 1933...Bert Lancaster's ...then Brando's...you probably didn't like brando's but I liked them all...there have been 3 or 4 movies about the book
 
riverman said:
which movie? I liked both of them..bela Lugosi's 1933...Bert Lancaster's ...then Brando's...you probably didn't like brando's but I liked them all...there have been 3 or 4 movies about the book
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I've only seen two, now that you remind me. The one I was thinking of originally starred Burt Lancaster.
 
My daughter sent me this. Not religious just very inspirational and true..wow

 
Just watched this doc with my wife and kids....... very well done. Brought back a lot of memories or lack there of of my deadbeat dad and what he taught me about how to be a dad. I decided that since he left us when I was 4, I'd do everything the complete opposite that he did.

 
Hoopguru said:
Detroit Lake today for three nights.
Meeting friends we’ve camped with for 50 plus years!
Hope do pick up a few Kokanee.
Rip some Lips!
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I wish you could give me a brief report on the state of Breitenbush, my fantasy of nirvana on Earth.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Wow, very cool! You camp up there too?
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Camp grounds were closed where we were looking, so we stayed at the Sol Duc hot springs. MY 10 year old really wanted to do some swimming. They had 3 different hot pools and a 75ish degree swimming pool. Falls photographed were part of a 7 mile loop we took from the resort.
 
RR7 said:
Did some hiking in the Olympic National Forest this past weekend

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That reminds me of the Breitenbush river that feeds the Detroit reservoir which then feeds the Santiam river which flows through Salem.
 
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