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Wednesday, March 11. 2020

Feeding the roots in Yankeeland

March is the time to use that general-purpose fertilizer on your flowering shrubs, fruit trees, etc. if you have snow-free ground.


As we remind ourselves most years, the roots get working long before buds appear. Gotta let any March snow or rain to work the fertilizer deep to the roots. It works. Surface fertilizer for those things takes quite a while, maybe weeks, to soak down to where it's needed. 


More shrubbery:




Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 15:49 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Jews around the world celebrated Purim this week - the only Jewish holiday that encourages drunkenness.

"Only a good man with a sword can defeat a bad man with a sword"

"When someone says they plan on killing the Jews—believe them"

Great post by a Left Coast Jewish conservative:

http://www.seraphicpress.com/purim-2020/
#1 Ben David on 2020-03-11 16:12 (Reply)
If you have a local agricultural co-op, it's a good idea to check in with them. They often have regional blends of fertilizer that contain trace elements and other improvers that are specifically designed for your local soil types; and they may also have a variety of fertilizer blends for special purpose: lawn, garden, vegetable garden, shrubbery, and trees.
#2 Aggie on 2020-03-11 18:51 (Reply)
You know what was great about these guys? They had freedom. Kind of like the early days of Saturday Night Live. Or the Smother s Brothers. Nowadays, everybody is ready to pounce on you, the minute that you violate the political code. We live in an age of political terror. And that means living in a constant state of fear.

There are two kinds of fears, or phobias which most people don't know about. The first is Poinephobia - that's the fear of punishment. The second is Dikephobia - that's the fear of justice. If a person is living in the "I'm not OK" position, then she will feel that she deserves to be punished, while at the same time dreading the punishment which must inevitably arrive. So every minute is terrifying. And if she feels that as a "Not OK" person, she deserves to be punished, then should must also fear justice, which is the vehicle of punishment. But if she fears justice, then she must fear its agents: Feminists. The dispensers of justice.
#3 Ron Liebermann on 2020-03-11 23:18 (Reply)
> if you have snow-free ground.

"Snow-free ground"... I have heard of this.
#4 SteveS on 2020-03-12 14:01 (Reply)

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