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Fix or cover the stucco, Bucko . . .
by DoomsDave- 3 replies
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My house is 74 years old, and time has worked some negative character to it. Including stucco damage and earthquake cracks to same. I've heard competing ideas: one is to cover the stucco with siding, the other is to fix the stucco. Anyone who has any thoughts, share away!
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Alfred Wegener was right !
by Darold Petty- 0 replies
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I am watching an adult education course "Introduction to Geology" each morning while doing my cardio exercise machine. This person was an exceptional scientist. The physical suffering these men endured on their polar expeditions must be unimaginable to modern, urban persons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener
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Covid-19 troubles
by WaianaeCrider- 15 replies
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If this is to political just delete it. Not trying to start anything. It's given me something like 2 months of days to work in the yard as I'm retired and usually hike twice a week and bowl three times a week. That means for the past say 12 years I've only done yard work 2 days a week. Now it's like everyday. But on the 22nd and 23rd two of my three bowlling leagues begin again and I'm still not hiking because the place I really want to hike now has no parking close buy except for a gated community and they are not letting none residents in. It's a high rise condo complex w/a lot of OLD people living there. Shoots I'm 77. LOL Any way this isolatio…
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Botanical Auctions down ?
by The Silent Seed- 8 replies
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Is their website actually not working now?
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Butterfly garden in La Habra
by DoomsDave- 4 replies
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Finally gave in to the blandishments of the milkweed people and started a butter garden to preserve the maybe or not endangered Monarch Butterfly Got freebie plants and bought a wacko cultivar here comes one now!
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Pearl Harbor Attack book
by WaianaeCrider- 3 replies
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I'm 77 and I remember reading a book when I was a teenager about the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was written from the Japanese perspective. Probably by a Japanese author. It was so well written that by the end you were "almost" rooting for the Japanese. I've googled and googled but can't find any books about the attack written by a Japanese author. Am I crazy? Did I really read that book?
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Thrash the ash, tree that is
by DoomsDave- 1 follower
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California has ash trees, just like back east, Fraxinus by botanical name. They can get big, fast. Here's one in my hood that's about 30 years old.
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Hawaiian shirts
by Darold Petty- 5 replies
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I favor a SoCal brand called 'Paradise Found', their shirts are 100% rayon, the most traditional fabric, with bamboo buttons. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-hawaiian-shirt-180974598/
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I have mentioned in other post about going thru and scanning some old family photos, slides and negatives... I have, while researching some of the people and places, found a great source for an old magazine... "The Desert Magazine" of the South West... There are free download PDFs of 534 issues from 1937-1985... You can also get everything on dvd for $10... These are fantastic old reads... After Nathan's great posts on the desert, I thought I would put these out there... http://www.swdeserts.com/archive master 37 85.htm Butch I have no attachment to the sales of these dvds
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Happy Resurrection Sunday!
by Palmaceae- 2 replies
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He Is Risen! Have a blessed day!
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Happy Easter!
by Pal Meir- 1 follower
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Lytocaryum weddellianum Easter-eggs (N°1307ab)
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Rocks of wonder, way out younder Part #3: Fossilized "Styrofoam" and distant views.
by Silas_Sancona- 15 replies
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Aside from the plants, the views among countless boulders offer plenty to photograph.. this is from the most easily accessible outcrop. I'd hoped to be able to drive out to the more distant and larger outcrop group but discovered the "road" that leads out there is barely wide enough for off road vehicles. Being this was my first visit, didn't want to stray too far until i got a feeling for the terrain also. Hope to hike out to the other groups next time i visit. Regardless, the overall area reminds me of a similar spot near where i grew up back in San Jose. Visions of the famous Vasquez Rocks near Santa Clarita, or visits to Pinnacles Nat. Monument also come to mind wh…
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Duplicate post
by enigma99- 0 replies
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Dup
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Walkway ideas
by enigma99- 1 follower
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Now that I have filled every hole in the yard, I am thinking about redoing my walkways. Part of the yard is gravel and black volcanic sand. I prefer to DIY but if it’s too hard, I could hire someone. Thoughts or suggestions? I have been thinking about pavers, stamped concrete, flagstone etc Now pics of the walkway in question taken today
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Wonder what pets everyone has. My choice might not be everyone's cup of tea, certainly my wife dislikes him immensely but I love my south west Australian carpet python.
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Italian Cypress die off
by DoomsDave- 0 replies
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Down town LA
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My dopey driveway 1 2
by DoomsDave- 41 replies
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My driveway is a wreck and I’m considering redoing it. It’s asphalt now about 110 feet long by about ten feet wide with a concyspron in back. Any thoughts appreciated!
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Annihilating Spider plant in the garden
by DoomsDave- 2 replies
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Some spider plant (Chlorophytum composing) has established itself in my garden and I wan to get rid of it. Anyone have experience in this regard? Glyphosate (Roundup kleenup) doesn’t seem to hurt it. It has tubers that run all over and I want if I can to avoid having to dig them all up. Thoughts, anyone?
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Stay Safe Caribbean Friends
by RyManUtah- 1 follower
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Hoping everyone stays safe. Let us know you’re safe when you get internet / can.
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Vietnam March/April
by sgvcns- 2 followers
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Just booked flights to Vietnam. Planning to go to the area west of Kon Tum again. Will have a car with driver to head from Nha Trang to Da Nang or the other way. There will be space for 1 or 2 others. This is a truly spectacular area and the area of many new palm discoveries. Will see Pinanga annamesis.declinata and kontumensis . Licuala bracteata, glaberrima, parvula and honbaensis. Also Lanonia gialaiensis, hexasepala centralis and hopefully manglaensis. Not desperate for a full car but thought I would see if a like minded palmer was keen. This will be my 3rd trip to this area and so I know exactly some localities. This…
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Wollemi Pine rescue
by Gonzer- 1 follower
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https://www.npr.org/2020/01/16/796994699/aussie-firefighters-save-worlds-only-groves-of-prehistoric-wollemi-pines
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How are these for big compost bins?
by rprimbs- 10 replies
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Yes, as I understand it these are literally compost bins. And there are going to be four of them. This is at EDCO waste and disposal in Escondido California, and the plan is to make 'compost' -- or composted mulch -- out of the 'green waste' that we bring in.
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Frohes neues Jahr! Happy New Year!
by GottmitAlex- 4 replies
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Happy New Year everyone! May God bless you all.
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Merry Christmas
by sandgroper- 8 replies
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Hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas and New Year wherever you all are in the world. Drive safe and enjoy yourselves!
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US Vendor For BioFelt
by Really full garden- 0 replies
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One of my projects for the new year is to create a tropical vertical garden, I am looking for sources for the heavy felt like material used in these gardens. Does anyone have a US vendor to recommend?
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