From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:

https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg

This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house. I can
see it from the window where I sit at my desk. I like it not only
because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
puttering around on his back patio. LOL

https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg

There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:

https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg

The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
They're working their way up in terms of opening. The branches closest
to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most of which
haven't quite opened yet. The top ones are just starting to show
themselves. I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which don't get
a lot of sunlight. I just donned some gardening gloves and cleared a
whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches. Spanish Moss
gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.

In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
inside and out.

Jill

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 6:33:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg
>
> This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house. I can
> see it from the window where I sit at my desk. I like it not only
> because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
> puttering around on his back patio. LOL
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg
>
> There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg
>
> The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
> They're working their way up in terms of opening. The branches closest
> to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most of which
> haven't quite opened yet. The top ones are just starting to show
> themselves. I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which don't get
> a lot of sunlight. I just donned some gardening gloves and cleared a
> whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches. Spanish Moss
> gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
>
> In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
> inside and out.
>
> Jill
>
VERY pretty! My three azalea's in front of my house haven't bloomed yet but they
are always gorgeous when they do. They're a dark pink/burgundy and are beautiful.
But my forsythia bush has sprung forth.

On 3/23/2021 7:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg
>
> This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house.Â* I can
> see it from the window where I sit at my desk.Â* I like it not only
> because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
> puttering around on his back patio. LOL
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg
>
> There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg
>
> The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
> They're working their way up in terms of opening.Â* The branches closest
> to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most of which
> haven't quite opened yet.Â* The top ones are just starting to show
> themselves.Â* I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which don't get
> a lot of sunlight.Â* I just donned some gardening gloves and cleared a
> whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches.Â* Spanish Moss
> gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
>
> In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
> inside and out.
>
> Jill
Very nice. I like azaleas. They don't last long but sure look good
while they bloom.

On 2021-03-23 8:14 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/23/2021 7:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
nish Moss gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
>>
>> In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
>> inside and out.
>>
>> Jill
> Very nice.Â* I like azaleas.Â* They don't last long but sure look good
> while they bloom.



The flowering bushes I just don't understand are Magnolias. They look
beautiful the day they bloom and the next day there is a mess of dead
petals littering the ground.

On 3/23/2021 6:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg
>
> This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house.Â* I can
> see it from the window where I sit at my desk.Â* I like it not only
> because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
> puttering around on his back patio. LOL
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg
>
> There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg
>
> The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
> They're working their way up in terms of opening.Â* The branches closest
> to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most of which
> haven't quite opened yet.Â* The top ones are just starting to show
> themselves.Â* I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which don't get
> a lot of sunlight.Â* I just donned some gardening gloves and cleared a
> whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches.Â* Spanish Moss
> gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
>
> In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
> inside and out.
>
> Jill

And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ... we have about 5
or 6 different kinds /colors . Well , the redbuds are blooming out in
the woods , but they ain't exactly an ornamental . I think azaleas are
native to this area , gotta check that out cuz I think they're pretty
and would like to have some .
Our strawberries are all showing new growth now . I've been moving
them to a new bed and had to replace some that didn't live today . The
ones I dug up today all had new root growth , that gives me 66 plants in
the new bed . And 9 in pots on the deck , and there are still 15-20 in
the old bed . I've told a neighbor he can have those .
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On 3/23/2021 6:53 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 6:33:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>
>> From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg
>>
>> This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house. I can
>> see it from the window where I sit at my desk. I like it not only
>> because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
>> puttering around on his back patio. LOL
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg
>>
>> There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg
>>
>> The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
>> They're working their way up in terms of opening. The branches closest
>> to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most of which
>> haven't quite opened yet. The top ones are just starting to show
>> themselves. I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which don't get
>> a lot of sunlight. I just donned some gardening gloves and cleared a
>> whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches. Spanish Moss
>> gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
>>
>> In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
>> inside and out.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> VERY pretty! My three azalea's in front of my house haven't bloomed yet but they
> are always gorgeous when they do. They're a dark pink/burgundy and are beautiful.
> But my forsythia bush has sprung forth.
>

My son's wife killed my forsythia (down in Memphis) before I got a
chance to get some starts . Mutter mutter grumble bitch and moan mutter
dammit . She put a ****in' prickly ass holly plant in it's place .
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:53:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 6:33:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> > From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:
> >
> > https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg
> >
> > This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house. I can
> > see it from the window where I sit at my desk. I like it not only
> > because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
> > puttering around on his back patio. LOL
> >
> > https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg
> >
> > There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:
> >
> > https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg
> >
> > The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
> > They're working their way up in terms of opening. The branches closest
> > to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most of which
> > haven't quite opened yet. The top ones are just starting to show
> > themselves. I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which don't get
> > a lot of sunlight. I just donned some gardening gloves and cleared a
> > whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches. Spanish Moss
> > gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
> >
> > In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
> > inside and out.
> >
> > Jill
>
> VERY pretty! My three azalea's in front of my house haven't bloomed yet but they
> are always gorgeous when they do. They're a dark pink/burgundy and are beautiful.
> But my forsythia bush has sprung forth.

Azaleas are great for Xmas!

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:54:30 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:53:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:

>> VERY pretty! My three azalea's in front of my house haven't bloomed yet but they
>> are always gorgeous when they do. They're a dark pink/burgundy and are beautiful.
>> But my forsythia bush has sprung forth.
>
>Azaleas are great for Xmas!

You mean they go well with turkey and a lot of au jus?

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On 2021-03-23 9:33 p.m., Snag wrote:
> On 3/23/2021 6:53 PM, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 6:33:22 PM UTC-5,

>> VERY pretty!Â* My three azalea's in front of my house haven't bloomed
>> yet but they
>> are always gorgeous when they do.Â* They're a dark pink/burgundy and
>> are beautiful.
>> But my forsythia bush has sprung forth.
>>
>
> Â* My son's wife killed my forsythia (down in Memphis) before I got a
> chance to get some starts . Mutter mutter grumble bitch and moan mutter
> dammit . She put a ****in' prickly ass holly plant in it's place .

I have had forsythia for decades and they rarely bloom. I might get as
few as a dozen flowers on each bush. One year I got fed up with one of
them and cut it right down to the ground. I was going to dig it up and
throw it out but it started to grow again and actually produce a lot of
flowers the next year, but later went back down hill.

A friend of mine offered me one of her Forsythia buses a few years ago.
All I had to do was go to her place and dig it up. It was in bloom at
the time. The next year it blossomed, but the year after that it was a
dismal failure.

My neighbours have them thriving in their yards so it is not likely the
soil. I have them in sunny, shaded and mixed shade areas.


I have similarly dismal experiences with Wisteria. I have 8 of them.
|They grow well, but they never blossomed for 20 years. Then one year I
got a couple flowers.... in August instead of April.


Trim to the ground, fertilize, cut the roots.... done it all.

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:59:55 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:54:30 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> > wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:53:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>
> >> VERY pretty! My three azalea's in front of my house haven't bloomed yet but they
> >> are always gorgeous when they do. They're a dark pink/burgundy and are beautiful.
> >> But my forsythia bush has sprung forth.
> >
> > Azaleas are great for Xmas!
> You mean they go well with turkey and a lot of au jus?

Smoked over mesquite complete with the dirt, pot, earth worms ... ? Right there in Rotterdam.

> The real Bruce posts with uni-berlin.de - individual.net

Whoa! Potsdamer...

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:33:43 PM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
>
> My son's wife killed my forsythia (down in Memphis) before I got a
> chance to get some starts . Mutter mutter grumble bitch and moan mutter
> dammit . She put a ****in' prickly ass holly plant in it's place .
> --
> Snag
>
How did she kill it? Weed killer?

I did forget to mention my buttercups are blooming away, too.

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:00:01 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I have had forsythia for decades and they rarely bloom. I might get as
> few as a dozen flowers on each bush. One year I got fed up with one of
> them and cut it right down to the ground. I was going to dig it up and
> throw it out but it started to grow again and actually produce a lot of
> flowers the next year, but later went back down hill.
>
> A friend of mine offered me one of her Forsythia buses a few years ago.
> All I had to do was go to her place and dig it up. It was in bloom at
> the time. The next year it blossomed, but the year after that it was a
> dismal failure.
>
I'm not sure what the problem could be with your forsythia, maybe they need
some sort of fertilizer. But I do know they only like to be trimmed right after
they bloom. Crepes myrtles like to be trimmed in the winter time if you keep
them in bush form, which I do.

On 2021-03-23 10:48 p.m., wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:00:01 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
owers the next year, but later went back down hill.
>>
>> A friend of mine offered me one of her Forsythia buses a few years ago.
>> All I had to do was go to her place and dig it up. It was in bloom at
>> the time. The next year it blossomed, but the year after that it was a
>> dismal failure.
>>
> I'm not sure what the problem could be with your forsythia, maybe they need
> some sort of fertilizer. But I do know they only like to be trimmed right after
> they bloom. Crepes myrtles like to be trimmed in the winter time if you keep
> them in bush form, which I do.
>

It's weird. The stuff grows wild around here. It does well at the
neighbours. A lot of people were disappointed when they rebuilt a
highway overpass in Niagara Falls. The embankment of the old bridge was
covered with Forsythia and in early spring it was a mass of yellow flowers.

OTOH, I have a couple dozen lilac bushes and they all flower beautifully
in the spring.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 19:09:48 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:59:55 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:54:30 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 7:53:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>>
>> >> VERY pretty! My three azalea's in front of my house haven't bloomed yet but they
>> >> are always gorgeous when they do. They're a dark pink/burgundy and are beautiful.
>> >> But my forsythia bush has sprung forth.
>> >
>> > Azaleas are great for Xmas!
>> You mean they go well with turkey and a lot of au jus?
>
>Smoked over mesquite complete with the dirt, pot, earth worms ... ? Right there in Rotterdam.
>
>> The real Bruce posts with uni-berlin.de - individual.net
>
>Whoa! Potsdamer...

Yeah, had to shake off a stalking troll.

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On 3/23/2021 10:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-23 10:48 p.m., wrote:
>> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:00:01 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> owers the next year, but later went back down hill.
>>>
>>> A friend of mine offered me one of her Forsythia buses a few years ago.
>>> All I had to do was go to her place and dig it up. It was in bloom at
>>> the time. The next year it blossomed, but the year after that it was a
>>> dismal failure.
>>>
>> I'm not sure what the problem could be with your forsythia, maybe they
>> need
>> some sort of fertilizer.Â* But I do know they only like to be trimmed
>> right after
>> they bloom.Â* Crepes myrtles like to be trimmed in the winter time if
>> you keep
>> them in bush form, which I do.
>>
>
> It's weird. The stuff grows wild around here. It does well at the
> neighbours. A lot of people were disappointed when they rebuilt a
> highway overpass in Niagara Falls. The embankment of the old bridge was
> covered with Forsythia and in early spring it was a mass of yellow flowers.
>
> OTOH, I have a couple dozen lilac bushes and they all flower beautifully
> in the spring.

I love the aroma of lilac blossoms in the morning ... Mom had one at
the end of the driveway where I grew up . The guy at the top of the hill
here has one but I don't think it blossoms regularly . I got some seed
from his bush once but they never sprouted .
--
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In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On 3/23/2021 9:44 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 8:33:43 PM UTC-5, Snag wrote:
>>
>> My son's wife killed my forsythia (down in Memphis) before I got a
>> chance to get some starts . Mutter mutter grumble bitch and moan mutter
>> dammit . She put a ****in' prickly ass holly plant in it's place .
>> --
>> Snag
>>
> How did she kill it? Weed killer?
>
> I did forget to mention my buttercups are blooming away, too.
>

She dug it up . Repeatedly . That bush was started from some a friend
gave me . It bloomed every year , all I had to do was keep it trimmed .
I wish I had one up here , I bet the bees would love it .
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On 2021-03-23 11:57 p.m., Snag wrote:
> On 3/23/2021 10:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-03-23 10:48 p.m., wrote:
>
>> OTOH, I have a couple dozen lilac bushes and they all flower
>> beautifully in the spring.
>
> Â*I love the aroma of lilac blossoms in the morning ... Mom had one at
> the end of the driveway where I grew up . The guy at the top of the hill
> here has one but I don't think it blossoms regularly . I got some seed
> from his bush once but they never sprouted .

I guess so did the young woman I caught stealing some of my lilacs.
When I confronted her she said she thought that they were on public
property. Yeah, right. They are along my side of the property line, so
anything on the other side would be my neighbour's not public. I guess
it helped explain my she had cut them from the far side so that she
would not likely be seen by the owners.

On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:

>
> Â* And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...

Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!

On 2021-03-24 11:00 a.m., Graham wrote:
> On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
>
>>
>> Â*Â* And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
>
> Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!

Years ago we had two large dogs, a Bouvier des Flandres an a very
large Labrador. They would crap in the back yard and it would melt its
way down through the snow. When spring came and the snow melted it was
a mine field out there and I would have to go out with a shovel and a
wheelbarrow and I might get two loads of it.

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 11:17:54 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-24 11:00 a.m., Graham wrote:
> > On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
> >
> > Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!
> Years ago we had two large dogs, a Bouvier des Flandres an a very
> large Labrador. They would crap in the back yard and it would melt its
> way down through the snow. When spring came and the snow melted it was
> a mine field out there and I would have to go out with a shovel and a
> wheelbarrow and I might get two loads of it.

Thanks for sharing.

Cindy Hamilton

On 3/24/2021 10:00 AM, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
>
>>
>> Â*Â* And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
>
> Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!

Sounds like you have a bunch of irresponsible dog owners . My dog
usually does his business out in the woods where it's not likely to be a
problem . If he does it where it might be a problem , I bag it and
dispose of it properly .
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On 2021-03-24 10:57 a.m., Snag wrote:
> On 3/24/2021 10:00 AM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Â*Â* And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
>>
>> Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!
>
> Â* Sounds like you have a bunch of irresponsible dog owners . My dog
> usually does his business out in the woods where it's not likely to be a
> problem . If he does it where it might be a problem , I bag it and
> dispose of it properly .

Most dog owners here are responsible. The odd one isn't. then there are
those that pick-up and bag, but drop the bags for someone else to clear up.

On 2021-03-24 1:09 p.m., Graham wrote:
> On 2021-03-24 10:57 a.m., Snag wrote:
>> On 3/24/2021 10:00 AM, Graham wrote:
>>> On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â*Â* And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
>>>
>>> Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!
>>
>> Â*Â* Sounds like you have a bunch of irresponsible dog owners . My dog
>> usually does his business out in the woods where it's not likely to be
>> a problem . If he does it where it might be a problem , I bag it and
>> dispose of it properly .
>
> Most dog owners here are responsible. The odd one isn't. then there are
> those that pick-up and bag, but drop the bags for someone else to clear up.

There is a walking trail in town where at least one person uses the bags
provided by the town to pick up their dog's crap. Then they drop the bag
beside the trail.

We go to a leash free dog park almost every day and it is disappointing
to see how many people do not clean up after their dogs. If there are
people around they politely point out that someone's dog is crapping and
let them know where, and the people willingly go and pick it up. It must
be a polite type of peer pressure because the place is hardly used all
day, but when we go in the late afternoon there is all kinds of crap
lying about. Apparently the day time visitors don't see a need to clean
up if no one sees them.

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 10:21:03 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 11:17:54 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-03-24 11:00 a.m., Graham wrote:
> > > On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
> > >
> > > Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!
> > Years ago we had two large dogs, a Bouvier des Flandres an a very
> > large Labrador. They would crap in the back yard and it would melt its
> > way down through the snow. When spring came and the snow melted it was
> > a mine field out there and I would have to go out with a shovel and a
> > wheelbarrow and I might get two loads of it.
> Thanks for sharing.
>
> Cindy Hamilton


Still *another* reason to hate dogs, they are filthy disgusting things...

--
Best
Greg

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:21:00 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 11:17:54 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-03-24 11:00 a.m., Graham wrote:
>> > On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
>> >
>> > Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!
>> Years ago we had two large dogs, a Bouvier des Flandres an a very
>> large Labrador. They would crap in the back yard and it would melt its
>> way down through the snow. When spring came and the snow melted it was
>> a mine field out there and I would have to go out with a shovel and a
>> wheelbarrow and I might get two loads of it.
>
>Thanks for sharing.

LOL Riveting stuff, as always.

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On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:41:50 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> We go to a leash free dog park almost every day

I go on my street, 3 times a day.


> it is disappointing [...] people do not clean up
> if no one sees them.

Sometimes my dog poops right on top of poop.

Usually, I end up picking up the whole mess because if someone is
watching, they cannot tell the difference. Some times, I had not even
noticed some was not my dog's because it was frozen to the road.

But you're correct, the shit should not be there outright. Most is from
lazy owners.

As well, it seems there are well-intended simpletons that regularly toss
out kitchen scraps and pet food for opossums, raccoons, squirrels, birds,
feral cats, dogs, etc.

On 3/24/2021 2:05 PM, GM wrote:
> Still *another* reason to hate dogs, they are filthy disgusting things...
>
How about hogs named Greg?

https://imgur.com/a/BbBLI <---- LOL!

On 2021-03-24 2:40 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:

> As well, it seems there are well-intended simpletons that regularly toss
> out kitchen scraps and pet food for opossums, raccoons, squirrels, birds,
> feral cats, dogs, etc.
>

My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
animals. Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
to animals. My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.

On 3/23/2021 8:14 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/23/2021 7:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Â*From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg
>>
>> This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house.Â* I
>> can see it from the window where I sit at my desk.Â* I like it not only
>> because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
>> puttering around on his back patio. LOL
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg
>>
>> There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg
>>
>> The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
>> They're working their way up in terms of opening.Â* The branches
>> closest to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most
>> of which haven't quite opened yet.Â* The top ones are just starting to
>> show themselves.Â* I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which
>> don't get a lot of sunlight.Â* I just donned some gardening gloves and
>> cleared a whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches.
>> Spanish Moss gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
>>
>> In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
>> inside and out.
>>
>> Jill
> Very nice.Â* I like azaleas.Â* They don't last long but sure look good
> while they bloom.

The blooms don't last long, no. The ones planted at the front of my
house bloom twice a year (I barely get a chance to trim them before they
start to bud again, got to do it at just the right time, quickly!) The
ones out back aren't the same but the blooms are much larger.

Jill

On 3/24/2021 2:40 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
> As well, it seems there are well-intended simpletons that regularly toss
> out kitchen scraps and pet food for opossums, raccoons, squirrels, birds,
> feral cats, dogs, etc.

Sounds like you're referring to Sheldon. LOL No throwing kitchen scraps
in the yard!

Jill

On 3/24/2021 2:57 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-24 2:40 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
>
>> As well, it seems there are well-intended simpletons that regularly toss
>> out kitchen scraps and pet food for opossums, raccoons, squirrels, birds,
>> feral cats, dogs, etc.
>>
>
> My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
> animals.Â*Â* Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
> leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
> to animals.Â* My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
> squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
> about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
> but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
> relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
> mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.
>
>
Hopefully the town told her she was stupid.

Jill

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:58:05 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
> animals. Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
> leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
> to animals. My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
> squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
> about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
> but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
> relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
> mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.
>
First off, I'd take those critters a lot further than a mile. Who's going to know
if you dropped them off 10-15 miles away? Do these animals wear tracking
collars??

Second, whoever she talked to at whatever department she phoned, did they tell
her to drop dead and stop being an idiot?

On 3/24/2021 1:05 PM, GM wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 10:21:03 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 11:17:54 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2021-03-24 11:00 a.m., Graham wrote:
>>>> On 2021-03-23 7:29 p.m., Snag wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And all we have blooming right now is daffodils ...
>>>>
>>>> Here it's dog turds appearing as the snow melts!
>>> Years ago we had two large dogs, a Bouvier des Flandres an a very
>>> large Labrador. They would crap in the back yard and it would melt its
>>> way down through the snow. When spring came and the snow melted it was
>>> a mine field out there and I would have to go out with a shovel and a
>>> wheelbarrow and I might get two loads of it.
>> Thanks for sharing.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>
> Still *another* reason to hate dogs, they are filthy disgusting things...
>

That are somehow capable of unconditional love ...
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:36:29 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:58:05 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
>> animals. Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
>> leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
>> to animals. My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
>> squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
>> about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
>> but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
>> relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
>> mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.
>>
>First off, I'd take those critters a lot further than a mile. Who's going to know
>if you dropped them off 10-15 miles away? Do these animals wear tracking
>collars??
>
>Second, whoever she talked to at whatever department she phoned, did they tell
>her to drop dead and stop being an idiot?

No, some people have basic manners. Weird, isn't it?

--
The real Bruce posts with uni-berlin.de - individual.net

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 2:49:11 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:36:29 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
> whoever she talked to at whatever department she phoned, did they tell
> >her to drop dead and stop being an idiot?
> >
> No, some people have basic manners. Weird, isn't it?
>
They were probably laughing so hard at her they couldn't get the words
out.

On 3/24/2021 3:36 PM, wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:58:05 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
>> animals. Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
>> leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
>> to animals. My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
>> squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
>> about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
>> but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
>> relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
>> mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.
>>
> First off, I'd take those critters a lot further than a mile. Who's going to know
> if you dropped them off 10-15 miles away? Do these animals wear tracking
> collars??
>
Who knows which wild critters that kind of feeding might attract?
Doubtful many of them have trackers. It's a random written rule in the
book, a mile. 10 miles makes more sense. Maybe it was a typo in the
book.

> Second, whoever she talked to at whatever department she phoned, did they tell
> her to drop dead and stop being an idiot?
>
I'm pretty sure the department of whatever were laughing when they
realized she was complaining about him.

They are likely the agency that told the friend about the humane
trapping/relocating option. Thankfully the friend was willing to do
that. Not many people would be that patient. BTW, I know for a fact in
the US you can borrow Have-a-Heart traps from most local animal control
and humane society offices for that purpose. You can also call to
request assistance and get actual officers to assist you. You don't
actually have to find a spot and drive them there yourself. You may go
along, if you wish. That is my understanding. YMMV

Those Have-a-Heart cages are also available free for the purposes of
humanely capturing feral cats involved in TNR programs.

Jill

On 3/24/2021 3:41 PM, Snag wrote:
> On 3/24/2021 1:05 PM, GM wrote:
>>
>> Still *another* reason to hate dogs, they are filthy disgusting things...
>>
>
> Â* That are somehow capable of unconditional love ...

Please ignore that little man hiding behind the curtain.

Jill

On 3/24/2021 3:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/24/2021 3:41 PM, Snag wrote:
>> On 3/24/2021 1:05 PM, GM wrote:
>>>
>>> Still *another* reason to hate dogs, they are filthy disgusting
>>> things...
>>>
>>
>> Â*Â* That are somehow capable of unconditional love ...
>
> Please ignore that little man hiding behind the curtain.
>
> Jill

But but but I LIKE to yank his chain ! He has obviously never had a
meaningful relationship (not like that , that's sick!) with a dog . Max
may not always mind like I wish , but I'm not afraid of anything out in
the woods if he's with me . And we have some truly scary critters out in
these woods . Brown bears will be comin' out of hibernation about now ,
and they wake up hungry ... Bobcats and coyotes are out year round and
they're ALWAYS hungry .
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On 3/24/2021 3:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/24/2021 3:36 PM, wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:58:05 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
>>> animals. Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
>>> leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
>>> to animals. My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
>>> squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
>>> about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
>>> but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
>>> relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
>>> mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.
>>>
>> First off, I'd take those critters a lot further than a mile.Â* Who's
>> going to know
>> if you dropped them off 10-15 miles away?Â* Do these animals wear tracking
>> collars??
>>
> Who knows which wild critters that kind of feeding might attract?
> Doubtful many of them have trackers.Â* It's a random written rule in the
> book, a mile.Â* 10 miles makes more sense.Â* Maybe it was a typo in the
> book.
>
>> Second, whoever she talked to at whatever department she phoned, did
>> they tell
>> her to drop dead and stop being an idiot?
>>
> I'm pretty sure the department of whatever were laughing when they
> realized she was complaining about him.
>
> They are likely the agency that told the friend about the humane
> trapping/relocating option.Â* Thankfully the friend was willing to do
> that.Â* Not many people would be that patient.Â* BTW, I know for a fact in
> the US you can borrow Have-a-Heart traps from most local animal control
> and humane society offices for that purpose.Â* You can also call to
> request assistance and get actual officers to assist you.Â* You don't
> actually have to find a spot and drive them there yourself.Â* You may go
> along, if you wish.Â* That is my understanding.Â* YMMV
>
> Those Have-a-Heart cages are also available free for the purposes of
> humanely capturing feral cats involved in TNR programs.
>
> Jill

When I relocate a problem critter (note the PROBLEM CRITTER) such as
a 'possum killing my chickens , it's a permanent relocation . Most end
up in the bellies of the local scavengers . Crows and vultures got
rights too ya know .
--
Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

On 2021-03-24 3:36 p.m., wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:58:05 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
>> animals. Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
>> leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
>> to animals. My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
>> squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
>> about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
>> but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
>> relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
>> mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.
>>
> First off, I'd take those critters a lot further than a mile. Who's going to know
> if you dropped them off 10-15 miles away? Do these animals wear tracking
> collars??

I would take them a long way, unless there was nice wide river along
the way.

> Second, whoever she talked to at whatever department she phoned, did they tell
> her to drop dead and stop being an idiot?
>


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