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LOL .... +8

+ 3 :-)

I got pretty good with a slingshot and mulberries but no skunk ladder.

Yes...

Are we talkin' about physical damage or psychological damage? .... :p

You ever build a skunk ladder? LOL ...

The M-80 had a center fuse, was usually colored red, and had an original military use. There evolved "civilian versions" of the M-80. An ash can had a fuse at the end of the cylinder and was always silver or gray-colored, in my experience. It's often called "the civilian version" of the military M-80. I don't recall any difference in how much we feared one or the other, LOL. [

Skwirls gotta eat, same as deer .... :wave:

It's amazing how we survived childhood when you think about it.

Never heard of that name. It looked like an M80 though which could break a window if close enough.

Tessica probably shouldn't have used Gorilla Glue. I think it's the squirrels. People love those things.

I would have used Gorilla Glue ... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZoEGYFzS0jA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/08/gorilla-glue-girl-unable-remove-glue-lawsuit-legal-action-sue-tiktok/

Phuckin millennials: https://wikidiff.com/firecracker/ashcan

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161 souls on line right now ... It's either the Roma tomatoes or the squirrels that are drawing them in ....

LOL .... +3 No, maybe 6. Five is right out. Black Cat? --- Amateur...:nk: Try an ash can some time... I got hit in the forehead with one one time ... Maybe that's my problem ... I suppose I wouldn't be here if it wasn't a dud ... Or maybe I'd be here more ... LOL Also, Frisbees are incredibly tough even when you load them with explosives ... Ask me how I no ....

Model cars, model airplanes? I enjoyed making a model tank with my dad when I was young. He didn't appreciate that I put it through a real war scenario after we finished. One strategically placed Black Cat in the cockpit was all she wrote.

LOL ... My old girlfriend from Oklahoma was gonna fly out for the dance but she couldn't 'cause she's doing some modeling right now.

I'm probably not going to put too much work into any non-portable modifications to the garden this year. We're starting to kick around the idea of moving to a place that is only 1 story (my wife is starting to have a difficult time with stairs) and is a little more semi-rural so we can have a little bit of land (and I do mean little, as in somewhere between 1/2 to 1 acre). That way I can have as big a garden as I can handle, she can start the dog rescue activity that she wants to take up when she retires next year and...if I play my cards right...have a place to keep a boat.

Do post up your results as I'm always in the learning mode. Going to do potatoes this year in grow bags. My sister did it and raved about it so will try it. It will eliminate the need to dig and the mess involved and also free up some garden real estate. Will need to water consistently though.

My main goal was really just to avoid having to take an immersion blender to the sauce after cooking it, with the elimination of the seeds (with their slightly bitter tannins) and skins as a secondary benefit. But we'll see how it works out for me. I still have some of the sauce from my last batch in the freezer. Once that's used up I'll probably buy some Romas from the store and try them out before I have anything from the garden ready.

I have that same attachment. I bought it two years ago for my salsa making. What I found out was feeding the tomatoes into it just gummed it up (screens). My solution was just to take the tomatoes out of the freezer and within 5 minutes of ambient temperature, the skins slipped off easily. I then started using it again thinking I could remove all the seeds. Again, it seemed to be gumming up the works. So made salsa without removing the seeds. 1. I found that the over-attention to seed removal is unjustified. I don't even notice the seeds. 2. Romas are very fleshy tomatoes and so I was removing a lot of the meat with the juicer. 3. I think the juicer would work well for other varieties of tomatoes, maybe not Romas. I would be interested in your findings. I might have been doing it wrong. It's a great unit though.

Ah, cool. Thanks! I need more plum tomato variety plants this year. We were so pleased with the Italian tomato sauce I made with last season's harvest that my wife gave me this LEM grinder juicer attachment for my birthday. I've seen quite a few videos of people using it for that very purpose and singing it's praises, so I'm looking forward to trying it out. LEM "Big Bite" Juicer Attachment (Photo I stole from the interwebz. My fingernails aren't that pretty.)

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I like it. I might have to scrounge some milk jugs and try this.

girlfriend?

Decided to try something different this year. I planted 60 Roma seeds last week in these milk jugs. The milk jugs have been cut so that they flap back like a clamshell. Holes have been created below (drainage) and above (transpiration). I put four seeds per jug which was not an easy thing to do as I had to use tweazers. Certain seeds actually benefit by having cold periods. My thought is that when soil temperatures are suitable the seed will germinate and be in its own little greenhouse. They will grow until frost free danger is over (around May 6) and then transplanted. There are other things planted in the jugs (spinach, brocolli, brussel sprouts and perennials). I figured it was worth the experiment. I'm out 4.68 if it doesn't work and will still have time to purchase plants from the nursery. I hate my grow light - produces leggy and non-hardy plants.

Personally, I'd let the squirrels have their fill and fatten them up. They taste better. That's probably not the help you were looking for. Someone always has to go back and get a shitload of dimes.

I don't have anything against squirrels and they bathe in my bird bath without incident but the time and expense of feeding corn should go to the deer. Note, I don't mow over the hedge balls and stack them into nice piles so they have winter food. So you see, I'm not all bad.

Okay, okay, +3

There used to be a set-up with a five-gallon bucket and a rod or dowel that ran through the bottom that if jostled would release some corn. I'm sure there were homemade as well as commercial versions. If you ran that dangling from a beam or limb with a conical squirrel guard above the bucket, I think that would be about the best you could do. But again .... Why are you so mean to squirrels?

You might want to try pricing it at a buck even and see what happens ...

What's the problem with squirrels eating yummy corn? Asking for a furry friend ....

I've thought about this but deer never seem to have the right change.

Found this online. Looks similar to what I have except my tube hangs straight down from a limb.