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Thread: Fitty's Angling Ramble 7.0
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01-02-2013, 01:47 PM #901
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01-02-2013, 02:03 PM #902
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01-02-2013, 02:24 PM #903
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01-03-2013, 07:15 AM #904
Ah... One more day and it gets warm enough out that I can get back to my wood working in the barn and still be able to feel my hands. Trying to drive metal screws when you don't have enough dexterity to touch you thumb to your pinky is not "Safety First."
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 07:16 AM #905
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01-03-2013, 07:27 AM #906
Oh yeah... I personally set out Havahart traps for them, just so I can sell the pelts!
MN has been getting more and more "Sightings" of big foot... I'm sure all the Squatch Hunter shows (Or whatever they're called) have got people seeing some things that aren't really there.
I "think" it's probably also a factor that Grizzly are starting to cross back into MN from Canada, but the DNR doesn't want to confirm until their they know there is a breeding population. And for that to happen someone is going to have to shoot a "Sasquatch."6'4"
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 07:40 AM #907
So of course I've got a bunch of pest problems up here that rotate through the garden season. Last year I spent $25-$30 on "Organic" solutions, soap sprays, diamotacious earth etc... Just to keep the garden safe.
My wife's gramma (An OLD SCHOOL farm girl who's taught me and helped me preserve a lot of the old ways) told me back in the day she knew someone who raised preying mantis, bought some and they were like Navy Seals picking off all the bugs in the garden. Well one of my seed catalogs came in yesterday and sure enough... $9.99 for 200 preying mantis eggs.
Anyone ever tried?6'4"
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 07:49 AM #908
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Those Squatch guys are absolute morons and I think the head guy is mentally retarded. I like "Bobo" though, he looks like a squatch himself. lol
I haven't tried anything, had an amazing lack of bugs in my garden for the few years that I ran it. My area is full of spiders though and my plants always had webs all over the place. I never kill spiders unless I find a Black Widow or Brown Recluse. I'd imagine the Mantis would have a similar effect, although they may develop a preference for only certain species and you need to have a decent population of food for them otherwise they'll all just die. Spider webs kill indiscriminately, so any bug that flies or crawls onto them is pretty much a goner.
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01-03-2013, 08:05 AM #909
The ad talked about how the one draw back of the Mantis is that it kills ALL bugs, good and bad. Well the only good bugs I need for what I grow are bees to pollinate the flowers of only some of the plants. (Most are even self/wind pollinated) And I'm sorry, but to me, watching Bumble Bee vs Preying Mantis, sounds like a fun show to watch!
I guess this far north the eggs don't live through the winter, so I'd have to rebuy everything spring. But you've got to figure I spent $30 fighting all the random bugs out here last year... If I can spend $10 it's a win... And I get a show!6'4"
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 08:08 AM #910
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01-03-2013, 08:18 AM #911
Yeah I hit a quick google on it... Sounds like it's a 50/50 thing if the male gets away. But they don't do their mating until I'm basically near the end of the pest cycle here... All I'd have left by that time of year is the grasshoppers (Which don't do that much damage) and all that's left on the vine is bumper crop.
When I was in the city the only thing I had to worry about for pests was river moth's and their larvae. But out here because there are so many farms that have been established for over a century, basically every pest is lurking somewhere waiting for me to give it opportunity.
The previous owner left a bunch of stuff behind for the garden to basically give me the clues I needed to spray and put out whatever.
But one of the things about organic pesticides is that they don't have any binders (They're water soluable, because they don't have a petroleum or hydrocarbon base etc...)
So after every modest rain, I'd have to go out and reapply to the whole friggin' garden all over again. Give it 12 hours without applying, and the plants would be re-infested again. (Especially by the Colorado Potato Beetles!)
So Best case scenario, I figure it saves me time and money at a time in my life when I need to make the most out of time and money. Worst case scenario... I put a bunch of bugs in the garden that don't do jack and I wasted $10 more, so I could go out and buy the same damn Organic pesticides.6'4"
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 08:27 AM #912
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01-03-2013, 08:34 AM #913
It said that 1 case of eggs will handle 2500 square feet. The new Garden expansion will bring it up to 3500 square feet. However about 1200-1300 square feet of that will be tomatoes and peppers, which have the least amount of pest issues. And they'll be hedged by basil (Which helps repel pests)
So if we "Assume" that the Manti will act like most predators and concentrate near the best prey opportunities... Then I should just be able "In Theory" to set them out in the more pest prone part of the garden.6'4"
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 09:57 AM #914
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01-03-2013, 10:02 AM #915
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01-03-2013, 10:03 AM #916
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All of the Sasquatches down here in the south are smaller.....bout 6'4'/258#.
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http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=158720023&p=1173746753&posted=1#post1173746753
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If this (insert whatever trivial thing that is upsetting me) is the worst thing to happen today, I'm going to have a great day.
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01-03-2013, 10:07 AM #917
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Well, my first loaf of bread turned out ugly, but tasty. It was from a kit, but it's a start. There's some recipe's in my Fanny Farmer Cookbook that I want to try, soon.
I really need a Kitchenaid mixer now......The hardest part of a zombie apocalypse will be pretending I'm not excited.
in omnia paratus
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01-03-2013, 10:11 AM #918
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01-03-2013, 10:13 AM #919
Negatory on the mixer, and the kits...
The best bread comes from doing it by hand.
I'm working on completing my "Modern Rustic" cookbook ATM, by working in bite sized pieces, just writing up one recipe a day. This morning I was struggling to choose between writing up my Schweinhaxe recipe or my bread technique.
In light of this post, I'll tap out my bread recipe over my lunch hour... Just give me a couple ticks!6'4"
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 10:19 AM #920
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01-03-2013, 10:39 AM #921
First you need to start out with one ox tail and 2 jars of pickled pig dicks...
Next you'll want to add a cup of white vinegar and 10 ground pepper corns to a cast iron pan that is already ripping hot!
As you're vomiting and contemplating washing your eyes out with bleach, you'll want to think about what kind of flour you want to use... King Arthur Bread flour is the best I've found.
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 10:45 AM #922
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01-03-2013, 10:54 AM #923
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01-03-2013, 10:56 AM #924
LOL... I'll never end up publishing ANYTHING with a press that runs it's ISBN through Barnes and Noble.
I have 3 small presses that are interested in publishing a cookbook by me... One is a "Take Anyone" publisher, so that's my absolute fall back.
"Modern Rustic" is as much a lifestyle guide as it is a cook book at this point. But when you get your ISBN from a large publisher who distributes through Barnes and Noble the Author only gets a 7% Royalty.
So for Every $20 a copy sells for (Average price for a book) I'd only get $1.40
The Take Anyone Small Press is 10%
The Small Press is 20%
And the in-house publisher I have in my hip pocket has offered a deal where they split half the print cost with me (Meaning I'd have to come up with $850 or so) and then I get a 50% Royalty.
The nice thing also about doing it the In-House publisher's way, is that Tax wise the profits are incredibly friendly... You only suffer a 7% tax on Royalties. And I could deduct portions of the print and promotion costs.
There are so writers who keep waiting for the big time publishers to pick up their book (Average wait time is 2 years from querry letter to publication) because they want to be some hyper-global writing mogul millionaire. Their dreams die in the process of reaching too high and hard. (Been there, done that) So I'm taking the "Feet on the ground" approach, which seems to be the only way I ever really make a success out of anything in the course of my life.6'4"
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"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting." The Buddha
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01-03-2013, 11:08 AM #925
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01-03-2013, 11:23 AM #926
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01-03-2013, 11:39 AM #927
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