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songbird wrote:

Billy wrote:
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All that and not a single citation, hmmmm.

since when in a conversation do you need
citations?

arguments can be made quite soundly from
reason and experience aside from quoting
some dusty economics books or digging
around on-line. if i'm not on-line i'm
not citing anything. this is OT in a
gardening edibles group and only tangentially
related to sustainable agriculture so ...
i guess i can't quite approach it as a
scholarly research paper...

if my reasoning is unsound then pick it
apart. David seems to be hacking at that
angle tho, so perhaps you can be safe on
the other approaches.


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I'm reminded of the choir leader who happened to glimpse the pastors
sermon notes for the day. What caught his eye was, "argument weak here,
pound pulpit".

argument, we don't need no stinkin
argument.


McArthur , and I will be back shortly.

"You're fired!" Donald Trump.

is that quote enough?

ok, just kidding, you are not fired.
have a good night.


songbird

Rain yesterday, kept me out of the garden. The peas seem to be enjoying
the 70F weather, as do the tomatoes (surprise, surprise). The peppers
not so much.
I've lost some plants to varmints, snail or cats, I don't know which. I
had a back up plant for the tomato, but I'm down 4/26 on my peppers, and
3/16 on my corn. I'll probably have to buy starters for the peppers, as
it seems too late to germinate fresh replacements. The corn was replaced
by sunflowers. When the corn goes to tassel, I'll just have to get
involved to make sure that the cobs will be full. Every thing is pretty
much in except for the squash, and melons. That should be finished by
today.
To my taste making pesto from fresh store bought basil is a futile
endevor. It just doesn't have enough flavor. Bought a couple of live
basil plants from Trader Joe's a month or so ago. We had our second
pesto from them last night. There were only 5 flowering tops in it, and
it still lacks taste. I suppose it could be me. I've read that as you
get older, your taste buds become less sensitive, and you need stronger
flavors to get their attention. In any event, I'll be happier when the
pesto is mostly flowering tops.

I'll be starting a new germination tray today with green beans, as well
as mid-season replacement squash, and more lettuce. Can't ever have
enough lettuce. So I;m down to trying to squeeze in whatever is left
over.
Whew.
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