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« Last post by Lorri Moulton on June 16, 2024, 10:23:09 AM »Chapter 17 finished! Still no idea who the villain is...but working on it. 
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: What Did You Blog About Today
« Last post by Lorri Moulton on June 12, 2024, 05:04:44 AM »We're having way too much fun today! LOL
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« Last post by Lorri Moulton on June 07, 2024, 08:17:56 AM »I've been writing a chapter a day every day this month. It's an enchanted fairytale with short chapters (500+ words) but it's consistent!
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« Last post by Vijaya on June 04, 2024, 06:41:02 AM »Some saints to help us stop the assault on kids: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2024/06/june-humble-like-jesus-or-proud-like.html
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: 50+ words a day...no matter what!
« Last post by Lorri Moulton on June 03, 2024, 05:08:50 AM »186 words! Finally taking a break from the WW2 research to work on the fairytale. 🙂
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Finally got a broadband upgrade
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on June 02, 2024, 11:57:44 PM »One would help. The telcos are slowly rolling out fiber and then switching landlines to it. In my area, I still have the option to use the old landline. But I know that will be gone eventually.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: The Garden Thread that two people wanted
« Last post by Jeff Tanyard on June 02, 2024, 08:43:35 AM »There's been plenty of rain, so I doubt that's the problem. Thanks for that advice, though; I'll keep it in mind. 
Like I've said before, this is an experiment, and I have absolutely no experience with blackberry plants, so I'm as out of my element as Donny from The Big Lebowski.
The thorns are definitely a problem. I'll have to wear gloves when I pick these things, and I'm not sure it's all worth it, frankly. The berry-to-bush ratio is a lot smaller than I would like. But I guess that's typical when you're growing wild weeds rather than cultivars. At the end of the day, any edible fruit is still free food for which I had to do no work and spend no money, so there's that.
Like I've said before, this is an experiment, and I have absolutely no experience with blackberry plants, so I'm as out of my element as Donny from The Big Lebowski.
Cultivated blackberries are a lot nicer: no thorns, much larger fruit.
The thorns are definitely a problem. I'll have to wear gloves when I pick these things, and I'm not sure it's all worth it, frankly. The berry-to-bush ratio is a lot smaller than I would like. But I guess that's typical when you're growing wild weeds rather than cultivars. At the end of the day, any edible fruit is still free food for which I had to do no work and spend no money, so there's that.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Finally got a broadband upgrade
« Last post by LilyBLily on June 02, 2024, 08:06:38 AM »"Apparently, the landline will no longer work during power outages because the phone service is coming in through the fiber. I'd ditch it, but limited to no cellphone service here. It's been steadily getting better for about 10 years, but it's still spotty. Still, I used to not even be able to send text messages and now I can occasionally get a phone call on my cell phone that doesn't drop immediately. ;D"
With any extended power outage, you'll lose your landline phone service with DSL. It sounds as if with fiber optic you'll lose it immediately, which is not cool. I'm not sure what's available to keep it going under those circumstances, but maybe someone has come up with a backup device. I used to have one for my desktop computer because we had so many mini power outages. But it died and we don't anymore, and that wouldn't recover a phone line. But there must be something.
With any extended power outage, you'll lose your landline phone service with DSL. It sounds as if with fiber optic you'll lose it immediately, which is not cool. I'm not sure what's available to keep it going under those circumstances, but maybe someone has come up with a backup device. I used to have one for my desktop computer because we had so many mini power outages. But it died and we don't anymore, and that wouldn't recover a phone line. But there must be something.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: The Garden Thread that two people wanted
« Last post by LilyBLily on June 02, 2024, 05:35:42 AM »What wild blackberries already set on the plant need is water first, sunshine second. If you can arrange for more water even if you can't manage more sunshine, you might end up with a decent crop. Otherwise, they'll tend to dry up and be disappointing.
As our trees have grown larger, our blackberries have retreated to only the sunny edges of the property or the occasional open spot in the middle. We've had a wet spring in WV, so the berries look promising. I have to spray them against the deer, though.
Cultivated blackberries are a lot nicer: no thorns, much larger fruit. The deer will go after them, too.
My favored and inexpensive spray mix is water, egg, and garlic powder. Completely safe for the fruit, gentle to the environment, and no lingering smell noticeable to humans. It does wear off under repeated downpours, though.
As our trees have grown larger, our blackberries have retreated to only the sunny edges of the property or the occasional open spot in the middle. We've had a wet spring in WV, so the berries look promising. I have to spray them against the deer, though.
Cultivated blackberries are a lot nicer: no thorns, much larger fruit. The deer will go after them, too.
My favored and inexpensive spray mix is water, egg, and garlic powder. Completely safe for the fruit, gentle to the environment, and no lingering smell noticeable to humans. It does wear off under repeated downpours, though.