Earth Day idea for everyone

[aerocontrols]

Plant a tree. (http://tinyurl.com/325uh)

[Jocko]

Originally posted by aerocontrols
Plant a tree. (http://tinyurl.com/325uh)

Excellent idea. Of course it's only a matter of time before AUP or UCE pop in to suggest planting an Israeli.

[Grammatron]

Originally posted by aerocontrols
Plant a tree. (http://tinyurl.com/325uh)

What if I plant two trees?

[aerocontrols]

Originally posted by Grammatron


What if I plant two trees?

Plant as many as you want, but don't be a show-off.

[Skeptic]

Heh. There is a famous israeli movie where groups of jewish American tourists are brought in to see the forest their contributions planted. Each group observes a sign saying "this forest was planted by the generous contributions of congregation X", with their name. In reality, they are all taken to see the same forest; they only change the sign. Trouble erupt when the signs cannot be changed soon enough...

[DaChew]

I wonder what kind of fruit trees they plant. I've an interest in planting trees because I plant several hundred a year. I should point out though, before the enviros get excited, that I plant mostly evil trees. Some hardwoods like black cherry and oak but mostly the trees of capitalist oppression.

[Charlie Monoxide]

Can I "tree a plant" instead?

Charlie (stick a plant in a tree) Monoxide

[Frostbite]

I planted an ent.

[Evolver]

Heard on NPR today that Bush was "celebrating Earth Day".

How ironic is that?

[Luke T.]

I'm all about killing weeds. But the weeds are winning. I've used all kinds of commerical poisons to kill them. The weeds are doing just fine, but all the grass died. I also spray insect poison everywhere. The insects don't seem to mind, but with the weed poison and the insect poison soaking the soil, every small animal that sets foot in my yard now dies within three steps. Their carcasses fertilize the weeds.

I'm ready to start using gasoline on the weeds. If gas wasn't two bucks a gallon right now, I'd already have done it.

A tree doesn't stand a chance in my yard unless its a weed-related tree.

[Hexxenhammer]

Originally posted by Luke T.
I'm all about killing weeds. But the weeds are winning. I've used all kinds of commerical poisons to kill them. The weeds are doing just fine, but all the grass died. I also spray insect poison everywhere. The insects don't seem to mind, but with the weed poison and the insect poison soaking the soil, every small animal that sets foot in my yard now dies within three steps. Their carcasses fertilize the weeds.

I'm ready to start using gasoline on the weeds. If gas wasn't two bucks a gallon right now, I'd already have done it.

A tree doesn't stand a chance in my yard unless its a weed-related tree. I hope I'm upstream of your house Luke.

[Grammatron]

Originally posted by Luke T.
I'm all about killing weeds. But the weeds are winning. I've used all kinds of commerical poisons to kill them. The weeds are doing just fine, but all the grass died. I also spray insect poison everywhere. The insects don't seem to mind, but with the weed poison and the insect poison soaking the soil, every small animal that sets foot in my yard now dies within three steps. Their carcasses fertilize the weeds.

I'm ready to start using gasoline on the weeds. If gas wasn't two bucks a gallon right now, I'd already have done it.

A tree doesn't stand a chance in my yard unless its a weed-related tree.

Before you agent orange your yard try pulling them by hand. It's hard work but the end result is no weeds.

[DaChew]

Originally posted by Frostbite
I planted an ent.

We had to get rid of all of our ents. They kept us up at night complaining about lack of...well,. chicks. If you can't find entwives to keep'em busy they go nuts. Can't tell you how many knotty pines they ruined. Ever seen an ent with a woody? Let me tell you, it ain't pretty. You think Sammy Sosa's bat was corked!?

[Virgil]

I'm planning on going home and pick up other peoples trash...I guess that make me a commie pinko.

Virgil

[Luke T.]

Originally posted by Grammatron


Before you agent orange your yard try pulling them by hand. It's hard work but the end result is no weeds.

I've done that. The roots are incredibly long. The weed may be flat and only a few inches in diameter, but the root can be a foot long. They can't be pulled by hand because they don't come all the way out. The roots break off. They have to be dug out with a knife/shovel/implement of some kind. And I've done that. Somehow they keep coming back.

And then there is the problem of the wind carrying new seedlings into my yard...

I've even dug up the whole yard, paid for the latest and greatest space age underlayment, tilled it and tilled it, sprayed over 30 gallons of weed killer on 3500 square feet of soil, tilled it again, placed mulch, and replanted with grass they supposedly use on European soccer fields. Spent thousand of dollars. The next spring, more weeds than ever.

The dandelions here are of a kind I've never seen before moving here. They grow to be a foot and a half tall, with spiny leaves at the base. These are dandelions on steroids.

My wife one day says, "Weeds are just flowers that nobody loves."

My thinking is that there are reasons nobody loves them.

[Grammatron]

Originally posted by Luke T.


I've done that. The roots are incredibly long. The weed may be flat and only a few inches in diameter, but the root can be a foot long. They can't be pulled by hand because they don't come all the way out. The roots break off. They have to be dug out with a knife/shovel/implement of some kind. And I've done that. Somehow they keep coming back.

And then there is the problem of the wind carrying new seedlings into my yard...

I've even dug up the whole yard, paid for the latest and greatest space age underlayment, tilled it and tilled it, sprayed over 30 gallons of weed killer on 3500 square feet of soil, tilled it again, placed mulch, and replanted with grass they supposedly use on European soccer fields. Spent thousand of dollars. The next spring, more weeds than ever.

The dandelions here are of a kind I've never seen before moving here. They grow to be a foot and a half tall, with spiny leaves at the base. These are dandelions on steroids.

My wife one day says, "Weeds are just flowers that nobody loves."

My thinking is that there are reasons nobody loves them.

Ouch man, do you know if your yard sits on some toxic or nuclear waste dump?

[Luke T.]

Originally posted by Grammatron


Ouch man, do you know if your yard sits on some toxic or nuclear waste dump?

By the time I'm done, it will be. :D

[UserGoogol]

Well, what's wrong with weeds again? Yes, they're impossible to kill, but that's only a bad thing if you don't like them to begin with.

[Theodore Kurita]

I already planted two trees today. It's a family tradition.

[WildCat]

Originally posted by Luke T.
By the time I'm done, it will be. :D
Maybe you should just get a llama. Besides eating the weeds, they're good for chasing away trespassers.

Or just pave it.

[WildCat]

Originally posted by Theodore Kurita
I already planted two trees today. It's a family tradition.
As someone who used quite a bit of lumber today, I thank you. :p

[EvilYeti]

Originally posted by DaChew


We had to get rid of all of our ents. They kept us up at night complaining about lack of...well,. chicks. If you can't find entwives to keep'em busy they go nuts. Can't tell you how many knotty pines they ruined. Ever seen an ent with a woody? Let me tell you, it ain't pretty. You think Sammy Sosa's bat was corked!?

A big problem in my neck of the woods was that years of ent inbreeding resulting in many hard of hearing Ents, particularly along the edge of the forest.

Given the high cost of ent hearing-aids, I was left with but one choice, to...

...cull the necks deaf end Ents!

[Brian]

Originally posted by Grammatron


Ouch man, do you know if your yard sits on some toxic or nuclear waste dump?

I was thinking, maybe they only moved the head stones.

[MLynn]

It would be great if people would just pick up after themselves and put their trash in proper trash bins. When I'm driving down the highway I see people throw their trash out the window. I guess it's a pet peeve of mine.

[WildCat]

Originally posted by MLynn
It would be great if people would just pick up after themselves and put their trash in proper trash bins. When I'm driving down the highway I see people throw their trash out the window. I guess it's a pet peeve of mine.
That, and smokers who think that the world is their ash tray. My thoroughly unscientific estimate is that 95% of smokers will just throw their butts out the window, sometimes causing brush fires or worse. The other 5% dump their full ash tray in parking lots.

[Fluffy]

I brought a tree yesterday. I haven't planted it yet it's sittting in it's pot not doing anything.

It's a something ends in s.cer.'Hessei' as I can't speak that below I have no idea what it is, or how to plant it. (broken ticket)

Deze op speciaal geselectreerde onderstam geente sierpruim is winterhard en groeit op iedere grondsoort. Zjin donkerrode blad met gekleurde bladranden, maakt deze bladverliezende heester tot een siaraad in de tuin. Houdt van een zonnige of schaduwrijke plaats. Snoeien direct na da bloei voor behould van de vorm.

[Fluffy]

It's a cherry tree. I found another with the English translation on it.

[Kodiak]

Originally posted by aerocontrols
Plant a tree. (http://tinyurl.com/325uh)

Then why don't we just call the day "Arbor Day II"?? ;) :p

[Kodiak]

Originally posted by Luke T.
My wife one day says, "Weeds are just flowers that nobody loves."

I've a friend who says, "Dolphins are just Tuna that nobody eats."

;)

[Wrath of the Swarm]

Originally posted by Kodiak
I've a friend who says, "Dolphins are just Tuna that nobody eats." Morons -- the other other white meat.