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Thanks for the confirmation, now I figure out if this was a loner, or an advance scout...and how to kill/repel them...Yep. Stink bug
Thanks for the confirmation, now I figure out if this was a loner, or an advance scout...and how to kill/repel them...Yep. Stink bug
I‘ve thought about putting up a bat house. Gotta do some research on the best positioning for it, and other things to do to encourage them to take up residence...I’ve seen one or two zooming thru the yard. Gonna be stupid, painful, Africa hot here today too. My brother and I put the top down on my convertible and then sat in a traffic jam for an hour near Portsmouth. It was ugly hot, but neither of us wanted to put the top up...I got scorched. Them we made it the to baseball game, and I got scorched, and toasted too...We get them in the fall so bad. I get tired of carrying them outside. I have all these strange new white hairs growing on my Blue Dream.
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I don't think I'll worry though . She's got a ton of new growth and I can't wait to see what happens in the next 4 weeks as buds really form up. They're going to get a mild dose of nutes to get started tomorrow morning. Along with some Big Bud for the first time.
Finally had a day of sun today. Still waiting on storms tonight but at least I got through the day. Tomorrow sounds like a cooker. Soaking everybody down till runoff first thing in the morning with my coffee at sunrise in the garden. I'm putting up a bat house this weekend for the bats I have, trying to get more to hang around and help pick off the moths. They are amazing to watch at dusk taking care of my bug problem all natural.
I used up a ton of good BF points on that one, and she doesn't partake. This is an older picture, I’ll get a more current one in a couple days.4 growing at your girlfriends house. Now you're thinking.
3/4” PVC with some clear plastic would do well. Easy to bend and sturdy enough. Use Tees at the bottom to make a base. Would make a decent greenhouse for the winter too.Cool, after I got out I was doing engineering management for a testing and consulting firm that did CTA on runways and all the soil compaction and cement testing too. I was in Aviation in the Army so runways felt like home. I also did testing on VDOT roadwork. Never messed with bridges though as I didn't have any structural steel background and height wasn't my thing.