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Darter50516 66M
5669 posts
8/9/2022 7:14 pm
Optimist

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I firmly believe anyone who plants a tree is an Optimist ... that they will live long enough to enjoy the "fruits" of that tree. I found a young Cottonwood tree and decided to plant it west of the house.


The potato crop just seems to be growing along



Here is how it sets on the East side patio upon a wrought iron table.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/9/2022 7:17 pm

. Not feeling the best... I ralph up about anything solid I eat. There is also the fall asleep anywhere.......... anytime issue


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/9/2022 7:26 pm

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For those laughing bout the Trump Search Warrant... BE DEEPLY AFRAID !!!! If they can do this to an ex prez............ they can do by far worse to YOU! ESPECIALLY with an additional 87,000 IRS agents....

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sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
8/9/2022 7:51 pm

I love the smell of Cottonwood......I used to make "Balm Gilead"....a fragrant salve mentioned in the Bible.....I gathered the fallen leaf buds after a Spring storm.....they are sticky and shiny from sap........I would simmer it and mix it with coconut fat and lanolin from sheep's wool until all the water was evaporated.......

I learned the hard way that planting a Cottonwood near a septic field or a basement is a bad idea......The roots grow so fast and vigorously that they destroy everything in their way.........


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/9/2022 8:14 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    I love the smell of Cottonwood......I used to make "Balm Gilead"....a fragrant salve mentioned in the Bible.....I gathered the fallen leaf buds after a Spring storm.....they are sticky and shiny from sap........I would simmer it and mix it with coconut fat and lanolin from sheep's wool until all the water was evaporated.......

    I learned the hard way that planting a Cottonwood near a septic field or a basement is a bad idea......The roots grow so fast and vigorously that they destroy everything in their way.........
I must try this balm...... The tree is far from any water source on a fencerow. Here in Iowa when they surveyed the state they planted Maples & Cottonwoods to denote the sections. then farmers went further planting tree rows to mark property lines


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/9/2022 8:20 pm

    Quoting CRAZYHORSE230:
    i am not shocked or surprised at the raid.. longer trump waits to say he is running, the more the Dems panic. they are scared to death of trump.

    they know this time he will not have to run for re-election. so he will take no prisoners.

    i read trump and his team has a huge plan to implement the sec he is sworn in. FBI head Wray will be first to go

    it guts the intel agencies and restructures all agencies I dept of education will be eliminated and the FBI and CIA will be taken over by dept of defense.

    the heads of all will be loyal to trump. not holdovers.

    i see the FBI conducting more raids or confiscation cell phones laptops etc

    i can see them visiting me. I am very vocal on blogs on conservative news outlets.

    long as they have a warrant. if not. they don't come in, i don't come out. the next move will be theirs. i have local news numbers close. i will call all of them. FBI hates that. the sad thing all local news is owned by the liberal corps. but any publicity is better than none. take care and don't push yourself. nothing to gain. chores can be handled by others
Bonnie Blue flag of rebellion flies over the farm.... F*CK JOE BIDEN .................Just so sick I hope I make it to vote for TRUMP again.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
8/9/2022 9:12 pm

Hope you manage to get some taters before frost. The plants look healthy.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/9/2022 10:56 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Hope you manage to get some taters before frost. The plants look healthy.
We'll just have to see how the weather goes here. I can cover the potatoes allowing them to grow more.


Nileyears 71F
4208 posts
8/10/2022 7:55 am

Then I expect you to live a long life so you can watch the cottonwood tree grow! Sleep is what your body needs, listen to it!

I planted all my trees here and watched them grow from sticks to beautiful trees. My favorite is my Bald Cypress that I planted in front of my house, in 28 years it grew from a twig into a fifty foot shade tree. My other trees are fruit trees and praying for rain so they don't die out! Trying to conserve water I have been taking buckets of rinse water out to keep them alive. My next option is getting a portable shower and taking showers outside to keep them watered.

I agree, the raid on Trump is a sign of what they could do to us in the future. As far as the IRS goes, they won't be going after the rich, they will be coming after those who can't afford to fight back. In so doing, a person could lose everything they worked so hard for. Remember the saying? You will own nothing and be happy? Sounds like it's part of the plan to me.


Rentier2 79M
950 posts
8/10/2022 8:28 am

I have several small trees growing in my yard that I am going to transplant in the local ravine in the fall


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/10/2022 11:34 am

    Quoting Nileyears:
    Then I expect you to live a long life so you can watch the cottonwood tree grow! Sleep is what your body needs, listen to it!

    I planted all my trees here and watched them grow from sticks to beautiful trees. My favorite is my Bald Cypress that I planted in front of my house, in 28 years it grew from a twig into a fifty foot shade tree. My other trees are fruit trees and praying for rain so they don't die out! Trying to conserve water I have been taking buckets of rinse water out to keep them alive. My next option is getting a portable shower and taking showers outside to keep them watered.

    I agree, the raid on Trump is a sign of what they could do to us in the future. As far as the IRS goes, they won't be going after the rich, they will be coming after those who can't afford to fight back. In so doing, a person could lose everything they worked so hard for. Remember the saying? You will own nothing and be happy? Sounds like it's part of the plan to me.
We had a tornado a few years back that destroyed my fruit trees I'd planted. We need to rethink our homes water strategy for flushing and showering. That stupid move against Trump just handed the next elections to him empowering his base... are they wanting a shooting war???? The abject failure of the January 6 committee hearings are proof of that. Just 90 days until the midterm elections.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/10/2022 11:37 am

    Quoting Rentier2:
    I have several small trees growing in my yard that I am going to transplant in the local ravine in the fall
The planting of trees for the future should be a community projected that everyone gets involved with..... if not planting... then watering.


TxJW027 81M

8/10/2022 3:11 pm

My understanding is that the republicans passed a law aimed at Hillary Clinton which states if a person in the government takes classified documents to private quarters -------that person must thrown out of office and prohibited from running or serving in government office again. Bone spur himself signed it into law.

So what the confiscated documents contain may greatly affect his future.


TxJW027 81M

8/10/2022 3:22 pm

Futher more---that begs the question-----why were a few documents pulled from 15 boxes and locked away in a safe?

if those few prove to be classified he is dead in the water regardless of what anyone wants to believe.


TxJW027 81M

8/10/2022 3:36 pm

To top that one off there was an article claiming some repubs think the FBI planted documents in his safe.
That sounds like preemptive window dressing before the event.
And indicates knowing the documents are incriminating.
Interesting stuff lately.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/11/2022 8:34 am

    Quoting TxJW027:
    My understanding is that the republicans passed a law aimed at Hillary Clinton which states if a person in the government takes classified documents to private quarters -------that person must thrown out of office and prohibited from running or serving in government office again. Bone spur himself signed it into law.

    So what the confiscated documents contain may greatly affect his future.
Unfounded speculation...................


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/11/2022 8:35 am

    Quoting TxJW027:
    Futher more---that begs the question-----why were a few documents pulled from 15 boxes and locked away in a safe?

    if those few prove to be classified he is dead in the water regardless of what anyone wants to believe.
Unfounded speculation.........


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
8/11/2022 8:36 am

    Quoting TxJW027:
    To top that one off there was an article claiming some repubs think the FBI planted documents in his safe.
    That sounds like preemptive window dressing before the event.
    And indicates knowing the documents are incriminating.
    Interesting stuff lately.
Unfounded speculation..........