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Most government mandates do not match the intended goal, so this is nothing new. Why? Because the government suffers from tunnel vision. Government only sees advantages, and very seldom notices collateral damage all along the way. They certainly didn't figure ethanol would drive food prices so high, did they? And if they did suspect a glitch, nobody spoke up.
In a race to 'be green' (which is trendy at this point), officials ignore anything that might shed disturbing light upon the idea. If some cars mess up the desired average (mileage, emissions, etc. ), simply remove their statistics from the input. Al Gore and his flock completely ignored the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age in order to make claims about dire global warming. It's all about convenience to the goal.
If the 13 years of the 'ethanol experiment' has no net gain, nor expects one, why do we continue? Maybe the EPA and all those relying on ethanol to be the cash cow cannot afford to let it go. It wouldn't be a stretch to believe some of our representatives have skin in the game, with their insider trading advantages in play. And government, being an expert at getting nothing done, can claim it was all in the name of 'the greater good'. Well, at least someone's 'good' is nurtured!
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Trivia Tuesday: USC Ring Ceremony
The Ring Ceremony has become a milestone at the University of South Carolina, second only to commencement. At the very core of USC's shared values is an intangible link between past and future. These shared values... Read More -
Trivia Tuesday: Commencement Countdown
University of South Carolina commencement traditions have come and gone over the years — with the tradition of commencement on the Horseshoe ending in 1969 upon the opening of the Coliseum, then relocating to... Read More -
Trivia Tuesday: The New Carolinian
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Trivia Tuesday: 'Tis the Season!
Holiday cheer debuts on campus tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m., with the 58th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. Come join the USC community and enjoy the festivities, refreshments and carolers. Traditionally held on... Read More -
Trivia Tuesday: Tigerburn
One of the university's oldest traditions, Tigerburn, is a fun event that springs from a very serious incident. It all began one year when the Carolina football team defeated a highly favored Clemson team 12-6. Be... Read More -
Trivia Tuesday: Cocky's Homecoming Date
Each year at the Homecoming football game, as Cocky magically appears on the field in a cloud of smoke during 2001, his girlfriend runs out to greet him on the field. Today's Trivia Tuesday question surrounds this... Read More -
Carolina Treats and Traditions
As Gamecocks, our creativity has No Limits. Halloween is no exception. We've spotted some Pinterest-worthy pumpkins, itty-bitty costumed future Gamecocks -- and even a Sandstorm light show. Halloween is an outlet for... Read More -
Trivia Tuesday: Carolina Homecoming Traditions
As the nation witnessed at ESPN College GameDay on the Horseshoe — when it comes to celebrations and school spirit — Gamecocks sure know how to wow a crowd. Homecoming at Carolina ushers in a week full of... Read More


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Things to do in Crocus Hill
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Very Good Recipes of Valentine from spabettie
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Strawberry hazelnut bars – Vegan Valentines
By spabettie
02/04/14 16:38
More Valentines, this time a deep delicious red. I warned you about my feelings on Valentines and the colorful and chocolatey treats that must accompany in my house. Keeping the love going today. Flavorful layers of summery strawberry and Oregon hazelnuts...
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Sweet 16 – Vegan Valentines Recipes
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02/03/14 05:16
Those who know me, know I love Valentines Day. I am pretty sure everyone knows I love pink. Yeah, I know the argument that love shouldn't be reserved for a specific day (it isn't), Valentines is exceedingly commercial (I don't buy the merch – oh cripes...
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Valentines Day recipes
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02/09/13 17:08
You have several more days to plan something for your Valentine – a sweet breakfast, a batch of pink cookies, a luxuriously decadent truffle. You may know, Valentines Day is my all time favorite. I love to celebrate love, whether it be with Jason or my...
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Valentines Spicy Hot Shots
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01/30/12 14:08
The things I do in the name of love. In the name of Valentines Day. In the name of all things pink. You recall the chocolate shot glasses I made over the holidays? That I filled with local New Deal vodka? In the name of love, Valentines Day and everything...
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Playground Training For The Kids
Following the recent post about playground workouts, it is worth noting that playgrounds are intended for children. While it is certainly fun to exercise at the playground, your workout should never come at the expense of a child. Personally, if I am exercising at the playground, I do so because I am playing with my kids. I'm fortunate to live within walking distance to their school so we regularly visit the playground.
My children enjoy seeing me perform various exercises from the bars and naturally do their best to follow along. If it was up to them, we'd stay at the playground until the sun went down. They can't get enough of it. And their eagerness to play on the bars seems to be quite common amongst children their age.
As parents, it is important that we provide an avenue for children to pursue physically demanding interests. For example, my kids don't know anything about video games. They haven't been exposed to them. They'll take playing on the playground over sitting in front of the television every time. And while that may sound unusual, I believe it would be the norm if more kids had more opportunities to get outside and play.
As for potential, the sky truly is the limit. Take a look at the young girl below for a prime example. Her abilities are quite impressive but wouldn't be as uncommon if more kids spent more time outside on the bars. When a child is challenged with an activity that he or she enjoys, it is only a matter of time before they improve. Playing on the playground is a perfect example of a potentially challenging activity that is also enjoyable.
As parents, we should not only foster such activities, but also learn from them. Your own workout will often be much more effective when you perform activities that are fun. Yes, it is important to work hard, but also attempt some challenging movements that you enjoy. You'll be much more eager to progress with activities that are fun to perform. Using myself as an example, I work as hard as anyone in the gym, but I also consider myself a big kid. I am always looking for ways to add some excitement and enjoyment to the daily grind.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. – George Bernard Shaw
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Fabian August 21st, 2013 12:15 pm
looks like fake when I see how easy seems to be, lol! Love that awesome girl!
Aleksander August 22nd, 2013 2:03 am
Nice post, Ross. I wouldn't be surprised if one day soon you're posting a video of your son doing muscle-ups.
Damn that girl is strong on the bar!
By the way, is the front lever a piece of cake for you?
john August 22nd, 2013 2:59 am
After yesterday's post I was inspired to go to the park with my three young children after work. What often happens is that one of the other kids at the park (usually an older boy) will watch me doing something and then say "not bad, but can you do this…" and then a CHALLENGE develops. Yesterday is was doing monkey-bars backwards. Then a 6 year old girl challenged me to a who-can-hang-by-one-arm-the-longest challenge!
It's great fun, and even my 18 month old daughter wants to have a go.
But thinking about it, I'm the only dad who gets on the climbing frame and plays alongside their kids. The other parents either sit and watch, or assist their kids in some way.
I think that if you are at the park with your own kids, and you are being considerate of other children, then it is better if you get on there and play with them, rather than sit there a bit bored just watching them. -
Eric August 22nd, 2013 12:57 pm
33 pullups!! Fantastic for anyone let alone a young girl. Her 33 pullups is probably more than the average number of pushups performed by males her own age. That vid was impressive.
Joe August 24th, 2013 6:10 am
Great idea to get your kids doing workouts while they're still young. Of course they won't see it as such, to them it's playing and fun. There's a lesson for us adults right there…
Alexis August 28th, 2013 9:50 am
The playground is an awesome spot! I love the video of the girl you posted. It would be great if more of our kids would/could do this! Thanks for sharing a great post.
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Tell participants one theme that links the Eastern faiths is the interrelated nature of living things. The story, "Indra's Magnificent Jeweled Net," explores this theme.
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There's a reason why you make an annual trip to wine country during crush despite the crowds: it really is the best time to go. Here are four ways to mix it up this year.
Odette Estate
Taste the Gavin Newsom-owned winery's new Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay in a rustic-meets-contemporary setting (wood panels and teardrop light fixtures over the bar). Snack on food brought in from their triple-Michelin-starred neighbors at Meadowood.
5998 Silverado Trail, Napa Valley (707-224-7533)
Campo Fina in Healdsburg
Flex your muscles and your tastebuds after a long day in the car with wood-fired 'za (we recommend the pizza salsiccia with house-made sausage) and a game of bocce. If you're sick of grapes, pair your pizza with a pint of Russian River Damnation, a pleasantly fruity Belgian ale.
330 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg (707-395-4640)
Glen Ellen Star
Enjoy outside-the-box bistro fare (tomato cream pie with aleppo chile, romano beans with brown sugar bacon marmalade) in an intimate setting at this newly-opened gem. Top off your tank with a scoop of housemade ice cream. The vanilla maple bourbon flavor is the perfect marriage between fall and Indian summer.
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Don't want to drop multiple bills on dinner with the original Iron Chef? Snack on his new -- and comparatively wallet-friendly -- lounge menu instead. Options range from the adventurous chicken-fried duck tongue and waffles to the tamer Korean korn dogs.
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"Arrow" EP Marc Guggenheim Gives an Early Tease of Season 3
Guggenheim tells CBR how Oliver Queen and his band of merry men will be looking to redefine themselves as the hit CW series enters its third season.
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Andrew Kreisberg promises a new foil for Oliver Queen in Brandon Routh's Ray Palmer and explains the more hopeful tone of "The Flash."
Captain Cold Heads to the CW's "The Flash"
"Prison Break" actor Wentworth Miller has been cast as "The Flash's" Leonard Snart -- better known as Captain Cold, leader of the Flash's Rogues.
"Arrow" Season 3 Will Explore Oliver and Felicity's Romance
Producer Greg Berlanti says Oliver Queen's feelings for Felicity Smoak will be "an active part of the season this year" in the CW's "Arrow."
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"Arrow" Season 3 Casting Details Hint at New Heroes, Villains and Allies
With casting under way for the third season of the CW's "Arrow," character descriptions have trickled out for four new characters.
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Liv the zombie, Clive Babinaux and Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti give viewers a cool welcome in a new promo poster for the CW's "iZombie."
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While "iZombie" co-creator Chris Roberson isn't involved in the CW adaptation of his Vertigo series, the writer said there's plenty for fans of the comic to enjoy.
David Nutter Races with "The Flash," Reminisces Over the Red Wedding
Director David Nutter brings us up to speed on "The Flash," directing "Game of Thrones'" Red Wedding and Heath Ledger's near-"Roswell" experience.
John Wesley Shipp's Role on "The Flash" Confirmed
TV's original Flash will play Henry Allen, Barry Allen's father, in the new DC Comics-based series set to debut on The CW this fall.
FLASH MOBBED: 5 Rogues We Want to See Terrorize TV's Barry Allen
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"Arrow" Adds John Barrowman as Series Regular
Malcolm Merlyn looks to be making a full-time return to Starling City this fall, with John Barrowman now a series regular on the CW series.
"The Flash," "iZombie" Get Full Series Descriptions, New Photos
The CW has released full series descriptions and cast lists for both "The Flash" and "iZombie" alongside new photos.
See More of "The Flash" with Five-and-a-Half Minute Trailer, New Clip
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"The Flash" Outruns an Arrow in First Teaser Trailer
The first teaser trailer for "The Flash" provides the first look at Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) in motion, and plays up the "Arrow" connection.
It's Slade's Army Versus Oliver's in "Epic" "Arrow" Season Finale
As "Arrow" season two nears its end, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg hints at the conflict to come and reflects on the events of the past year.
Final "Arrow" Season 2 Teaser Hints at Death, Promises "Flash" Trailer
The final commercial for the Season 2 finale of "Arrow" hints at possible deaths on the superhero drama while promising the first look at "The Flash" in action.
The CW Reveals Promo Images for "The Flash," "iZombie"
With both shows landing on The CW this fall, the network tweeted out new images featuring Barry Allen and Liv the zombie.
"The Flash," "iZombie" Get Series Orders from The CW
Two DC Comics-based pilots, "The Flash" and "iZombie" have been picked up by The CW for the 2014-2015 season.
Barrowman Targets Merlyn's "Arrow" Return
"Arrow's" John Barrowman weighs in on Malcolm Merlyn's return, his relationship with Thea and returning to the role of "Torchwood's" Captain Jack.
Blackthorne Says Final Season 2 "Arrow" Eps are "All Hands on Deck"
Paul Blackthorne, better known as "Arrow's" Officer Quentin Lance, discusses the season so far and hints at what's yet to come.
"Arrow" EP Kreisberg Details Stunning Character Death
Executive produce Andrew Kreisberg discusses the major, unexpected character death and the other big developments from this week's "Arrow."
"The Tomorrow People's" Jeffrey Pierce on Chaos, Death & The Need For Season 2
Actor Jeffrey Pierce talks with SPINOFF about his character Roger returning from a cryogenic sleep in time for the three-part series finale of The CW sci-fi drama.
"Arrow" EP Kreisberg On the "Flash"-Tinged Latest Episode
Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg details the big revelations of the latest "Arrow," including the debut of two members of "The Flash" cast.
Holland on Being Targeted by "Arrow's" Deathstroke, Thea's Villainous Potential
"Arrow's" Thea Queen, Willa Holland discusses the plight of Oliver's sister, the danger of Slade WIlson and her character's heroic - or villainous - potential.
Caity Lotz Makes Noise when "Arrow's" Black Canary Clashes with the Huntress
"Arrow's" Black Canary, Caity Lotz, discusses her throwdown with the Huntress, weighs in on Felicity taking on the mantle of Oracle and more.
"Arrow" EP Guggenheim: "You Haven't Seen the Last of the Suicide Squad"
"Arrow" executive producer Marc Guggenheim details this week's "Suicide Squad" episode, and whether "Gotham" will have an affect on The CW series.
Did Harley Quinn Just Get Added To The "Arrow"-verse?
A blink-and-you'll-miss-it sequence on "Arrow's" Suicide Squad episode implies that fan-favorite character Harley Quinn exists in the show's mythology.
"Tomorrow People's" Robbie Amell on "Telling the Story Our Fans Want to See"
As "The Tomorrow People" moves to a new night, star Robbie Amell discusses the season's final arc, and cousin Stephen Amell's Facebook following.
"Once Upon a Time" Actress to Star in CW's "iZombie"
Rose McIver will play "Liv," a med student-turned-zombie, in the Rob Thomas pilot based on the Vertigo comic by Chris Roberson and Mike Allred.
New Photos Show Gustin's Costumed "Flash" In Action
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Here's a bit of advice for those who play Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2. Heed my words. It's a long piece of advice. Here goes. *Takes a deep breath*
A Sorcerer/Sorceress should not be for beginning players. Neither should Wizard. They don't have high hit points and they take longer to level up. I recommend Fighter or Paladin. While having a Sorcerer or Wizard is good because you can cast defensive spells such as Shield, it is not good since they do not have a lot of strength nor a lot of hit points. It is good to have someone who can fight in close combat. However I do not recommend having Wizard/Fighter or Sorcerer/Paladin. Wizards and Sorcerers cannot wear heavy armor, such as a chain mail, because it affects their casting abilities. However a Druid/Wizard might be good because both can use Magic but I don't recommend this unless you're absolutely sure you know what you're doing. That's part I of my advice. Stay tuned for part II.


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Very nice indeed! How are you going to get them to maturity in Ohio? Do you have some sort of greenhouse or something? |
I started the plants very early in my house. I'm just hoping it dosent get too cold until later. |
- Posted by poncirusguy micro(zone-6.8,ahs-8 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 10, 13 at 23:19
beautiful. I have never seen anything like this |
Very nice. Even looks ornamental and exotic. I am growing black krim.. They are actually dark purple when ripe, not as black as Indigo Rose. Please thell us about its flavor. I will grow some next year. |
Here are some of the Indigo Rose we had last year. The all red ones are Mountain Magic. The more sun you get on them the more purple they will be. Jay |
Beautiful! My Indigo Rose is doing very well for me this year, despite getting all of its leaves fried by a wall-of-water early on in the season. It's been pretty disease-resistant, too. All of the above photos show a light fuzz in the Indigo Rose tomatoes? Mine have no fuzz - in fact, they're so glossy they look like they've been polished. Interesting. I don't care much for the flavor or texture of the skin, but they're pretty and prolific. Julia |
Were favorite of mine last year, but I do prefer dark tomatoes. Nice and prolific, no fuzz on them if I remember correctly. |
- Posted by poncirusguy micro(zone-6.8,ahs-8 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 11, 13 at 21:46
how long does it take for these tomatoes to develop and where can I get the seeds. I live in the warmest area of ohio so if popdo can grow these it is probable that I can to. Popdo How long is your growing season. This is where I have my garden. Click on link , and brouse. All my picture are open to the public |
Here is a link that might be useful: https://plus.google.com/photos/111099372377958308731/albums/5864651368775846321?banner=pwa&authkey=CI763rvAj8eLAg
I ordered a grafted Indigo Rose . I also ordered a Sunsugar also grafted. When the package arrived from TT, the Sunsugar was dead. My money was refunded, although it took them about 6 weeks to do so. Anyway it arrived around May 15th. Which is really not that late for zone 6a. May 1st is the earliest one could put tomatoes outside here anyway. I did have some, and had to bring them in a few times until May 1st this year. Anyway it soon caught up to my other plants and is growing it's first fruits now. Impressive growth. My store bought, and plants from seed are now not as big as this grafted IR. Also it has rained here a lot and I lost some leaves to too much water on all my plants except the grafted IR. So the graft seems to be super hardy. Very impressive so far. No ripe tomatoes yet off of it, I did harvest a few off another plant. Anyway soon some will be ready. We still have 2 and a half months to 3 months of harvesting weather to go. I'm happy with progress of all my tomatoes as we have had such a late start here. |
edweather, they not late tomatoes, I am expecting them ready in 3 weeks or so. For Chicago it is middle range. |
- Posted by garystpaul z4 MN (My Page) on Tue, Jul 9, 13 at 19:21
Agree with Julia: pretty and novel, but quite bland, at least in my garden last year. Wouldn't grow these again. Gary |
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How can slugs be controlled/eliminated? Commercial slug bait products say not to irrigate for 48 hrs after application; but in this area's (Olympic pennisula) on-off rainy weather, 48 hrs with no rain is weeks away. So slug bait seems to be a waste of time and money. I've surrounded my huechera and hosta plants with crushed egg shells, so far it seems to be working. Are there other methods besides search and destroy? |
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- Posted by plantknitter 8 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 16, 13 at 2:08
what kind of slug bait tells you that??? I use sluggo and have not been aware of that caution. |
I just keep hammering them with Metaldehyde, regardless of weather. I'm growing some very challenging and slow plants, and will not tolerate big losses to slugs. The Metaldehyde works fine for me. Occasionally, I'll throw some Sluggo out there, but I'm not sure how effective it is. The coarser your mulch is, the worse the slugs will be. That's my experience anyway. After a couple of years of persistent baiting, you will notice a big dropoff in the slug population. But you will never get rid of them completely. At this time of year, you have to apply fresh bait every couple of weeks, as the eggs hatch. There is a restricted product called Mesurol which will annihilate the slug population, but it annihilates just about everything else too. I wouldn't use it, even if I had the license. |
Here is a link that might be useful: slug info from OSU
To plantknitter--to answer your question--it's Ortho Bug-getta. Haven't tried Sluggo--yet. |
Ortho Bug-Geta Plus has a lot of carbaryl in it. From the link that I posted previously: "Both carbaryl and methiocarb in a bait greatly reduces populations of earthworms and predatory beetles." |
Here is a link that might be useful: bug-geta plus
Search & destroy takes time, but is effective. A bucket of soapy water works well if you prefer to just scoop & plop. I use a biodegradable soap & dump it in an out of the way place in the garden after a few days. I've also reused the soapy water bucket after washing the car. I find the bucket method easier than making, filling, & dumping bait stations homemade or purchased. I've had good results with this method from Easy Answers for Great Gardens by Marianne Binetti page 188: I have even diluted it further with 4 or 5 parts water and it still works. I think the key is to get out there & get 'em regularly. The spray method is really quick if you have the mixture already made. |
- Posted by plantknitter 8 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 17, 13 at 0:47
Oh, yikes! Those ortho, corry's etc. products kill the good beetles ( who eat the slug eggs by the way) and they will also kill ( or likely kill) the other amphibians salamanders, newts etcs. Get thee some sluggo, Worry free, escargo etc.-- the slug bait with iron phosphate that is not ( or at least less) toxic ( so far as we know so far) to the other good critters we need. Use a little ( LITTLE!) Deadline cautiously around the most important and susceptible plants as occasionally needed if needed. |
If you use Sluggo (which is what I use), make sure you do NOT get Sluggo Plus. Sluggo Plus has insecticide (spinosad) that you don't need added to it. You're trying to kill slugs, not insects. Iron phosphate will take care of that. |
- Posted by gardenrescue2012 PNW USDA 7, Sunset 4 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 18, 13 at 23:12
Sluggo is great. If you don't mind high maintanance, you can drown them by putting out bowls of beer at night. Old margarine tubs work great... Set them into the soil to almost the rim. Slugs can't resist the beer. If you don't have beer, I think you can use a yeast/sugar/water mixture too. They are attracted to the yeasty fermentation smell. |
- Posted by bluewillow09 8 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 0:41
I have a lot of slugs in my yard. Last year I tested a number of control methods and these were my results: Hand picking, going out at night with a flashlight (a futile fight against an infinity of slugs which had nil effect in the grand scheme of things) Beer in saucers (I caught horrendous numbers of them but also missed many. Then there were gross saucers of dead slugs rotting in beer to clean up and refuel, which I didn't enjoy. And the beer also traps ground beetles) Metaldahyde (I applied it to my sweet woodruff bed and the next day all the sweet woodruff had turned black and died) Corn meal (I read they are supposed to eat it until they burst. Well, they love it and eat a LOT of it but there was no bursting going on, just big healthy slugs) Sluggo- Sluggo wins, hands-down! After I started the sluggo, I finally noticed a huge difference in the number of slugs. I hardly found any more of them on my nightly forays with a flashlight, and most damage to plants stopped. And it gets extra points for being safe and organic, and super easy to apply. YMMV |
- Posted by still_kris z17 NoCA (My Page) on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 12:16
I have had best luck with hand picking in the early AMs. Keep a gallon plastic bucket with high concentration of salt and a bit of water. I glove up on the picking hand so I can avoid being slimmed for life. Salt is so cheap as to nearly be free. Everything else exceeds my budget. |
I've heard ringing the beds or special plants in copper works. I personally don't have enough of a slug problem to spend the cash on a bunch of copper that may or may not fix the problem. Sluggo works reasonably well, but I've also had limited success watering things with a mixture of water and cheap coffee grounds from a can that I've let steep in an old trash can all day. Caffeine is supposed to hurt the slugs, and the coffee/grounds seem to be an effective fertilizer for the plants. That's what I prefer to use on my veggie beds. |
Bluewillow, the only thing that will turn plants black overnight is a fire. |
I wouldn't mind at all if my sweet woodruff all turned black overnight. Sluggo works great for me. I apply it every two weeks, very, very sparsely by pinching a few grains at a time and flinging into all corners of my garden and a few pinches over the fence into the neighbors' jungles. About 1/3 cup covers my entire 1/4 acre. I use so little, it doesn't cost me much. I see very few slugs around unless I stop applying it. |
Putting some newspaper, cardboard, or boards down near plants can draw some slugs for a nice cool shelter so I just look underneath and kill the slugs once in a while. I also use Sluggo, which seems to work well, I like to use it under my tunnels so it is protected from water. |
The slugs in my yard are gourmets, so I have to change their diet on occasion. Something that seems to work well is to mix some frozen apple juice concentrate into the bait, whether it's Metaldehyde or Sluggo. |
- Posted by bluewillow09 8 (My Page) on Wed, May 1, 13 at 21:36
Lilydude, it most definitely did turn to black mush overnight. I was stunned and broken hearted. I can't be sure the metaldehyde did it but I don't want to experiment and find out. |
Since relocating here the advice I have heard the most is to open a bottle of beer, bury it so the top is still showing and in the morning, your beer bottle will be full of them. I've also heard pouring beer into an old bucket, burying it so they can climb in and in the morning you will have a bucket full. I'm guessing slugs love their beer in Washington! |
- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sat, Jun 1, 13 at 0:22
I'm a Sluggo girl but I'll be happy to buy some Corry's if it will kill sweet woodruff....I've been trying to do that for years.... |
Bluewillow, try metaldahyde again and see if it kills Sweet Woodruff. I think your cause and effect is wrong. Report back. I don't grow veggies or ornamental plants that slugs particularly like so I don't have any metaldahyde on hand. In the past I have taken an empty soda bottle, cut the top 1/4 off and invert it into the bottom 3/4s of the bottle and poured stale beer or bait into it and placed in an inconspicuous part of the garden. Slugs crawl in, but can't find their way out. No gloves required. After a few days the bottle is dumped into the garbage, slugs and all. Mike |
- Posted by TomatoLoverOR none (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 22:00
Deadline has always worked great for me. Around foundation and around outer edges of garden. |
Why around the foundation? Are they going to come in your house? Just trying to save you money. Mike |
I also use Bug-Getta and similar stuff. But I also pick them( at night ,cloudy and , drizzley days). Get a bamboo skewer . When you see one , turn it up side down and skew it.. do the next one . You can get a dozen of the on one skewer ...when done, just throw it away(while on skewer) Yet there is another method than can work better for rows of small seedling: Cover them with nylon tulle (get it from any fabric store. it is inexpensive) |
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The Marquis de Sade is one of the few men in history whose names have spawned adjectives: Machiavelli, Plato, and Masoch are others who come readily to mind. The books of this 18th-century debauchee have received more mixed reviews than any other writer's; he has been called "the freest spirit who ever was," "a professor emeritus of crime," "the most lucid hero in the history of thought," an "abominable assemblage of all crimes and obscenities."
And although his physique remains nebulous we know only that he had blond hair and a round, winsome face and stood approximately five feet two Donatien-Alphonse-François, Marquis de Sade, is one of those public figures whose geographical origins are easily traceable. His most cherished landscapes, his emotional terrain, lie in the Vaucluse, the ravishing region of Provence east and north of Avignon. There, for centuries, his ancestors had exercised their seigneurial rights with legendary hubris, seldom letting anyone forget that they belonged to Provence's most exalted aristocracy and were among its largest landowners.
To his credit (and he had few redeeming graces), the Marquis was as candid about his inherited hauteur as he was about his unleashed libido. "Haughty, despotic, and choleric," he described himself, "imperious…extreme in all things, with a disturbance in the moral imagination unlike any the world has ever known.…Kill me or take me as I am, because I will not change."
Like most men known primarily as sexual ogres, Sade has inspired so many lurid tales that the basic facts of his life tend to be obscured. He was born in Paris in 1740 at the home of the Condés, his mother's distant cousins and princes of the royal blood. (Sade's arrogance was heightened by his remote kinship with the French crown.) He spent six childhood years with relatives in Provence, first with his paternal grandmother in Avignon, in the beautiful mansion that now serves as the Musée Calvet, and later in the nearby castle of Saumane with his uncle the Abbé de Sade, a cleric and scholar of notorious dissipation, a trait shared by the Marquis's own wastrel father. At 22, the penurious young dandy was forced by his family to marry a plain, prim young woman of the wealthy Paris bourgeoisie, Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil. She worshiped him for the next quarter-century of their marriage, and the couple had three children.
Sade's Paris years were tainted by a few arrests caused by his orgies, which included such activities as whipping women. Fleeing from his disgraces, the 31-year-old Sade moved with his family to his château at Lacoste, his favorite among the several Provençal estates he had inherited. It is at Lacoste that any meditation on the Marquis de Sade must begin.
Trace your way across a road map some 25 miles east of Avignonand roughly 10 minutes by car from Ménerbes, the setting of Peter Mayle's Provence seriesand you will find the village of Lacoste, surmounted by the Marquis's ancestral castle. Far less exploited than nearby tourist meccas such as Gordes or Roussillon, Lacoste has changed little since Sade's time: even its population, approximately 400, is about the same. Its rocky terrain has always made it poorer than neighboring settlements; here the economy is based on stonemasonry rather than farming. The only commercial establishments in this austere, steep-pathed pinnacle of pale golden stone are a tiny bakery, a stamp-size newspaper-and-tobacco store, and a few quiet cafés, of which the most popular is called the Café de Sade. The château itself, whose foundations date from the ninth century, once served as a stronghold against Saracen invaders. It is set on a rocky two-acre plateau that dominates the cliffside village like a hovering eagle. Sacked in 1792 during the revolutionary era, and plundered repeatedly into this century, the castle retains only its moat, sections of its walls and ramparts, and a few half-demolished rooms. From a distance the structure evokes the toothless face of a ravaged colossus, and the climb to it can be arduous ("accès pénible," as French guidebooks put it). But the nearly 360-degree views are as breathtaking as those from any other summit in Provence. Looking down and east from Sade's castle in the glorious month of April, you will see, for miles on end, groves of pink and white cherry trees, budding vineyards interspersed with crimson poppies, and violet Judas trees. A few miles beyond, the handsome village of Bonnieux tumbles down its hillock toward the Lubéron range, whose slopes yield some of the Vaucluse's loveliest wines. To the north, majestic forests of spruce and oak, more hilltop hamlets, and orchards redolent with rosemary, thyme, and lavender stretch toward the white-capped peaks of the Ventoux range.
The shell of Sade's castle, ever so tauntingly sinister, offers fresh insights into his enigmatic personality and his work, for these ruins retain the savage, feudal aura that sparked the Marquis's muse. Along with his family domain at Saumane, the far more forbidding 12th-century château where the young Marquis spent part of his childhood, Lacoste may have helped to inspire the settings of Sade's most famous novels: Justine, Juliette, and that monumental catalogue of sexual perversions The 120 Days of Sodom. These gothic narratives of persecuted damsels, bloodthirsty monks, and gruesomely debauched noblemen are most often set in places strikingly similar to the ancestral estates where Sade lived during his Provençal yearslandscapes filled with isolated fortresses, dizzying precipices, and impassable moats. In the archaic vistas of Lacoste, Sade could retain that illusion of anarchic autonomy he bestowed on his fictional characters, feel like the feudal suzerain whose most deviant whims could remain unpunished. Yet a close study of Sade's life at Lacoste reveals a surprising, quieter aspect of his characterhis strong ties to family. Abhorring the hypocritical fawning of court life, disdaining most of his aristocratic peers (his delusions of grandeur made him feel vastly superior), Sade was a rather domestic man. For one thing, his marriage was outstandingly harmonious. His wife, the sturdy, homespun Marquise, hated Parisian society as violently as her husband did, and shared his passion for Lacoste. She calmly endured his debauches, being so enamored of the Marquis that she even abetted some of his deviant practices. Though Sade was hardly even-tempered, part of the time their devotion was mutual. In his letters from jail the Marquis called his wife "ambrosia of Olympus," "miracle of nature," "light of my life," "dove of Venus," while the Marquise most frequently addressed him as "my good little boy."
So, during his years in Provence, when not partying with strumpets, the Marquis felt far more at ease with his doting spouse and a few Provençal cronies than with urban high society. He hobnobbed with his doctor, who lived in the village of Bonnieux, a 15-minute canter from Lacoste, and with his lawyer in the nearby city of Apt, the site of one of Provence's most colorful weekly markets. Despite his virulent atheism, he enjoyed discussing theology with local priests, particularly the vicar of the lovely little village of Oppède, just beyond Ménerbes.
But above all Sade loved to tend his estate, having personally planned and supervised its remodeling, down to its decoration and its landscaping. "I wish to enjoy the fruits of the garden next summer, and this will not happen if you neglect to follow my directions concerning the plantings"; thus he scolded his business agent in Provence shortly before he moved there in 1771. "Garden, farmyard, cheeses, firewood, etc.get all that moving."
So, when one visits this barren ruin today, one must imagine it the way
Sade had renovated it by the 1770's: a 45-room residence staffed by some
20 domestics, filled with cozily upholstered sofas and bergères,
replete with creature comforts such as card tables, copper water heaters,
a bathtub, andthe 1778 inventory is specificmore than a dozen portable toilets
and bidets. The walls were hung with tapestries depicting popular 18th-century
themes: the death of Alexander the Great, the story of Mary Magdalene. Sade
was an avid reader and scholar, and, though he remained deeply in debt throughout
his life, his library included all the pornographic best-sellers of the
time, and most of the classic writersVirgil, Pascal, Cervantes, Montesquieu,
Diderot. Sade also lavished much expense on the "park" he designed
for the northern end of his estate, with its labyrinth of evergreens copied
from the black-and-white design of the floor in Chartres cathedral.
Another of Sade's indulgences at Lacoste was his passion for the theater.
Amateur dramatics had been the rage since the late 17th century; almost
every gentleman of substance in France had a theater on his estate (Sade
himself had been stagestruck since adolescence). One of the first amenities
he added to Lacoste was a 60-seat salle de spectacles. In 1771 he hired
12 second-rate but thoroughly professional actors and actresses and inaugurated
a repertory theater season that shuttled between Lacoste and another of
his family domains, the Château de Mazan, in the town of that name.
The energy involved in these voyages is mind-boggling: Mazan, which adjoins
the historic city of Carpentras, lies some 28 miles northwest of Lacoste,
even now a 50-minute drive. The trip must have taken the entourage at least
12 hours by muleback or horse-drawn coach.
Once arrived in Mazan with his retinue of family, servants, and actors, Sade had barely two or three days to mount a brand-new production. While preparing to take a leading role in each play, he had to rehearse his actors, attend to sets and lighting, and, being always nearly broke, approach creditors to find additional funds for his extravaganzas. Then he would head back to Lacoste. As we follow Sade's footsteps on this demented project, we pass through some of the most gorgeous landscapes of the Vaucluse.
Sade's route from Lacoste to Mazan is easily traced, because few stretches of flat valley lie between the two towns. His cortege would have headed to the little river, the Calavon, that now runs parallel to Route N-100. The party might have crossed the stream on Pont Julien, a beautifully preserved Roman bridge from the third century b.c. that is still used today, and then turned northwest toward L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Called "the Venice of Provence," this gracious, airy city is crisscrossed by tributaries of the Sorgue River, which originate a few miles away in the resurgent spring of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse. (The Sorgue today offers some of the best trout fishing in France.) For centuries "Isle" throve on the weaving, dyeing, and oil-pressing industries empowered by the water-driven wheels that still adorn its beautiful canals. Since it was the market town for surrounding communities, the young Marquis must have visited L'Isle several times a month while living with his uncle the Abbé de Sade at the Château de Saumane, just three miles outside of town.
The romantic hilltop settlement of Saumane-de-Vaucluse, where the Abbé de Sade could have offered refreshments to the Marquis's cavalcade, is crowned by yet another crenellated feudal fortress, which had belonged to the Sades since the 15th century. It was given to them by one of the Avignon popes as a reward for their services. (For the five centuries preceding the Revolution