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how's the asparagus looking NA?

Looking good now.

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Some mixed greens as well
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So Mike I'll give you $200 + shipping for that 460. Look you turned a profit.

On an unrelated note. I walked into lowes this weekend and they had 75% off trees. I picked up a Crimson king norway maple for $10 and a weeping Japanese maple for $32. So more trees for the yard. My only conern about the maple is that it may get to big and eventually shade my grapes to much. If that is the case then it will turn into firewood. Both trees were a pretty awesome score. I also planted two pear trees and more raspberries in the orchard this weekend. Now I only need a Mac and Braeburn apple to round out the fruit trees in the orchard. I would love to add more blueberry bushes as well.
 
Yes the asparagus will be transplanted to its own mini garden. I just have not figured out where that will be. I need to choose wisely since as you know it is a perennial.
give yourself about 2-3 feet between plants as it will spread over the years. some of mine have spread over 3 feet in 18 years.
 
I have an old laptop I swapped for, but I use a full size keyboard and real mouse with it, cheap USB plug in kind. I'd like to find a cheap even more powerful laptop with a dead screen, then just use it like a desktop, get like a 21 inch flatscreen monitor for it.

I was using desktops and gradually upgrading them, but having the laptop battery is SO NICE out here. The power goes out all the time, meh, can stay online for hours anyway now, and not have to use the phone with the dinky almost invisible buttons.

Is your laptop underpowered? If you're not afraid to experiment a little, download and install a Linux operating system distro. Try Xubuntu if you're real familiar with Windows. I have it on my laptop and love it. It's made for older/underpowered computers. A resource minimalist operating system unlike Windows. It's also fairly virus resistant. Totally free too. You can install it on your computer in another partition and still keep Windows just in case you don't like it. It may resurrect your old laptop and keep some cash in your pocket to buy more saw stuff.

I started using a trackball mouse about 3-4 years ago because I was starting to develop pain in my wrist (it wasn't from any type of repetitive jerking motions). At first it's a bit awkward but now I LOVE it. You have to try one. I'm with you on a full sized keyboard. Just like the feel of them.

Edit: Or try out Zorin OS. I've never personally tried it but I heard it's setup to be a Windows clone. Only distros I have experience with is Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu. Ubuntu looked way too goofy for me. Lubuntu is even less resource hungry than Xubuntu but I find it to be a little more challenging for newbies.
 
Is your laptop underpowered? If you're not afraid to experiment a little, download and install a Linux operating system distro. Try Xubuntu if you're real familiar with Windows. I have it on my laptop and love it. It's made for older/underpowered computers. A resource minimalist operating system unlike Windows. It's also fairly virus resistant. Totally free too. You can install it on your computer in another partition and still keep Windows just in case you don't like it. It may resurrect your old laptop and keep some cash in your pocket to buy more saw stuff.

I started using a trackball mouse about 3-4 years ago because I was starting to develop pain in my wrist (it wasn't from any type of repetitive jerking motions). At first it's a bit awkward but now I LOVE it. You have to try one. I'm with you on a full sized keyboard. Just like the feel of them.

Edit: Or try out Zorin OS. I've never personally tried it but I heard it's setup to be a Windows clone. Only distros I have experience with is Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu. Ubuntu looked way too goofy for me. Lubuntu is even less resource hungry than Xubuntu but I find it to be a little more challenging for newbies.


I started using linux full time since redhat 7. I currently run ubuntu long term release 14.04
 
Major storms going over my cabin area today with supposed hail, high winds, and extreme rain. I really don't need any wood at the moment so hope my trees stay standing.

Just heard on the radio this morning two tornadoes touched down in MD on Saturday not too far from me. One was supposedly 800 feet wide. That's probably small for some areas of the country but that sounds freaking enormous to me.
 
It is overcast and breezy here today. hopefully it will stay that way so I can split some wood. The mosquitos are so bad because of all the rain we have got. I was out mowing yesterday and there were some of the largest mosquitos I have ever seen. They were the size of my thumb nail.
 
We still don't have much for mosquitos or bugs in general. That late frost really hurt them. Sometimes you get a second hatch that makes up for it though.

I heard the late frost also wiped out the blueberry crop. That should be good news for bear hunters as they wont need to compete with a natural food source. @chucker did you get a tag?
 
I still don't know how those guys from the central part of the country can work outside all day in high humidity with denim overalls on.... I have spent time in Florida during the summer and the heat didn't bother me if you are dressed appropriately and drink lots of fluids. But denim? It's like the worst summer fabric ever made!
 
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