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General Category => Garden Funnies => Topic started by: bossgard on June 18, 2012, 03:52:26 PM
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Scanned images worth a Chuckle . . .
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Nice one Toby! Follow that snail ;D
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;D ;D ;D
Eric
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And that dear friends -
is how the VERTICAL GARDENING concept came to be!
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Nice one, Toby ;D
Eric
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George and I seem to be having the same weather cycle. The lawn, the weeds, the invasives are growing nicely. But not my edibles! I don't think this comic is exaggerating one bit!
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Knock! Knock! Who's there?
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Ha! :D :D
You are having a new lease of life now you can work those attachments, Toby!
Have fun :)
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I thought Laurie might enjoy this Chuckle!
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Nice one Toby :D
Laurie.
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Next time, just go hide behind another tree!
Nobody will know you are there!
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Naughty :)
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It's my nap time!
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What do you think? Was it the CAT that did it?
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My feelings exactly!
I was 2 years of age, when I moved into this house.
I love being here so much, it has many, many happy memories stored in it.
And, some unhappy ones too (sadly).
- Toby
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;D !!! Can't say that I was born and bred here, but over 56 years in our house is quite a time. Anthea imported me from "up north" 64 years ago. She can remember being bathed in a zinc bath in front of the sitting room fire in the cottage opposite us across the common. That was 80 years ago. We also have snails, just like that, who feel very much at home here until I catch them ::)
Eric
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Makes good sense to me!
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Ah yes. Mans battle with nature, which we lovingly refer to as gardening :D
Theres an even simpler solution if you want to go that way - leave them alone and eventually they will be the sole survivors ;D
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Wouldn't you know it?
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George,
Does young Odhran share his bug collection with you?
Is Odhran your grandson?
The name is rather an odd name here in the USA. Is it a family name carried on from past generations?
- Toby
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I fully understand that "greeting" on return from holidays :D
Over here, August is usually the month when things leap out of the ground. This year is different - its rained a lot this past few months and I'm battling to keep up with the growth of things I don't want and encouraging the things I do want ::). Mostly I think nature is winning :)
Odhran (pronounced Orin - rhymes with foreign) is an Irish name Toby, and new to our family.
Hes No 3 grandchild and very like his Father when he was that age. I used to sit with Simon on my knee and watch the muppets. He knew them so well I turned the tape recorder on (an old reel to reel job!) and taped our conversation asking him who each of the muppets were - that's Animal Daddy etc etc. I'd been "training" him to say what age he was and in the same session, I asked him to tell me - A year and three quarters Daddy. Later, Simon took the tape and saved it for posterity onto another more modern medium. Odhran was showing promise at talking early so I teased his Dad to teach him to say "I'm a year and 8 months Daddy". I think he didn't want to be upstaged ;D A couple of weeks ago, I received an email with a video attached.
What age are you Odhran? One and three quarters ;D
I had to laugh :D
As for bugs, no, not yet, but his big 6yo cousin likes to explore the wealth of species in my wilderness 8)
On Saturday, we had a double birthday party, barbeque etc (1st grandson Jordan now 19 :o and Tara my daughter). The oldies sat and chatted while James and other visitors children played and explored the garden. We discovered that 9yo Amy was fanatical about wildlife. She found a frog, and the hunt started for more. Unfortunately, its abode was in the Rhubarb patch. It was rather flattened next day ::)
This evening, I was spreading a bag of very well rotted shreddings (lovely compost!!) around my small Rhodos, and I spotted something moving when I spread a spade full. It was a Newt (I think).
Unfortunately, James had gone home so he missed that excitement. I cant remember seeing one in the garden before. Perhaps Laurie can advise more on what it might have been and its natural habitat, preferred delicacies etc. The chippings had been allowed to rot in a large commercial compost bag. In the various bags I used up, there were quite a lot of other creepy crawlies in there! Wood lice, ants, snails, snails eggs. I'm now feeling a bit guilty - an awful lot of creatures were made homeless.
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This evening, I was spreading a bag of very well rotted shreddings (lovely compost!!) around my small Rhodos, and I spotted something moving when I spread a spade full. It was a Newt (I think).
Perhaps Laurie can advise more on what it might have been and its natural habitat, preferred delicacies etc.
The BBC Science & Nature web site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/479.shtml) has some useful info with photos that may help with ID.
Laurie.
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Did they serve crumpets, too?
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The newt would have been eating the things in the compost. We have a lot in the wild life pond and even a resident one in the Greenhouse. When we rebulit the pond we found dozens of them. They soon came back after the disturbance. They like a cool damp resting place and only need a pond in which to breed, rather like togs and froads.
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Thanks for that info Eric - never thought of compost being so nourishing :)
We are on the very top of a hill, no ponds nearby - ummmm quick update, the garden has been like a pond at times this year ::) The laneway alongside my house is about 6ft lower than my garden, and its not very well drained - water has been lying there most of this "summer" ;D.
Seriously - frogs (and newts) must be able to find their way to far off steams and ponds - the nearest one is at the bottom of the hill in that lane. Ive come across quite a number in the garden this year. They usually give me a fright when they hop out of nowhere!
A couple of years ago I found a very heavily pregnant frog in my garden and transported it to the water there. I wonder - would it have made it there on its own in such a condition?
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Duhhhhh!
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I've never been able to figure this one out myself, either!
I keep pedaling faster, but never seem to catch up!
Any suggestions?
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Just because ;D
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Just lucky I guess :D
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Whoops!
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With all of our modern day technology you would think we could remote control the gardening work - robotic lawnmowers, strimmers, hedge cutters.
Just sit back with a nice cool drink and push a couple of buttons.
Then again, where would be the fun in that? Missing out on the backache, blood, sweat and tears - and that's just opening the garden shed.
Allowing our bodies to tell us we've done a hard days' graft - something to be proud of ::) Ho-hum.
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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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Sunrise to Sunset!
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I always thought that guy was a blockhead!
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Fresh meat in the vegetable salad? Sounds delicious!
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Do you suppose its a turquoise? A valuable gem?
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Ha!
Funny ::) you should post on that topic. James and I look for "rare stones" when we are working in the garden and we call them buried treasure. Some are really interesting. Now who's the geology expert on the forum?
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That sums that up real fast!
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Dinner is ready!
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I had changed my scan settings on the previous posting,
hope this is back where it should be!
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For a profit, I hope!
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Puuulll!
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Thats a seasonal one Toby :D
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Just my luck! Born loser!
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I hope that hurt!
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George has indicated that he is now working on updates to his gardening software IdeasGenie Pro 5.
I thought he might enjoy this comic as published recently in the Seattle Times Newspaper (USA).
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Just like brand new!
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Is there a doctor in the house?
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I admit, I have a problem with my collection of gardening magazines!
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Ticktock!
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Isn't that the truth?
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I agree ;D ;D
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YOU ARE NOT AS YOUNG AS YOU ONCE WERE!
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Squeeze this comic in at the last moment!
Happy Halloween!
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Hope you have a nice quiet Halloween Toby!
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Here are three more comics for Hallowe'en, that arrived quite late.
The first one:
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And the second one:
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And the third one:
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That reminds me Toby - We were entertained yesterday by a squirrel in what we call our bird tree - at the south side of our house, opposite our dinette window. We have three bird feeders (for nuts) hanging on a branch so we can keep a watchful eye over the many events that happen there (mostly cats!). Its a Rowan tree and Ive just allowed it to grow au natural - and that means it has many little branches which the small birds love flitting about through, and it offers protection from a hawk which used to make regular visits.
The squirrel was so agile, climbing up all the branches at breathtaking speed and getting to the hanging nut feeder was no big deal :D
No pumpkin on offer here though ;D
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Early to bed and early to rise,
makes a garden with
12 months of productivity.
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Which came first?
The chicken (the bird) or the egg?
Huh, Dad?
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Going my way?
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May I have a glass of milk, please?
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Looking on the brighter side of things!
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Blind in one eye, can't see out of the other!
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Ho ho ;D :D
Toby, I was browsing back through this board and found one which I didn't reply to, and definitely should have :D
RE: 12th October 2012
George has indicated that he is now working on updates to his gardening software IdeasGenie Pro 5.
I thought he might enjoy this comic as published recently in the Seattle Times Newspaper (USA).
I did. In fact I'm writing up the instructions for Bank Genie right now - quite a coincidence!
Problem is - who reads them ::)
No software developer that I know of likes the User Guide editorial work - definitely boring stuff ::)
Besides, most software is so intuitive that User Guides are unnecessary ;D ;D so why bother :D
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Silence is Golden!
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I have heard of wrapping trees in bird netting, but plastic wrap for eternal life?
Will that work for human beings, too?
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That's his name , 'Basil Herb'!
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Please, 'leaf' me alone!
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Like it Toby! Reminds me of young James "helping" me in the garden ;D
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I've got quite a few COMICS pertaining to the approaching holidays.
Do you want me to post more than one of them a day?
Can do so, if you wish?
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Go ahead of course Toby
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'Grandma won't forget!'
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Get with it man, the day is getting closer and closer!
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
you can refer to the image number below the scan if you wish.
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you can't read that last caption it is:
. . . OR WE COULD JUST GO OUT AND BUY ALL NEW DECORATIONS . . .
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Yes, looks like my task on the annual pilgrimage to the roofspace :D
I wouldn't like to have to buy all that stuff every year ;D
Its wonderful when the Christmas tree lights work when they are unboxed and tested ;D
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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If you want to make up your own caption or comment on this COMIC,
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Laurie might have to help some of us to understand this one!
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IF YOU CAN'T READ ANY OF THE CAPTIONS, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL POST JUST THE CAPTIONS FOR YOU. REFER TO THE IMAGE NUMBER FOR ME
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I thought you might enjoy reading this Binetti Version of ‘Twas the Night before Christmas’.
T’was the week before Christmas, and all through the yard, not a gift
was given, not even a card.
The tools were all hung, in the carport with care, with hopes that St. Nicholas
soon would repair.
The shovel with blade all rusty and cracked, the pitchfork still shiny,
but handle it lacked.
When out on my lawns, (It‘s brown and abused) I could see poor old
Santa, looking confused.
No list had been left for Santa to see, no gardening gifts were
under the tree.
But wait there’s still time, it’s not Christmas yet, and gardening gifts
are the quickest to get.
You can forget the silk tie, the fluffy new sweater; give something
to make the garden grow better.
If she wants a gift shiny, then don’t be a fool, it’s not a dumb
diamond, but a sparkling new tool.
If fragrance is listed you can forget French perfume, it’s a pile
of manure that’ll make gardeners swoon.
Give night crawlers, not nightgowns, the type of hose that gives
water. (Anything for the kitchen is not worth the bother.)
Give a great gift that digs in the dirt, it’s better than any
designer-brand shirt.
Now look quick at Santa, the guy’s not so dumb, Under his glove,
he hides a green thumb.
His knees are so dirty, his back how it aches, his boots stomp on slugs,
(he gives them no breaks).
The guy only works winter, you can surely see why, The rest of the
year it’s a gardening high.
Elves plant in the spring, pull weeds merrily all summer, in fall they all harvest,
but winter’s a bummer.
And so Christmas gives Santa a part-time employment, ‘Till spring
when the blooms are his real life enjoyment.
So ask the big guy for garden gifts this year, Seeds, plants and tools,
Santa holds them all dear.
You see malls may be crowded, vendors hawking their ware, but visit
a nursery, stress-free shopping is there.
Now Santa’s flown off, to the nursery he goes, and his voice fills the
night with loud Hoe! Hoe! Hoes!
Marianne Binetti has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and is the author of “Easy Answers for Great Gardens”. She writes a regular Gardening Column for a local newspaper. She lives in a neighboring community nearby. Ms. Binetti also states: “anyone who wants to can reprint this column without my permission or copy write restrictions”. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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I am thinking of only planting Organic Vegetable Seeds in my 2013 vegetable beds.
Some people say you can taste the difference and that they are much more healthier for you.
Comments?
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The full caption on the preceding Comic is:
"Whoa! Not so fast there, Buddy!
That is ORGANIC, isn't it?"
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Since New Year's Day, it has been quite cool here in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle WA) corner of the US of A.
Has been registering right around freezing (32 degree F), but is supposed to warm up and remain in the 40's for most of today! Have been trying to do some outside work in the gardens, but the hands (as well s the ears) get cold.
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I've got TIME on my hands!
(Who is kidding whom?)
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Like it Toby ;D