Can we please stop making every thread about politics?

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Originally Posted by owc6

FWIW, some of us came here because all of life is intertwined.

That may be a little too philosophical for the barn.

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

My wife is an avid gardener. She has twenty-some tomato plants going, radishes, beets, green beans, cucumbers, a bunch of salad greens, jalapeno peppers, Thai peppers, cilantro, parsley, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, and more. Most of it is raised beds. Some are in containers.

Originally Posted by Don Rickles

Got them all but thai, beets, but then I have an established herb section with, oregano, thyme,3 varieties, cilantro, chives, parsley, rosemary, and basil green and purple. Might be some others

Originally Posted by Tikiman

I'm only good at growing one thing. But I'm really, really good at growing that.


Everything I learned about gardening, I learned from "Gardening With Maurice". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG08mW-2K_o

Originally Posted by Bruze

Assuming one has good soil, any type of garden is good if you have full sunlight, which I don't. My 8 x 12 raised bed gets 6-7 hours of direct sunlight in June. Other months, less. And that's the sunniest spot I have.

Leaf crops grow fine, as do zooks. Cherry 'maters, okay. Peppers, fugget about it -- the plants won't even grow, much less produce fruit.

Originally Posted by Tikiman

I'll walk around and take some garden photos tomorrow. Post them up.

Right now I’m just putting in shade plants around the yard. Had some major hardscaping done on the yard and I’m finally able to do some permanent planting.

Next year, I’ll try some vegetables that can tolerate partial to mostly shade, as that’s the majority of my yard. I’ll have to do some raised beds because the soil here isn’t great.

I’m thinking about getting either Lomi or the Mill Kitchen Bin for composting to supplement the soil. It’ll also save me from having to separate it out into the green waste bin. I’d do outdoor composting but they seem to attract bears (according to some neighbors). 🐻

[Millenium Vette]

Originally Posted by Bruze

Here's the problem with public discussions today about almost EVERYTHING. Since their founding in the French Revolution, wherever they can get a foothold, the left has politicized everything as a means to power -- which is all they really care about.

My list, but not limited to:

Sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, gender, the media, marriage, medicine, the traditional family, culture, gun ownership, crime, the courts, policing, the military, the weather/climate, energy, the entire educational system, banking, sports, nicotine, alcohol, entertainment, the fashion industry, comedy, money printing, auto industry, social media and most of the internet, advertising, corporations, and probably a hundred other things I can't think of at the moment. It would be easier and shorter to list the items that have NOT been politicized.

The left is brilliant at controlling the narrative. It starts with the perception that they care, whether it be about peoole, climate, poor immigrants, and everything else. The Republicans and conservatives are always on the defensive since they are perceived as the ones who are cold and only care about money. It's nothing to do with reality, the dems are the biggest money grubbers out there.

[DDSLT5]

Originally Posted by owc6

I think there was a study that showed that talking to houseplants showed positive effects. Mid '70s IIRC.

Haven't a clue to how valid the science was.

Photosynthesis requires CO2. You breathe it out when you talk. Plants grow when you talk to them. Very simple science.

[A/E]

Word of the Day in the Stop Every Thread from being Political Thread

Meaning of divisiveness in English ~ great, and sometimes unfriendly, division between different groups of people, or disagreement within a group of people:

Example Sentence" The debate over illegal immigration has caused much divisiveness in the country.

The Mass Media be Pushing us into all this ~ Divisiveness ~ Well except for ~ that one Media Outlet

[96 Vette CE]

Originally Posted by Bill

IMHO, VBOT has done significantly better about not posting political threads in OT. Not perfect, but certainly headed in the right direction, a work in progress. I think the real issue here is, we have lost our way about what's funny, a clever quip here and there, and what is just unpleasant and nasty. That's what we probably should focus on. Several member have all out hate for others, almost to the point of blinding rage, like Rotor hating Canadians.....that kind of anger.


It would probably be better for those folks to simply make the choice to not interact with each other, unless they can do so with some modicum of respect.

Not to get political (pun intended), but that's probably easier for me, because my whole life I've been treated like the autistic retarded kid by EVERYONE when I tell them I'm libertarian. That kind of forces you to try and get along with people, they already think your weird as shit.

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

Good points about the all out hatred. It may be a case where some are using any and every thread to take jabs at people they don’t care for.

Originally Posted by Yadkin

There are a few here that hate me with every fiber of their pitiful being, following me around like wounded puppies.

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Tim, I hear ya man, but I think what has been expressed is the desire to put an end to the perpetual vitriol that is often started with a remark. Even folks that are relatively aligned are in regular pissing matches with each other.

It's not that I agree or disagree with any particular post, but I get turned away by all the horse nippin' in threads. It's why I stopped posting here some years ago.
Shit my kids attack each other less than some of you fukkers.

Scott

There's a reason why this place has a nickname of Anger Island

[zsr22]

Originally Posted by 96 Vette CE

There's a reason why this place has a nickname of Anger Island

Oh yeah? Prove it, a**hole!

[96 Vette CE]

Originally Posted by zsr22

Oh yeah? Prove it, a**hole!

[96 Vette CE]

In case any of you need a new avatar

[Bruze]

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

Right now I’m just putting in shade plants around the yard. Had some major hardscaping done on the yard and I’m finally able to do some permanent planting.

Next year, I’ll try some vegetables that can tolerate partial to mostly shade, as that’s the majority of my yard. I’ll have to do some raised beds because the soil here isn’t great.

I’m thinking about getting either Lomi or the Mill Kitchen Bin for composting to supplement the soil. It’ll also save me from having to separate it out into the green waste bin. I’d do outdoor composting but they seem to attract bears (according to some neighbors). 🐻

Soil here is all sand and gravel . . . thanks, Glacier-From-15,000-Years-Ago.

Below: Putting rotted horse manure in this March. I did this 5-6 years ago but it only lasts so long.





What it looks like in late June:

[Tikiman]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

Right now I’m just putting in shade plants around the yard. Had some major hardscaping done on the yard and I’m finally able to do some permanent planting.

Next year, I’ll try some vegetables that can tolerate partial to mostly shade, as that’s the majority of my yard. I’ll have to do some raised beds because the soil here isn’t great.

I’m thinking about getting either Lomi or the Mill Kitchen Bin for composting to supplement the soil. It’ll also save me from having to separate it out into the green waste bin. I’d do outdoor composting but they seem to attract bears (according to some neighbors). 🐻

I must need glasses. I read that as Milf Kitchen Bin and wondered how it had anything to do with composting.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by 96 Vette CE

There's a reason why this place has a nickname of Anger Island

You expect us to take you seriously when you drive a C4? It was only voted COTY as a joke like when the fat girl gets voted prom queen.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by 96 Vette CE

There's a reason why this place has a nickname of Anger Island

Anger and free > quiet and woke.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

I must need glasses. I read that as Milf Kitchen Bin and wondered how it had anything to do with composting.

I moved on to GILFs a long time ago.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Bruze

I moved on to GILFs a long time ago.

“Older women make beautiful lovers…”

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by LATB

“Older women make beautiful lovers…”

Experience matters!

Try telling that to some young guys, they will laugh at you.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by LATB

“Older women make beautiful lovers…”

Ronnie McDowell,,, where's my prize??

[Onebadcad]

The problem with threads going political is that most who go political do not realize they went political until someone advises them that they went political.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by NEED-A-VETTE

Right now I’m just putting in shade plants around the yard. Had some major hardscaping done on the yard and I’m finally able to do some permanent planting.

Next year, I’ll try some vegetables that can tolerate partial to mostly shade, as that’s the majority of my yard. I’ll have to do some raised beds because the soil here isn’t great.

I’m thinking about getting either Lomi or the Mill Kitchen Bin for composting to supplement the soil. It’ll also save me from having to separate it out into the green waste bin. I’d do outdoor composting but they seem to attract bears (according to some neighbors). 🐻

I have bricks that were placed all over my yard by previous owners. My plan is to dig them up and make a compost station like this. All the stuff to be composted goes in the center and eventually becomes part of the soil.