I learned about Rose Hips (I believe that's what it was) on one of my Alaska shows. The blooms are edible and quite tasty but the insides have these barbed thingies that play hell with your plumbing on the way out. So youre supposed to be careful how you eat them. Bathroom business is challenging enough without adding that risk. Think I'll just skip the rose hips and settle for Cap'n Crunch or something proven to have smooth sailing.
Click link below.The thorns won’t break down - as in, they won’t burn? That’s kinda creepy!
Whatever the bush was on my property, the thorns really burned when you got stuck by them. Seemed like they had some kind of irritant on them.
I have a one inch scar on my forearm from a weed on my property that had thorns. Happened a few months before I moved away. It was a nasty, deep scratch. Then it became infected. I cleared it up with hydrogen peroxide, but it left its mark. Something to remember PA by.
All About Mesquite or Devil Trees
LA, the thorns won't rot on their own. So you can't just cut them down and the thorns go away in time. I think that is why the guy burned the trees, as it was the only sure fire way of destroying the thorns. Now this is according to someone that I knew, who lived in the area. They had land with quite a few of these trees. So he decided since they wouldn't decay or break down, he would burn them down. Well he got the fire going alright, but it got away from him. He is real lucky that he didn't burn his house down while trying to get rid of the mesquite. He is also the one who told me about the thorns. The tree is a legume, but who would want to get up in there and harvest the pods? NOT ME.
I have one of the Japanese Barberry bushes you mentioned. It is still alive, and I never do anything with it. It looked great against a golden yellow bush that I had planted next to it. Sadly the other one died a long time ago. I love the color of the bush, but know not to mess with those thorns. It is nothing compared to my Mayhaw though. The firethorn/pyracantha has white flowers that turn into red berries later. I only have one of them, thank goodness. I didn't realize how bad the thorns were, until mine matured. Maybe you had an allergic reaction to the Barberry thorns. You can also get a bad infection from some thorns of various trees and shrubs. Also people have lost their eye to some of them.
I think that shrub I had was called a Spanish Dagger. (for GOOD REASON) It is much worse
than it looks. Plus it multiplies freely. That one was given to me. Second thought, maybe I should let it grow back, I won't say why. LOLLLLLLLLLL.
Below are the thorns of a Mayhaw. The pyracantha has similar thorns to it. If you prune either, you need the heaviest leather gloves you can get.
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I didn’t know that about rose hips! I know the tea made from them is quite tasty. Almost lemony if I remember right. We sold it in the health food store as a help for easing and avoiding colds. It might be high in vitamin c.
Thanks for the warning though. I won’t eat them either. As a kid, I liked Cap’n Crunch with the “berries”. Little round strawberry flavored bits.
Click link below.
All About Mesquite or Devil Trees
LA, the thorns won't rot on their own. So you can't just cut them down and the thorns go away in time. I think that is why the guy burned the trees, as it was the only sure fire way of destroying the thorns. Now this is according to someone that I knew, who lived in the area. They had land with quite a few of these trees. So he decided since they wouldn't decay or break down, he would burn them down. Well he got the fire going alright, but it got away from him. He is real lucky that he didn't burn his house down while trying to get rid of the mesquite. He is also the one who told me about the thorns. The tree is a legume, but who would want to get up in there and harvest the pods? NOT ME.
I have one of the Japanese Barberry bushes you mentioned. It is still alive, and I never do anything with it. It looked great against a golden yellow bush that I had planted next to it. Sadly the other one died a long time ago. I love the color of the bush, but know not to mess with those thorns. It is nothing compared to my Mayhaw though. The firethorn/pyracantha has white flowers that turn into red berries later. I only have one of them, thank goodness. I didn't realize how bad the thorns were, until mine matured. Maybe you had an allergic reaction to the Barberry thorns. You can also get a bad infection from some thorns of various trees and shrubs. Also people have lost their eye to some of them.
I think that shrub I had was called a Spanish Dagger. (for GOOD REASON) It is much worse
than it looks. Plus it multiplies freely. That one was given to me. Second thought, maybe I should let it grow back, I won't say why. LOLLLLLLLLLL.
Below are the thorns of a Mayhaw. The pyracantha has similar thorns to it. If you prune either, you need the heaviest leather gloves you can get.
Okay - YIKES!!! Nature is scary in more ways than one.
I saw pics of the Japanese barberry. It’s a little different from the one step I had. And I saw some info that the Japanese barberry is considered invasive. One reason is because deer ticks (Lyme disease carriers) love to live in them.
LOL! Thorny plants as a home security system. Pretty sure it can’t spy on you.
Ah well . I'm nixing the idea about Gecko Linux . Gecko added the multimedia components alright but they haven't fixed the other thing I didn't like about Open Suse Linux . Namely you have to jump through hoops to get the right video drivers installed , has to be done manually by command line . At one point I would have considered it a challenge , now I call it a PITA . Don't have to do that with Manjaro or Mint or Ubuntu either so it's not necessary IMO . Oh well . I wonder how DD's linux research is going ?
Im looking for a speaker (set) to plug into my Verizon Ellipsys 8 pad ( not bluetooth) that runs off of wall socket voltage ( not batteries).... anyone have any ideas as what to get... my budget is 60$ or less...
I need something louder than the pads speaker to know when I get an alert for a run. ( even at max volume it is pathetic, unless Im within 3' of it) and the App uses up the battery in hours so I have to leave it ( the pad) plugged into the charger when waiting for a notice.
Im working for a new company that loves to use smartphone/pad software technology instead of actually making a phone call to notify me of a run... gonna take a bit of time to get used to this method...
I need something louder than the pads speaker to know when I get an alert for a run. ( even at max volume it is pathetic, unless Im within 3' of it) and the App uses up the battery in hours so I have to leave it ( the pad) plugged into the charger when waiting for a notice.
Im working for a new company that loves to use smartphone/pad software technology instead of actually making a phone call to notify me of a run... gonna take a bit of time to get used to this method...
So it has to have a phone jack to plug into your Ellipsys 8?
Everyone says it tastes great. Never tried it myself. And the rose hips are edible but you just have to know how to eat them. Sounds like work to me.Rose hip tea is good stuff , very tasty but gimme Captain Crunch for munchies any day .
Wake up woman!!*yawn*
Mornin'.
Good morning Arm!
There are untold varieties of yucca and agave, cactus and succulents too. I have Red Yucca, and a variegated one, that I think rotted over the last flood.
LA, I did not know Japanese Barberry is invasive. I think it depends on your area possibly. Mine has never multiplied, and I've had it for about 20 years. Since I only have one, it isn't a problem. As I said I had the golden color that looked just like the reddish one. That area is getting a lot more shade now than it used too, so the shrub isn't as colorful as it used to be. It is small, and I don't want to cut it down. I couldn't tell you how many varieties of plants that I have. I don't even try to count them.
LA, I did not know Japanese Barberry is invasive. I think it depends on your area possibly. Mine has never multiplied, and I've had it for about 20 years. Since I only have one, it isn't a problem. As I said I had the golden color that looked just like the reddish one. That area is getting a lot more shade now than it used too, so the shrub isn't as colorful as it used to be. It is small, and I don't want to cut it down. I couldn't tell you how many varieties of plants that I have. I don't even try to count them.
Run them on a usb stick . You don't have to install them to try them. You'll never see that happen with Windoze but you will see a yearly suscription just to use the POS . It's in the works .
Don't know about eating rose hips but there was a mini rebellion at the Saints training camp when they ran out of Captain Crunch in the cafeteria .
found a speaker.... it has a charging jack ( to keep power to it all the time) and it has a 3mm jack for input... it also has bluetooth capabilities just in case I want to carry the speaker around with me in the house from room to room. 29$.
also found a 6700mAh "recharging" battery for the pad in case the pad eats up its internal battery too fast ( seems like its going to... Ive had the pad running since 7 am and its11:30 now and the battery ( inside) is already down to 72%... the good thing about the aux battery is that you can charge it up and charge the pad up at the same time by having the battery connected to the pad... also picked up a 2A ( 24W) car charger... supposedly it charges 75% faster... hmmm so that means it charges to full in 25% less time than normal?
so if it takes an hour to charge a battery to full, this 2A unit should do it in 45 minutes?
I remember one time when I was working at the pump stations and an Email went out about being late to arrive when one was called to go in...
it stated that" one should arrive in no less than 45 minutes"... to me that means "dont get there before 45 minutes has gone by"... so the next time I was called out I got there an hour after the call time... I got wrote up for being late. I then produced the Email ( on paper) and showed HR what it said... they profusely appologized to me and redacted the write up and then had the Director of Ops resubmit the Email with the proper terminology... ( they replaced the word "less" with the word "more")
also found a 6700mAh "recharging" battery for the pad in case the pad eats up its internal battery too fast ( seems like its going to... Ive had the pad running since 7 am and its11:30 now and the battery ( inside) is already down to 72%... the good thing about the aux battery is that you can charge it up and charge the pad up at the same time by having the battery connected to the pad... also picked up a 2A ( 24W) car charger... supposedly it charges 75% faster... hmmm so that means it charges to full in 25% less time than normal?
so if it takes an hour to charge a battery to full, this 2A unit should do it in 45 minutes?
I remember one time when I was working at the pump stations and an Email went out about being late to arrive when one was called to go in...
it stated that" one should arrive in no less than 45 minutes"... to me that means "dont get there before 45 minutes has gone by"... so the next time I was called out I got there an hour after the call time... I got wrote up for being late. I then produced the Email ( on paper) and showed HR what it said... they profusely appologized to me and redacted the write up and then had the Director of Ops resubmit the Email with the proper terminology... ( they replaced the word "less" with the word "more")
found a speaker.... it has a charging jack ( to keep power to it all the time) and it has a 3mm jack for input... it also has bluetooth capabilities just in case I want to carry the speaker around with me in the house from room to room. 29$.
also found a 6700mAh "recharging" battery for the pad in case the pad eats up its internal battery too fast ( seems like its going to... Ive had the pad running since 7 am and its11:30 now and the battery ( inside) is already down to 72%... the good thing about the aux battery is that you can charge it up and charge the pad up at the same time by having the battery connected to the pad... also picked up a 2A ( 24W) car charger... supposedly it charges 75% faster... hmmm so that means it charges to full in 25% less time than normal?
so if it takes an hour to charge a battery to full, this 2A unit should do it in 45 minutes?
I remember one time when I was working at the pump stations and an Email went out about being late to arrive when one was called to go in...
it stated that" one should arrive in no less than 45 minutes"... to me that means "dont get there before 45 minutes has gone by"... so the next time I was called out I got there an hour after the call time... I got wrote up for being late. I then produced the Email ( on paper) and showed HR what it said... they profusely appologized to me and redacted the write up and then had the Director of Ops resubmit the Email with the proper terminology... ( they replaced the word "less" with the word "more")
Nice job on the speaker and portable charger! And in the Battle Of BK vs. The Man - BK wins! AGAIN!
Don't know about eating rose hips but there was a mini rebellion at the Saints training camp when they ran out of Captain Crunch in the cafeteria .
Like the scene in one of the Airplane movies. The list of disastrous circumstances is met by blank stares from the passengers. Until they get to, “Oh yes, and we are out of coffee.” Passengers start screaming and rioting.
“And don’t call me Shirley.”
Sorta like crawfish. Edible, but too much work for too little payoff . . . IMHO.
Running and ducking because I know Retic and BK are gonna be hunting my scalp for that comment.
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