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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #100 on: July 05, 2013, 10:40:44 AM »
Just your generic field mouse. Looked like this


I bought my gpa's house and it had mice living in the basement when he was all old and stuff, want to kill them all before they try and recolonize the basement.

well, it's not that.  that mouse lives in europe, not in your yard.  you either have native mice (deer mice, white-footed mice, harvest mice) or house mice.

there are more mice in the world and living all around you than you can possible kill, so i'd focus more on keeping your house sealed and/or unattractive to mice.  if you didn't already have mice in your house last winter, your house probably already is sealed and/or unattractive to mice.

house mice would be the most aggressive colonizers of your house, followed by deer mice.  white-footed and harvest mice, you'd pretty much have to invite them in, they aren't going to be terribly interested in the idea on their own.
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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #101 on: July 05, 2013, 10:43:03 AM »
hammer a big piece of board over any tom and jerry style mouse holes you see

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #102 on: July 05, 2013, 10:48:22 AM »
Yeah, i just googled field mouse and that picture looked like the one's I had been catching.



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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #103 on: July 05, 2013, 10:50:07 AM »
what's the difference between a mouse and a rat? just size?

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #104 on: July 05, 2013, 10:51:18 AM »
Type doesn't matter.  They all love milkyway and they all die in the trap.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #105 on: July 05, 2013, 10:53:37 AM »
 






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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #106 on: July 05, 2013, 10:56:00 AM »
i don't know why i bother with you idiots.
"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #107 on: July 05, 2013, 11:52:45 AM »
i don't know why i bother with you idiots.

Sys, I am glad that you do!

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #108 on: July 05, 2013, 08:23:41 PM »
i don't know why i bother with you idiots.
don't you just  end up feeding mice to your snakes?

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #109 on: July 05, 2013, 09:30:27 PM »
don't you just end up feeding mice to your snakes?

i don't think it's ethical to take a vertebrate's life without reason.
"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #110 on: July 05, 2013, 09:43:24 PM »
don't you just end up feeding mice to your snakes?

i don't think it's ethical to take a vertebrate's life without reason.
Snakes disagree

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #111 on: July 05, 2013, 09:50:53 PM »
don't you just end up feeding mice to your snakes?
i don't think it's ethical to take a vertebrate's life without reason.
Snakes disagree

they have reasons.
"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #112 on: July 08, 2013, 09:44:53 AM »
So I found an injured chipmunk on my driveway this weekend, appears to have a broken leg and may or may not be caused by my mousetraps...

Mousetraps were in backyard and I found the guy in the front so who knows.

He is currently chilling in a tub and gorging himself on strawberrys and grapes.



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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #113 on: July 08, 2013, 09:49:12 AM »
give it to _33's children to nurse back to health.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #114 on: July 08, 2013, 09:53:16 AM »
I hope he's ok


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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #115 on: July 08, 2013, 10:03:21 AM »
That chipmunk is mumped, ben ji. The best thing you can do at this point is to find a snake or a bird of prey to feed it to. That way, it at least dies for some purpose.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #116 on: July 08, 2013, 10:04:13 AM »
no, give it more strawberrys. as many as he wants.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #117 on: July 08, 2013, 11:51:22 AM »
Get him one of those carts with wheels that attach to a harness that you see dogs without back legs using.  He can then cart his ass around until healed.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #118 on: July 08, 2013, 01:09:12 PM »
Checked on him over my lunch break and the little critter isnt doing well  :frown:

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #119 on: July 08, 2013, 01:13:26 PM »
Checked on him over my lunch break and the little critter isnt doing well  :frown:

does he need more strawberries maybe?

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #120 on: July 08, 2013, 01:15:59 PM »
Checked on him over my lunch break and the little critter isnt doing well  :frown:

does he need more strawberries maybe?

He's probably had too many. I think you need to get him to the vet, ben ji. He might need surgery.

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #121 on: July 08, 2013, 04:07:50 PM »
So I found an injured chipmunk on my driveway this weekend, appears to have a broken leg and may or may not be caused by my mousetraps...

i hope you learn from this.
"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #122 on: March 20, 2014, 03:26:44 PM »
Well the fish aren't biting yet so I have a question.

WHO IS READY TO GROW SOME PLANTS?!?! HUH?!! LETS DO THIS!

Lil bro dropped off the first flower delivery of the year earlier this week, still a little cold outside to plant them so I'm keeping them in the garage for now.

I also got bored the other day and built an elevated garden bed to grow some yummy edible greens. I have absolutely ZERO aptitude for building things so I watched a youtube video then headed off to Home Depot to buy some wood and screws, total cost was under $20. I felt like a real MANLY man when I finished(except that I gave up for about 2 hours when I couldnt figure out the torque setting on the drill). I added the chicken wire on the outside to keep lady from eating all my delicious greens while I'm not looking.





Project for the afternoon is to fill that sucker with DIRT!

What should I grow in my garden bed?!? I'm not a big fan of tomatoes but I'm definitely going to grow bushels of kale and green beans. Feel free to post suggestions of what I should grow and if I agree I will post updates throughout the summer and it will be like we are gardening together!

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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #123 on: March 20, 2014, 03:30:57 PM »
hi ben ji

I am buying a house soon and in my yard i will have subsistence garden of borderline doomsday prep proportions

I want to grow blueberries so I have been saving my coffee grounds at work in a bucket to add to the soil to make it more acidic.


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Re: sd white/non-white midwestern thread topic of the day (garden)
« Reply #124 on: March 20, 2014, 03:38:51 PM »
Benji, put that raised bed where you want it, then turn the soild below it before filling it with black dirt.  Then turn it again once the black dirt is int it.  The 3.5" of the 2x4 on its side isn't deep enough for a bunch of plants eventual roots.  Turning the first time loosens the grass and earth below.  The second turn mixes the black dirt to the lower depth.