Earth Day 2017

[Larisa]

we were too busy making stone tools in the rift valley to notice it

Yes, some are still busy. But now their descendants are called "Yeti".

 

[Beverly]

Girt is a westcountry word meaning big or huge

Ah, thanks zigs, i was thinking maybe the barrel is horizontal (from the Wiki meaning of girt)...now i see it is horizontal and really big.

Last time i heard, the planet is several thousands of years over due for a change in polarity and i also have been thinking for awhile that we are on the edge of that event.

Also, fracking for oil has been causing some subterranean disturbances. Certainly they were not fracking in Cornwall in 1979. Do you know if fracking is taking place in Russia @Larisa?

 

[zigs]

Rumour has it that the Cornish underground sounds were due to missile silos being constructed to point nukes at America

 

[Beth_B]

Rumour has it that the Cornish underground sounds were due to missile silos being constructed to point nukes at America

Hey now!

 

[Beverly]

Rumour has it that the Cornish underground sounds were due to missile silos being constructed to point nukes at America

Oh that was a very wise move. I could say so many things right now that would really get me in trouble So i am going to button it up

 

[zigs]

Guess we didn't trust a peanut farmer to run the country?

 

[Beverly]

I guess someone had a vision of the future Our peanut farmer was rock steady but he was not popular with the politicos in Washington because he is an honest man. He is an elegant man too (for a peanut farmer) and i think the Queen must have liked him very much.

 

[Fernsdaddy]

I compost just about any thing I can, I have 2 rain barrels to use in the back gardens, I eat every little red meat, I eat lots of fresh chicken and turkey, I buy fresh fish when I can get to the fish market.

 

[roadrunner]

I see a lot of people mention rain barrels. As I said in my last post I also have a makeshift rain barrel; however, right now we're in somewhat of a minor drought and haven't had any rain for a while and my rain barrel is bone dry http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/RegionalDroughtMonitor.aspx?southeast

What I do is collect water from washing dishes and I have a container catching condensation runoff from my AC unit. It actually provides plenty of water for me, I currently have a five gallon container sitting outside waiting to be used.

Just an idea for anyone who also may be in a dry spell.

 

[Larisa]

Do you know if fracking is taking place in Russia @Larisa?

Yes unfortunately. Although environmentalists are always against this barbarous method.

 

[Beverly]

It is done in the US as well so they can point their fingers at each other and say "bad, bad, country" Generally, i think the scientists are opposed to this practice in any country unless they work for the oil companies.

 

[Larisa]

Some people think that the planet is big. They do not live where they destroy. But it is not known what consequences may be in the future. The planet is not really a hunting ground.

 

[Beverly]

When i was very young i thought of my "neighbors" as the people on my block and as i grew i started thinking of my neighbors as the people in my town or city, as the people in my state, as the people in my country, and now as the people on the planet we share. Population wise we are now at two times critical mass of population that the planet can provide for. So, we are going to have to be very clever. We have shamelessly reproduced like bunnies, and here we all are.

 

[roadrunner]

I see a lot of people mention rain barrels. As I said in my last post I also have a makeshift rain barrel; however, right now we're in somewhat of a minor drought and haven't had any rain for a while and my rain barrel is bone dry http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/RegionalDroughtMonitor.aspx?southeast

What I do is collect water from washing dishes and I have a container catching condensation runoff from my AC unit. It actually provides plenty of water for me, I currently have a five gallon container sitting outside waiting to be used.

Just an idea for anyone who also may be in a dry spell.

Since the heat has turned up, my AC is producing at least 5-gallons of water per day, that along with my used dish-washing water goes a long ways in providing water to my garden.

 

[Fernsdaddy]

Since the heat has turned up, my AC is producing at least 5-gallons of water per day, that along with my used dish-washing water goes a long ways in providing water to my garden.

My big ac unit drains into my shade garden on the north side of my yard, saves on watering it all summer.