Rick and Eric talk about how using a pole pruner can wipe you out, or look at it as exercise.
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And a few auspicious dates are coming up:
Friday the 13th
Pi Day and Einstein’s Birthday on the 14th
the Ides of March on the 15th
St Patrick’s day on the 17th
The 20th of March: The Vernal Equinox, a solar eclipse, and a super moon
The totality of the solar eclipse will be mostly over the north atlantic and north pole, the largest populated land mass is the Faroe Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands , but the Icelandic slooh observatory will televise the eclipse: http://main.slooh.com/ on the 20th at 4:30 am EDT
And the big show: the Vernal Equinox on the 20th of March at 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
And Spring Begins. Now mark your calendars, the next confluence of the vernal equinox and total solar eclipse will not happen again until 2072.
The supermoon: kind of a non-event but this new moon does mark it the moon’s closest approach to earth in the moon’s somewhat eliptical orbit, about 15% bigger.
Dr. Don Olsnn, TSU, and Wife an English professor, investigate literature and historical events in relation to astronomy.
Tarawa WWII, disastrously low tide. Van Gogh, etc. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/arts-culture/forensic-astronomer-solves-fine-arts-puzzles-116770403/
The hoop house video we talked about: https://gardenfork.tv/pvc-cold-frame-hoop-house-2-0-diy-gardenfork-video
Scott Gillespie
Just had to say this - I planted some seeds in the garden 2 weeks ago (onion, spinach, lettuce, chamomile, & cilantro). We've had a mild end to the winter in southern Alberta. No snow left. Not even any frost left in the ground. Nothing has come up but I'm hoping it'll be like if I planted in the fall before freeze up. We'll see.
Kathlean Wolf
Ironically, your comments about dirty dishes and the dead bees have something in common. Colony Collapse Disorder is mostly being blamed on neonicitinoids--a type of pesticide--but another potential cause is exposure to fungicides. HUH? Fungicides don't kill bees, do they? No--but fungus may be a tool bees use to kill MITES. When there are fungicides in an environment, it appears that mite populations increase, which makes it hard for bees to get through the winter. It's entirely possible that bees harbor pet fungi as a tool to keep mites at bay, and when we put fungicides in the environment, we destroy the symbiotic fungi used by the bees in their hives.
Jim Gim
I just wanted to add a helpful tip for future podcasts. Sometimes I am running short on time. I see a multiple topic podcast and I'm only interested in 1 of the 3 topics. Rather than listen through or jump around listening for clues, I skip the episode altogether. It would be so much easier to get a timestamp breakdown of where each topic begins. Then I could at very least listen to the section which I want and not just skip listening altogether. Thanks for hearing me out Eric.
Jim Gim
I forgot to add that you could place this in the details section of each podcast. Thanks again!
Nancy
Sorry to hear about your bees. I'm a first year beekeeper (top bar/ caught swarm - NJ) and mine didn't make it either. The last time I saw them fly was a warm day end of January. Next warm day, March 11, no one was flying. When I opened the lid, they were dead, with honey left but not in reach of where the queen was laying. I had the state inspector come out to confirm starvation and not disease. He did take a sample with him back to lab, but does believe starvation. I saw very little mite count on bottom board and it was a very healthy number of bees; actually couldn't believe how many there were. Too bad you destroyed your woodenware without confirming cause of death first. Does your state not offer inspection?