Gardening in a Kilt (Buzz Kidder Canvas)

**string** · 27th January 08, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

Yipes! Hope String doesn't stay away from this thread because we teased on her a little. I haven't seen her logged on for a while though. Sorry String. Hope all is well... and not too cold.

All is well, not cold at all really. I went home for the weekend is all. Only dial-up there so I didn't bother, I do have pics of Yeti in his kilt and such from the weekend though.

**Bugbear** · 27th January 08, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by string

All is well, not cold at all really. I went home for the weekend is all. Only dial-up there so I didn't bother, I do have pics of Yeti in his kilt and such from the weekend though.

That's good, glad you're doing OK, String. I'm sure everyone will enjoy the pictures.

* I'm moving the following over here from my post in another thread.

String, I am lucky to have this little patch of land. Out here in the Phoenix area, we can grow different crops all year around. When I moved to my current property, about eight years ago, I started a microfarming experiment. It's just a regular 1/8 acher lot with a small trailer home on it. I saw right away that I could, if I weren't a meat eater, grow all the food I need. A few years back, I narrowed the experiment down to just desert crops, but I left the citrus and a few fig trees, and some grape vines. I don't really even eat the grapes anymore, but I use the leaves in place of lettus or stuff like that. Stuffed grape leaves are good too.

I also studdied and experemented with gray water reuse... how lovely... I looked into all kinds of things, but the desert plants are what I think were the most important. The neighborhood has changed so much from when I got here, that I'm a little out of place with what I'm doing. That's Ok, I learned what I learned.

Right now, I've geared everything over to sulcata tortoise food for several people and I have been shutting down most of the experiment because I need to rest. I've learned a lot though.
Just to make you a little more jealous, String, at one time, I had almonds, peaches and apricots here, and tomato plants that lasted for three years. Then there was the vegetables... And I had a compost wall going for a while. Compost is always fun. Had a paper shredding biz going on the side to fuel that.
They've built a freeway just about across the street and I'm guessing Walmart will buy the area or something. I might move, but I wouldn't mind living in the middle of a Walmart parking lot, LOL!
I love eating corn right off the stock or just grazing out in the garden... Yep, it's the lifestyle of a bug.

* I do not have any degrees in horticulture or agroculture, and this was not a formal scientific experiment.

**Bugbear** · 27th January 08, 02:26 PM

The rains finally got here this morning and pretty much just keep coming. It's a nice slow rain which is very good. Usually all the rain comes like if someone dumped a giant bucket of water on us. Other times, it comes with very high winds and is sideways rain. I might go out there in my BK today, but I really don't want to go out there in the first place... I'm running out of grapefruit in the house, so I might have to, LOL!

It will very much help my trees and plants. I've put in a passive rain collection and watering trench grid system for this rare event. There's a bit of clay in the soil, so it does a good job of holding the water long enough for the plants to enjoy it.

**Bugbear** · 27th January 08, 07:01 PM

It just keeps raining out there...! All I know is that I didn't do anything to cause it, LOL! I'm thinking I might go dig up some of the bonsai out there after this is over. The ground is buttery soft, and water is starting to build up. Guess I aught to sharpen up the shovel.

A few years back, we had a very rainy winter and some of the nursery guys said they were seeing native plants coming up that they had never seen growing in their life time out here... It happens. Those cacti will be getting fat too.

Anyhow, I'm thinking about making a kilt for a scarecrow. There's a crow that hangs out in my fifty foot palm tree and likes to look down on the scarecrow in my frontyard. That'll give him something to look at, LOL!

**Bugbear** · 28th January 08, 09:35 AM

Thanks for posting the picture, ConfusedPollock.

I'll give Moosedog a chance to respond about the stocking suspenders before I say anything. Gardening in fishnets?

**Moosedog** · 28th January 08, 12:41 PM

OK, Ok, braces, I guess I should have specified? or the neighbors would be getting an interesting show.

Actually I do occasionally wear braces kilted when I have a cargo kilt or work apron on and don't want to spare a hand hitching everything up--although as Ted observed a kilt require much less attention than a pair of p***s that seem to always be falling down a bit. Duluth Trading Company makes some that clip to the side and are eminently comfortable and practical.

Moosedog

**Bugbear** · 28th January 08, 12:53 PM

Thanks Moosedog, LOL! As far as I know, men used to wear sock suspenders or garters in America... not sure what the big deal is. Don't we all wear garters with our kilt hose too? It's just sillyness... I do hear the things that go over your shoulders and clip to the waistband called suspenders all the time though.

Anything goes in the American language, but be careful we'll steal your words and twist them in horrible ways.

Thanks for posting, Moosedog, and all of you. This is fun.

**string** · 28th January 08, 01:19 PM

2 countries, separated by a common language

**Bugbear** · 28th January 08, 01:36 PM

Yes String, I have heard that quote. I was talking to someone from England about marmalade in a different thread today. "Marrow" jam was brought up, and my first thought was eeoouu, those savage Brits..., then I realised that it was vegetable marrow like a squash, LOL!

* I'm just joking about " savage Brits," but it did seem very strange the first time I read it.