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BarnBuster
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natureboygrower
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Have you read this @BarnBuster? What a crazy time. Winter was so harsh people were trading crazy amounts of gold for a sack of potatoes. Burning furniture to stay warm and keeping fires going in their mine shafts all winter long so they could keep digging.
Who had stinging sea lice for August?
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Tropical Storm Isaias left New Jersey beaches with a case of 'sea lice'
Jellyfish larvae commonly known as "sea lice" are invading south New Jersey beaches, all thanks to Tropical Storm Isaias.
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BarnBuster
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No, I don't know much at all about the Klondike gold rush. In addition to the book you mentioned, also reserved the following at the library. Berton wrote a few books on the subject. Thanks
Klondike women : true tales of the 1897-98 Gold Rush / Melanie J. Mayer
The Klondike quest : a photographic essay, 1897-1899 / written and edited by Pierre Berton ; photographic research by Barbara Sears.
The Floor of heaven : a true tale of the last frontier and the Yukon gold rush / Howard Blum.
The Klondike fever : the life and death of the last great gold rush / by Pierre Berton.
raratt
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Trump's grandfather started the family fortune in an adventure that involved the Klondike gold rush, the Mounties, prostitution and twists of fate that pushed him to New York City.No, I don't know much at all about the Klondike gold rush. In addition to the book you mentioned, also reserved the following at the library. Berton wrote a few books on the subject. Thanks
Klondike women : true tales of the 1897-98 Gold Rush / Melanie J. Mayer
The Klondike quest : a photographic essay, 1897-1899 / written and edited by Pierre Berton ; photographic research by Barbara Sears.
The Floor of heaven : a true tale of the last frontier and the Yukon gold rush / Howard Blum.
The Klondike fever : the life and death of the last great gold rush / by Pierre Berton.
Friedrich Trump had been in North America a few years when he set out for the Yukon, says an author who's just completed a new edition of her multi-generational family biography.
Chunky Stool
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I wonder how long it will take to run out of peat moss.
Perlite can be reused, but peat eventually decomposes.
natureboygrower
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Just curious how you plan on sifting that used perlite out of your soil
surprised you're not into rice hulls. They dont break down as fast as perlite.
raratt
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I should ask around here for them, with as much rice as is grown around here I should be able to get a bunch for cheap.
natureboygrower
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Huh, strange. They seem to be quite tenacious in my soil.
If you can find them, it might be worthwhile to you. I started using them a few years ago and haven't turned back. I don't care much for the dust that goes along with perlite.
Chunky Stool
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Perlite is basically volcanic glass.Just curious how you plan on sifting that used perlite out of your soil
Are you sure it breaks down faster than rice hulls?
If you see white powder in you pots, it's probably from precipitation of silica supplements -- not perlite degradation.
Dead roots become humus for the next round, so no need to extract used perlite.
natureboygrower
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I've nevet done a side by side or anything comparing the two, but I still can find some hulls I composted in my pile last summer and that pile surpassed 150° on the regular. They last.Perlite is basically volcanic glass.
Are you sure it breaks down faster than rice hulls?
If you see white powder in you pots, it's probably from precipitation of silica supplements -- not perlite degradation.
Dead roots become humus for the next round, so no need to extract used perlite.
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As far as dust, I'm talking to work with. I use promix in veg and add the chunky perlite which still puts off a lot of dust. Not to mention whats left in the bottom of the bag.
Plus, rice hulls are fully sustainable. No mining required
raratt
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Growing it takes a shitload of water though.
natureboygrower
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Ok. I wont argue with that. But are all rice grown fields irrigated? Im not an expert on mining for perlite but I'd imagine theres only one way to get it.
hillbill
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That’s what I thought, couple hundred miles away from Riceland and freight on a bale is like $50. No one stocks bales near me.
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raratt
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Yup, The fields are flooded to a few inches deep after they are seeded and there are little dikes around the outside to hold it in. Perlite is strip mined from what I have read, not the best for the environment I agree.
natureboygrower
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Rice hulls seem like a good resource to use. Especially if they're just a byproduct destined for the landfill anyways.
raratt
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They are actually used for a lot of things, from generating energy to a type of fabricated wood product like OSB. Being organic I don't believe it goes to the landfill.