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Item #1: Harvest continues <\/span> \"\"Copra and Redwing. An onion is fully mature when the top falls over.\"\" All but a few of the bronze-colored Copra are now drying under shade. Just a few of the Redwings are ready. I’ve another red one called Red Zeppelin. Except for 2 or 3, they are still standing proudly under our intense sun. <\/p>\n

Item #2: More things growing <\/span><\/p>\n

Wikipedia claims: “In 399 BC, Socrates went on trial and was subsequently found guilty of both corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety {not believing in the gods of the state}, and as a punishment sentenced to death, caused by the drinking of a mixture containing poison hemlock.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

The photo on the left (below) is a plant called Water Hemlock. It is close to the one mentioned in the quote above and considered the most poisonous plant in North America. Lucky us, we have some, now in bloom.\"\"I find this plant along the sides of the irrigation ditch. The term “hemlock” is also applied to a tree, and apparently the commonality is the smell of the leaves, something I do not intend to confirm. Ours is called Cicuta douglasii<\/em>, the western water hemlock. One of its distinctive characteristics is shown in the photo below. Follow the red pointer into the leaf notch. \"\"The leaf veins go to the notch, not to the point or tip. This is unique to this member of the family (Apiaceae), and apparently many other plants. See the maple leaf here: to the tips<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe chemical glyphosate (sold as Roundup herbicide) will kill the plant. I sprayed one about 2 weeks ago, but found this one a few days later. I’ve let it bloom \u2013 now I need to send it back to Mother Earth.
\nThe top image, right side, shows little tomatoes behind a fence. Some folks have claimed toxicity of tomatoes, but for humans the danger is slight \u2013 even the green parts or green fruit.
\nSo, work to do: kill the hemlock and harvest the red tomatoes.<\/p>\n

Item #3: OHIO <\/span>
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

My sister lives close to a wooded area that drains into the Cuyahoga River, about 7 miles east. Cuyahoga Valley National park is there.
\nBetween 18,000 and 14,000 years ago the Wisconsinan Glacier entered and then melted from the region, draining into Lake Erie, and leaving deposits of various sorts, and disrupted drainage.
\nIf it were not for all the people this would be a great place for wildlife. Still there are many things that visit her street, such as deer and rabbits.
\nShe sent this photo of an unidentified being, while hoping it soon returned to the swamp. Noisy critter.
\nBeing crazy Ohio, we think it is a politician escaped from jail.<\/p>\n

Item #4: Pineapples to Celery <\/span>
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

As a kid, I was surprised when first seeing the spelling of celery.
\nI’m still a bad speller, or my preference \u2013 good at spelling badly.<\/p>\n

The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple<\/strong><\/a> The last line of this is simply the word Celery.
\nI found this pineapple story interesting and completely unknown to me. It is quite long with many photos.<\/p>\n

Item #5: best photo seen this week<\/span> <\/p>\n

\"\"
\nThere are several sites I check on a regular basis. Photos, headlines, and odd stories can offset the sad news that seems to be about everywhere.
\nThis one came from “odd stuff magazine” but there are never credits given.
\nSo to the rose, the dog, and the photographer \u2013 Thanks!<\/p>\n

And that, for this week, is the not so nasty news.
\nJohn <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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