Not Quite Dead, Yet Just Hard at Work, Like You Should Be

I got to spend the past few days at the LBJ Wildflower Center ( http://www.wildflower.org/ ) in Austin, Texas for a conference dealing with the situation of invasive exotic plants for the State of Texas. ( http://www.texasinvasives.org/conference/conference.html ) Our compant was one of the sponsers of the event, so I went to set up a display for the company and to attend the lectures, in order to stay on the cutting edge of information when it comes to dealing with invasive plants and meet more of the people that are involved in the cause.

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There was a great turn out of people and it was quite a bit of fun. I got the chance to see many old friends and to meet numerous interesting people. All of which are involved in the fight to protect our natural hertiage in various ways. And, as always, the Wildflower Center is a neat place to hang out.

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If any one, except for an eco-freak, like me, is interested in more info, please check out the links that I posted above or just throw your question my way and we'll see if I can answer.

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foolmoonchild on

Re: Not Quite Dead, Yet Just Hard at Work, Like You Should Be

Actually, I have a question, which has nothing to do with what you're talking about? Is that alright?

Well, anyhow....

there is this thing called a pincushion plant ei.

Do you know anything on how to care for it?

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DrunkenOso on

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That looks like a Diapensia spp of some kind. It is a native sub alpine plant that is native to the New England area of the US. It grows in rocky crevices, where there is moist soil. You can plant it this spring in your yard and then pretty much leave it alone. If you want to keep in a pot, like in the picture, just put it in a sunny area and be sure to water it enough so that the soil doesn't dry out. You can also keep it inside in a very sunny window, just be sure to mist it with water a couple of times a weeks to increase the humidiy and to keep the soil moist. It has cute little white flowers and will produce the small orange berries every year around Halloween.

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foolmoonchild on

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Thanks. My little sister just got one as a present. Funny little things.

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DrunkenOso on

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No problem at all, just don't let your sister eat the berries. Great for birds, but no good for peoples.

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foolmoonchild on

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I'll tell her that.

I'm sure she'll be fine though. Usually she doesn't stick random berries into her mouth unless they're rasberries, blackberries, strawberries, or blueberries from our garden.

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DrunkenOso on

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Sounds like ya'll have quite the berry patch in the garden.

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foolmoonchild on

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Oh yes. I love our garden. We have flowers and herbs and berries and tasty things to eat!

Mmm!

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hester on

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Cool pictures - been there twice - these bring back memories (not to be confused with mammories)

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DrunkenOso on

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Thank you very much.

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environgirl on

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*sigh* As always....super keen and always interesting and important information.

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hypnagogic on

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*waves wing in the air* Mr. Oso! Mr. Oso, I have a question. What is the square root of pi?

I think I recognize some of the pix in your beautiful display, or at least items like the tractor. Samples of your work, perhaps. I'm going link-hopping now but I'm happy you had a good event. People with passion are a formidable force, aren't they?

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DrunkenOso on

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I usually just round pi to three. But here is a more accurate number for pi:3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089

9862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028

4102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271

2019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815

2092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727

0365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938

18301194912

It was pretty up lifting to be around so many dedicated people.

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hypnagogic on

Re: Not Quite Dead, Yet Just Hard at Work, Like You Should Be:

Would it surprise you overmuch to know that I carry a paper with pi to 1,000 places around with me and once had it memorized to 100 places? No good for more than 50-60 nowadays. *plucks another grey feather out of her crest and tosses it into the breeze* Yep, I had high hopes long ago to reach 1,000 but now I just want back what I used to have then. That's sorta like what you do on the job, yes?