I don’t really know. They have a small bush next to the workers cabin so I think they brought it there, but I don’t know if it is naturally wild.Is the spicy pepper a wild plant
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You mean on the last picture? Some people think that it will prevent ants to climb the tree, but it comes from agricultural practices when they “painted” fruit trees with a chemical compound that was also white
That one is just paint and it was there before I arrived
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I think they used to do that to prevent tree from warming up early by reflecting sun. Washington produces 70% of apples in country. They do not do it anymore
I am not sure at all. I know that some fruits like avocado they used to paint with an alkaline salt but… 
There were places in Panama that had white bands painted around some trees. I always figured it was an ant deterrent, some how. I've seen coconut plantations where they tack a sheet of galvanized tin around the trunks to prevent the coconut crabs from climbing up and cutting off the nuts.
Was browsing my phone photo library and noticed this forgotten photo. Some Nocino I made back in 2016 I believe. I wonder where it it. Gotta go find it and see what it tastes like after 5 years of aging!
Here is a scary photo from my phone - Lil Mikey playing like he knows how to operate a track-hoe. It's dangerous, and probably illegal to let an office boy on big machinery!
There's probably no key in it. I get in those and make believe too. Did you make noises also?
BBbbbrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmm............blmmm.....blmmm.......bbbbrrrrrmmmm!
See those footings in the glass reflection! I dug them!! Now it took me a few days to do it while a real operator might take 4 hours. BUT I did it!!!! And they were in the right place and at the right elevation - well --- shoulda dug them 1 1/2" deeper - the mason had to make a 1 1/2 cut on fnd block all around the bldg. He laughed while mumblilng something about an amateur!!! Somebody awarded us a project and we did not have a superintendent free for about a month because of a change order on the job that should have been finished. Since I don't do anything anyways - they let me play like I was a super for a month! It rained a couple of days after this photo and apparently I got too much mud on the track hoe and the rental company complained - big babies!
I just wonder what our insurance carrier would have said if something happened!!!!!!
I just wonder what our insurance carrier would have said if something happened!!!!!!
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Oh WOW keys!! Looks like they are in the off position!
Cool stuff Mike!
Cool stuff Mike!
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Just can't fool dem 'stros dudes!
One of my buddies. It's been around my lathe and tablesaw for about a month now. I have to be careful that I don't step on it. Love those guys.
Yummy. Dessert, not desert. Tasty boogers. They are from one of my Saguaros, but different sizes. Both will have approximately the same amount of seed even though one is twice the size. They are supposed to be good for your heart. These two are the last of this season for my property. Out in the desert they will still be availible for another month maybe..... ..
Mom is still here. No little ones yet, but any day now.
Cypress tree at Chicot State Park at Indian Hills near my old home town in Louisiana.
If you look closely, you will find more Marcantel's here than there are west of the Sabine River. Mom and Pop with a sprinkling of Aunts, Uncles and a Cousin or two. I believe it's a dying clan.
Two of my benches in San Antonio. I designed and cut them out on a router. They were designed for flintknapping, but can be used for just about anything you choose. I even made one to be used as a Porta Potty when camping.
One of the days I was in Missouri in late April.
A 7.62x25 Chicom Pistol. It's a copy of the Tokarev 54, but made in China and used by the Viet Cong and NVA. My brother was a Special Forces Officer and on one of the ambushes he participated in in Cambodia, he got the pistol. I need to make some grips as these are starting to fall apart, but they are a much better quality than the Romanian grips I recently got. .
............. Jerry (in Tucson)
Yummy. Dessert, not desert. Tasty boogers. They are from one of my Saguaros, but different sizes. Both will have approximately the same amount of seed even though one is twice the size. They are supposed to be good for your heart. These two are the last of this season for my property. Out in the desert they will still be availible for another month maybe..... ..
Mom is still here. No little ones yet, but any day now.
Cypress tree at Chicot State Park at Indian Hills near my old home town in Louisiana.
If you look closely, you will find more Marcantel's here than there are west of the Sabine River. Mom and Pop with a sprinkling of Aunts, Uncles and a Cousin or two. I believe it's a dying clan.
Two of my benches in San Antonio. I designed and cut them out on a router. They were designed for flintknapping, but can be used for just about anything you choose. I even made one to be used as a Porta Potty when camping.
One of the days I was in Missouri in late April.
A 7.62x25 Chicom Pistol. It's a copy of the Tokarev 54, but made in China and used by the Viet Cong and NVA. My brother was a Special Forces Officer and on one of the ambushes he participated in in Cambodia, he got the pistol. I need to make some grips as these are starting to fall apart, but they are a much better quality than the Romanian grips I recently got. .
............. Jerry (in Tucson)
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Is that a little collared lizard Jerry?
Doug, it's supposed to be a Large Spiny Lizard and it does have a collar. It's a youngun, and it lost it's tail when younger. It's now growing back. I didn't see it yesterday and am wondering why. This picture was taken a day before yesterday. I have 2 others running around here that look to be at least a half pound each. Pretty big, and when I see them, I don't have my camera handy, whereas, the guy in the picture above will wait for me. That's funny because they are supposed to hide at the approach of a human............. Jerry (in Tucson)
If my lungs didn't take a beating from that stuff, I'd be drooling to. But, all I can do is think of the past when they were in much better condition. I do partake about ever five years or so. When I do it again, I'll film what it does to me and might post it...... . ..... Jerry (in Tucson)
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It's a wonder it didn't change to "This is the world famous Tunguska ThunderLadyGaGack."