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I'm avid Outdoorsman (pretty-much anything not involving internal combustion engines), amature Naturalist and generalist Scientist, occasional Bookworm and Computer nerd.
Make a bathyscope, (AKA aquascope).
- Tube with plexiglass at one end
- Box with an open top and glass bottom.
- Commercial ones exist - Nice, but overly expensive.
- Tube with plexiglass at one end
- Box with an open top and glass bottom.
- Commercial ones exist - Nice, but overly expensive.
August 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Make a bathyscope, (AKA aquascope).
- Tube with plexiglass at one end
- Box with an open top and glass bottom.
- Commercial ones exist - Nice, but overly expensive.
- Tube with plexiglass at one end
- Box with an open top and glass bottom.
- Commercial ones exist - Nice, but overly expensive.
www.nhm.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bio-Filters have been used for years. 2 examples are aquarium gravel beds to digest nitrogen, and damp wood-chips in a silo to trap and digest biological odors from an abattoir. Both rely on the production of "mucus" (slime).
June 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Bio-Filters have been used for years. 2 examples are aquarium gravel beds to digest nitrogen, and damp wood-chips in a silo to trap and digest biological odors from an abattoir. Both rely on the production of "mucus" (slime).
I must admit that at first reading your post, I thought it was about using "essential oils" on people to treat blood diseases (which I doubt would be effective, and smelled of RFK Jr.)
June 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I must admit that at first reading your post, I thought it was about using "essential oils" on people to treat blood diseases (which I doubt would be effective, and smelled of RFK Jr.)
So many questions:
1) Which pathogens (of what?)
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
2) Which oils?
Search for "#PBE2025" does not help.
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
1) Which pathogens (of what?)
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
2) Which oils?
Search for "#PBE2025" does not help.
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
June 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
So many questions:
1) Which pathogens (of what?)
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
2) Which oils?
Search for "#PBE2025" does not help.
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
1) Which pathogens (of what?)
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
2) Which oils?
Search for "#PBE2025" does not help.
Searching for Ms. de Silva seems to support a guess of Nematodes in Pine?
Sadly, those in power seem to be able to ignore judge's rulings.
June 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sadly, those in power seem to be able to ignore judge's rulings.
What is the grey "Swoosh" stripe to the right of center?
June 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What is the grey "Swoosh" stripe to the right of center?
A lot more research needs to be done on how your microbiome affects both physical AND mental health.
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A lot more research needs to be done on how your microbiome affects both physical AND mental health.
They look too dark for sour. Sweet are better for eating fresh; Sour are better for preserves and baking,
June 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
They look too dark for sour. Sweet are better for eating fresh; Sour are better for preserves and baking,
Ahh, but will you get any before the birds and squirrels take them all?
June 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ahh, but will you get any before the birds and squirrels take them all?
Pigeons have no sense of smell? 😜
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Pigeons have no sense of smell? 😜
Us Canadians can't do much, but I hope these protests encourage people to start thinking about change. I am less hopeful that it'll make any immediate impact on those in power. Be careful my friends south of the border; it seems they don't need much irritation to react violently.
June 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Us Canadians can't do much, but I hope these protests encourage people to start thinking about change. I am less hopeful that it'll make any immediate impact on those in power. Be careful my friends south of the border; it seems they don't need much irritation to react violently.
Yeah, but unlike "He Who Would Their King", ours is benevolent. Most of us never think of him (I'm sure most Brits don't either), except to wonder why he's there. DT's threat to annex us, now THAT we think about (and shudder).
June 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yeah, but unlike "He Who Would Their King", ours is benevolent. Most of us never think of him (I'm sure most Brits don't either), except to wonder why he's there. DT's threat to annex us, now THAT we think about (and shudder).
The domesticated bee (Apis mellifera), is the one most often thought of with the phrase "save the bees", but ironically, humans brought this species to many countries, much to the detriment of the thousands of kinds of native bees that were already there.
None-the less, your picture *is* beautiful.
None-the less, your picture *is* beautiful.
June 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The domesticated bee (Apis mellifera), is the one most often thought of with the phrase "save the bees", but ironically, humans brought this species to many countries, much to the detriment of the thousands of kinds of native bees that were already there.
None-the less, your picture *is* beautiful.
None-the less, your picture *is* beautiful.
So it's "Orange-Shafted", maybe? 🤣
June 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
So it's "Orange-Shafted", maybe? 🤣
I had the same experience with a baby (just fledged) robin in a hedge, just last week. We stared at each other, until I moved a bit, and it flapped away clumsily.
June 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I had the same experience with a baby (just fledged) robin in a hedge, just last week. We stared at each other, until I moved a bit, and it flapped away clumsily.
Please try again. The link you gave just takes you to buffer.com - Not a survey
May 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Please try again. The link you gave just takes you to buffer.com - Not a survey
May he survey forever
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
May he survey forever
Ah! Thanks. It's been many years since I've had a humbug candy.
May 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Ah! Thanks. It's been many years since I've had a humbug candy.
? I'm confused ? - Inexperienced with Blue sky? -- How do I find what this post is referring to?
May 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
? I'm confused ? - Inexperienced with Blue sky? -- How do I find what this post is referring to?
"Class? ... Class! ... CLASS! .... SHAAAADAAAAAAAAP! ... (thank you)"
May 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Class? ... Class! ... CLASS! .... SHAAAADAAAAAAAAP! ... (thank you)"