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FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I recommend hand-weeding your gardens at this time of year, folks. No chemicals. Much better for the respiratory system, too. Plus, it's a good way of combatting any tendency towards depression! :)


And if you haven't a garden, and are feeling low, get out in the summer air and in amongst nature.


This has been a public happiness announcement.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    This year, the bees are going crazy making raspberries for me. After they carefully harvest each flower pod, the petals drop off and the berries appear, and begin their journey towards ripeness.

    Funny, for three years in a row I always found this lone gigantic bee that would decide to up and die die on the same area on my driveway every spring. Bizarre.

    Now that I have a virtual mini forest of raspberries bushes 4 years in the making, the bees are now coming and going in droves, pollinating every last flower pod judiciously. Win win..
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Your mockery isn't cool. I don't think depression or someone feeling suicidal is something to make light of. But hey maybe you are trying to help.

    I don't understand people sometimes.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Suicidal....meets pesticidal....

    yikes...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    libragirl wrote:
    Your mockery isn't cool. I don't think depression or someone feeling suicidal is something to make light of. But hey maybe you are trying to help.

    I don't understand people sometimes.


    I wasn't mocking, for fuck's sake. Maybe the nuances went over your head. There's no harm in trying to make light of something serious. Using a bit of gallows/grim reaper humour to address a serious issue and aim towards positivity is actually very healthy. But if people must wallow in black, play their Leonard Cohen records and be po-faced, fair enough. I want no part of a forum like that. Even Hillaryis44 would be a healthier alternative.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I think getting out there and back to nature is one of the best pieces of advice around for combatting depression. Nicely played.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I think getting out there and back to nature is one of the best pieces of advice around for combatting depression. Nicely played.


    I think some people think pretending to be suicidal is cool or romantic, whereas as anyone who really suffers knows, the genuine condition is a disturbing, ultra-depressing state that should be combatted. Irony's a good way of lifting people's spirits and being objective about their condition, pulling them out of that black solipsistic hole. But then, irony doesn't seem to be a global gift.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I think some people think pretending to be suicidal is cool or romantic, whereas as anyone who really suffers knows, the genuine condition is a disturbing, ultra-depressing state that should be combatted. Irony's a good way of lifting people's spirits and being objective about their condition, pulling them out of that black solipsistic hole. But then, irony doesn't seem to be a global gift.

    The real irony is that the vast majority of people greatly suffering any condition (OK, often-times men) will use a good dose of irony to talk about it themselves and won't mind if anyone else does.

    The other day a guy I met through one of my friends said 'I just can't seem to pull women. They think I look immature and little and treat me like a kid. I guess it doesn't help that my surname is Young.'

    'Don't worry mate,' I said, 'I know how you feel. My surname is wheelchair.'

    The guy believed me for a split second until he realised I was joking.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Yep. There's a hilarious, self-mocking song about suicide by Loudon Wainwright III, based on experience. The lyrics go:

    "When you get the blues and you wanna shoot yourself in the head/It's alright, it's alright/Go ahead"

    and

    "So I went to the bathroom, to the medicine chest/There was razor blades and sleeping pills and all the rest/But I was in control baby, I was so relaxed/I found myself my dental floss, my favorite kind: unwaxed!"

    That mockery is super-cool. It probably saved a lot of lives!
  • electronblueelectronblue WPB Florida Posts: 3,460
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    This year, the bees are going crazy making raspberries for me. After they carefully harvest each flower pod, the petals drop off and the berries appear, and begin their journey towards ripeness.

    Funny, for three years in a row I always found this lone gigantic bee that would decide to up and die die on the same area on my driveway every spring. Bizarre.

    Now that I have a virtual mini forest of raspberries bushes 4 years in the making, the bees are now coming and going in droves, pollinating every last flower pod judiciously. Win win..



    you have a nice virtual way with words. thanks for posting them...~


    :)
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    the bad feelings 
    it's just me"


  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Any doctor, anywhere will tell you that the first line treatment for depression is exercise, especially in the fresh air. Gardening is a productive and relaxing way to get out there and do it.

    Of course, a bit of humour (even dark humour) always helps to gain a bit of perspective on the situation.
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

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  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    I don't pull weeds, I Preen.
    "It's all happening"
  • SwanSwan Posts: 350
    what id Nature isn't your thing, people like me who find being in nature being around bugs and bees very annoying. For example I live in a neighborhood where there are a lot a trees and bushes in everyone's yard and just now i came back inside from smoking a cigarette and i had a sweat bee on me, and i'm constantly getting rid of spiders from the hedges...nature sucks.

    i'm not depressed/suicidal so i'm content with staying inside.
    I'm the only Hell Mama ever raised.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Fuck knows.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    For the past three to four days this absolutely massive bee has been spending all day long going back and forth gathering pollen non stop.. I got a really good look at him today. The thing is practically the size of a large grape, golden and very, very fuzzy in the mid section, and he's crazy loud. The leaves actually move around quite a bit when he flies in and around them. Judging by the size of his wings....how this thing actually manages to fly, I'll probably never understand.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    This year, the bees are going crazy making raspberries for me. After they carefully harvest each flower pod, the petals drop off and the berries appear, and begin their journey towards ripeness.

    Funny, for three years in a row I always found this lone gigantic bee that would decide to up and die die on the same area on my driveway every spring. Bizarre.

    Now that I have a virtual mini forest of raspberries bushes 4 years in the making, the bees are now coming and going in droves, pollinating every last flower pod judiciously. Win win..

    Hell Yeah!

    I love walking over towards my raspberry bushes in the morning, bare feet on the wet grass, and picking those tasty, juicy, fresh raspberries! It wonderful.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Collin wrote:
    Hell Yeah!

    I love walking over towards my raspberry bushes in the morning, bare feet on the wet grass, and picking those tasty, juicy, fresh raspberries! It wonderful.

    ...and once they start ripening it's a daily pleasure at that. It all started from me buying one $4.99 plant on a whim (little did I know). I now have two rather large and quickly expanding areas that are growing like crazy, all 100% organic. The patch on the side of the house is all staked up/supported, and about 7 feet high. I have to keep relocating and replanting the all new shoots, that keep popping up, as left unattended they completely would take over everything. Last year I offloaded about a dozen new shoots at my brothers cottage , and my neighbor on the other side of the fence is getting unexpected treats popping up like crazy as well. They seem to really love the blood meal.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    ...and once they start ripening it's a daily pleasure at that. It all started from me buying one $4.99 plant on a whim (little did I know). I now have two rather large and quickly expanding areas that are growing like crazy, all 100% organic. The patch on the side of the house is all staked up/supported, and about 7 feet high. I have to keep relocating and replanting the all new shoots, that keep popping up, as left unattended they completely would take over everything. Last year I offloaded about a dozen new shoots at my brothers cottage , and my neighbor on the other side of the fence is getting unexpected treats popping up like crazy as well. They seem to really love the blood meal.

    My grandfather used to have them and I saw a plant in a store and I bought it. They do expand rapidly, they shoot up everywhere. They've started ripening here and everyday I get a little more, it's awesome.
    I originally planted them on our old patch of land where our chickens, geese and goats used to roam... (they were already gone, though) but we didn't use the land... now it's part of our backyard with this huge raspberry bush right in the middle! I'm thinking about putting the shoots next to the fence.

    Also, close to my home there are huge blackberry and dewberry bushes.
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Pesticides are good.

    So what else can fresh air cure? :D
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    libragirl wrote:
    Pesticides are good.

    So what else can fresh air cure? :D

    Wow, I quoted you and your post just changed :eek:

    I was going to offer you some raspberries!
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Collin wrote:
    Wow, I quoted you and your post just changed :eek:

    I was going to offer you some raspberries!

    he..he.....I fooled you!

    but yes I will take some raspberries :)
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    This year, the bees are going crazy making raspberries for me. After they carefully harvest each flower pod, the petals drop off and the berries appear, and begin their journey towards ripeness.

    Funny, for three years in a row I always found this lone gigantic bee that would decide to up and die die on the same area on my driveway every spring. Bizarre.

    Now that I have a virtual mini forest of raspberries bushes 4 years in the making, the bees are now coming and going in droves, pollinating every last flower pod judiciously. Win win..
    At my parents house, they have a HUGE raspberry patch that has been growing for about 30 odd years....everytime I go over there they laugh because they will see my car, but no Tracey. :p I am grazing. :)
    Mom actually told me she was ripping them up this year! :eek:
    Thankfully the guy she hired to do it didn't. phew....
    What was she thinking?
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    I'm growing strawberries. So many came in I can't eat them all. Im giving them away.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Hippies.
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    libragirl wrote:
    I'm growing strawberries. So many came in I can't eat them all. Im giving them away.
    Theres nothing like growing your own food...Had a salad for dinner today that came straight from the garden just 10 minutes beforehand :)
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Theres nothing like growing your own food...Had a salad for dinner today that came straight from the garden just 10 minutes beforehand :)

    Oh yeah I agree, I have tomatoes too...they are just starting to come in. I have some basil too. :)
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    libragirl wrote:
    Oh yeah I agree, I have tomatoes too...they are just starting to come in. I have some basil too. :)
    Tomatoes, herbs, salad leaves and trying blueberries this year for the first time :)
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    urbanhippie wrote:
    Tomatoes, herbs, salad leaves and trying blueberries this year for the first time :)

    I would like to grow blueberries..maybe next summer.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Collin wrote:
    My grandfather used to have them and I saw a plant in a store and I bought it. They do expand rapidly, they shoot up everywhere. They've started ripening here and everyday I get a little more, it's awesome.
    I originally planted them on our old patch of land where our chickens, geese and goats used to roam... (they were already gone, though) but we didn't use the land... now it's part of our backyard with this huge raspberry bush right in the middle! I'm thinking about putting the shoots next to the fence.

    Also, close to my home there are huge blackberry and dewberry bushes.


    Funny, my grandfather had the same at his cottage near the beach when I was growing up. I'll always remember picking them each morning to put on my cereal and eat breakfast outside on the back deck. Every time I eat one of my own, I get flashbacks.

    Good times.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Hippies.
    Musician.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    TrixieCat wrote:
    At my parents house, they have a HUGE raspberry patch that has been growing for about 30 odd years....everytime I go over there they laugh because they will see my car, but no Tracey. :p I am grazing. :)
    Mom actually told me she was ripping them up this year! :eek:
    Thankfully the guy she hired to do it didn't. phew....
    What was she thinking?


    lol... You should drop off your laundry at the door at the same time.

    They replant amazingly well once uprooted, so if that day ever comes, make sure to get a few and continue the lineage. ;)
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
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