Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My yard "attitude", exactly. If it is green, it is "grass", and gets mowed as such. Anything else is just too much work. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <grduprey at mchsi.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Cranefly (bottoms up) > We gave up on getting rid of the weeds, so I just mow it over and let it > be. ;) > > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:55:08 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Cranefly (bottoms up) > > We had truckloads of fill dirt brought in to fill in after we finished > moving the house. Unfortunately, the fill dirt was absolutely full of > weed > seeds, including awful stuff like bitterweed and Jimson weed. The birds > seem to love it, but the weeds are now taller than I am! We've been > advised > that the only way to get rid of the weeds is to solar heat the soil: > spread > clear plastic over it all and let it sit and bake in the sun. Since the > temperature today was 102, I think we should have started already. It's > going to take a LOT of plastic. > > Tina > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:37 PM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > >> >> On Jul 11, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Larry Bullis wrote: >> >> > I once had a job to shoot the cranefly and its pupae for a magazine on >> the West Coast of the US called Sunset, which (even now) has as one of >> its >> major foci, gardening. The editor explained to me that craneflies are >> important pests because the larvae destroy lawns. They eat the roots. He >> said "You'll love craneflies". I got that particular job, I think, >> because >> he knew that I didn't have much use for lawns in residential settings. >> It's >> a personal quirk of mine, I guess. I don't like to mow them, I don't like >> how much water they consume, and I prefer things that I can eat. Mostly, >> I >> don't like the neighborhood politics that revolve around them. I could >> tell >> stories, I could. >> > >> > A vernacular name for craneflies out here, anyway, is "Mosquito >> > Eaters". >> They don't. They eat lawns, as you say, George, "Bottoms up". >> > >> > What I like especially about this image is that it is clear, easy to >> read, and perfectly descriptive. If you have ever seen one of these >> things, >> the recognition is immediate. >> >> > On 7/11/11 6:54 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: >> >> NIce almost abstract photo. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema On 10-7-2011 >> >> 23:25, >> >> George Lottermoser wrote: >> >>> > <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5472> >> >> wonderful story Larry. >> my "lawn" contains about 10% grass, 20% clover >> and 70% of "other" which most would call weeds. >> wish I had the resources to grind it all under >> and plant wild flowers and food. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >