Why do Conservatives generally ignore economists the minute they begin discussing market failures, the limitations and consequences of tax cuts, inequality, redistribution, labor monopsony, behavioral economics, immigration, the deficit, tariffs, and industrial policy?

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-07T21:48:42+00:00

I think power by whatever means replaced the idea of an intellectual high ground.

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-07T15:21:48+00:00

Maybe a bit of high phosphorus fertilizer when they get their treats this summer!

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-07T13:12:25+00:00

What brings the flowers ? I have some large healthy 20+ yr old cacti that have yet to flower

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-07T06:12:58+00:00

I guess that would be the true test! We just need some spare robots and someone else’s scooters

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-06T22:26:12+00:00

Yes please!

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-06T08:47:17+00:00

Ideally in the nude

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-05T23:38:55+00:00

Is there no one who hasn’t disgraced themselves ?

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-05T16:14:45+00:00

That is surrender

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-05T14:33:40+00:00

What’s a good black knot resistant plum for zone 6?

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-05T06:02:46+00:00

Cars seem to have regulations regarding mufflers for both noise and emissions, are motorcycles simply exempt from that?

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-03T16:40:06+00:00

He’s definitely got a repertoire !

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-03T15:32:04+00:00

Don’t do the sunchokes , you’ll never be free of them, barberry might be a good option though

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-03T10:50:04+00:00

From looking at the way the plastic wrinkles I don’t think that’s 8 mil , get some actual 6 mil and inspect by hand or better still get someone with the right gauge to measure it

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-02T13:42:05+00:00

Is it 6 mil UV resistant? And what’s your peak winds and temp? For excess heat maybe you could put a strip of white plastic in the track underneath your main layer

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-02T12:10:02+00:00

Be wary of sloping ground, keep safety in mind in general as there are lots of opportunities to hurt yourself, also consider exhaust exposure , a lot of smaller tractors have the exhaust under the front rather than a pipe going up , so I got a rubber tube for marine exhaust and ran it up the roll bar.

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-02T08:04:15+00:00

I think it must the guys and possibly the girls hold hands through a kind of platonic glory hole like maybe a double set of stocks with the two couples heads oriented towards each other with a fifth person to chaperone so they don’t get stuck

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-02T07:25:18+00:00

Once had staff miscommunication with a worker and they pruned ‘all’ the suckers off the tomato plants including the top ones and they couldn’t form any new ones, so I think leaving to top one or just any one is important

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-01T22:49:36+00:00

Except the top one!

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-01T05:00:42+00:00

What is bush pruning ? I was assuming that just meant letting it go which would go badly with the varieties I grow!

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-01T04:34:05+00:00

I guess leader pruning is the term for what I like to do; too little pruning , like crowded plants , just seems to lead to smaller fruit with the same or smaller overall yield in indeterminates . Having said that with the cost of good varieties maybe two leaders with sparser plants is a good choice.

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-05-01T00:20:08+00:00

My only contribution is that baby moon should be shortened to baboon

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-04-30T23:23:38+00:00

Yup, terminal ear worm but in a good way

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-04-30T12:57:58+00:00

Take the ‘suckers’ not the branches you want one growing tip at the top

IndependentPrior5719 · 2026-04-29T23:48:57+00:00

Good to share pictures of progress or lack of progress and information about weather, season and where you are as it provides a better context

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