(I was looking for an old cartoon we haven’t seen in a while when I ran up on this post, from four years ago this month. I figured I’d share the entire post with you and give you an update: the olive trees didn’t make it. The olive trees didn’t nearly make it.)
Tonight, we’re supposed to get the coolest weather of the season so far in my neck of the woods. It might frost, which would be about on schedule. Remember the olive trees? They’ll be facing their first winter outdoors. I think if they survive a couple of winters, they’ll have a chance. The problem with where I live in Zone 8 (Refer to the above link for a refresher in all that.) is that many tropical and sub-tropical plants—citrus plants for example—would thrive year-round 99 percent of the time, but sooner or later will come that two or three days in winter when the temperature hovers near zero. Then, it’s game-over for many plants that may have been perfectly happy for years. Olive trees could be another example. I’ll keep you posted.
198 responses to “Olive Pits”
What are the smaller animals moving around and eating? Prairie dogs?
I saw several bison in background.
Trying to persuade Ghost to drive up to Pawhuska to the tall grass preserve this afternoon afternoon. It is about an hour outside Tulsa and has over 2,500 bison.
It looks like the coyote is focusing on the one prairie dog that’s acting as sentinel, sitting by a hole and keeping an eye on the coyote. All the other ‘dogs’ are moving about and feeding.
Aesop was right!
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46102738&nid=1017
“Like a bear in his natural environment…” Hope is doesn’t do what the bear normally does “in the woods” while in the truck! 😀
Lame predictive… “Hope he doesn’t”
It’s a quote from The Muppet Movie and Fozzie the Bear.
https://youtu.be/A2LFp-nM9BQ
That ‘hare’ [Lepus sp.] don’t look like no hare, but rather a flop-eared domestic rabbit [Oryctolagus cuniculus], possibly a pet.
Ages ago, a newsletter or some such from The Wildlife Soc. [which publishes The J. of Wildlife Mgt.], had a short note titled, I believe, ‘Does a bear go in the woods?’ This was in grizzly country, in a mix of open and wooded land, and they’d done a survey of bear scat using some method equally likely to detect it in either habitat. Almost all the poop was in the open country.
Peace,
Interesting afternoon day trip after my surgery appointment. We got close to the bison but not to preserve. We ended in little town of Pawhuska home of Ree Drummond of Pioneer Woman on Food Network.
We lucked out and managed to just walk in without standing in line. Food was delicious and huge portions. I will let Ghost tell story but what she has done and is doing has revitalized her little town. I was impressd.
They serve 2000 on average day and up to 5000 on busy days in a town of 3500!
Plan is to get up early and go eat breakfast there, buy one of her picnic boxes and go spend day looking at bison and Flint Hills.
Sunday, we drove to the Clay Center in Charleston, WV, for Mountain Stage.
The five performances were fantastic, and the venue was astounding.
Jackie….what time do you want me to call you 🙂
Jimmy:
This is not about olive trees, but it’ still damn interesting: https://www.damninteresting.com/nugget/ticking-time-palm/
Why didn’t they germinate a few more seeds in hopes of getting a female?
Jackquline:
No idea.
Maybe sexism?
Jackie– I was hinting at a phrase we used when I was in the Army. If someone asked a redundant question that was a certain “yes” answer, the response might be, “Does a bear s–t in the woods?”
Of course, EMB’s comment would refute that response– at least for grizzlies in mixed terrain. 🙂
“Good morning, Mr. Bear!”
“Back to you! Say, Mr. Rabbit, do you ever have problems with [feces] sticking to your fur?”
“Why no, Mr. Bear! Why do you a…” Bear has grabbed bunny bodily in his enormous paw.
“Well, that’s good news!” Rubbing furiously at his nether regions with a very disappointed bunny. “Thanks, Mr. Rabbit. Have a good day.”
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Had a friend long ago that could voice and act this joke in such a way that it could be recalled at anytime with good effect. It is the only thing I can think of every time I see those toilet paper commercials with the colorful bear family. I think it is Northern brand?
No, the bears replaced Mr. Whipple.
Ah, thanks Mark. I must have crossed Charmin with Quilted Northern. And now I cannot recall their ad campaign. Yes, Mr. Whipple was a high strung character.
Just got back from outing with wife and our youngest. We drove the “Alpine Loop” which starts at US-189 on UT-92, goes up past Sundance Resort, around the east side of Mt Timpanogos, and comes down eventually past Timpanogos Cave National Monument and back into our valley. They got to admire the leaves while I negotiated a few dozen tight switchbacks, then we stopped at a trailhead at about 6,500 feet where the Rangers host star parties in the summer.
There we had our sandwiches and chips as the sky darkened. I set up the telescope and found that Saturn was actually above the mountain range to our south. My daughter, who had only looked at things here in town, was impressed with how much more we could see without light pollution. But they both were unhappy with the 32F at that altitude tonight.
The skies would have been even darker at Payson Lakes campground at 8,000 feet, but it’s a bit colder there, so, I was outvoted. 🙁
I’m looking forward to delivery tomorrow of my latest Amazon order: long johns and a 13% moon filter. I refuse to be a warm-weather astronomer!
Mark
Just do not listen!
You `re not fat!
You bist fluffy!
GM Debbe
Walnut husks make great dye when they turn brown
and the nuts I use in cooking. We have 2 trees in the yard
and every year we have several bushels of nuts. The squirrels
get many so there are new trees all over. Luckily the mower gets most of them.
Less than an hour. I am betting that Jimmy posts something very soon.
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