Comments about plants

There are 56 comments about "plants"

Manong daikong: Norge, you're right these chickens are a tough breed and it takes a good hit to anchor them. My neighbor has been having a tough time with them He lives at the edge......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now. Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: The text on the left side of the U-Haul truck reads: #91 Venture Across America North Carolina Carnivores of the Green Swamp Preserve Did you know... The endangered Venus Fly Trap and Pitcher Plant feed on small insects for survival. How......

in response to: McShopping Center, Venus Flytrap U-Haul, Alabama Cop Plate and an Iranian Fiesta by EvilGentleman

CartLegger: Peter: I hate to disagree with you, but a quick look at your sources points out a flaw in your conclusion. Scorecard, a generally dependable site for a wide range of release, is way off......

in response to: Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility by Peter

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

joey: eye- just start putting a bucket in the shower to catch the warm-up water. you'll have plenty for your plants then. you know the folks back east are saying, 'that's a lawn?'. in some parts of......

in response to: Watering the Lawn by joey

zagg: I vote giant orange eggplants. A friend and I were going to make some stickers up while I was in Philly but didn't get to it --- next time!...

in response to: Random Street Art Throughout Philly by serlingrod

Sticky: Are those pumpkins in the first picture or giant orange eggplants? They almost look like it....

in response to: Random Street Art Throughout Philly by serlingrod

Geoff: The little bastards are smart, cute, fearless and a bloody great pain in the ass. Our current local raccoon family has taken to digging up our outside plants every damned night (on our second floor......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

eyeofodin: Pretty lawn though...I don't know how much publicity the draught gets in other parts of the Bay Area where the sun actually shines, but in SF I never hear about it. I guess I......

in response to: Watering the Lawn by joey

zagg: With so many vegetarians, maybe I'll have to have an entire post dedicated to my vegetable garden: JUST YOU KIDS WAIT UNTIL MY EGG PLANTS BARE ME SOME PURPLE ORBS OF YUMMNESS (now only 73%......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: True Peter. That is why I use fanatical as an adjective and not a noun in its own right. It differentiates the fanatical vegans from the quieter zagg-like ones. Actually, there are a lot of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Turk Tickler: I Googled Flatbush Gardener's blog. If you haven't seen it, you're not missing anything. How Flatbush Gardener thinks that their blog "covers that area of Brooklyn" in any way beyond just regurgitating already widely publicized......

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Jennifer and Jasper: I highly suggest everyone see the film "Sharkwater." Sharks are on the brink of extinction because of the demand for Shark Fin soup. Sharks are a vital part of the delicate ecosytem of the ocean.......

in response to: $95 For a Bowl of Soup? by EvilGentleman

Baby Snooks: Is that a fire hose around his neck? And is that his belly button? And are those succulent plants he's trampling? In Bushwick? And if the city is on fire, why isn't he walking the......

in response to: Bushwick Bomberos by Peter

Bob Salmon: A bit late, sorry, my internet connection broke down. Hi Alan You are correct with what you say about the sky lighting up. Having worked in all the areas that could light up the sky, I will endeavour......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Deb Simpkins: Hi Norma, as I remember it, Oak Ave wasn't very long so I wonder if our grandparents knew each other? I will ask my dad and see if he remembers Tommy and May.. Bolton... was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): THANKYOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So much has changed. Yes Rob, the old bandstand was at the bottom of where the old skateboard ramp is. Does anyone know whether the ivy covered *park keepers house* is occupied by......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

missjhyde: My husband was one of the steamfitters who built this Ravenswood Co-generation power plant. It was completed three years ago and built right next to the old Ravenswood. The three tallest stacks are from the......

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

Mark: Thanks for posting the photos of Barton power station; they have assisted me enormously with my research. I'm a legal academic in the field of environmental law and am putting the final touches to a......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

kayak girl: Barren Island is the coolest. At the height of the rendering plants' days they had their own schools, hospitals, etc. It was a real community and had a majority of African American citizens.......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

anne zemartis rose: I loved Kensington when I was growing up in the 50's and early 60's, 2100 block of Firth St. just off Trenton Ave. I was so surprised to see the train trestle gone on Trenton......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Local ASS: Hey, Hutchinson is growing! With old folks homes and fat women having worthless children. READ THE HUTCHINSON NEW ASSHOLE. LAST YEAR THE JOB GROWTH IN THIS TOWN WAS 1 JOB!!! WOW it is growing! And......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

re: CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: : Very cool post and glad you got at least one of your bikes back! I've had two bikes stolen in the past few years and it's no picnic. One was a high end mountain bike......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

EvilGentleman: An unfinished greenhouse for pot plants?...

in response to: Rooftop Mystery by EvilGentleman

Chevrolet Fan: New York Times - Tarrytown G.M.'s 2-Week Shutdown Published: February 10, 1982 The General Motors Corporation has ordered a two-week shutdown of its North Tarrytown plant beginning next Monday and 4,600 employees will be laid off. The shutdown,......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The very warm weather in New York (El Nino/global warming/Bond villian heat ray) has befuddled the plants and they are trying to bring Spring early. They are in for a nasty shock when the frost......

in response to: Black Cherry by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

anon (h-67-101-102-3.snfccasy.dynamic.covad.net): those wires on the fence look like plants...

in response to: signs by GGP

autumn: Michele,gg, keep it up. I am educated to the PhD level but also have "street smarts". Worked 20 yrs. as a CPS Social Worker. My home & 1 acre of property are the sum total......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Susannah : Its just the city for Gawd's sake - not the dark side of the room, yeah we like have plants, and air and water in Brooklyn just like everyone else. Nice photos by the......

in response to: Urban Nature Pop-ups by GGP

EvilGentleman: Jack, are you telling me that there are Vietnam vets out there who do not know what cannabis plants look like? Even if you were totally straight arrow, then you should still recognize the stuff. Cuz......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

Peter: those leaves in the original photo do look a bit like salvia divinorum, though, which some people also smoke recreationally: [[http://www.erowid.org/plants/salvia]] [[img:12970]] ...

in response to: End Gender by Biff

Peter: awesome! same shot as the first one in this post, but on a much more lovely day... with plants! ...

in response to: Hell Graffiti by Peter

Peter: also: i used to live up the avenue from a [[wiki:Tastykake]] factory, one which made strawberry pop-tarts. the whole neighborhood smelled like overpoweringly fresh-baked artificial strawberry tarts every morning, starting at about 5am... it always......

in response to: I Want One of These by CE

Toronto animal Assult!!!: Ok...solutions anyone please... I have a possessed squirrel and raccon that are ruining my life.... oh and a strange pooping stray cat....So... The squirrl rips up my garden every day, I looked out the window one......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Just because plant-type organisms do not move is no reason to think they are more suited to die violently than are mobile, animal-type organisms. Life is life. Many people debate whether or not plants actually......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

EvilGentleman: Definitely looks like an urban bikini to me. I ain't never seen none a those there type 'kinis in the boondocks, y'all. But remember how my Babelfishing article was considered out of bounds? I guess......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

jeeff: i always wanted a blue-spotted salamander or a slime mould as a pet when i was a kid, inspired by a book called __of kinkajous, capybaras, horned beetles, seladangs, and the oddest and most wonderful......

in response to: Critter in the Basement by GGP

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

Elicar: If I didn't see the green plants, I would say it's {graffiti} on snow....

in response to: Grafitti by nomad

Peter: one of my all-time favorite plants!...

in response to: Bougain Villa by Guy McLaren

mtb4ever: Nice photo of the widow. I have a good-sized one living in my irrigation meter in the backyard. Always comes out at night. It doesn't bother us so I don't bother it.......

in response to: Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles by johnny E

jack: we kids use to collect the trees and bring them to a lot along kings highway in brooklyn and burn them at night. we would stand there in the cold and watch the flames......

in response to: Ghost of Christmas Past by Peter

GGP: it's like birdwatching...you have to really learn HOW to look in a particular way. you teach your eyes to look at/for certain things and to "read" the bird quickly, before it's gone. this makes me......

in response to: GGP\'s Voo-Voo Building by Peter

joey: the leaves of grass in my california backyard are all dried out and brown. it has been all summer long. only the fennel plants which grow as toll as a nba basketball player are still......

in response to: Leaves of Grass: Loose Translations by GGP

Dubhain: Actually, IIRC, this is what was known as GM's Tarrytown Assembly Plant. This would explane the pits in the factory floor. From GM's 2001 press release trumpeting a (defunct) development deal for the site: "The former......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

jeeff: peter - you should. i'd love to return the favour of showing your around my town. ggp - a puppy namesake! that would be so cool. my name would live on... ;) moe -......

in response to: the hutch condos by jeeff

ezekiel: those are some lovely plants. its funny lookin how the flag seems to be comin outta the guy on the left's face...

in response to: Through the Rear Window by sine

vz: definitely citynoise. the pavement is the signal, the hardy plants growing through the cracks are the noise....

in response to: citynoise? by elaine

elaine: this does seem kind of harsh by comparison to the Kim Wilde garden, but these ultra modern offerings always do, they're sort of anti-gardens really, I suppose, but then garden festivals are weird because they......

in response to: Sculpture Matrix by Jamie

Marc: Houston as Babylon of the oil empire.. a karmic blackhole built on the graves of a million dinosaurs and plants. so much energy in one place spent on desecration and the subsequent care and feeding......

in response to: Houston, October 2004 by ian

Mysterious Juan: I really love the juxtaposition here of the plants with the skyline - it's really the essence of why I love Auckkland....

in response to: dusk: by etienne

Gaz: Nice, yeah, we've got loads of them in Peterborough, only, they ain't quite so high and people grow plants in 'em. Maybe they're not quite the same....

in response to: harsh light on a glass building by hool