I'm an environmental graduate east of the rocky mountains. I haven't been able to find work in my field and I lost my shit job this summer, so I've dedicated my autumn to planting trees. I just want to share my struggle.
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I have been planting trees since mid August or so, about 6 at a time, two or three times daily, almost all on the same hillside. Pic related, it's an American ash. There are probably over a hundred saplings there now, but I lost count. I'd love some sagely advice on what to do and how to not give in to despair over the potential loss of all my hard work.
Basically I selected a stretch of degraded prairie ridge that is hundreds of yards across in all directions. Scattered Rosa acicularis shrubs indicate that at least certain stretches haven't been mowed at least for a couple years. I chose a northwest facing slope as I assume it will be slightly less dry. I have brought mostly Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Picea (glauca?). That is- box elder, american ash and spruce. These species are the easiest to come by as seedlings. I also wanted to choose relatively drought resistant species.
Here's my technique. I bike around with a bag with cups, gloves and a trowel. I scour the earth for patches of seedlings.
-Choose seedling small enough to dig with a trowel and fit in a yogurt cup. I leave at least a few alone and always leave the largest ones.
-Fill the cup with water enough to wet all the soil
-Choose a site (the most sheltered sites go to spruce) at least a few yards from another tree and clear thistles in the immediate area
-Remove thatch from top of the soil and dig a hole about the size of the cup. excavated soil goes into a little pile or an empty cup
-Pour excess water into the hole and then scoop the sapling out
-Put it in the hole and pour excavated soil into any spaces, or adjust the height of the sapling if the hole is too deep, etc, etc.
-Straighten the sapling out and pat down the dirt firmly
-Return the thatch
-I will occasionally water a few of the ones I find again.
The hillside is covered in what I assume to be non-native grasses, and lots of;
Carduus nutans - nodding thistle
Cirsium arvense - canada thistle or creeping thistle
Chenopodium album - lamb's quarters
Sisymbrium altissimum - tumbleweed mustard
Hyoscyamus niger -Henbane
The str
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
Calcium, nickel, neon
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Put it on my bill
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
At work, I have a workstation.
edit: cheers u/cheer_up_richard
I’m stumped.
