>From: "altamira" <altamira@ecpi.com>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
>To: <extropians@extropy.com>
>Subject: RE: Introduction
>Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 21:59:59 -0500
>
>Yes, I certainly learn characteristics of plants! And animals>
>2. Javelinas (*Dicotyles tajacu* aka collared peccary) are more
>effectively
>deterred from a corn patch by poultry wire than by heavier woven wire such
>as hog wire. I think this is because the poultry wire tends to cut their
>noses when they push against it. The javelinas are some of my favorite
>animals, despite the fact that they sometimes make a mess in the garden and
>can be dangerous. Something I learned about them earlier this year is that
>they will kill for meat and that 2 or more of them will co-operate in
>making
>the kill.
>
My relatives out in West Texas used to hunt javalina for food occasionally.
As a small child, they warned me that they were dangerous, and were known to
corner their hunters in canyons if possible.
>over a short period of time and runs off. My soil is very sandy. As a
>result, I have what you might call a semi-arid situation, despite the
>relatively high amount of rainfall.
My dad built a small farm in the sand (probably the same formation) between
Pleasanton and San Antonio. He had a bulldozer come in and build a dam. That
dam is still standing as far as I know. During floods the pond would go
quite high, and there were often large clumps of fire ants floating in the
runoff.
>This is the fourth year I've been
>working on the corn. About half the stalks have begun to tassel out at a
>height of only three and a half to four feet.
He never had much luck growing corn either. Have you tried growing peanuts?
It makes great hay.
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