Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Not one or the other. Chemicals can kill. That includes humans. Roundup, atrazine, etc. without any deep research pause and ask - if it’s used to kill a life form, will it harm me since I’m alive?
The emerald ash borer is invasive, not native to North America. Normal predators seem to be lacking that are present to keep it in check in Asia. Nature will balance things out and it seems in North America the ash has been declining.
No expert here, just my two cents. Also…
u/#q1010
We have them where I live, the ash borer, it has split one huge tree, and a few others show signs of infestation. I am trying to find someone to cut the trees down and block and split it for me, it does make great fire wood. I do not use pesticides that harm pollinators, and almost all of them do, even the natural organic ones mess up the bees. I have a huge pollinator garden and my son will be learning and building a small apiary next summer. You can hear my garden buzzing from late May through September. I also know that many pesticides really harm the chain of insects, right down to the birds who eat the bugs that are dying and easy to catch. Obviously I do not spray anything that I eat, I rely on beneficial insects to balance it out. Growing your own food relies on pollination, no pollination, no fruit trees, or berries, no winter squash or tomatos or potatos or onions or any other flowering food source, you could grow carrots I suppose.