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CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 4 Dec 20

Watching the sunset from the deck is always something to look forward to. The rain lasted from last night through most of the day. No sunset to be seen today. But there is always tomorrow. This pin oak tree has lost all the...

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Spring Meadow

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 20 Apr 20

While I was standing at the bottom of my garden the other day with a mug of hot tea in my hand I looked across the meadow beyond and just lost myself in the sight of a beautiful blossoming blackthorn bush with the lush green grass...

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A Nippy End to November

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 17 Dec 19

We'd been having a lot of wind and rain here in Norfolk throughout November but suddenly, on the very last day, the weather changed completely and I woke up to a very sharp frost. Nipped swiftly down to the bottom of the garden...

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The Last Gold of Autumn

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 17 Dec 19

Haven't been able to get onto MyLot recently due to Christmas, family, etc etc but finally got the opportunity to go through my photos. Hadn't realised just how long I'd been away until I saw the date on my oldest...

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From Little Acorns ...

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 27 Oct 19

Maybe not a mighty oak yet but, while I was at the bottom of my garden admiring the autumn hues of the trees, through the branches of a stark bare elder bush at the bottom of the garden I spotted this beautiful little oak tree...

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California's lovely Live Live Oak Trees

The Horse @TheHorse (238281) • Walnut Creek, California 8 Mar 18

We have many different kids of Live Oak trees in California. Some keep their leaves all year around. Some shed their leaves. Many harbor ticks, which like to drop onto you and suck your blood. All are pretty, and can survive on...

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Oak Trees of the Northern Hemisphere

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 5 Nov 17

The Oak tree is one of 50 varieties found in the State of Texas alone, but they are indigenous to the Northern Hemisphere and come in both evergreen with no leaves falling from them and deciduous varieties, which shed leaves in...

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600 species alive today

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Why you should not eat a mango along with skin

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 5 Jun 16

Mango, the king of fruit is always liked by many all over the world. I have seen some people eat a mango along with a skin. But, it should be eaten always remvong the skin over it just for the reason that the skin will cause a...

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Omen Season

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 30 Mar 16

There's a saying that gets bandied about at this time of year, as people in this neck of the woods try to interpret the climatological signs all around them in order to forecast what sort of summer we might get: [i]Oak before...

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Acorn Antics

pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 3 Oct 15

Anne had a squirrel problem. The oak tree at the foot of the Ticks' garden had been home to a family of red squirrels for a number of years. This year, the débris around the tree had more acorns than she'd ever seen, yet as she...

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Blow by blow what I am doing. . .

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 1 Sep 15

My sister had an antique bedroom set she did not want to take with her. I did not want it but she "gave it to me". It is too heavy and large for me. One upright chest was downstairs. It is now in the truck. Thanks to some...

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How the name of JAVA came...

kishore_05379 @kishore_05379 (9) • India 28 Apr 13

Today ,with technology such a part of our daily lives,we take it for granted that we can be connected and access applications and content anywhere,anytime.Because of Java,we expect digital devices to be smarter,more functional,and...

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Save trees in Christmas season

k sridharprasad @yugasini (12892) • Secunderabad, India 3 Mar 11

Save trees in Christmas season hi mylot friends, Every body knows that on Christmas festival ,we find beautifully decorated Christmas trees all over the world, we cannot find a home without Christmas tree in western...

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Our snowy oak tree.... is it snowing where you are?

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 2 Jan 10

I've just been out in the nice scrunchy, squeaky snow to take this photo of our oak tree. I love to see the snow but I'm not relishing the thought of driving 10miles to work just after 6am tomorrow!! Do you have snow at the...

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How to make tons of money for members

Sniperdog12 @Sniperdog12 (1) 31 Aug 09

First buy TONS of oak logs on the g.e. and put them in your bank. Then bring 27 unnoted logs to the lumber yard with some money and have them turned into planks. Then bank the planks and repeat until you replace all of your logs...

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poison ivy-oak

tbrown1227 @tbrown1227 (221) • United States 5 Jun 09

hello to everyone i've been absent a few days had yard work to do, while doing yard work i now have poison ivy-oak, my question is does anyone have any ideas that will help relieve the itching and burning, anything besides...

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Allergies differences?

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 14 Dec 07

I am severely allergic to the live oak that is around my house. We will be moving soon. Unfortunately our part of the world has all kinds of oak around it. Does anyone know if the difference between live oak and regular oak is big...

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have you every been victum of poison ivy or poison oak

snailtrail @snailtrail (29) • United States 11 Feb 07

i got it bad when i was a kid ,i caught it on a train in san francisco grabing leaves off the trees as we were rolling down the tracks.some old man said that was poison oak and being the rebel i was i rubbed the leaves all over my...

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Help! I need a map of Texas Oak populations.

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 24 Oct 06

Last May I found out I am SEVERLY allergic to Oak....which unfortunately is all over Austin, TX. My family and job contacts are all centered around Austin, so I can't go any farther than absolutely necessary. So, the map will...