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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Fruit trees

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We have been getting a good amount of rain here, even through May, which is typically pretty dry in this area.

Rain has been good for the fruit trees. In fact, TOO good in one case. One of the asian pear trees is so loaded with fruit that branches are snapping off from the weight. I know I should go out there and prune off some of the fruits to take off some weight, but I just don't have the energy to be climbing up and down a ladder doing that. I guess if all the branches snap off, that will just have to be the way it is this year. It will either grow back more branches, or it won't.

I swear, you just can't win...
 
Perhaps a neighbor would be interested in exchanging labor for fruit?
 
That sounds good in theory, but the way my luck has been running lately, the neighbor would likely fall out of the tree, then sue me for injuries. :face_palm_02:
 
There are long handled tree saws/loppers both manual and gas powered, Asian pear trees are generally on the small side, so you could at least prune off some of the lower branches.
 
That would be fine, except that I don't want to prune off branches, I need to prune some of the fruits that are overloading the branches.

I probably just need to bite the bullet and get out there and do it myself.
 
You can prune off fruit probably easier than branches with the kind that has the cutting action as opposed to the sawing action.
 
Some people choose to sell homes and property when they reach an age where maintenance is more than they want to or can accomplish. Others choose to 'age in place' and make changes in how they do things, or hire help, or find other ways so that the necessary chores are done. It may be that buying garden equipment now and getting used to using it may come in handy when you really can't get up on a ladder any more.
 
Heck, I likely have nearly every garden tool (as well as every other kind of tool) ever made by man here. And I certainly know how to use them. I am rather surprised that you would think I was deficient in that area.

It is the extenuating circumstances at play right now that is the issue.

The issue is ME going out there in the Florida heat and humidity and having Connie worried to death I was going to have another heart attack pruning those fruits off of the tree. She has enough to worry about, and doesn't need me adding to that. Not to mention that I am not exactly running on all cylinders as it is.
 
I know what you're saying Rich. I cut lawn this morning and 7 hours later I'm still feeling it. Even took a nap and I could go to sleep right now.

I bought the ryobi battery pole saw a couple years ago. Telescopes from 6.5 feet to 9.5 feet. Thing is much lighter than gas one and much faster and easier than manual one. I had an old neighbor plant rose of sharon and that stuff is like a weed. Grows everywhere. I use the pruner to cut it down between fences. It also does some decent sized branches as I used it on a berry tree that overhangs my yard. A fully charged 4 ah battery lasts 3 hours of hard work.
 
Well, I guess it isn't helping things with this varmint jumping around on the branches of that pear tree.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=687NTjei67U

Got the hunting blind out now. Sat in it a bit this morning, but honestly it gets pretty darn hot in there when the sun comes up.
 
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