Good morning my fellow fanatics of fiery flower!!!
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Good morning to everybody…enjoy your day today
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You too bro!
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Mosquito. You can tell by the striated body and non-overlapping wings. Gnats have wings that overlap and, gnat torso’s don’t have such apparent striated banding
Mosquito dunks will work fine
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Thanks @herojuana.tom .
After @Oldjoints said it was a fungus gnat I did a search.
It seems he was right bro. Here’s a pic of a fungus gnat found on this site.
How to deal with fungus gnats | Pest Management Professional Pest Management Professional
This is the picture they had on this article. It looks exactly like those I am finding. Also I looked at the pest under a hand scope and it had no proboscis so I believe OJ had it right.
Here is one kind of mosquito out of several but they all pretty much have the same build.
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excellent! I didnt see a spherical head and, also considered a midge but, the pic made it look more like a mosquito to me 
As long as it isn’t a thrip, you should be good
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@herojuana.tom
I thought exactly the same thing. lol
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You know what they say, even a broken clock is right twice a day.,……
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Good afternoon everyone. Fall is here today, nice chill in the air
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I will observe that that only applies to analog clocks, not digital. I’ll also point out that we’re pretty much all of an analog age. 
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Yes but only one of us is hourglass old… and it’s not me!
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Good morning Mo n Co how’s everyones morning going just wondering what MO is for oh is for more MO/ goats (Billy’s) my daughters nickname is MO MO just wondering lol
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@Cummings420 ,
MoBilly stands for Missouri Hillbilly.
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Oh that’s awesome I was way off lol MORE BILLYS
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I will only have two billies. Big John will be there for producing straight milk goat offspring and I’ll buy a Kiko billy to breed some that are a cross of milk and meat breeds. I’ll be looking through those kids for nannies that appear to have good shaped udders along with a larger muscular structure than regular milk breeds.
What I am aiming for, hopefully within 4 generations, is a “homestead cross”. I want a stable line of goats that give good milk yet butcher out to a decent weight.
I was very close at one time but health problems caused me to sell out.
If you think about it, it’s very much like creating a new strain of pot. Start with excellent examples from two or more strains and do a pheno hunt…
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Yeah! I know! We’re looking at 90’s in the next few days and then right after that… frost advisories…
Weird weather this year.
BTW, welcome to my journey. :). Please feel free to add to the conversation any time.
I’ll actually be doing some growing soon. lol
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I was going to say that that reminds me of cows from the isles off Scotland and, I believe, northern England, that “small holders” traditionally bred.
I did a (very) little research, and found that “mini” cows have become popular in North America.
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@mota
I have heard of the mini breeds of cattle. They are amazing for small homesteads like mine but I’ve had problems with cow milk in the past. I believe the times I tried it were pasteurized milk so whole, unprocessed might be a different story…
But I like goats. lol
Do you remember back when young boys rode steers in competition at rodeos?
Now they ride mini bulls. It’s a whole nuther ballgame. Those little bulls, normally, buck instead of just running around.
A kid has to have a goo seat to stay with one of those little spinners!
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For the lactose intolerant, the minis can be a significant problem. Their milk is very high in butterfat. 
And I do know you do love your goats, whose milk I believe is lactose free. 
I actually posted that because I didn’t believe mini cows were very well known. I may very well be mistaken about that! 
Nevertheless, there may be some here at OG who are small holders like yourself who have never heard of them. I guess I’m proselytizing for mini-cows! 
Wow! Mini bulls. That would never have crossed my mind!
I’m glad I’m old. 
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