4.06.2009
Freeze warning in April?
Tonight I will teach and then go home and cover my plants since it may freeze for at least three hours!?! Not what we are used to here.. but we'll get through it.
4.01.2009
Toad
Today a toad tried to come into our house.
It made it past the kitchen door before being escorted back on to the porch.
It made it past the kitchen door before being escorted back on to the porch.
3.28.2009
Raising your own Chickens for Fresh Eggs
This year for the first time I have had three different people ask for my help in getting a few chickens to raise in their backyard. I also had a young man raise his own ducks from eggs after he saw my baby ducks. I suppose it is a sign of hard economic times- and also the desire to live more in accordance with nature. Three of my local feed stores ran out of all the baby chicks that they had ordered in one day!!! That is most unusual. I am glad that people are more interested in not only the food that they eat and where it comes from, but also in living more economically.
So, since many people are asking about how to raise chickens-
Here are a few of my favorite links on raising chickens:
Mc Murray Hatchery
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html
Backyard Chickens:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/raising-chickens-basics.php
Backyard chickens and coop designs
http://www.backyardchickens.com/coopdesigns.html
Back yard chickens and breeds
http://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/
My Pet chicken:
http://www.mypetchicken.com/Orpington-B80.aspx
my pet Chicken coops
http://www.mypetchicken.com/Wooden_Chicken_Coops-c8.aspx
The Country Chicken:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/
care:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/care.html
breeds:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/Ourbreeds.html
So, since many people are asking about how to raise chickens-
Here are a few of my favorite links on raising chickens:
Mc Murray Hatchery
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html
Backyard Chickens:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/raising-chickens-basics.php
Backyard chickens and coop designs
http://www.backyardchickens.com/coopdesigns.html
Back yard chickens and breeds
http://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/
My Pet chicken:
http://www.mypetchicken.com/Orpington-B80.aspx
my pet Chicken coops
http://www.mypetchicken.com/Wooden_Chicken_Coops-c8.aspx
The Country Chicken:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/
care:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/care.html
breeds:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/Ourbreeds.html
3.25.2009
Spring has Sprung!
Ok- The Vernal Equinox came last Friday- The world tilted ( ha!) and the garden is very happy for the extra sunshine!!! The lillies and blackberry blossoms are very plentiful this year.. Take a look!
3.06.2009
Big Black Cat !
Any idea what this is?
Look at the size of his claws!! He is at least twice the size of our regular cats that hang out by the coop and he showed up when the geese started dissapearing....
bobcat, lynx, panther, cougar, big bad tom????
2.21.2009
Baby Ducklings!
Is it Spring?
These new baby ducks,
half Rouen, half Mallard
hatched at the last full Moon
from pretty soft blue eggs.
They are fast!
Geese eaten by wildcats
Sorry for the long delay in writing.
We have a big cat- as in wild cat-
a melanistic Floida panther, or cougar,
or something- about 70 lbs..
that has slowly killed all but one of our
white ebden geese(Pegasus).
The two African geese, Rex and Zulu are also left.
It has been heartbreaking to hear their screams as
they are carried off in the night.
Then see their half eaten bodies lying in the brush,
surrounded by their soft lovely feathers.
I hope that there is such as thing as
Goose heaven.
We have a big cat- as in wild cat-
a melanistic Floida panther, or cougar,
or something- about 70 lbs..
that has slowly killed all but one of our
white ebden geese(Pegasus).
The two African geese, Rex and Zulu are also left.
It has been heartbreaking to hear their screams as
they are carried off in the night.
Then see their half eaten bodies lying in the brush,
surrounded by their soft lovely feathers.
I hope that there is such as thing as
Goose heaven.
12.17.2008
snow
here is sat image link to the rare southern snow in dec.08
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=36161
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=36161
12.13.2008
11.25.2008
10.24.2008
Peace blooms after the rain
We had a little rain and
a few of the roses bloomed-
David Austin's Abraham Darby is on the left
Chicago Peace is on the right
I wish you could smell
the sweetness of them both.
10.10.2008
Cooler
It has started to get cooler in the evenings-
from the 50's to the 70'
so the chickens stopped laying..
The ducks started laying...
we bought some heat lamps and will warm up the chickens-
they usually like that.
The hummers are fewer at the feeders..
and the lightning bugs have started to glow down the hill.
A few gardenias are blooming and
we need to cut back the clematis on the camellias...
Much work to do in the garden before colder weather comes.
9.17.2008
To Kiss a Hummingbird
I was home sick
this week and
my dogs alerted.
They were barking
at a young male
hummingbird that
had been attacked
by other males
and was hanging
precariously
on the feeder-
stuck somehow
in between the
flowers and the
perchrails.
I went outside-
got him loose-
gave him a kiss
and let him go..
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