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Post by silkifyre on Aug 14, 2006 11:56:54 GMT -5
We picked up a white Chinese Owl pigeon at the fair the weekend before last and the seller said she felt pretty sure it was a female. We needed to find a loftmate for her, and found a local guy who had one for sale. He's a blue check Chinese Owl. They are so neat! He was cooing yesterday and the two get along just great. We're looking to get some more and we also may be getting some Ringneck Doves next weekend. Too cool!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 14, 2005 22:58:13 GMT -5
Hey Ar, I think BW might be right, but I'm not sure either cuz I never had any females. I only have drakes cuz I live in the city. The females are just too noisy for here. You might be able to find out on FeatherSite.
Goats, huh? I used to have goats! I miss them. I would highly recommend Nigerian Dwarf goats... they stay little, and the does produce milk if you breed them. Although wethers don't have any hormones floating around, so they would make great pets. I wish I could get some more ND's... I miss my baby so much. He was a real darling!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 24, 2005 8:39:31 GMT -5
Gee, thanks BW!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 16, 2005 10:23:47 GMT -5
Hmmmm, an airator, huh? Hadn't thought of that one. Which would be easier to keep clean? Which would be cheaper to run? (I guess that's the more important question!) Where'd Jed go? I'll have to go an' ask 'im.
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 15, 2005 20:46:33 GMT -5
LOLOLOL You guys crack me up! I used to watch the Beverly Hillbillies all the time. LOLOL
Well, Ar, I'm not sure just what to advise here, cuz I haven't had my ducks all that long. This is the first year for them that they had a "pond." I was planning on putting in a heater for it, too, so it wouldn't freeze over. Last winter I lost a duck cuz he froze in the ice that formed in their water bowl. A BOWL! Stupid duck! I went out to feed and water them the next morning, and there he was, dead, frozen in the water bowl. I was so sad. He was one of my fav's, too.
I think if you're able to check your pond often enuf, and the 2x4 works for ya, then fine. Me, I'm gettin' a heater. I don't want to lose another one like that.
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 11, 2005 7:35:16 GMT -5
If you have a 'scovy, then it'll have red caruncles on it's face. The females don't usually have as much, but the males usually get a whole bunch, making their faces look all bright red and lumpy. I don't think it's the most attractive thing, . It's not a fav. breed of mine, although, they are very nice ducks. There are a bunch of ones like that on a small river near here that people have set loose. And people come all the time to visit the ducks and feed them. Scovies are flyers and like to perch on branches I think... if I remember right. I CRS, too... (Can't Remember Sh*t)... but you can double check that on FeatherSite. I hate it when I can't remember something! Now I gotta run and see if I have work today!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 10, 2005 13:21:01 GMT -5
Ooops! Sorry, just saw this today! Ok, ok, let's see... ducky info...
First, I'd like to suggest FeatherSite at www.feathersite.com for lots of pics, and info. They have a section on waterfowl. What you want is probably domestic ducks, but they also have info on the wild/exotic breeds.
I also have a duck page at my home site, but it hasn't been linked lately... not since I lost my Mandarins. So I'll post that. I have info and links there. So please visit: www.angelfire.com/nj/foursbar/ducks.html
A lot of the info that is contained in the links I listed on my page will also work for domestic ducks. But here is what I'm currently doing for my own ducks, which are Call drakes.
The Call duck is a bantam breed, originally bred for hunters to use to "call" in wild fowl. The Calls were bred to be especially small, so hunters could fit them into their vest pockets and easily transport them. The females are the noisy ones and were used to call (hence their name) the wild ducks to the pond or other body of water for the hunters.
Since I still live within city limits, I can't keep the noisy females, so I get my duck fix by my 3 drakes. The drakes have a whispery type of quack and aren't too noisy. They are of 2 color varieties (but there are several), one is a Blue, and the other two are Snowies, which is a pied mallard type of color. In the summer, the snowies are nearly white, but in the fall their plumage becomes darker, more of the mallard color but still with white on them. The Blue is a dark slate blue color with a white "bib." My blue has a muddy appearance to his blue plumage, so he was sold by his breeder to me as a pet. (My snowies came from another breeder and are actually too big for the Call breed standard).
I keep my Calls in a pen measuring roughly 6ft by 12ft (and 4ft high). I haven't actually measured it, but it's formed by an ex-pen that I had for my one dog when I showed him. The ex-pen is great because it's made of heavy gauge wire. It contains the ducks, and keeps them safe from any predators (which are few here in town, thank goodness!). I opened it against an existing chain link fence that edges our property, that's why the pen is the size it is. If it had to stand alone, the pen would be about 6ft x 6ft. We covered the whole thing with garden netting, anchoring it with zip ties.
Inside the pen is an old doghouse that Bob brought me and is used for their shelter, although, I've never seen the ducks go in it. Bob put some straw inside it, and I know the ducks have been in and out of it, because they tracked some straw out!
For their water/swimming I bought a low-sided livestock water trough at the feed store. It's made by Rubbermaid ® and has a drain plug, which is great, cuz it makes for easy emptying and cleaning. The tub is oval in shape, about 3 ft long maybe (again, I haven't actually measured it), and all 3 of my ducks can fit in it and swim. The tub is about 1½ ft deep, if that. I fill it to overflowing and the water lasts them about 2 -3 days before it needs changing. By then it gets pretty mucky. If I could change it daily, I would, but I don't want to flood out the neighbor who owns the chain link fence! Oh yeah, the tub runs about $65.00 brand new.
To clean the tub, I let it empty out, then I rinse it with the hose, then I fill it up to the drain hole. I take an old bottle brush, (but could really use a better brush), to scrub the inside of the tub. Then I dump the water, rinse well, put the drain plug back in, and refill to overflowing. While the tub is refilling, the ducks just can't wait! They LOVE to get in there, splash around, do somersaults, dive, swim, and preen in the tub.
Since I don't have an access ramp for them to get into the tub, I have some cinder blocks as steps for them to use. They don't really "need" the step, but it's a bit easier for them. Otherwise, they could just give a flap and a jump and they'd be in. But I found that they struggled a little too much without the step. They get out by hopping up onto the lip of the tub, then hopping to the ground or to the step, then the ground. Regular sized ducks shouldn't have a problem getting in or out of a tub like that either. However, because ducks aren't really designed as land creatures, the steps really help them to get in and out. It also decreases their chance of developing bumblefoot from a hard landing on getting out of the tub.
For feeding I provide a commercial poultry food, plus I give treats on occasion. The food is a gamebird/turkey grower crumble, which I mix 2-1 with scratch feed. The scratch is half wheat and half cracked corn. So they get 2 parts grower and 1 part scratch. I've tried a few different treats like bread, which they'll eat, wild strawberries (nope), grass clippings and dandelion leaves (sometimes), and I think I tried some other things, which I can't recall at the moment.
I would like to mention, also, that if you have a mix of males and females, the males can be rough on the females. If a male shows an interest in a duck, he'll start chasing her, and other males start chasing her, too. There have been instances of hens being accidentally killed by the males. If the hen has no place to escape to, and she is constantly pestered, then she may perish. She becomes trampled or drowned, usually because the male to female ratio is too high. I would recommend having just 1 or 2 drakes in a flock of females.
I hope that helps to get y'all started. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 12, 2005 6:33:58 GMT -5
Geese can be loud, especially the China's. But they're one of my fav's! Especially the Brown Chinas. I think they are so pretty and graceful. I also like Pilgrims, and I really like Sebastopols. I really would love some of those! Shetlands looks cool, too. And Snow geese! I like Canadas, but I see them all the time here cuz they're all over the place here. Plus you need permits to keep/raise them. I think for Snow geese too. But anyway... if you ever want to buy good quality waterfowl, check Holderreads. I think they're online, but not positive... I'll try to locate a site for them. But they are on the west coast. However, they have some of the BEST waterfowl in the country!
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Post by silkifyre on Jun 21, 2006 22:43:49 GMT -5
I found this on another board today:
For all of you who LOVE boiled eggs but have "issues" with peeling them, this is....AMAZING.
DH and I decided to have salads last night for supper. Now my trick with the spoon peeling the shell off USUALLY works okay. But, his co-workers told him this trick. He decided that if it didnt work he was NOT going to tell them, as they were just trying to get him to do something stupid But, it does work! Here goes:
Take the boiled egg. Crack the small end of the egg. Open up a small hole, about dime size if you can, through shell and membrane. Put the egg to your mouth and BLOW! The membrane will inflate, causing it to pop the shell. Then just peel the membrane and shell off.
I did the large end instead and it still worked, though would have been better with the small end I expect. Hubby did 3 eggs, in about 30 seconds, and these were eggs right out of the coop!!! Go, on, try it!!!! ~ Cara ~
I'll have to give that one a try next time I have hard-boiled eggs. If I remember!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 7, 2005 7:16:05 GMT -5
Hey BW! Do you, like, have nothing else to do??? I mean, cuz if'n ya don't, I have lotsa things that need doin', ya know. The ducks need their pool emptied, cleaned, and refilled, the dog needs a total grooming (although I did clip his nails last night), the house needs dusting and vacuuming (again! Why can't we just do it once or twice and never have to do it again???), the truck needs a bath, the inside cleaned, and a total servicing, Bob's truck needs the same, plus a new engine wouldn't hurt... let's see, what else... oh, the dishwasher needs running, there's also sorting and filing to do. The list goes on. You're more than welcome to come on up and help out! But then, I guess if you did that, we wouldn't have posts like these to learn from, would we? ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 22, 2005 21:12:32 GMT -5
You're welcome, BW.
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 20, 2005 20:12:15 GMT -5
Hey Ar, didja wear that white shirt, too??? LOLOL ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Nov 4, 2005 7:13:25 GMT -5
Uuummm... gee, thanks, Ar. It musta taken you quite a while to type all that out. I really appreciate the trouble you went to for me. Thanks! It sure sounds like it's a pretty involved chore, though. Can I just pay you to do it??? Hows about next spring? I don't use my window much in the wintertime, so I think I can get by til spring. And, uh, we don't have the tools you listed to do the job... and Bob thinks it'd be kinda 'spensive to go out and buy tools that'd prob'ly be used only once. So... whataya say??? Can ya do it??? Huh, huh, huh? Please? Pretty, pretty please??? ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 24, 2005 7:02:31 GMT -5
Damn, Ar! You ARE good! The driver side window won't work in my truck. Come fix it... PLLLEEEAAASE??? It started giving me trouble right after I had that window replaced after someone smashed it in. I think that was in July. I went back to the glass place who replaced my window, but they said it wasn't their fault. Also, they could fix the problem. However, from the sound of it when you press the button to make the window go down, they said the motor and regulator needed to be replaced and it would cost $270. YIKES!!! So, I've been driving around without the ability to make my window go up and down. It's rather an inconvenience since I like to use the drive-thru window at the bank. Oh well. Hey... maybe you can email the directions to me on how to fix it myself. But I don't have much in the way of tools. The ex took most of them. Shucks!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 22, 2005 21:10:24 GMT -5
I heard once that if you cut a potato, a raw one, in half, and rub it over your windshield it will keep it clear. I never tried it, so I don't know if that works. I also think they meant the outside of the windshield. And now that I'm thinking about it, I don't recall if they meant keeping it clear of fog or the rain, in case your wipers broke. Oh well... I'm a bbbbiiiiiggggg help, aren't I?
Oh, I just thought of something! Divers will spit on the inside of the glass of their masks to keep them from fogging. (I once went snorkeling in the Caribbean and the guide told us that.) So, Ar, spit on your windshield! LOLOL ;D ;D ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 20, 2005 19:58:21 GMT -5
Well, who the heck wants to SEE themselves when they get out of the shower???!!! I want to dry off as quickly as possible (cuz I'm COLD!), and get dressed in something warm an' fuzzy! (that'd be BOB!) No, , not really him... well... sometimes... but not always. Well, yeah, always, but... oh crud! You know what I mean!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 22, 2005 21:16:27 GMT -5
LOLOL That's so funny, Ar! But congrats on the loss. I actually lost like 25 lbs since Bob moved in back in the beginning of June, and I dropped 2 jean sizes! YAY!!! I still have quite a bit I want and need to lose, but I'm slowly getting there.
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 20, 2005 20:28:16 GMT -5
I can distress jeans just by wearin'em! The snaps are too tight. The zipper's too tight. I can't bend in them. I can't breathe in them. So... it ain't just the jeans bein' distressed... it's ME!!!
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Post by silkifyre on May 6, 2006 23:01:46 GMT -5
Very interesting. But I beg to differ regarding the point about the chicken and the egg, and which came first.
In that question, it's usually assumed that the egg in question is a chicken egg? Right? They don't specify what KIND of egg they are talking about. So, this question could have another answer. The chicken came first, because in order to get a chicken egg, you must first have the chicken. Right? Right!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 7, 2005 21:05:39 GMT -5
Skinning might be easier, but then the meat may dry out when cooking. Skinning is usually reserved for waterfowl, as they have a more greasy meat. Plucking the chicken isn't really all that hard. I've raised 2 roo's for the table and I had a friend show me how to dress them. I took them to his house, and he stepped me through the whole process, from a kosher killing to plucking, and dressing the carcass. It wasn't that bad. I had no idea how I'd react. I was half afraid I'd be sick to my stomach, but I wasn't at all. I thought since I'd known those roo's from hatch date it might bother me, but it didn't. I mean, I felt kinda bad that their lives were ended, but they had a purpose... to feed my family. And you have to know... home raised chicken is the bestest chicken ever!
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Post by silkifyre on Aug 14, 2006 11:45:39 GMT -5
Just wanted to let ya know that I'm trying something new for me and my kids. I don't remember how I first came across the following site, but I thought I'd give it a try. It's called www.nativeremedies.com.
I sometimes suffer from "anxiety attacks" so I got their recommended pair of herbal drops for that (although one is actually a capsule). I also have a very hard time losing weight, so I also am trying those drops.
The boys both have Asperger's Syndrome, some ADHD, mood disorder, etc, so I purchased the Asperger's package. We all started these herbals on Aug 2, and I think it's helping. I haven't had an axiety attack at all since then, and I've noticed a definite reduction in my sweet tooth. It's not completely gone, but it's not anywhere NEAR where it used to be. I think the herbals are working.
If there is something that you want help with, but can't go to the doctor for whatever reason, or don't want to use chemical or synthetic drugs, try the herbals!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 3, 2006 16:24:19 GMT -5
My chickens loved tomatoes. Bob's love tomatoes, too! The last time we went to visit them, we took them several, plus a couple white maters. They demolished the red ones in seconds! They were like pirahnas! The white ones lasted a lot longer, I think because they looked different and they weren't used to them. But they were eating them. Our pigeons and doves don't like maters. We tried, but they showed no interest in eating them. Oh well.
People who say maters are too acidic for chickens perhaps don't know that chickens are basically like little pigs with feathers and two feet. Chickens are little live garbage disposals, just like pigs. ;D Fruits and veggies are good food for chickens! I say, maters are good for 'em!
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 3, 2006 16:33:28 GMT -5
Mmmm, I would love to have a peach tree. I don't really know about how to prune fruit trees. I have read, once, though, that the branches need to be staggered so they won't interfere with nearby limbs. My chickens never got peaches, but I'd give them apples. I never had enough peaches to give away to the chickens... I ate them! Apples, though, I'd have a lot of them. My mom got tons of apples from a friend. (Poor thing is now deceased, cancer.) She would give mom peaches, too, but there was not enough to spare for the chickens. ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 4, 2006 20:37:27 GMT -5
Really? Weeelll... home-raised chicken does taste better than store-bought. If you need to know how to prepare a chicken for... um... "the deed," just lemme know. I remember from when I did two of my own roosters. Oh wait... didn't you say before you done some of your own, too? Ok, well, never mind then! Enjoy!
(Or else, hopefully, you'll find a home for them quick!)
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Post by silkifyre on Oct 3, 2006 16:37:29 GMT -5
You'll need to grow a separate garden for yourself and put a fence around it to keep it safe from the critters! ;D
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Post by silkifyre on Aug 14, 2006 11:36:09 GMT -5
Our garden update... Wow, I am amazed. I never had a garden like this before. I mean, yeah, my mom would have a small garden with a few tomato plants, a couple cukes or eggplant, some lettuce, and herbs like parsley. Not a big garden at all. It was maybe like 4 ft wide by about 5 or 6 ft long. Ours is huge by comparison. I admit, I haven't kept it weeded. Bob was the one who kept mostly on top of that. But there is nothin' better'n home-raised food! We had some sweet corn for the first time last week. It was so delicious! Bob said it could probably have been picked a week earlier, but still it was sooo good! The lettuce is really good, too, although it never formed real heads. It's more like leaf lettuce, and some of the leaves are curly like they were trying to form heads. But they still taste good. So far, everything that we got from the garden has tasted real good.
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Post by silkifyre on Jul 11, 2006 7:20:28 GMT -5
Here is an update on our garden...
5 rows of sweet yellow corn Our corn is doing really great. (I think) Many of the stalks are now taller than I am! The tassels have appeared on most and are opening. We haven't seen any baby ears yet.
3 rows of maters (Early Success, Siberian, and White) The maters all look great. There are several baby green maters on all the plants. I can hardly wait to see them ripen!
1 row of cukes (half Early Bird, and half Sweet Success) We planted only 4 Cukes (2 Early Bird and 2 Sweet Success). I think that it's the EB's that are still tiny plants. But the SS's are looking really good and are climbing up the trellis. They also have started baby cukes!
a trellis of pole beans The climbing beans are looking good, but I haven't seen any baby beans on them yet.
1 row of appaloosa beans The appies have flowered and if I remember correctly have baby bean started. All I can remember for sure is that the other bean plants have some beans ready to pick!!!
1 row of bush beans BEANS! They look great! Bob said we could probably pick some now! Too cool!
2 rows of beets (bull's blood and chioggia) The plants looks great, but probably need to be thinned a bit. Haven't pulled any yet.
1.5 rows of carrots (yellow, red, and purple) Boy, these guys were slow to grow! It seemed like it took forever to see any greens. Now, though, we have greens, but haven't done any harvesting yet. I don't think they are ready just yet.
1.5 rows of radishes (the half rows are actually 1 row - half of purple carrots and half of radishes) The radishes have, so far, been the only thing we harvested yet. They grew fast and really need thinning! They taste great... but some are really HOT! Last night for dinner, I almost died! My tongue was on fire! ;D
1 row of head lettuce The lettuce is looking really leafy... and I wonder if it's really head lettuce, like the package said. It looks very close to what my Mom used to plant, just leaf lettuce. She'd pick a bunch of leaves whenever she wanted to make salad. I don't see little heads out there, so maybe we have the other kind. Not sure... will wait a bit.
a clump of onions (from Arlene that Bob got a while back) I'm not sure how the onions are doing. I thought we saw a new clump started from the main plant, but I'll have to go take another look. They don't look real green.
and last, but not least 4 (or 5) pumpkin seeds, of which I hope to grow at least 1 400lb pumpkin! [img src="http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/weloveourchickens/i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/weloveourchickens/lol.gif"].gif[/IMG] I'm sad to say that I don't think any of the pumpkins sprouted. I kept looking and hoping, but nothing came up. Bummer. No 400 pounder this year, I'm afraid. I never did get around to ordering more watermelon, so unfortunately, we won't have that this year, either. 'Nother bummer. (sigh) I had a problem with the website where I ordered seeds, and it took a while for them to get back to me (my order was not going thru for some reason), and by the time I got a reply, it seemed kind of late to be starting seeds in the ground. It might have worked, but we'll just wait until next year. All in all, I'm happy with the garden so far. Still psyched about it... although weeding it isn't really that much fun. [/font]
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Post by silkifyre on May 30, 2006 7:30:35 GMT -5
Guess what we did for Memorial Day?
Nope, didn't go to a parade.
Nope, didn't go to a picnic. (Well, I did go visit my mom late in the day, and had supper with her, and she did have some boneless chicken done on the grill, and we did eat outside in her backyard, so that MIGHT count.)
Nope, didn't set off any firecrackers or other explosive devices.
(Yeah, yeah, I hear y'all... BOY, What a BORING Memorial Day!!!)
Well, it wasn't boring for ME! So there! tttthhhhhhbbbbbbbbttttt!
Bob and I finished planting our garden!!! AND... we have BABY CORN!!! I'm soooo psyched! I didn't think I could get all that excited about a garden, but this is cool! A bit of work, yeah, but watching your own garden grow is something else. The corn was up about an inch yesterday morning when Bob left for work, and I wasn't quite sure if it was corn I saw, or weeds. I had watered it all good the night before when we transplanted the maters. I got the binocs out and it sure looked like corn! Later in the afternoon, I actually went outside and took a personal close-up view, and sho'nuff... it was real, live, baby corn! I was just too happy. I don't know what it is about baby corn... it's almost like having your own baby chicks hatch. I'm just weird I guess.
Anyway, after Bob got home yesterday, we finished planting everything else. There was a slight change - we couldn't plant the peas cuz it's too warm. Apparently peas like pretty cool weather for planting. Maybe we should've started them and then transplanted. I don't know. But now we have...
5 rows of sweet yellow corn 3 rows of maters (Early Success, Siberian, and White) 1 row of cukes (half Early Bird, and half Sweet Success) a trellis of pole beans 1 row of appaloosa beans 1 row of bush beans 2 rows of beets (bull's blood and chioggia) 1.5 rows of carrots (yellow, red, and purple) 1.5 rows of radishes (the half rows are actually 1 row - half of purple carrots and half of radishes) 1 row of head lettuce a clump of onions (from Arlene that Bob got a while back) and last, but not least 4 (or 5) pumpkin seeds, of which I hope to grow at least 1 400lb pumpkin!
Sadly, the watermelons that we had started indoors this spring didn't make it to transplanting. They kept getting dried out and it took so long to get things into the ground. But I'm hoping I can order another package of those seeds and hopefully we'll still get some watermelon in the ground.
I was outside this morning watering the whole thing. It was neat being out there a half hr after sunrise. The rays hadn't hit our yard yet, so it wasn't too unbearable out there, even though the temp was like 70 even then. It's gonna be another scorcher today. I sure hope that "cold" front they're calling for today actually gets here this afternoon. It should bring the temps back to a more normal level. We also need rain badly. We're like 3 or 4" below normal. Plus I won't have to stand out there with the hose... my hands were starting to get cramped after a while!
Anyway, I'll keep ya posted on how the garden grows.
P.S. Like my new look for summer? ;D
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