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There's no baking with those eggs unless you share nicely, Ralphie!

That would be great!

Thank you, Bob! How are things in your part of the world, anyway? Is optimism returning, or is Covid still holding things back? How are your poultry?

Hi Everyone, It's getting cold outside, so I am back after much gardening and solar cooking in previous months. I have only had three ducklings survive this year. The ducks seem to have lost some of their parenting instincts when they were attacked by dogs almost a year ago. One white spring...

I am so glad you have these four still alive! And yes, they are full of cuteness! Thanks for sharing!

Good eve-morning to all! @YodaBat, look into spiral mating / clan mating as discussed at https://abundantpermaculture.com/the-5-stages-to-the-100-self-sustaining-flock/ I am finding duck eggs at last, and I think some have been hidden for a while, so the baking equivalent of Russian roulette...

Maybe we can give Russell Crowe and Lorde to the US to thanks them for the pavs? I think I have eaten lolly cake once. Not really a fan: https://www.griffinsbiscuits.com/en_NZ/get-baking/lolly-cake/

It's nearly midnight here, so good morning to those in the US, and good evening to @Muscovy Wunda. Just keeping afloat is sometimes enough, @Miss Lydia, but it's nice to know that you're thinking of us, and we're certainly thinking of you! So many ducks, @YodaBat! It is amazing to watch them...

I have not made kiwifruit icecream. Apart from eating them peeled and sliced, we tend to eat them in raw fruit salads or on pavlovas: https://www.taniaskitchen.co.nz/classic-newzealand-kiwi-pavlova-recipe/ Note that this is a "Kiwi pav". Those Aussies say they invented the pavlova. The...

Good evening everybody, and especially Bob, greeter extraordinaire on the thread. I am trying to stay awake to see who won the Nobel Peace Prize. Just a few minutes to go. Our lovely Prime Minister has been nominated, but I would be equally excited if some other nominees succeed. Ducks appear...

Oh my goodness! I'm sorry he was hurt and glad it wasn't worse! Were you able to get the window fixed today?

Evening all! Life is busy, spring has sprung, the left side of the road is absolutely the best side to drive on, and @Muscovy Wunda is quite correct in connecting American toilets with not actually leading the world. As you consider anything or everything that ails the US today, I think it would...

Yes, they are often described as a "keystone species". I think this is the doco I have used with students:

They are reintroducing beavers in the UK to reduce flooding, after successful net reductions of flooding in Europe following increases to the beaver population. I guess you have to understand them well to predict where they will build and therefore where flooding will increase and decrease.

Evening All, or before-dawn-greetings if you're still awake and processing the news of the day! I've had a good gardening day here. Warm sun and soil dry enough to shake off the weeds. The ducks were very excited about all the weeds and snails I tossed their way. They are still freeloading. I...

Greetings Everybody, It was very close to a frost again this morning, but it's a brilliant, sunny day. The ducks are happy and I won't say the garden looks great, but I can see where I weeded yesterday. The ducks live in their run since the dog attack. I carry them fresh weeds most days so...

Good night Everyone! I think if I greet you at about this time, it's actually night time for all of us. The ducks were slightly spoiled today, with many buckets of weeds to pick through. They are excited to have the weeds, and the blackbirds are excited to have the disturbed soil where the weeds...

When I hear about temperatures like this, it seems crazy enough that people survive them now, but then I think about the people who survived them centuries ago. They must have been incredibly tough!

This may mean no drought for me this summer! I'm so excited!

Good evening @Muscovy Wunda, and a rather nocturnal greeting to everyone else. Some kids from next door came to see the ducks today. They are boys, and quite concerned about the gender ratio of drakes to hens. They are sure one drake is not enough! They like to bring me snails for my ducks to...