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  1. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Good luck purging stuff. I'm hoping to send some unwanted stuff home with the guests I'm going to have this week. One has been promising to take Jim's sandblasting cabinet for the past two years. Yesterday, I specifically went to the annual Pumpkins and Ponies festival to see the U.S. Veterans...
  2. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    I hope you get the deck done this weekend. You nailed the joist hangers?! Good for you! Sorry for all the drama with your pets. How are Eva, Con and Brianna doing? BTW, the photo of Annie and Finnegan is great! I am still incredibly sad about losing Goo. This week, one of my hens, Phyllis...
  3. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Congrats on putting your garden to bed, Lisa! Mine still needs a few more buckets of goat manure -- of which I have plenty. Hope your strawberries survive winter, Jim. The short fence my sister and I built around my strawberry bed still needs a cover to keep critters from climbing inside and...
  4. Callender Girl

    Hello!

    This is a great place to learn about all things related to poultry, Tony. Congrats on joining! Wyandottes are lovely birds, both in appearance and temperament. I had a Blue-Laced Red and currently have a Colombian and a Sliver-Laced. Although most of my birds (chickens, ducks and geese) live...
  5. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    In 16 years, I've never figured out what kind of tree it is. I just call it "the big evergreen." What I do know is that it is toweringly tall and incredibly attractive to eagles; the ones that live near by like to perch on its highest branches and cause chaos for my flocks on the ground. Great...
  6. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Okay, my curiosity got the best of me. I have an evergreen of some sort that produces long, skinny cones. I tried out the Nut Wizard on those, with less than perfect results. It picked up about half of the cones, but the little scales often got caught on the wires.
  7. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    I have never tried the Nut Wizard on pine cones, but I suspect it wouldn't work. It's good on intact walnuts, because they are round and slip between the wires. But, it often runs right over and ignores walnuts that have been broken open or crushed by car tires. Sorry about the frost and cold...
  8. Callender Girl

    Beatrix's Journey

    Kudos to you for rescuing Beatrix and giving her such loving care! It sounds like she is flourishing under your kindness. Here's to her complete recovery!!
  9. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    You are clearly a much better pepper gardener than I am! My Anaheim-- which has done a good job this year -- has two little peppers remaining, and the sweet pepper plant is still producing nothing but blossoms. It's getting into the 60s here, too, but I wouldn't mind just a bit more heat. I...
  10. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    I'm sure the station wagon would have qualified. In fact, I was told I could have brought my inherited pick-up, Dad's 1995 Ford F-150. But, along with other reasons I wouldn't take it, it is not clean enough -- not by a long shot -- to sit along side vehicles with raised shiny hoods that...
  11. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    I was right. I am not a car show kind of person. I stayed as long as I could. And, I got home in time to watch Las Vegas win.
  12. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    Sounds like lots of drama in your life! I hope poor Eva is doing better; she seems like a pretty gritty little girl. And, best wishes with the deck build. When the insurance company inspector showed up last week, I escorted him around the property, making sure he didn't walk on the deck...
  13. Callender Girl

    Crazy Chickens Daily (hopefully)

    Catching up on your posts, and in your Sept. 29 post, I spotted one of my favorite nest box options -- the large size Tidy Cats litter container!
  14. Callender Girl

    Hello from a New Backyard Chicken Keeper

    This is a great community of generous and knowledgeable folks who will be happy to guide you on your chicken-keeping journey. Ask anything, any time; with members worldwide, someone out there has probably faced the same challenges and can offer help. Welcome to BYC; we're happy to have you here!
  15. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Jim, it really is sad when no one wants to take over a family business. If the walls in that old dance hall could talk, imagine what they've witnessed. Hope you can find another place you can learn to like as well. I had never heard of "supper clubs" until Jim and I started doing re-enacting...
  16. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    Good news: The power was only off for three hours (so I could have left everything in the fridge and freezer, but better safe than sorry) and it only got up to 84, not 90. All went exceedingly well! I used the time without electricity to read Sy Montgomery's "Of Time and Turtles," which...
  17. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Noooo!! I don't want to think about frost dates or snow or anything else connected with winter. Except that I need to call the furnace company and have someone get my propane fireplace working again before I need it. Quite the lovely radish, Jim, and, it's a bonus that it wasn't woody or hot...
  18. Callender Girl

    Hello from Mi, I have chickens, had ducks, peacocks, and still a goose who needs a bit of help. That’s how I found this site once again! LOVE IT!

    Good-looking rooster! Hope you get the answers you need for your goose. Welcome to BYC!
  19. Callender Girl

    Introduction

    Also can't pull up the attachment. But, it's great to have a someone with skills in veterinary medicine who also is interested in poultry. Thanks for joining BYC, and welcome!
  20. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    A short post is okay. Sometimes, I only write a line or two in my journal. My goal is to write every day -- sometimes, it's a few pages, sometimes, it's a few lines. I just feel it's important to write Something so I stay in the habit. BTW, Barbara is a lovely bird! My "excitement," if you...
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