Supposedly ducks eat ticks too! When it gets drier and hotter, there will be less ticks. The ticks also don't like shorter grass, we keep it very short where we walk....we're mowing all the time it seems.
I have 13 chickens, the oldest are 6, 7, and 8 yrs, and still laying. I do not want more but I have my 4 EE bantams that are just 1 yr old, so I'm in it for a while. And one of those little EE girls was proving to be such a stubborn broody, I have given her 1 egg to hatch (from the...
We had mostly clear skies and were able to see the Northern Lights last night and early this morning. It was something on my bucket list, so I was thrilled, mesmerized. We sat outside at 4 am drinking coffee/tea and just took it all in….vertical curtains of shimmering rainbow hues…more red last...
YAY! So glad to see! My daughter was thrilled too—-she was the one who rooted and cared for it/them. Ours looks very good too. We’ve got a tomato cage around it for support.
Line of storms went thru here last night, we got up at 11 pm watching local weather coverage. There was a tornado in our county, one down by Joplin. Sirens were going and we were prepared to go to basement. But it passed thru quickly and we got the all clear. Everything looks okay here this...