Arizona Chickens

[Fuzzybird]

Quote: My dad left me the money for a new car, I spent a lot of time looking. Finally, I made up my mind, I went into two Honda Delerships, told them I wonted an Accord, white, tan interior, loaded, manual transmission, and I will pay $XX,500.00 (it was less then I could find anyplace on line, and less the sticker). One salesperson found my car. Black they could find, white very few were made. They found one with pinstripe and tinted windows, it had 495 miles. {At 500 it has to be sold as used.} I t old them they replace the windows, they could leave the pinstripe, up grade the rims and tires, and I will take it as used, I told them that was to much for used. They didn't come down..... I want what I want! Not going to settle for less. I can live for a year on that money.
Good for you! Stick to it you will find what you want!

 

[squeakyballs]

in 28 days, YOU CAN!!!!!!! get your squeakyballs up here and get em!

i'll throw in some used ratty silkies too. (yeah, i remember that)

Lol, my husband would murder me! And NO silkies! The only good silkie is a dead silkie (they make great loofahs).

 

[squeakyballs]

Rufus: The cherry trees that I'm looking at planting are a fairly new, low chill variety of sweet cherry. Well, actually two different varieties, the Minnie Royal and the Royal Lee, since you need one to pollinate the other. The estimated chill is 400 hours, which is on the high side for the Valley, but not impossible. Reportedly they don't produce a lot of fruit until the fourth or fifth year, so until then I'll just have to enjoy the pretty pink blossoms

I'm starting to get worried about my orange tree. It was planted 2 years ago, so this year I let it set a few fruit. A windstorm ripped off a branch that had six oranges on it, and even though I covered it, the frost seems to have nipped a lot of the leaves, so we'll have to see how it does. If it dies, we'll have to replace it, but I hate the idea of going back to square one, especially since citrus can take so long to really produce well.

Last year we did the 10-bare-root-trees special from the Dave Wilson Nursery ($199 shipped). Everything did fabulous, except for one of the cherry trees - I can't remember if it was the Minnie or the Royal. It almost made it through the summer and then died. I don't think it cared too much for the heat and sun. Pay close attention to the root stock - there are 3, with one being the most heat-tolerant. I think ours was Colt?. There is one that is more heat tolerant than what we had... even so, I'd try to plant it in a location where the roots and trunk are in the shade.

I should add - I planted ours in huge plastic pots (by the time we got moved in and everything else planted, it was getting too hot) and they were kept on the patio with the pot in the shade and the top in the sun. The surviving tree went to Gallo, who lost the opposite one of what we lost. Maybe being in pots wasn't the best for them..

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/azgard/msg051055363637.html good thread if you haven't seen it yet

 

[rufus]

Actually, the fig is dependent upon a wasp for pollination, so I guess my wife was sort of correct. But she was really concerned about roaches.

At my age, I have to be real selective in the type of tree I plant. We have to be realistic. I need something that produces fast.

My aunt and uncle put in a pecan grove when they were 97. It takes at least seven years for the pecan to become really productive. They had a lot of faith.

Unfortunately, neither saw pecans from their efforts.

 

[brittneyshaleen]

wrong login...

 

[cluckin_crazy]

Howdy all.. it's been a year and a half since I had chickens, and I'm ready to get some again. They will be kept on my parent's 5 acres. Is anyone in AZ selling chicks, or interested in splitting an order? I'm going for production, and plan for Leghorns and sex links.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Actually, the fig is dependent upon a wasp for pollination, so I guess my wife was sort of correct. But she was really concerned about roaches.

At my age, I have to be real selective in the type of tree I plant. We have to be realistic. I need something that produces fast.

My aunt and uncle put in a pecan grove when they were 97. It takes at least seven years for the pecan to become really productive. They had a lot of faith.

Unfortunately, neither saw pecans from their efforts.

Not entirely true about the figs being dependent upon wasp for pollination. As far as I know, nearly all the figs that we can grow here in AZ are self-pollinating. Commercial Calimyrna and Smyrna fig growers in CA imported from Asia two species-specific wasps needed for pollinating their crops.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

For what it's worth, other than ants, I've never seen an insect on my fig trees.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Oh my gosh, welcome back cluckin crazy!

 

[Mahonri]

Britt.... I'll be selling some in March.

Send me a PM.