Arizona Chickens

[Tracydr]

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Yeah, I know. I grew up on Long Island & then spent 5 years In Oswego NY. Remember a few years ago there was a little town on lake Ontario that got 10 feet of snow in a 24 hour period? That was Oswego. Lake effect snow was incredible! And lake Ontario is a darn big lake! The city would get 3 or 4 feet of snow overnight, push it off to the side and everything would go on business as usual

Snow was fun, I remember sledding as a kid & that is the only regret I have about bringing my kids up in AZ but we get to go camping & dirtbike riding - stuff that wasn't available to me as a kid in NY.

*** Edited 'cause - well, you know... ***

Ok, Ok, I have to chime in. I LOVE Arizona. The Valley, not so much, I'm from up North. Here's a picture of my parent's place, where I grew up, last January. That's my oldest, then 5, on the right side tramping through the snow.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/98797_img_0042.jpg

Pretty! I just love snow!

 

[Tracydr]

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AMAZINGLY fast. I planted a 4 ft stick and had an 8 foot tree in 5 months. Top at 3 or 4 feet to produce branches.

It's not invasive like the African sumac, is it?

 

[Tracydr]

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pretty blue, too!

 

[Mikey D]

Free Homemade chicken coop!

CL Linkey

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

How bout this "Taj Mahal"???

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/grd/2702392558.html

 

[mclevinson]

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AMAZINGLY fast. I planted a 4 ft stick and had an 8 foot tree in 5 months. Top at 3 or 4 feet to produce branches.

It's not invasive like the African sumac, is it?

Not even a little but. It's well mannered and polite.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

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It's not invasive like the African sumac, is it?

Not even a little but. It's well mannered and polite.

Perhaps you missed the two news feeds I received from the future through a wormhole that opened up on 9/7/11?

Associated Press, By Jesus Hock Seng

Nuevo Phoenix, East Sector 226 (AP), Septiembre 7, 2211

It is central to our culture that the sacred Moringa tree provided sustenance that allowed our people to survive the Great Contraction. While every school child knows the nutritional and material benefits of our great benefactor, the origin of the Moringa tree has been shrouded in mystery and legend. The most popular fable is that of Meg Moringaseed, some say she was a fairy princes with a knapsack full of Moringa seeds, skipping around our region singing songs of joy and depositing seeds in the yards of those who were most deserved. Others suggest she was a guerrilla gardener, dressed in black and planting seeds in the dead of night in her righteous fight against those that would control our food supply. For most, these fables served to explain how we, as a people, were able to feed Moringa to our chickens and survive the great famine that laid waste to most of the former U.S. While we may never know the true origin of Mother Moringa to our region, genetic science tells us that this is the 200th year since the introduction of our Mother tree. Take the time today to reflect on all that she has given us.

City-State Investor's Daily, By Prim Proper

Houston, September 7, 2111

In a stroke of the pen, President Alvarez signed away the ban on Moringa that has held back development in Houston for much of the century following the Great Contraction. Professor Nova Trunion of Rice University, "The licensing agreements we signed with the agricultural corporations following the collapse stifled our development for generations." Indeed, the ban on Moringa has prevented Houston from profiting on the explosion of Moringa-based products. "Just look at Nuevo Phoenix" said Golan Sneed, unemployed Houston citizen, "nearly all of the worlds moringaform solar panels, Meg-drives and M-pads are being produced there. What did we plant? African Sumac, who's flippin' idea was that?" Cheers erupted across Houston as President Alvarez ended nearly a century of despair by ushering in a new era of Moringa-based prosperity. Not all were happy about the news. The anti-moringists watched the signing from vid screens with slack jaws and unbelieving faces. "I can't believe we just let that terrorist win" said John Jett, a reference to the fable of Meg Moringaseed. The yield on Houston treasury bonds is up sharply on the news.​

 

[Mikey D]

Tour de Coop Meet up plans!

(Someone had to do it)

We are going to meet at the Duck & Decanter at 8:30 AM to start out tour.

Me and mine and Meg-Moringaseed (Your chance to meet the legend!) will be in a charcoal Saturn Vue with BYC spray painted on the windows!

(This way I'm not arrested again for strutting up and down the middle of the street with my fingers wiggling above my head)

Come on out & meet up with us you Backyard chicken freaks!

*** Edited 'cause hahahahahahahah! ***

 

[Tracydr]

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It's not invasive like the African sumac, is it?

Not even a little but. It's well mannered and polite.

Ok, I'm sold on it!

 

[Tracydr]

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to have 10,000 baby Moringa trees in my backyard in 6 months.
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Not even a little but. It's well mannered and polite.

Perhaps you missed the two news feeds I received from the future through a wormhole that opened up on 9/7/11?

Associated Press, By Jesus Hock Seng

Nuevo Phoenix, East Sector 226 (AP), Septiembre 7, 2211

It is central to our culture that the sacred Moringa tree provided sustenance that allowed our people to survive the Great Contraction. While every school child knows the nutritional and material benefits of our great benefactor, the origin of the Moringa tree has been shrouded in mystery and legend. The most popular fable is that of Meg Moringaseed, some say she was a fairy princes with a knapsack full of Moringa seeds, skipping around our region singing songs of joy and depositing seeds in the yards of those who were most deserved. Others suggest she was a guerrilla gardener, dressed in black and planting seeds in the dead of night in her righteous fight against those that would control our food supply. For most, these fables served to explain how we, as a people, were able to feed Moringa to our chickens and survive the great famine that laid waste to most of the former U.S. While we may never know the true origin of Mother Moringa to our region, genetic science tells us that this is the 200th year since the introduction of our Mother tree. Take the time today to reflect on all that she has given us.

City-State Investor's Daily, By Prim Proper

Houston, September 7, 2111

In a stroke of the pen, President Alvarez signed away the ban on Moringa that has held back development in Houston for much of the century following the Great Contraction. Professor Nova Trunion of Rice University, "The licensing agreements we signed with the agricultural corporations following the collapse stifled our development for generations." Indeed, the ban on Moringa has prevented Houston from profiting on the explosion of Moringa-based products. "Just look at Nuevo Phoenix" said Golan Sneed, unemployed Houston citizen, "nearly all of the worlds moringaform solar panels, Meg-drives and M-pads are being produced there. What did we plant? African Sumac, who's flippin' idea was that?" Cheers erupted across Houston as President Alvarez ended nearly a century of despair by ushering in a new era of Moringa-based prosperity. Not all were happy about the news. The anti-moringists watched the signing from vid screens with slack jaws and unbelieving faces. "I can't believe we just let that terrorist win" said John Jett, a reference to the fable of Meg Moringaseed. The yield on Houston treasury bonds is up sharply on the news.
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