BYC Café

[lularat]

Hi MissWiggles! Nice to meet you. Your family, as well as your furkids sounds nice. I'm not really good with flowers, but I do pretty well with vegetables.

Gardening, I need to go do that! I have seeds to plant, It will be too hot in Florida to grow anything soon. I needed to have things germinated and transplanted by now.
The vegetables are in, but the flowers aren't. I have bees to feed.

We just bought another hive set yesterday because out hive looks like it is getting ready to swarm, and I want them to move into the lovely new super right next door. I need to put a sign out, 'for rent'
But they will probably move into the bar-n or the oak tree- or the chicken coop- or the neighbor's car port.
I can only try to make it simple for them. Bee minds are difficult to read.

I love bees...my friend at work has recently started beekeeping and loving it. I've also been thinking about it. There are a few areas around that offer beginning beekeeping and thinking about taking a class.

Hi there MissWiggles, I used to live in the center of the UP, a small place called Rock, a flashing yellow and 1 bar! Several years in the late 70's and early 80's. Got a good job offer and had to leave, real nice place to raise kids but, not much money around.
Hope you have a nice little visit, stay awhile, I'll be good.
Scott

Scott, I see you're from NC as well. Do you mind me asking what area?

 

[scottcaddy]

North of Fayetteville, south of Raleigh, so far out in the woods that we can not get cable and the DSL is iffy at best.
Scott

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

to MsWiggles! >>>goes back to bed

 

[MissWiggles]

Hi there MissWiggles, I used to live in the center of the UP, a small place called Rock, a flashing yellow and 1 bar! Several years in the late 70's and early 80's. Got a good job offer and had to leave, real nice place to raise kids but, not much money around. 
Hope you have a nice little visit, stay awhile, I'll be good.
Scott

I know where Rock is. I think it is still a flashing light and a bar. But hey, where I am we just have the bar! Still not much money around...I know lots of guys who are loggers that make a living, but it's a hard one. I am grateful that DH has a good job and we can choose to move 25 miles north of town, the commute won't break the bank.

But my children will never be able to live here. Although my daughter and future son-in-law will come back often. His family's camp is only a few miles away from our home!

Off to take one of the dogs to get the mail.

 

[3goodeggs]

We have calm girls. That is why I would like to keep the queen when she splits the hive.
I think she has nice genes ( high cheek bones

).

But it might also be because I am in her garden a lot and she (The hive) is used to me pulling weeds and planting things.

They will buzz me when they think I am too close and will hit into me if they get too nervous. Then I leave. I suit up to weed right around the hive and to mulch.

My husband had a class in apiculture in college, so he knows what he is doing...and gets stung a lot. I do not know what I am doing and have never been stung.
I tell him they just do not like the smell of arrogance.

 

[krista74]

Hi everyone and a huge welcome to MissWiggles.

It's 6.19am here in Australia and I am up early for my next clinic appointment, which is nearly 2 hour's drive away. It will, no doubt, be a tiring and emotional day. Yesterday I had to start increased medications and I vomited all day long. I also had a terrible migraine, but luckily have woken feeling a little better today. Not normal. But then I never have been

Speaking of the bees, hubby and I are rural (aka The Middle of Freaking No-Where!) and the bloke across the paddock has just installed 20 bee hives at the back of his property, Conveniently, the back of his property is right across from our front driveway! Anyway, the bees swarm out in the morning, and go from tree to tree along the creek our property abuts, and then in the afternoon they pass back through on their way home to the hive. They are not too much trouble which is good.

Back to hot again here, and it was 95F+ yesterday. Poor chooks didn't know what had hit them as the previous day had been quite cool. When they went up to roost no-one wanted to sit next to anybody, lol. Too hot, too hot!

- Krista

 

[MissWiggles]

We have calm girls. That is why I would like to keep the queen when she splits the hive.
I think she has nice genes ( high cheek bones ).

But it might also be because I am in her garden a lot and she (The hive) is used to me pulling weeds and planting things.

They will buzz me when they think I am too close and will hit into me if they get too nervous. Then I leave. I suit up to weed right around the hive and to mulch.

My husband had a class in apiculture in college, so he knows what he is doing...and gets stung a lot. I do not know what I am doing and have never been stung.
I tell him they just do not like the smell of arrogance.

Oh my gosh! I laughed out loud when I read that! Bees are wonderful, but I don't think I'll be keeping any! I do need them to visit my apple trees though.

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Hi everyone and a huge welcome to MissWiggles. 

It's 6.19am here in Australia and I am up early for my next clinic appointment, which is nearly 2 hour's drive away.  It will, no doubt, be a tiring and emotional day.  Yesterday I had to start increased medications and I vomited all day long.  I also had a terrible migraine, but luckily have woken feeling a little better today. Not normal.  But then I never have been

Speaking of the bees, hubby and I are rural (aka The Middle of Freaking No-Where!) and the bloke across the paddock has just installed 20 bee hives at the back of his property,  Conveniently, the back of his property is right across from our front driveway!  Anyway, the bees swarm out in the morning, and go from tree to tree along the creek our property abuts, and then in the afternoon they pass back through on their way home to the hive.  They are not too much trouble which is good.

Back to hot again here, and it was 95F+ yesterday.  Poor chooks didn't know what had hit them as the previous day had been quite cool.  When they went up to roost no-one wanted to sit next to anybody, lol.  Too hot, too hot!

- Krista

I am thinking happy, positive thoughts for you. Children are a blessing and being a parent is the best job in the world.

Julie

 

[starbuck123]

Lol the smell of arrogance.

Feel better krista. Feeling ill+ the heat is no fun.

 

[Chickenchick11]

Hi all 

Important things first -  Tim Tams.  My word, YES they are good!  They are my favourite biscuit and I actually just bought two family sized packets of them myself!  Considering (1) I don't yet have a family and (2) Hubby has no idea where I hid them, this purchase does not bode well for my waist line 

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and wishes today.  The Doctors visit was interesting.   I did respond to the treatment and made/grew three follicles, but they are smaller than expected, probably because I am kind of old for this kind of stuff at 40.   A younger woman could make up to follicles - but hey, three is better than none, right? 

All that being said, they are giving me a couple more days of drugs (injections) to encourange them to grow bigger, and a repeat ultrasound in 2 days time.  All being well, we will be able to harvest at least two of them for fertilisation and implantation.

I am holding onto the fact that it only takes ONE to create a baby!

So all up - a reasonable response so far.  And as hubby pointed out, we have just enough money left in what would have been our home deposit for another go if it doesn't work.  Yes, Sourland - I am VERY lucky to have him.  Maybe I will share a Tim Tam or two with him.....

- Krista 

Good luck Krista! Sending hugs your way!

 

[Chickenchick11]

Hello good peoples! Just wondering if there are any night owls here? Although I only drink coffee in the morning...

Anyways, a little bit about myself...I currently do not have any chickens, but I will sometime this year. My wonderful DH and I are building a new home (finally!), after waiting almost three years to sell our house in town. 40 beautiful acres, with a small stream. My furry children can't wait.

Yes, I have dogs...and all the surprises that come with six months of melting snow! A 12 year old Golden Retriever named Sammy (AKA Miss Wiggles) she rules the roost here. Then there is our Chocolate lab Max, who can't swim and is afraid of ducks! And finally our Plott Hound mix, Tonka who is on Prozac. He has issues, but he thinks he is a person...

We have two children; a daughter, 24, who is in grad school. And a son, 22, who graduated in two more months. They both live in Milwaukee, which is nice, because it is a great place to visit if you like to shop. I like to shop! But I don't like the traffic, so I am much happier living in the middle of nowhere.

This looked like a darn fine thread...ahem...place to have some interesting conversation, so I thought I'd pull up a chair....

Julie

Welcome MissWiggles! Pull up and chair and have a cup.

I had a Black Lab named Milo, sadly we had to put him to sleep in 2012 because he had cancer. He loved to swim and was a bird dog, he loved his once a year trips to Canada to goose hunt with my dad.

I have a spoiled four year old Mini Dachshund named Henry. There I go again rambling on about my pets. LOL