BYC Café

[N F C]

I've got about an hour in a half before we have to leave. Gonna see if I can work a bit on my eggs for the Hal Décor contest.

Have a great day everybody.

Have a good one Roomy!

 

[room onthebroom]

I hope those chickens know how good they have it. Snacking on walnuts, lounging in the house, wintering in Spain...sheesh, who wouldn't go for that deal?

I KNOW, RIGHT!!!! Never thought I'd be jealous of a chicken.

 

[Shadrach]

That's a whole lot of walnuts Shad! Do you keep them for your own use, or do you have a market for them? (I'd buy some if you were closer.)

I do eat them Debby. I don't eat much meat so they help with the protein.
There are 14 Walnut trees here. A couple of these are dying and four more are virtually inaccessible for gathering fallen nuts.
The lot I've just shelled is from just two trees.
I'll do another tour during the next couple of days along the track where most of the other walnut trees are. Usually the wild boar get there first.
This place used to be a proper farm. They planted so every season produced something.
For example the persimmons provided vitamin C during the winter and nuts and dried beans helped with the protein.
The people who own the land can't be bothered to harvest anything. I've watched them drive over walnuts that have fallen on the track on their way to the supermarket to buy.....walnuts. It's the same with most of the other fruit.
I harvest what I can but to do it properly the fruit trees need netting before things like the plums and cherries ripen or the birds descend and will strip a tree in a couple of days.
This year I got some of the hazelnuts, some of the figs, enough plums to make a chutney and there are a few beans drying on what plants are left.
You cut the plant and leave the beans to dry on it. This year one of the exceptionally stupid occupants of the main house went into the vegetable garden with a brush cutter and destroyed about ten bean plants before I intervened. I got told. 'I thought they were dead'.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Sour, you've got to look on the bright side when it's this early in the season! At least I don't have to go anywhere today... Positive thoughts, positive thoughts... My winter mantra

Pretty nice when you can just look out the window at it, Roomy!

Debby, I'll hang on to it as long as I can! They are claiming 5-10" so hopefully that's not accurate!

Definitely a big jump in temps, Shad. Too bad we don't have yesterday's weather today, could actually get something accomplished!

 

[Shadrach]

I'm pretty sure his spoiled birds eat them while lounging around inside his house.

I love your batty avy btw!

Madam. I will have you know the chickens here are not spoiled. In fact they are the very epitome of health.
It is true I feed them walnuts and most of anything else I eat. Fat Bird is particularly fond of pizza.
I would also point out the chickens do not lounge. I grant you they do enter the house and perch, or stand around. Lounging implies that they are idle. They are not. Quite the opposite in fact. They are at the appropriate time of day quite industrious. It just so happens that it may be, on occasions, more productive industriously begging in my house than digging up bugs. I would be churlish to condemn a species for showing more intelligence than I can produce on demand.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Shad really do need to bow to you your knowledge is amazing being able to see the "tribe" behavior at is truest form... had my got shower ready for the day I guess going to go clean the coops even developed a plan for dinner even arthritis on hold for the minute

 

[007Sean]

Afternoon Cafe

Fresh brewed is on! Hope everyone is doing well this fine Saturday afternoon!

 

[sourland]

@room onthebroom the facility where GS plays is comprised of 6 fields of varying sizes. Teams pay a lot of money to take part in tournaments here. The umpires are in control of the games. Some members of 'visiting' teams are not aware of the rules of proper decorum, but are soon educated. Be obnoxious in any form and after one warning they are ejected from the complex. People behave.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Is this behavior from a age? that would have earned a swat from Ma or Dad or both

 

[N F C]

I do eat them Debby. I don't eat much meat so they help with the protein.
There are 14 Walnut trees here. A couple of these are dying and four more are virtually inaccessible for gathering fallen nuts.
The lot I've just shelled is from just two trees.
I'll do another tour during the next couple of days along the track where most of the other walnut trees are. Usually the wild boar get there first.
This place used to be a proper farm. They planted so every season produced something.
For example the persimmons provided vitamin C during the winter and nuts and dried beans helped with the protein.
The people who own the land can't be bothered to harvest anything. I've watched them drive over walnuts that have fallen on the track on their way to the supermarket to buy.....walnuts. It's the same with most of the other fruit.
I harvest what I can but to do it properly the fruit trees need netting before things like the plums and cherries ripen or the birds descend and will strip a tree in a couple of days.
This year I got some of the hazelnuts, some of the figs, enough plums to make a chutney and there are a few beans drying on what plants are left.
You cut the plant and leave the beans to dry on it. This year one of the exceptionally stupid occupants of the main house went into the vegetable garden with a brush cutter and destroyed about ten bean plants before I intervened. I got told. 'I thought they were dead'.

It's must be very satisfying to be able to gather a lot of what you need. Too bad the people that own that land don't appreciate it.