Coffee Club

[pennyJo1960]

@aart I do not go out without my walking stick if it is really bad day take 2 that have a walker and a pair of 4 pronged canes

 

[CapricornFarm]

Morning Club folks we run later than all you but great to have coffee waiting thanks ..
Try to answer a few questions.. I have 4 large hankies 1 small and 1 smaller Mickie...
I am not using the Mickie one... I took photos including my green machine that I will sew it on..
what I have not decided is how to place the hankies I have new decided to only use the 4 large ones. possibly as a centerpiece on it

Make a diamond out of the 4 hankies in the center.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ohhh great idea Cap like that allot they are all the same size that will work well......
Thank you very much needed the boost

 

[aart]

We have autumn olive here also and that stuff grows like wild fire.

.....and it's a bear to cut and stack, branches going off at weird angles, and the damn thorns....it's only 'pros' are it's easily broken by hand as you ski by in the winter....and the flowers smell really good in spring.

I've been wanting to get one started in my chicken run, wanting to see if it would grow faster than they could eat it!

No, no, no..... don't do it girl!!
Even the new shoots are pretty woody, I seriously doubt chickens could keep it under control.

I do not go out without my walking stick

Use a stick in the woods sometimes, old ski pole when it's icy out around the house to get up driveway for mail.
Only use crutches inside to keep weight off during flareups to speed healing.
My hands are pretty bad too so canes, crutches, sticks, and poles can be tricky.

 

[sourland]

...and the flowers smell really good in spring.

No, no, no..... don't do it girl!!

No, no, no - man am I ever allergic to that crap when it blossoms. 50 years ago in their infinite wisdom the state Fish and Wildlife people recommended it as a good wildlife feed/cover. They provided plants along with multiflora rose. The beagle club and entire state is filled with both. Some form of virus is killing the multiflora rose, but the Autumn Olive runs wild. The berries are a great source of autumn/early winter feed for the wild birds, and rabbits will feed on the bark of the branches. Overall it is just another invasive mess.

 

[aart]

Overall it is just another invasive mess.

For sure!

The berries are a great source of autumn/early winter feed for the wild birds

'Great' my butt, that's how it gets spread all over!!

and rabbits will feed on the bark of the branches.

Too bad they don't girdle the 'trunks' and kill them.

 

[sourland]

Too bad they don't girdle the 'trunks' and kill them.

Actually they and the meadow voles do, but they just regenerate from the roots. We conduct a constant battle against it down at the beagle club.

 

[aart]

Actually they and the meadow voles do, but they just regenerate from the roots. We conduct a constant battle against it down at the beagle club.

Not sure I've ever seen a main trunk dead from girdling.
Pruning off on branch definitely send out 2-3 new ones.

 

[microchick]

That is just plain scary and I say that because DH ran the tractor into one last spring because it was overgrowing our main trail...so you're saying it'll come back bigger and better than ever...no wonder Missouri considers it a big invasive species.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I am familiar with the multiflora rose, but what is this nasty tree y'all are talking about? Can somebody post a picture of it sometime? Or tell me the name agsin and I will Google it. I will definitely watch out for it!

My chicks are in transit and I hope to have them tomorrow afternoon. They left the hatchery early Monday morning. I will probably have to drive through a blinding raisn storm to get them, but we are not expecting below-zero temps until Friday morning, I believe. Hoping for good results.