That green grass is marvelous. And your girls look so happy out and about.
Thank you.
He’s so beautiful! And looks pretty agreeable to being handled.Warning! Savage rooster picture!
You may want to look away and spread the hysteria.
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I’d be careful with that one Shad. He looks vicious, you could lose a finger!Warning! Savage rooster picture!
You may want to look away and spread the hysteria.
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Lovely choice. Hmmm... keep them covered a little longer and then put a little rock circle (or something) Round them?Maleficent's Flowers
I chose Blue Moon Phlox for Maleficent's grave. I wanted something that would grow back every year that I thought she would like. I am certain now that she would love them.
Here they are planted.
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Some of you already may know what the video I'm going to post now will show. I started the camera as everyone came to see what I had done and in my own weird way I thought let's gather to celebrate Mal one last time.
Here is what happened.
That's right, apparently they are delicious.
I'm sure Maleficent would love them too.
So I put the old run extension over the flowers for now. I don't know what to do now.
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Your lessons are interesting, informative and easy to understand. I’ll listen to as many as you are willing to give!Welcome to BY Bob's wheelhouse. Todays microbiology lesson is Botulism.
Clostridium botulinum is an anaerobic bacteria. That means oxygen is poisonous to it. It excretes a toxin that kills the tissue around where it is growing in order to stop oxygen from being present there. It is this toxin that causes "botulism" in animals.
The bacteria only grows in a nutrient-rich substrate, such as areas with large amounts of decaying plant growth, which are free of oxygen. Fish that die for any reason and that contain the bacterial spores in their tissues are also suitable substrates for growth and toxin production by the bacteria.
There were some reports of birds in Lake Michigan dying of it a while back but it is extremely unlikely this would occur in your backyard. I believe they got it from eating dead fish, not drinking the water. Almost all water contains oxygen. The nastiest water I can think of would be swamp water and it is full of oxygen based life. For the record, I do NOT reccomend drinking swamp water.
Botulism is primarily caused by eating tainted food. It is possible for chickens to get botulism in this manner just as we would. That is one of the reasons why you should not give spoilt leftovers to chickens.
The same toxin is the Botox that people inject their faces with. It is a neurotoxin that attacks the nerves. In your face that stops messages from reaching the small muscles which causes them to relax and the wrinkles to go away. Side effects from improper injection can be quite severe especially if they inject into a blood vessel.
Forget makeup folks, this is the one beauty treatment I do not understand at all. Please inject me with a deadly toxin so my face cannot move. It seems insane to me.
Now that's funny! I love that line.You missed your opportunity to say “Here endeth the lesson” though....
