French frogs

[WVduckchick]

My chicks use the the red vertical nipple just fine.

Mine seem to do fine with the verticals too. But I haven't heated those yet, so they are all using regular waterers now.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I'm also looking forward to next week:

Show off...

off to a midtown Detroit dive bar to watch my son in his first heavy metal concert.  Subfreezing temps, Detroit after dark (Cass Corridor for those who know the town), and ear bleed loud heavy metal with a girl singer who can't even scream in tune.

What parents will do for their kids...

I used to work near there...corner of Shayne and East Warren st.

 

[Miss Ameraucana]

Thanks for the company everyone & for the nice welcome! My son has to be at school by 530AM he's going on an FFA/AG trip tomorrow to judge beef with his class.
Talk to you all soon.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Cass Corridor used to be ground zero when Detroit was the murder capital.
That was 35 years ago

 

[FridayYet]

Too bad it might turn, it was looking like you might get a good early start to fruits and veggies.

We haven't lived here very long, but lots of people use row covers since we get late frosts. Plants think it's spring, and all the trees flower, then they are killed back with the frosts. Often a 30 degree swing from day to night due to our altitude, too.

I have a lot to learn about gardening here.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

We haven't lived here very long, but lots of people use row covers since we get late frosts.  Plants think it's spring, and all the trees flower, then they are killed back with the frosts.  Often a 30 degree swing from day to night due to our altitude, too.

I have a lot to learn about gardening here.

Yeah, we have things popping out, the willows and some bulbs, but we'll probably get another good freeze and snow by mid march. Great for snow peas!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Friday places with weather extremes tend to be beautiful places...gardening just takes patience and learning the tricks.

 

[FridayYet]

Friday places with weather extremes tend to be beautiful places...gardening just takes patience and learning the tricks.

Thankfully I garden for fun, not for subsistence and I'm glad I can "play" with it. If I fail, I learn something.

Best thing here is to go back to what the ancestors here planted: Corn, beans, squash. Grapevines do well here, and the Spanish had vineyards here along the river. Salsa gardening: All kinds of chilies tomatoes, onions. My carrots did surprisingly well but I learned there's enough clay in the soil to lock them in so they are really hard to pick! (LOL) Landed on my butt more than once trying to get them out.

Still trying to decide what I'm going to plant where this year.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

We'll be thankful you don't live somewhere that it can snow in July....do you?

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Thankfully I garden for fun, not for subsistence and I'm glad I can "play" with it.   If I fail, I learn something.

Best thing here is to go back to what the ancestors here planted: Corn, beans, squash.  Grapevines do well here, and the Spanish had vineyards here along the river. Salsa gardening: All kinds of chilies tomatoes, onions.  My carrots did surprisingly well but I learned there's enough clay in the soil to lock them in so they are really hard to pick!  (LOL)  Landed on my butt more than once trying to get them out.

Still trying to decide what I'm going to plant where this year.

We've got soggy humus on top of clay. To really do carrots here, I have to add alot of sand... however being as I haven't gotten the mix right, putting my pitch fork along side the row and lifting is how I get em out, otherwise they'll break off in the soil.