Fugly Farm

[igorsMistress]

I took guitar lessons for 2 years when I was a young teen around 13-14. Still can't play it, but my instructor was a cute high school kid named Chuck and we had a crush on each other. Now that I'm older, I feel a tiny bit guilty for dad paying for lessons all that time (which consisted of Chuck playing songs for me). View attachment 2656694

Awe, that’s sweet though! Did you and Chuck ever date?

 

[N F C]

Awe, that’s sweet though! Did you and Chuck ever date?

Nope, I was too young and he was an 'older' man.

 

[igorsMistress]

Nope, I was too young and he was an 'older' man.

I get that. Although I always dated older boys when I was in school. Shoot, Igor is 11 years older than me. I tell him I picked him so when he dies I can spend all his money before I do

 

[drstratton]

This is the purple lantana. I need to put the little fence around this bed and add some straw for mulch. I don’t want the ducks in here for a while. In the second pic the flowers ahrub on the left of the lantana blooms yellow and the one on the right blooms orangish red. The walkway around the shade garden gets shade in the late afternoon so I put a pool there. We’ll see if they use it. I’m betting they will.
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I love Lantana and I love where you placed it!

Veggies. Squash and luffa, jalapeño, tomatoes, cukes and melons, carrots, garlic in that orderView attachment 2645873View attachment 2645874View attachment 2645875View attachment 2645876View attachment 2645877View attachment 2645878

Your garden is so different than ours, I'm amazed that you can grow veggies with the heat you guys get! I hope your garlic improves!

Side yard
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Your ducks are so cute! The flowers are beautiful. I need to buy some, but I just don't have time to plant them...well, if I had some right now I could get it done, but I don't, so that means I just get to hang out with my friends here on BYC!

 

[drstratton]

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WooHoo...congrats on your first egg! Any idea who laid it?

 

[igorsMistress]

I love Lantana and I love where you placed it!

Your garden is so different than ours, I'm amazed that you can grow veggies with the heat you guys get! I hope your garlic improves!

Your ducks are so cute! The flowers are beautiful. I need to buy some, but I just don't have time to plant them...well, if I had some right now I could get it done, but I don't, so that means I just get to hang out with my friends here on BYC!

Thank you Rene. Those were put in just before dark when I remembered them after I put the ducks to bed one night. In a hurry!
Veggies can grow here, just not in summer and it’s not summer yet It’s only reached 100 on a day or two so far!

 

[igorsMistress]

WooHoo...congrats on your first egg! Any idea who laid it?

No, one of the Runners but nobody wanted to take credit.

 

[drstratton]

I'm curious what you think of the taste, I've never had a duck egg myself. People always talk about how nice they are for baking. Hope you like them!

The yolks are much thicker than chicken eggs! It's been a long time since I've had any, I'm anxious to hear what IM thinks of them!

 

[igorsMistress]

The yolks are much thicker than chicken eggs! It's been a long time since I've had any, I'm anxious to hear what IM thinks of them!

The yolks are thicker or bigger? I’ve heard they can seem richer than chicken eggs

 

[drstratton]

Garden snaps from this morning. Xeriscape area:
TX sage has recovered from transplant and duck munchies
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Rosemary
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Aloe, they didn’t like duck water much and look better with plain old tap water
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Some day this will be a tree. It turns dark purple in winter and green in warm temps. Can’t remember what it’s called but I think it’s from Australia
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Red Mexican bird of paradise. These are typically bushy but this one grew straight. I didn’t top it at the beginning of Spring and now it’s getting bushy at the bottom. Will top it next Spring
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I think this is a potato bush. The chickens loved it, the ducks don’t so I don’t have to keep it in a cage
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One of the lantana I added last weekend. This is a trailing variety and will spread up to six feet
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These are pretty self explanatory
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Yellow Mexican bird of paradise. The ducks enjoy this quite a bit. Fortunately it is tall enough already that it’ll survive their love
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Great pictures IM! It's interesting about the chickens and ducks liking different plants!