grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

I bet you miss them.

 

[enola]

I do, so much. Megan my middle daughter will be here in 4 days to help me finish going through all my junk. I am finding out that I may have a bigger load than I thought to take to ND with me. By the way, I will not be taking my chickens, so if any of you are near me, I will be looking for homes for them.......

 

[Granny Hatchet]

That means you wont have chickens ? wish i was closer you have some nice ones.

 

[rancher hicks]

that gives me an idea, If that hard nasty clay can build missions then it can build chicken coops. hmmm... Could get a pond at the same time. I so want a pond.

I've been reading the "Homestead" book again it's talked of buying homestead land. It did make one very big mistake though. It said to buy land at least 50 miles form a Walmart. Well that is just (insert any word you want). The farther away from a Walmart the better.

Darned if the farther people move from the city the closer Walmart gets. People move away and the retails stores just keep following. People move away and the retails stores keep following. Don't retail stores and politicians get that people moved to where they are to get AWAY from the stores?

I can be perfectly happy to make a monthly trip into the city. Not to mention order online. Heck I even ordered a 50# of DE on line and the driver put it right in my garage. I can't lift those bags.

I don't shop at Walmart much anyhow. Only if I'm desperate.

 

[rancher hicks]

Nearby town of Petaluma was once the egg capital of the world, starting after the gold rush. Chicken farms all over, some with thousands and thousands of laying hens. Hatcheries and breeders and eggs shipped by rail and down the river to the big city (San Francisco). At least until they built the Golden Gate bridge. All chicken coops were made of redwood. Beautiful straight grained old growth redwood, that you can't find any more, used for coops that are mostly falling down now, the few that haven't already been torn down. In earthquake country, I'm afraid an adobe coop would be a hazard. That's also why you'd never catch me living in one of those multi-story mini-mansions.


Here's the barn where I grew up (well, I didn't grow up in the barn, although spent a lot of time there). It's over 100 yrs old now. The redwood boards and timbers are worth more than the barn itself. Dad still uses it for his workshop and to store all the extra furniture and stuff that we can't seem to part with.

I'm up for adoption.

 

[enola]

At this time, the way things are looking, it will just be too much trouble....... I only really have 2 or 3 chickens that is really going to hurt to part with....... Someone out there has already offered to set me up with hatching eggs for Cream Legbars. There a very well known Araucana breeder that I have already been in contact with. Someone on here has Swedish Flowers only a couple of counties over. And my son drives all over the USA, so it will not be hard for me to start back up. I should not have to eat store bought eggs very long....... Oh, and by the way, I have 3 incubators.......... And he has 2 of them....... I will be up to my neck in chickens in no time. Yesssssss!

 

[rancher hicks]

My father had some type of adrenal condition. The endocrinologist found it because he had just about 0 male hormones and his female hormone level were off the charts. The doctor was very surprised that he fathered 5 children. It turned out the he had a tumor the completely encompassed his purturitory gland or adrenal gland (not certain which gland) that was in-operable. He was put on medication that was supposed to help shrink the tumor. I have a surpressed autoimmune system as well, not caused by AIDS like so many people jump to that conclusion when they hear that term. We are born with what God gives us and it's up to us to choose how we live our lives. I choose to go out fighting lol.

Well now this reminds me of a funny story. (sick I know) I had a friend who was sick for years. A very long time. Doctors had a hard time figuring things out. Anyhow we belong to a large church and folks will ask questions you know. Well there is Fred and Fred is a nice enough guy but he had asked Al one to many times what was wrong and Al was tired of telling him, so Al leans over the and whispers to Fred, "its aids".

(not that aids is funny) But it was the last time Fred asked Al what was wrong with him. Al didn't have aids, but we laughed over that . I miss Al. He passed a few years ago.

I am sorry for your lot in life and you are right we don't get to choose.

 

[enola]

My grandson in PA

. He is coming to visit...... So there will be more pictures

 

[Suzierd]

Enola, so you just decide to learn how to take pictures and do it. must be nice !!   I gave up.   Suzierd, isnt your ground frozen? you can also try to move it just before spring growth starts.  I move mine all yr. even in hot summer but i use gallon milk jugs poke a hole , fill with cool water and set them around the tree . would also consider root stimulater. do you have any willow trees close by that you could snip some branches from?

No frozen ground here, it was almost 70 yesterday some of the Daffodils are blooming. Weird winter. Makes me feel better that you have moved some with good results. I will try to get as mush of the roots as I can. I have a little willow I just stuck in the ground last spring I don't know if it made it through the dry summer, I did water it off and on. Why would I need willow branches?

 

[Suzierd]

How do I talk to the Mods, I'm not getting my email notifications from BYC I accidently clicked on no more emails and I went in and changed it back in preference but still not getting them.