"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[forgetful]

Would you like some weeds?

I'd hate for you not to have any. Sharing is only the kind thing to do.

The poor garden! We would have done something, anything really, to it, but we didn't want to slop around in it and destroy anything still hanging on by a thread. Now that we are having some dry weeks, though, it is getting a full weeding, the bean and tomato plants are getting staked, and everything is getting mulched and watered. We (hope) there is squash, tomatoes, green beans, watermelon, regular beans, corn, radish, peppers, and turnips growing, though in the multitude of weeds we still haven't found the turnips and radish. The rain may have washed them away.

 

[KimmyIsRad]

I had a super busy day too. I cleared out a lot of the garden and worked on expanding it. I took down the fence, moved rocks, and added cinder blocks for more space. We use them as the walls in our raised bed. Tomorrow I'm getting more soil and seeds, then adding more fence. I feel like superwoman for doing everything with both daughters needing me every four seconds. Lol

Today we also set up Dottie with a little "physical therapy" and she is already standing like the other chickens. I hope the tape works well for her!

 

[KimmyIsRad]

Would you like some weeds?   I'd hate for you not to have any. Sharing is only the kind thing to do.

The poor garden! We would have done something, anything really, to it, but we didn't want to slop around in it and destroy anything still hanging on by a thread. Now that we are having some dry weeks, though, it is getting a full weeding, the bean and tomato plants are getting staked, and everything is getting mulched and watered. We (hope) there is squash, tomatoes, green beans, watermelon, regular beans, corn, radish, peppers, and turnips growing, though in the multitude of weeds we still haven't found the turnips and radish. The rain may have washed them away. 

We had a lot of weeds around the edges of ours. It was a big mess!

 

[Angelicisi]

Good job! Go Dottie! Sooo cute

I had a super busy day too. I cleared out a lot of the garden and worked on expanding it. I took down the fence, moved rocks, and added cinder blocks for more space. We use them as the walls in our raised bed. Tomorrow I'm getting more soil and seeds, then adding more fence. I feel like superwoman for doing everything with both daughters needing me every four seconds. Lol

Today we also set up Dottie with a little "physical therapy" and she is already standing like the other chickens. I hope the tape works well for her!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Hi Angelicisi, I am anxious to get started. Of course much work lies ahead but I am picking up a tremendous number of tips from the folks here who have already experienced some of the pitfalls that I have yet to face.

I will stay close as I jump in to a new endeavor.

Thanks for your response.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Morning La-yers! gee ya'll have all been so busy -- me, too! thanks for posting all the pretty pics!

We are pretty sure it was a fox that got my 2 guineas. Two of my cousins have seen a big fox running through the field next to our house. I bet he knows exactly where the henhouse is!

I had a wonderful 3 day weekend! - I made a 4th of July cake that looked (sort of) like the American flag when you sliced into it - red, white & blue! it was a cool project. I'll post a pic of it later. I also made a brisket - marinated 24 hours then cooked 6 1/2 hours at a very low temp - it was delicious! We got our first ripe tomatoes so had cucumber & tomato salad to go with everything.

Cleaned up the garden, trimmed & tied up the tomatoes, took out the beans which weren't doing all that great & putting too much shade on the tomatoes. Still getting tons of cukes but I'm done w/pickles for the year. I don't even want to see a pickle jar right now! Scrubbed all the waterers & did some general clean-up around the pen. And spent some time just relaxing and reading! It was hard to come back to work today...

 

[Angelicisi]

1st TWO eggs of the day! Both white....hehehehe so excited. They must have been pullets someone thought were roos? Eggs are small but hard shelled! So excited they're laying and in this heat even!

I'm gonna love this! Lol! I told you so!!!Lol!

 

[PrimroseMom1]

1st TWO eggs of the day! Both white....hehehehe so excited. They must have been pullets someone thought were roos? Eggs are small but hard shelled! So excited they're laying and in this heat even!

Yea! They must have heard your comments about chickens that aren't productive at your place. Lol
I write it both ways: crayfish or crawfish, but I only pronounce it "craw-fish". Have never said it the other way.
Pam, tell Ron thank you. I leveled it by eye-balling it. How could he tell in the foto that it wasn't level? Lol.

 

[Ron Skekel]

1st TWO eggs of the day! Both white....hehehehe so excited. They must have been pullets someone thought were roos? Eggs are small but hard shelled! So excited they're laying and in this heat even!

Someone? Lol!

 

[Ron Skekel]

Yea! They must have heard your comments about chickens that aren't productive at your place. Lol
I write it both ways: crayfish or crawfish, but I only pronounce it "craw-fish". Have never said it the other way.
Pam, tell Ron thank you. I leveled it by eye-balling it. How could he tell in the foto that it wasn't level? Lol.

Because he's been doing it for 35 years. Lol!