Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[birdman55]

hope everyones day went well
pics of the chicks

 

[iamfivewire]

cute !

 

[auntie mary]

Hi,
Chicks look like there doing good.Have a good night

 

[1muttsfan]

I think Garden City is pretty much anti-everything already

 

[SillyChicken]

So, who wants to start a pool on how soon Garden City has an anti-sheep ordnance on the books??

Well they have an anti-raz ordinance... so he could bring home an elephant for all they care!

 

[snowflake]

Hi,
Chicks look like there doing good.Have a good night

Hi

Well I went a did it.
I bought a flock of sheep.


I'm not sure how many there are.
I tried to count them but fell asleep.

I hope you got Jacob's sheep they are cool and of course you know a few yrs ago they had them on the White House lawn to cut the grass,,,,very energy efficient

So, who wants to start a pool on how soon Garden City has an anti-sheep ordnance on the books??

I'm sure they already have one and will bee at Raz' door this morning

Off topic here. Hopefully its ok to post.
Any tips or tricks for this task would be great. Mainly trying to get an idea of when to do it in hopes they will still bloom this year.

Thank you

thanks for asking this, all flowering shrubs and trees should be pruned after they flower, spring or fall

Lilacs should be pruned after they blossom in the spring, nice because you get to enjoy their spring flower. You can remove up to 1/3 of the stems at one time, so it may take you a few years to correct them completely. Most pruning guides tell you to remove the older stems, but I prefer mine to look more like small trees, so I cut them back to 3-5 main stems - like the ones on Mackinac Island

glad this question was asked, I knew if you prune now you will take off this yrs. flowers but I like the idea of pruning out all but a few good branches to get a tree look, and that you shouldnot prune more then 1/3 I have some going kind of wild in the back that I keep trying to tame

 

[uchytil]

Good information on the Lilacs! Ours need some serious work as do my snowballs. Now I can wait till later this spring. I've never had an issue with my grapes being cut back to the main stem every Jan/Feb. By late spring there are so many new vines and lots of grapes later on.

What I really want to find this year is some local crab apple trees. Maybe 1/2 a dozen to start a turkey habitat on my property.

 

[SillyChicken]

Keeping fingers crossed this little cutie pie is still available!
She is such a cool color! And I wanted another doeling!

 

[SillyChicken]

Good information on the Lilacs! Ours need some serious work as do my snowballs. Now I can wait till later this spring. I've never had an issue with my grapes being cut back to the main stem every Jan/Feb. By late spring there are so many new vines and lots of grapes later on.

What I really want to find this year is some local crab apple trees. Maybe 1/2 a dozen to start a turkey habitat on my property.

try your county conservation office, see if they have a tree sale.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Aw. I still think goats are pure evil but she is making that cute face......

I am still looking for green snowball flowers and coconut lime coneflowers. Most green coneflowers turn other colors in the fall that particular coneflower is more white than green, but it reminds me of woodlands for some reason. Want to replace my austin that the rabbit killed- to get that peachy pink i am nuts about i am looking at "the shepherdess" and carding mill. Can't decide!