Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Opa]

The best thing you can do for pepper plants is to stake them. Removing leaves doesn't work. I've used tomato cages and found it difficult to get the peppers out.

 

[snowflake]

glada - I use these:

http://www.jefferslivestock.com/heated-plastic-poultry-fountain/camid/LIV/cp/5F-H4/

I also use one of these and a regular waterer on a cookie tin home made heater. both worked very well for me last year Out Side. wanted to keep all the water outside so bedding stays dryer.
the electric water can be a pain but if you learn to hold by the handle and near the top with the other hand it doesn't come apart as easily, holding near the bottom(red part) will cause the bottom to pop off, not fun when it COLD out.

Yes, mushrooms between the particle board and fire place insert, makes one wonder what is between the walls and the siding

Hopefully not to much as we had the house resided just 4yrs. ago

Hope the farmers around here have tomatoes by the bushel, I need to can some and I didn't get a garden in this yr.

 

[SankofaGypsy]

Does anyone know if you can take off the bottom leaves and plant the stem of a pepper plant, as you can tomato plants to make them more stable and hardy? I was thinking about trying it out on one when I moved mine outside, but didn't end up doing it. I figured the info was probably out there already without my experimenting, but never got 'round to figuring it out.

SankofaGypsy - The very first time I saw your name, I first misread it as Stank of a Gypsy... and I haven't been able to shake it since, it's what I always read your name as. While I do in fact find this amusing, I was wondering if you could explain your name to me, so maybe I will stop reading it that way.

Sankofa is a word in the Akan language of Ghana. Loosly translated into english, it is "go back and get it" - or rather, take what you need from the past in order to move into the future. I adopted it as my online name when I was considering becoming a gypsy horse breeder - it seems to me that learning from the past (both the good and the bad) is an important thing in animal husbandry. For a variety of reasons, I decided I will not be breeding anything for the next several decades, and got a gelding instead (to make sure there was no temptation to put a baby on the ground!)

He is, however, a very stinky pony, who loooooves rolling in the mud and generally being a pig... so stank of a gypsy really isn't as far off as you may think!

 

[NovaAman]

Not just you, I just had my name added to a list for this fall. What am I thinking!!!

You don't really want this answered do you?

 

[NovaAman]

LOL. Sankofa... I was wondering if it was some sort of coffee/beverage I hadn't seen yet... LOL

 

[chicken grandma]

Sankofa is a word in the Akan language of Ghana. Loosly translated into english, it is "go back and get it" - or rather, take what you need from the past in order to move into the future.

I like this word! Thanks for sharing that!

 

[Elliemae 77]

Considering recent events I am also tempted to set one more batch of eggs. Will they be big enough by winter to survive the cold?

 

[Opa]

Now is definitely not to late to hatch chicks. I've hatched as late as the 1st week of October.

 

[SillyChicken]

Who says Uggos are ugly?

I think mine turned out rather nice!

Everyone was lounging under the pine tree after eating.

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(Proof there are uggo hens) I think!

 

[tdhenson86]

Not just you, I just had my name added to a list for this fall. What am I thinking!!!

Ha ha ha! Let's just hope we have a late start to winter so our chicks at least get a little bit of a start before the snow flies. lol