Michigan

[A2SciTeach]

When I met my husband he had a full beard. I didn't see his beardless face until we had been married for 5 years, when he decided to shave. What a shocker! Nothing untoward was hiding under that brushy chin, when I saw his hairless face, I thought WOW! I hit the jackpot!

On another note, the latest pic of the duck(lings). Heard the first timid, "quack???" Yes, there was definitely a question mark at the end of the quack. The other ducks looked at the quacker like, What did you just say?

 

[Mom 2em All]

My husband has had a goatee/chin beard thing since I met him eleven years ago. Well, he decided to shave it off six years ago. He doesn't have a chin. I didn't know that. He grew it back. All is well now.
lol.

Its going to be beautiful outside today- I have to work. Staff meeting. Enjoy the eighties. I will be thinking of everyone out there enjoying the sun.

 

[Opa]

I think I can feel a lip under my mustache. I wonder if there really is one under all that hair?

I just went out and checked on the birds. Let the large fowl out, checked on and feed the new bantam chicks, and plugged in the incubator. These should hatch 2 days before Chickenstock.

 

[zephyrcreek]

Ugh! My broody decided to get up from the duck eggs when I opened the coop today. Thankfully I was there when it happened and brought the eggs up to the incubator. Grr. I really did not want to incubate again. The results under mommy are just so much better.

 

[vicki2x2]

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That stinks! Could she have just been taking a break to eat and drink? Or was she just done? I have been trying to break 2 broodys for weeks now and they wont give up! Despite no eggs, locking them out of the nest, etc.

 

[SillyChicken]

yesterday was so nice.. after all the chores were done I sat on my lounge chair over looking my pond.... drank a beer and read a book... nice way to end the day!

Today..... I'd love to repete the process, but I guess I should clean the house and do some laundry at some point! Naaaaahhhhhhhh!

 

[Olive Hill]

'Morning all. Another beautiful day of sunshine out there today. I'm so happy to see it.

I need to get to the feed store today, and since I've officially managed to kill every last one of the tomato seedlings I started, stop at the greenhouse on the way home for some more tomato plants. One of these years I'll manage to start my own tomato plants successfully, one of these years. Everything else fares just fine, but those darn tomatoes are finicky and just plain refuse to play nice with me. I'm hoping I can find some Black Krim plants, they're my absolute favorite variety.

The antics of adolescent cockerels never get old. They make morning Chicken TV so very entertaining. There are a couple out there right now that just cannot WAIT to chest bump every member of the flock they can possibly persuade to join in the game. It's so funny when they get three or four of them all together at once, ready to go, and then don't know which of the other chickens they should be facing. And then, of course, you have the part where their necks are only about half feathered so when they fluff up they end up looking like they have mange rather than like they're intimidating.

 

[Chickenmaven]

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I met a gentleman from Flushing, yesterday. He sells about TWENTY varieties of heirloom tomatoes. His prices are so reasonable I would actually call it a modest donation.

I wanted 10-14 plants. Came home with more than 30! PM me if you want his contact info.

 

[Olive Hill]

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I met a gentleman from Flushing, yesterday. He sells about TWENTY varieties of heirloom tomatoes. His prices are so reasonable I would actually call it a modest donation.

I wanted 10-14 plants. Came home with more than 30! PM me if you want his contact info.

Thanks for the offer, that would be awesome. Unfortunately flushing is quite a long drive for me.

I had more than 150 tomatoes when I started them from seed this winter and they just slowly wilted and died one by one. So frustrating. I talked to a gentleman about this earlier this spring though and he mentioned that he has a bear of a time with tomatoes in the peat pots, everything else he said does fine but he has never been able to get a good start in them for the tomatoes and that's what I've been using so I think next year I'll invest in a big lot of plastic pots and see if that helps.

 

[FlyingFChick]

Olive Hill, I have NEVER had luck with tomatoes in peat pots either. No matter how big the pots were. I have done fine with the plastic pots though. Tomatoes are a bugger though. I have had them looking so beautiful only to wilt away within a week. One year I planted them in the garden and that night we had HUGE thunder storms that battered them down and killed them. I haven't started them from seed since - been thinking about it though!!