MJ's little flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Greyhounds seem to make wonderful pets. I've known a couple & they were really gentle & sweet natured.

Greyhounds usually have a high prey drive. Our old girl liked to chase anything that moved.
She eventually got used to the chickens, though I never left her unsupervised with them.

Here she is trying to keep her nose warm with her completely inadequate tail.
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[MaryJanet]

I was thinking the same thing as Ribh. After you get cuttings you could also try cutting the ground around the drip line with a sharp spade about half way around the lilac, then feeding with seasol. Wait a couple of weeks then cut the rest of the ground and feed with seasol again. Hopefully this will encourage the growth of lots of small feeder roots.

While you are doing this dig a hole where you want to transplant it. Make it bigger than the rootball will be and mix some compost or cow manure etc into the hole and water the hole every couple of days to build up the water retention.

Wait a couple of more weeks then move the lilac. Water in well and feed.

Thanks friend! I've bookmarked for future reference.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thanks friend! I've bookmarked for future reference.

Hope it works for you!

I'm about to kill transplant my daphne using this method.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening MJ and everyone

 

[BY Bob]

I'll probably end up trying both to see which is best. I don't know if a leaf blower will lift the seed pods

They are pretty strong. I look forward to seeing demonstrations.

 

[BY Bob]

I have a friend just outside of Brisbane with a whippet (not greyhound, I know) and he is a monster when it comes to wildlife. He has to be separate to the chooks (and the visiting peacock that hangs with her chickens) and they even fence him off now from most of their large property because he just chases and demolishes native wildlife

That would awful. I would hate to have a dog like that.

 

[BY Bob]

I was thinking the same thing as Ribh. After you get cuttings you could also try cutting the ground around the drip line with a sharp spade about half way around the lilac, then feeding with seasol. Wait a couple of weeks then cut the rest of the ground and feed with seasol again. Hopefully this will encourage the growth of lots of small feeder roots.

While you are doing this dig a hole where you want to transplant it. Make it bigger than the rootball will be and mix some compost or cow manure etc into the hole and water the hole every couple of days to build up the water retention.

Wait a couple of more weeks then move the lilac. Water in well and feed.

You seem to know a lot about this. I may have to ask you about my lilac. It has fallen on hard times.

 

[Shadrach]

Ivy has decided she loves the new stoneware water bottles

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The other three were fascinated by her decision to live life on the edge and watched her very closely. I'm hopeful everyone will come around to the new bottles in time.

The chickens here like the clay pots above any other water containers. Your's are rather handsome.

 

[MaryJanet]

They are pretty strong. I look forward to seeing demonstrations.

Hmmm the leaf blower in the shed might not manage it but I imagine a high pressure hose would send them flying off.