Nevadans?

[aubreynoramarie]

off topic I know but if you r local to reno and would be intrested in a bengal/siamese kitten. I have a litter im trying to find good homes for around valentines day. Im not asking anything for them but a good forever home where they will be loved and considered part of the family.

OMG i wish! I bet my mom would DIE for one of those.

 

[laceynoelle]

Sunny, your post made me cry, but I'm happy that your mom is so strong and accepting, as are you.

Geez Aubrey, little sister status? Oh well. :]

I can get my pictures to send to my email. As soon as I get it to work, I'll show you guys my new pair.

 

[chicharomirinda]

Sunny,

about your mom. I'm sorry your family has to go through this. I can't even imagine. if you need anything, let me know. I'm happy to fix some meals for you or whatever.

aubrey, I'm so exited to try some of your eggs. let me know when you have a shift at Bibo on record st and I can stop by. my office is very close to there so I can just pop over any time. Your new recruits are cute! I guess those leghorns are living up to their reputation. Love that blue birchen marans.

 

[chicharomirinda]

Today I was able to get the hardware cloth along the bottom half of the run. I think I should be able to finish the run next weekend, if the weather holds. I'm so excited to get that done and let them outside.

Missy, using the icing bag on the cakes is really quite easy. you might be surprised. you're artistic, i bet you'd pick it up fast. I didn't do anything complicated on mine. I enjoyed doing it. We'll see what my kids request for cakes next year.

off topic I know but if you r local to reno and would be intrested in a bengal/siamese kitten. I have a litter im trying to find good homes for around valentines day. Im not asking anything for them but a good forever home where they will be loved and considered part of the family.

I just asked my husband and he said no.

I have to wait until my current cat dies which of course I hope that is still years away. He is almost 13. He had a sister who died of cancer 2 years ago. I love cats but my husband is not a fan.

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Thank you everyone! I had fun but the best part was putting faces to the people I've met on here. What a great day yesterday was. I didn't find my Welsh Harlequin's for sale so I went into bldg. #1 where this gentleman was showing his only 3 birds. He said this breed is very hard to find. Boy was he right. He didn't want to breed with mine either because he's only concern with the quality of his birds and he's trying to get it down to a science. Oh well.

Well, Lacey has taught me what to do now with the breeding part of my Harlequins so I'm more prepared for it. Missy, if you want any Harlequin's this year then we would be more than happy to hatch out some eggs and see what we get.

Cecelia, I would be more than happy to have you hatch out the ducklings. Once I can save up for a hova-bator then I'll be able to hatch out my own ducklings. I'm looking at about a month from now but I can wait until you are ready to hatch again.

You sure are a great person Lacey! I had fun going to to Stockton with you, thanks for joining us.

I can't believe I was in bed my 7pm last night! John fell asleep on the couch at 5pm. I gave up with doing anything and went to bed and I slept until 7am - 12 freakin hours later! That's almost a record with me.

Sunny, I'm so sorry about the news on your Mom. I've been there too and trust me, I do know what you are going through and all the thoughts in your head right now. My father in-law died from complications of Pancreatic Cancer. He shrugged quite often saying how amazing it is not to have any pain with this. He was tired from the treatment though. His death was still a shock with us. My Mother In-law is still having issues with him being gone. Stay strong for your Dad, this is one of the times he needs everyone the most. He'll be lost later.

Oh my gosh, I'm blubbering right now reading your post and typing this all out! I love you Sunny! Stay strong!

sorry you didn't find your ducks, sheryl but I'm glad you had fun at the show.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

This is ultimate peer pressure, reading posts about the show. I need to get my husband building the new coop before he leaves the country... I don't want to wait all the way until spring to get more chickens.

 

[vegaschick]

Vegaschick, last year when I was researching the buckets I found a Youtube video from a guy in Phoenix who raises beautiful tomatoes by using the buckets and mulch. He kept the tomatoes on a side of the house that got shade during the hottest part of the day, but caught the morning and evening sun. When my tomatoes got too hit here, I took some binder clips and tacked shade cloth onto the tomato cages, and the blossoms had no problem setting. One downside to being all the way in Vegas, though... I'm raising some seedlings this year to fit specially in buckets, and would love to share. But any determinate varieties should work out fine. If you want some from-experience advice on what works great in buckets and what doesn't work so well (do bush beans, not pole beans) just let me know.

Love that idea!!! I'm gonna make some buckets tomorrow. I want to try out some of their other ideas too.Aargh! I was gonna do the poles! What happened with the pole beans? Wonder if they'd work paired with something tall...like corn? Maybe you could share some seeds with me if they're heirloom and you harvested ... or maybe we could find someone headed my way? lol I'll definitely look into the youtube guy. Thanks!

Sunny...

!!!!!!

 

[Penturner]

Sunny, A big hug from all of us. Our hearts and prayers are still with you. You have a tough road ahead.
Tell Steve to keep an eye on you and then just buckle up. Rest more than you think you need to. and make sure you take care of yourself.
Anger, sorrow, and bargaining. Your mind, body and soul need to experience all of those. They will rise up in random fashion. They are your hearts way of processing and finding acceptance. Let them play out. There is no getting over, only through and then acceptance will settle in. You are not loosing it, It is just your heart seeking the answer to "What the hell". And it will find it.

 

[wolftracks]

Sunny, A big hug from all of us. Our hearts and prayers are still with you. You have a tough road ahead.
Tell Steve to keep an eye on you and then just buckle up. Rest more than you think you need to. and make sure you take care of yourself.
Anger, sorrow, and bargaining. Your mind, body and soul need to experience all of those. They will rise up in random fashion. They are your hearts way of processing and finding acceptance. Let them play out. There is no getting over, only through and then acceptance will settle in. You are not loosing it, It is just your heart seeking the answer to "What the hell". And it will find it.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Love that idea!!! I'm gonna make some buckets tomorrow. I want to try out some of their other ideas too.Aargh! I was gonna do the poles! What happened with the pole beans? Wonder if they'd work paired with something tall...like corn? Maybe you could share some seeds with me if they're heirloom and you harvested ... or maybe we could find someone headed my way? lol I'll definitely look into the youtube guy. Thanks!

Sunny...

!!!!!!

I'm not sure exactly what happened with the pole beans. They just didn't do that well in any of the buckets. I planted some with mammoth sunflowers, and some beside strings going up the fence. They climbed the strings and the sunflowers, and they flowered and produced beans, but they just weren't very strong. I only got a couple of beans. The ones in the ground did fabulous in comparison, though. So this year I ordered a bush bean variety to try in the buckets, since I really want to get some green and wax beans in the freezer for the winter. Maybe you can get pole beans to work better than me. I have ground space as well, so this year I'm going to designate some of that for poles, and see what I can get off of the bush beans.

What I found works best, and just from my experience (there were some things I didn't try):
Peppers!!! Jalapeno, anaheim, banana, thai all worked fabulously for me last year, and they really loved it on my cement patio. One plant per bucket, unless it's something small like thai.
Tomatoes: They did great until they got rootbound, but I used all indeterminate varieties so that was bound to happen. They still produced well, just faltered a bit when the roots got too thick. This year I'm going to try to solve this problem by using determinate and "patio" varieties.
Cucumbers: 4 plants in a bucket, and I got a fishnet decoration from the dollar store and tacked that between the bucket and the fence for them to crawl up on.
Potatoes: Worked so well, I'm going to do 10 buckets a month this year, starting in April, and keep harvesting July thru October.
Squash: Worked well, but would have worked better if I had put 1 plant per bucket. I sowed 2 seeds and tried to let them both grow. Got a little crowded, but I still got food.
Peas: Lined up against my patio trellis, climbing up the ironwork. But they have a lot of root, so I planted a few too many.
Lettuce, spinach, chard: Worked beautifully all the way until summer. The chard kept going through the fall frost.

I haven't tried corn. I've read it'll grow well in buckets, but you have to plant so many to get anything that your entire area would be corn buckets. I haven't tried pumpkins, mostly because of space. I did do canteloupe, on accident, because I used a homemade compost that wasn't all the way broken down. The canteloupe was tasty. Carrots would probably work well... I didn't do it because of the space issue. I could line up more in the ground.

 

[Peep_Show]

Sunny....
Oh, I've been gone all weekend.... Bummer daaz. I'm reading and shedding poignant tears as I so feel for you and what you're going through. The events of dying are something nobody endures well or happily.... I get it and have no doubt that your mom shielded you from the prognosis for as long as possible so that your life's joy wouldn't be impacted...which unto itself is a kindness. Nobody likes to see their loved ones suffer at their expense. And, unfortunately, once the dance has begun, death is such a process that -- there's no escaping it -- you've got to endure and endure and painfully endure as either the participant or their sorrowful familial spectators.

I wish you steady strength through the pain. I wish you courage in the face of the unknown. I wish you serenity and memories of happier times which need to come to the forefront to get through this as those are the memories you need to keep. And when it is all done, be not sad for your mom's passing but happy for her life and existence....This is the woman who gave you (and us) a great gift for which we are all grateful. I wish you all peace.

And, Sunny, you don't need permission.... It's okay to howl at the moon.

We're all here for you, sweetie.