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[Sooner]

This bloomed today and I couldn't help myself

I have alot of white Iris, anyone interested in trading other colors??

 

[Sooner]

oh wow, nice bees. Where'd you get them? That's on our list of things to do next year.

Walter T Kelly is where I got most everything. I willl hopefully be adding more next year.

 

[Sooner]

Wayne we have storms rolling through, hope everything survived your frost, did you cover anything you didn't want hurt???

 

[jcatblum]

Oh no doodle! Don't say the F word!!! Frost is the last thing I want! I have tomatoes already blooming.

 

[BlanchardOK]

Same here - mators blooming and everything going full blast!

So the chickens got to head out into the yard at last!! Fence is done!!! So now the last thing I need to do is take pics and prove that I have birds here!

 

[Oakieridge]

I don't even have my tomatoes in yet, lol. I have been trying to find time to get some in but never enough hours in the day! Maybe this weekend, if I can get out in the garden, I have only been out their once this week but my peas are coming up nicely and greenbeans should be peaking out soon. It is hard to get much done when you only have about 2 hours after work to get stuff done and get ready for the next day of work. Don't know what I would do without hubby. He just asks "what needs to be done for the birds tomorrow" and it magically gets done before I get home or he helps me get it done when I get there. He is even going to do the feed run tomorrow so I don't have to do it after work.

Hope everyone enjoys the rain today, it was just starting when I left the house this morning at 6. It clearly wasn't bothering the guineas any they were already out and about in the front of the house looking for bugs bright and early.

 

[Sooner]

IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR NAME ON THE LIST, I DO NOT HAVE YOUR ORDER.

12 DAYS LEFT TO PLACE YOUR ORDER, THERE WILL BE NO EXTRA SHIRTS TO SELL AT THE EVENT.

This year again we will have the option of two different colors!!! I think they look great! When you are ready to place your order please PM me with T-shirt in the subject line, if you do not receive a reply from me please follow up to make sure I have your order as I will have several lists & this is the only way to insure that you have your shirt.

The shirt will cost 9.00 per shirt for youth small to adult XL, anything over that will be an additional 1.00 per X (for instance XXL will be 10.00)

No money will be needed to order your shirt but please make sure that you will be at the event to get your shirt, I know things happen & if that does please contact me so we can make other arrangements.

Orders are due by the end of the day: April 23th
Sooner- adult sm & med in blue
Greybear 4XL (NOT SURE COLOR)
Betsy XL in blue
Muesky (2) XL’s one each color.
Oakieridge- RED-ymed, XL, XXL Blue-YL, LG
Jcatblum adult small & med in blue
Mjgigax Blue XXL Red (2) XXL
Nanakat Blue LG
POCO Blue sm & XL
Cityclucks Red Lg
P&B Red Ysm & XXL
Elwood Blue XXXL & Red XXXL
Funchick (2) Blue XL & XXXL, (2) Red XL & XXXL
Retiredarmy (2) med (1 each color), (1) ysm
Buckguy (1) Lg, (1) 5XL
Nektosha (2) 2XL (1 each color)
Okcarla (5) LG (4 red, 1 blue)

 

[Oklahoma Lightning]

That is a pretty Iris. Is it a rebloomer? I plants 25 rebloomer this winter and they all come up but 4. The company will replace the four.

 

[NanaKat]

You were right I saw them flea beetles, will the neem kill them quickly? I'll need to get some tomorrow. If I spray the area that is affected will they go to other areas of the garden?

Yes, Neem is quick death to bugs. and unless you have other plants they like, they should be done for.

I have at least one chick hatched under one of my broody hens hoping that the rest of the eggs will hatch, I only poked under her till I found the first one there could be more she wasn't liking being messed with today so gave her a break LOL I got to show off my little farm today everyone was on their best behavior except Goosey and he was in a mood I guess giving the stink eye to our guest and even biting and I never saw him do that before I guess he's starting to think of himself as a goose these days...

Sounds like Goosey is gonna be a guard bird. Daughter had a friend with a guard turkey growing up. Tom would go full feather spread any time a vehicle came in the drive and would stand at the car door making a boom sound until he was told OKAY. He was huge!!!


Got to set up another location for the newest babies hatching this week and then candle the eggs under the broodies. Loving the rain, but had to tranquilize Red because of the thunder...he kept shaking and that kept my chair rocking....had both dogs in my lap during the early morning showers. We have 1/2 inch in the rain gauge.

 

[Sooner]

I wonder what makes some dogs afraid of storms while others are not........

I am enjoying the rain but would of much rather been able to go out & see the bee's this morning. Hopefully it will clear off so I can watch them when I get home.