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[Kassaundra]

I planted cherokee purple tomatoes this year for the first time, I will plant them forever!!!!!!! I don't really like the color much, but they grow pretty well and the flavor is AMAZING!!!!!!

 

[michaeldaugherty]

To GotGame Greybear an Oldcowboy an peep with game chicken's prise'es wer still good at the auction . A grey hen went for 15 an a young stag went for 20..They did have a pr of Blue EE's good size an a big beard on thim that went high 20 something each... They sold some nice produce it all lookd good ..Ben out washing all the water bowl's an moving some pen's around so i can mow later ..All the talk about how keep your bird's cool is verry interesting ..Hope to hear more....[[[ cathiesue ]] My bird's did like staying under are porch to tel my wife got out her gun an said put thim up or some wer els or ill kill thim...Keep thim out of the yard so any way you peep keep cool an have a nice day..

 

[Greybear23]

Morning all!!! Speaking of turtles, we were out doing chores yesterday evening and we have two Half Pyrenees and Half Burmese Mountain Dog females, well anyways we are working and paying no mind to them and all of a sudden you would have thought a lion came in the yard, the girls were both barking and growling in a vicious tone and bouncing of the fence looking at something on the other side, wife ran over there and I stood up and looked to see a tortoise scrambling as fast as he could for cover!!! It was hilarious, we had never seen the girls act like that except when someone new comes in the yard!!! Thought they were gonna tear the fence down!!! LOL Got the chickens all riled up and man what a racket for a little while!! Lynn

 

[Greybear23]

I was going to say the other day when people were talking about using the plastic feed sacks for shade or for growing things in, if you will roll some regular acrylic house paint(white usually but your choice) it will slow down the ultra violet rays of the sun that helps to deteriorate them faster, and way back when i was raising lots of game fowl for sport, we used to make 4'x4' round top pens from 2"x$' welded wire 4' tall, using a 12' long piece I think, with a 2"x6" board from for the bottom, then on the ends use the 2"x4" welded wire, some trimmed it ti fit some don't, some put doors in some don't, then I used paper feed sacks laid out flat on the back half over a roost pole centered under them, I would take the feed sacks and lay one out on the sides and see where I needed to tie off long pieces of baling wire, usually centered one and one on each end in about 6 inches, then I would layer the feed sack up both sides like shingles over lapping the about half a sack for better insulation and then when they met on the top I'd use one for a ridge cap like on a house roof, pull the wires up as you go and tie them snug in the middle, you could paint them with house paint also but we didn't, usually replaced them once a year, usually in the spring!!! Sounds complicated but it really isn't, I put cut out bleach or detergent bottles on the front inside corners for waterers and tossed feed on the ground, we didn't enclose the ends so that you had good air flow for ventilation. If I had problems with wind Id use re-bar stakes at an angel on the corners, usually moved the pens at least once a week or more. These pens work great for one or two large chickens, i have made some longer to accommodate a trio or quad of chickens also. Maybe this will help someone. Lynn

 

[jcatblum]

I am thinking the carbon is giving me such a hard time since it is has a 90 day maturity & these have came off the vine the same time as my early varieties. Fingers are crossed the ones I pick closer to 90 days are pretty.
See how ugly they are?? put a regular tomato next to them to compare. My other tomatoes are not having issues splitting.

We moved the broody RIR gave her a dz guinea eggs that go on lock down today. When we locked her in the cage with the eggs she ate & drank for 5 min then took to the eggs. I only gave her guinea eggs so they will hatch & she won't try to sit on eggs all through July. She is the first RIR I have had go broody. I hope she doesn't start a trend.

 

[artsyrobin]

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[banjoejoe4783]

sent a pm....

just cheacked my inbox so far nothing ?????

 

[artsyrobin]

i thought tomatoes crack because too much water??

cathie- what i have done in the past since the nest boxes are in the coop is get a fan and a jug of ice in front of it blowing onto the jug- and they seem to like that... just went out and everyone seems to be fine, hanging out under the porch

joe- sent...

 

[jcatblum]

Tomatoes will crack from too much water, I have watered 4 or 5 times this yr. mother nature has done the rest. My other types are not cracking so it isn't a water issue. IMO. If it continues to crack all season it will not return. I just cut some up & put in corn & black bean salsa & they are a sweeter tomato than the other tomatoes in the salsa. I will give the tomato the full growing season in hopes it stops cracking. The description of the seed catalogs suggest Carbon isn't suppose to crack. I picked this over Cherokee purple since saw lots of reviews claiming better production & flavor. I may have to grow them side by side next yr to test them myself.

 

[Kassaundra]

Never grown carbon, but the black krim did that last year, my cherokee purples this year are amazing LOVE them.