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[Cuban Longtails]

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I'm not a duck expert, but it's probably just its normal beak color.

Turkeys & geese co-habitate well with chickens, normally.

 

[Teach97]

howdy Cuban...you having fun talking to your self?

 

[Grace'sDad]

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Don't you hate summers.

That is the time when Teachers have no class!

 

[Teach97]

Grace'sDad :

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Don't you hate summers.

That is the time when Teachers have no class!

or me right after lunch!​

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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Not sure how you'd do that since bees love sugary stuff too. P&B might know, she's usually on later in the day.

 

[wandat24]

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Not sure how you'd do that since bees love sugary stuff too. P&B might know, she's usually on later in the day.

that's what i was thinking. i know my mom use to have problems, but she mixed her own without mix and was mixing it too sugary. maybe i'll get lucky and P&B will have a good idea.

 

[wandat24]

well, made it to page 10 (post 676), i am enjoying the back reading. i'll have to continue later though. DH says he watched a movie the other day while i was gone with the girls and that i HAVE to watch it. so, i think i'm gonna go do that and check my 1mo's outside

 

[NanaKat]

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I guess I am coming out of temporary retirement because I see this picture of the garden and I am like WOW !

very nice...

and the chick pics are cute too

Thank you! It's a joy to be able to work in the garden. I can sit on the sides and reach into the middles of the beds. The garden is my peaceful place.

 

[Avienda]

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awww, I wish We could but we can't afford to this year. It's a long drive and with a two year old would mean staying the night. We'll be there for sure next year! I've told the hubby that nothing will stand in the way and if he tries, I'll run him over! lol Sure hope you guys have fun though!

 

[NanaKat]

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I have a lot of things on my list for today Wayne, but I doubt I'll get everything done. I have a script to go over, but that's icky office work...

A couple of weeks ago I had a big old hackberry tree cut down that was close to the house. In the '07 ice storm a branch fell between my house and garage - and I couldn't get out of my back door into the garage. (THEN)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22131_backyard.jpg

Glad to finally have it gone, and I've already transplanted a Jap Maple from Jack's house to that spot. Now that it will get more sun, I also moved some of the volunteer liriope (monkey grass) and echinacea (purple coneflower) over there. Jack has my camera so this is an ugly cell phone pic. (NOW)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22131_4-18-11-jap-maple3.jpg

Lots of stuff I left to overwinter in the garden is coming up - I am somewhat surprised it survived the cold this winter. I don't yet know if the tomatoes or okra will come back - usually so many tomato plants come up volunteer that I don't plant them anymore. I planted onions in the late fall and garlic in early spring, and that is coming up. Yesterday I put in cucumbers and today I might put in squash and in a week or so beans. (please forgive another ugly cell phone pic)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22131_4-18-11_garden.jpg

I also plan to power-wash the veranda this afternoon and move the houseplants out there in the attempt to get it summer ready. This is what it should look like this summer - I sit out here with a cold glass of iced tea and listen to the bass thump of loud rap music in car stereos as they screech down the street, the neighbors fighting and cursing next door, and occasional gunfire in the evening. (My neighborhood is not that great, but it's not really as bad as I describe sometimes.)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/22131_june_3_2008_porch2.jpg

Pretty garden site and love those volunteers! Your veranda looks very inviting!