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dheltzel said:
You can plant them in pots for a while, or you can wet them and store them in a loose plastic bag in the fridge for a few days, or if any ground is digable, you can plant them anywhere and move them in a week or 2 (known in horticultural literature as "heeling in"). The last is my preference and it is simple and easy, but potting them up is best for a longer term.

It all depends on how long:
< 1 week, refrigerate them
< 3 weeks. heel in somewhere
> 3 weeks. pot them up

The one thing you should not do it put their roots in water in vase or bucket, as you would cut flowers. Roots need oxygen and water has a far lower concentration of o2 than air.
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well I did the one thing you should not do.............for 2 days.............but now they are in soil on the deck...............hopefully for the heeling in period................I hope I did not drown the roots!
 
This is cute, but mine would sleep on it instead of going inside.

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wingstone said:
This is cute, but mine would sleep on it instead of going inside.

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It is a cool idea for a daytime hangout...
I don't have anything like this, but I do have multiple branches at various spots throughout the run, they like them through the day, but never offer to stay out on them in the evening.... I think they really appreciate the security of the roof when it is available. That or I am lucky to just have homebody type birds! LOL
 
dheltzel said:
I do too. I love math and look for opportunities to do math in my head. Geometry for building coops and such, algebra also helps for getting the most use out of standard board sizes. Slopes are easily calculated also.

My complaint about modern math education, and education in general, is that it doesn't encourage our children to think things through on their own. There is no "right way", as long as your way provides the correct answer. I remember chafing as my math teacher took points off, not because the answer was wrong, but because I didn't show enough steps in my work. I devised shortcuts that let me skip a lot and I had to explain my logic to her before she'd give me full credit. I was a challenging student to have in class, I didn't "fit" any of the patterns that they had been trained to expect in their students. Because of my bad experience in school, I chose to home school my kids and it avoided all that and allowed a very customized education. It is great to explain just a little to a child and watch them comprehend on their own, human brains are amazing when properly challenged, but I don't think that's a consideration on modern education.
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I , to, was a challenge. Still am.
I was fortunate I had a few teachers that had started in one room schools so we're accustomed to giving out individual assignments. Hired I just dated myself. In addition, I had two much older brothers who had many of the same teachers, including one who started in a one room school, so the teachers were prepared.

Estimating in your head isn't taught now, is it?

I love giving coins so the change is all quarters and dimes. Really messes with their heads.
 
kenzier093 said:
lol ikr! Right now I am taking Algebra....and it sucks! My parents are the same way. I still manage to make distinguished honor roll though, so I am happy with that!
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Huge congrats, that's a great achievement!!
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Math is the great equalizer. I remember when I watched the movie Stand And Deliver
when my kids were young and the light bulb went on. Both sons decided they wanted to
go into the military. Oldest the Navy, youngest the Coast Guard. Senior years in High School
we evaluated their math. Not good enough. Both went to 3+ months of Sylvan and graduated
knowing pre-calculus. Oldest ASVAB 95, youngest ASVAB 90. Both qualified for any school in
their branch of Service. Oldest is just finishing training for Asst. Nav. in Sub Service. Youngest
leaves for his "A" school in USCG in July.
Point is, scholastically, math made the difference. Yes, they had good grades, not top of their
class, but it was the math that opened doors. Never let anyone tell you it doesn't matter. That you won't
use it anyway. They will be the ones exiting the SAT wondering what all that math was about/so hard.
While you wonder why the questions were so easy.
Best,
Karen
 
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wingstone said:
Need to rant..

Does high school no longer teach basic math skills..

I stopped at turkey hill for gas, wanted to use cash instead of plastic, the clerk screwed up putting the amount of cash in and could not figure out how to fix it, then she grabbed the calculator and still screwed up cause I got an extra dollar change, yea I kept my mouth shut..

Then just awhile ago I went to giants and used cash to pay a bill of $10.97...I did not have any tens but I had a twenty and a one ( I didn't want a bunch of one's back ) .. the clerk punched in .21 instead, and again could not figure this out, called the manager over and they still screwed it up, when I honestly told them that they gave me to much change, they had to call yet another person to bring a calculator...

Needless to say, I walked out of there just shaking my head and wondering what society will be like in another 20 years

End of rant..

Back to the regularly scheduled chicken talk.
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Wing:

Its not an education issue per sey....there have always been folks who can't read, write, or do math....I think as you get older you become more aware of it....also, in by gone days the cash register didn't do the math for you so you needed to make change....now the machine thinks for you so you don't....
 
chippysmom327 said:
No, they don't teach basic math skills anymore. They teach albegra, geometry, trigonometry (sp.), calculus, etc. They teach basic skills in 3rd grade and by the end of 8th you forget what a division symbol looks like. It's all alphabet with symbols and a few numbers scattered in there. Pretty annoying actually. Stuff I'll never use in my life but the state makes us learn it.
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Chippy:

Math gets used every day in many ways...I know you probably won't believe me, but math can make you life a lot easier...its good stuff to remember...it helps with anything financial, it helps in building anything, and it helps you know the clerk in the store is giving you the wrong amount of change....(sorry to sound so preachy)....
 

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