Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fluffycrow]

She was also quite beautiful!

Thank you. I miss her a lot, but I’m lucky enough to see parts of her every day

Bio daughter Ocean in the front, with granddaughter Ubon under her

Lucia, the adoptive daughter. No biological link between the two, but she’s the one who reminds me of Cruella the most

 

[Labsandchickens8]

Now that I think about it, writer Ann Cleves included it as part of the background for DI Jimmy Perez, a native Shetlander, in her two quartets of Shetland mysteries beginning in the early 2000’s (later a TV series.)

Yes she did! I want to go visit Shetland because of it's great beauty but after watching a lot of the show my husband figures the homicide rate is too high. It appears that 1 out of every 10 people get killed

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

It appears that 1 out of every 10 people get killed

It’s that bleak music making everybody crazy is my guess

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Yes she did! I want to go visit Shetland because of it's great beauty but after watching a lot of the show my husband figures the homicide rate is too high. It appears that 1 out of every 10 people get killed

It’s like “Murder, She Wrote,” starring Angela Lansbury!

After the first couple dozen deaths, you’d think that people would have stopped inviting her.

Same with Icelandic mysteries (we read a lot of “Scan Noir”): 2 murders in 2021 in the entire nation (population ~380,000.) But you’d never know it from Arnaldur Indriðason. (I would list additional great writers, but my iPhone melted down on just the ð.)

 

[SimpleJenn]

They found the front yard, porch, and ramp. How fun

 

[BDutch]

@Perris , @Shadrach and whoever is interested in scientific research on growing plants and its natural resilience.

Editor’s summary​

Maize plants emit a volatile gas called linalool, which can influence the growth and development of neighboring plants. Guo et al. found that at high planting densities, high linalool concentrations triggered neighboring plants to release benzoxazinoids into the soil (see the Perspective by Schandry and Becker). These compounds cause the soil microbiota to change composition, with knock-on effects for plants that are subsequently grown there. The altered microbiome enhances defense responses to herbivores but reduces plant growth. These findings demonstrate the implications of high planting density on multiple facets of the plant growth environment. —Madeleine Seale

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv6675

 

[Mother of Chaos]

@Perris , @Shadrach and whoever is interested in scientific research on growing plants and its natural resilience.

Editor’s summary​

Maize plants emit a volatile gas called linalool, which can influence the growth and development of neighboring plants. Guo et al. found that at high planting densities, high linalool concentrations triggered neighboring plants to release benzoxazinoids into the soil (see the Perspective by Schandry and Becker). These compounds cause the soil microbiota to change composition, with knock-on effects for plants that are subsequently grown there. The altered microbiome enhances defense responses to herbivores but reduces plant growth. These findings demonstrate the implications of high planting density on multiple facets of the plant growth environment. —Madeleine Seale

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv6675

I discovered the hard way that some varieties of sunflowers are allelopathic toward corn (maize.) Who knew?

(Not the same thing, but falls into the category of plant chemical defenses.)

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Five hours today clearing and planting a fall veg bed and then enclosing it in raccoon dental floss, aka chicken wire. This is not fun doing single-handedly.

Triple antibiotic ointment applied to the multiple puncture wounds.

Plants are Brussels sprouts, ‘Bright Fire’ chard, black-seeded Simpson lettuce, Buttercrunch lettuce, Red Sails lettuce.

It seems very weird to me to plant lettuce this time of year, but supposedly temps will have dropped by the time it wants to bolt.

Will be adding spinach in a couple of weeks, as well as seeding some cover crops on this and an additional bed.

Chicken wire is a huge PITA. Stretches like crazy, making it hard to keep the fencing straight.

The girls are mightily offended at losing one of their scratching beds!

 

[Shadrach]

*squints* What the big blue oblong with some sort of connection opening in the side? Rainwater collector?

Yup, it's a water collector.

 

[MrsNorthie]

Yes she did! I want to go visit Shetland because of it's great beauty but after watching a lot of the show my husband figures the homicide rate is too high. It appears that 1 out of every 10 people get killed

"Midsomer" is pretty bad too. All those beautiful villages and so many deaths, my husband says, "that is why I never lived in a quintessential village." but at least most of the murders are really creative. (my favourite is the 'wine trebuchet' from Hidden Depths.) LOL