Stella's Social Club

[Happy Chooks]

Sunna says, "Maybe I'll have my puppies here!"




She had her ultrasound this morning, so we know she has puppies developing.

What does the male she was bred to look like?

It's RAINING, 2" in the bucket. The chickens are tucked in.

View outside my door just now. Guava, Papaya, pepper and moringa olifeira in the right back

It is dumping buckets here too. My gosh, it hasn't rained like this in a very, very long time - goodness knows we need it desperately! I saw that there are flash flood warnings in the King and Rim fire areas.

 

[perchie.girl]

It's RAINING, 2" in the bucket. The chickens are tucked in.

View outside my door just now. Guava, Papaya, pepper and moringa olifeira in the right back

Wow I just read up on Mringa Olifera.... I wish it would grow at my place.... Maybe if I get my grey water system set up... Actually The others as well.

Earlier today

Pretty pretty..... I used to have a Rose Garden. I saved all the petals and made sachets out of them.... When they were about done blooming that is.

I miss my teeny garden at the Mobile home.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Oh Yeah San Diego is finally getting rain.... Up at my house too I hope. I want desert flowers this year.... the past three years we have had very very few.

deb

 

[drumstick diva]

Mary, any updates on the "Tree Slayer " caper?

 

[mlm Mike]

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[perchie.girl]

Some of the medicinals and edibles on my property.

Yerba Santa- a desert adaptation of willow.... eat one leaf and you will swear you have eaten a cepocal Cough drop without sugar. Good for congestion and coughs.... can be eaten brewed in tea and even smoked

Mormon Tea- a natural producer of Ephedra.... though the one in the US has a different chemical than the ones found in Asia. Its good for colds and conjestion and to give you a lift of energy.

Yucca- the seed pods are edible cooked young like squash... The roots are edible as well. But it has anti inflamitory properties good for arthritis.

Ribbon wood- My neighbor uses the bark for a tea for head aches and feaver....

PaloVerde- the beans are edible either fresh dried or ground into flour

Mesquite- The sead pods when dried and ground Whole offer up a flour that is high in protien and an excellent use is making bread or cakes.... The properties of this is thought to be able to lower glucose levels in diabetics.... surprisingly Mesquite and PaloVerde are in the Pea family. They extract nutrients from the air...

I am just now learning about this stuff.... and am in no way an herbalist.... Matter of fact If I harvested any of this stuff for my own use it would be with the assistance of someone skilled in identification and use.

deb

 

[The Sheriff]

Mary, any updates on the  "Tree Slayer  " caper?

Nope I am waiting for word on the cost of replacing the trees.

 

[Eva2012]

Some of the medicinals and edibles on my property.

Yerba Santa-  a desert adaptation of willow....  eat one leaf and you will swear you have eaten a cepocal Cough drop without sugar.  Good for congestion and coughs....  can be eaten brewed in tea and even smoked

Mormon Tea- a natural producer of Ephedra....  though the one in the US has a different chemical than the ones found in Asia.   Its good for colds and conjestion and to give you a lift of energy.

Yucca- the seed pods are edible cooked young like squash...  The roots are edible as well.  But it has anti inflamitory properties good for arthritis.

Ribbon wood-  My neighbor uses the bark for a tea for head aches and feaver....

PaloVerde-  the beans are edible  either fresh dried or ground into flour

Mesquite-  The sead pods when dried and ground Whole offer up a flour that is high in protien and an excellent use is making bread or cakes....     The properties of this is thought to be able to lower glucose levels in diabetics....  surprisingly Mesquite and PaloVerde are in the Pea family.  They extract nutrients from the air...

I am just now learning about this stuff.... and am in no way an herbalist....  Matter of fact If I harvested any of this stuff for my own use it would be with the assistance of someone skilled in identification and use.

deb

OMG, my kind of thinking! I have a bunch of exotic seeds, not yet sprouted and a variety of interesting fruiting plants. Had my second dragon fruit the other day, enjoyed a fig from the tree today and some citrus.

Where in San Diego do you live? I am right next to Lake Elsinore.

 

[perchie.girl]

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I am East of San Diego in the high desert just before you drop down to Imperial county. about two miles from Mexico

Most of the things on my land grow there because that is their home.... with the exception of the PaloVerde and Mesquite. They were planted by the original owner.

Matter of fact I need to plant a replacement Paloverde eventually. The goats killed the one in the back yard. It wasnt in a good place any way.

I dont know if any of my medicinal plants can be transplanted or even grown from seed.

I have to dig more into that

deb

 

[vehve]

@Eva2012 Mmm, dragon fruit. It's delicious together with some pineapple and unsweetened, plain yoghurt.

@mlmddh I think the earliest noticeable changes can be seen around day 10. That requires really good equipment and an experienced operator though. I think the better half usually recommends to wait at least 3 weeks. We're still a few days short of that, but the rest of the week is going to be hectic, so I'm going to go over there this afternoon and we'll see what we can spot. Otherwise it's a new week next week again...