Surviving Minnesota!

[ejb3810]

Ralphie, teenagers can be alright in some cases, but they can also be quite troublesome! My approach to small children is the same as W.C. Fields. He said he loved small children, lightly roasted they are best.

Jerry, life is full of complications, but it seems that you are able to roll with the punches. Regarding prunus pennsylvanica (pin cherry), they transplant easily and sucker terribly. If you are going to have them place them where they can spread or be prepared to remove suckers frequently. I had some in a landscape bed, as they are quite attractive with shiny reddish bark and bright green leaves. I would not use them again, as they want to take over. The bears often damage them when going after the fruit.

My preference now would be service berry (june berry), as they don't sucker like pin cherries and choke cherries and the fruit can be eaten from the tree without sweetening.

One thing I would mention is that anyone with free ranging chickens or guineas that plants blueberries will only get to pick some if they are fenced, as the birds love them.

 

[lvie]

About what, and I am a MAN, Just kidding, I am a boy, in the eyes of my father!

Oh! so sorry. Chicken Lover is a dude! not a dudess everyone.

 

[jerryse]

My sympathies are with you. I am having eye problems and have been working on them for over a year. Eye sight is precious and I certainly did not realize just how very precious until all this began to happen. Laser might be able to remove the scar tissue. Just an f.y.i. Not sayin you should or shouldn't.

Yeah they did that in the first surgery .It helped some . The retina reattached but damage was already done . The wave did flatten out some . I can look at straight lines and see waves or see hills in a flat landscape . So I use the left eye a lot .

 

[duluthralphie]

About what, and I am a MAN, Just kidding, I am a boy, in the eyes of my father!

Oh I am sure that is not true... Just wait to the real boys start coming around your home, and your Dad takes a real interest in cleaning his guns....


My daughter told me recently she did not have many dates In High School because the boys were all afraid of me. She said between my size and the Maroon Car I drove everyday and the little gun I carried they would rather just meet her someplace than actually date her...


I feel I did my job correctly as a Father....

 

[chickenlover292]

Oh! so sorry. Chicken Lover is a dude! not a dudess everyone.

I get that a lot because I have a username of Chicken Lover

 

[lvie]

For some reason (?) I am worn out today. Just cloppin around doin stuff here and there. No organized plan. Gotta get the subcontractors paid. Maybe that will put me on track alittle. I could use a couple of teenagers to do my work for me today. LOL.

 

[KlopKlop]

Rainy weather must have everyone inside today! We are going to have lakes on our property by the end of the day as the puddles grow.

Believe it or not most of my flock doesn't mind going out in the rain as long as it isn't too windy or a down pour. I see them splashing about in puddles all the time, plus chasing down the worms.


As long as we are talking plants, my tomatoes are growing so well! I started working on repotting them last night. right now they are in the little plugs that come flat, then you add water and they are about 1"across and 2" tall. The roots are starting to poke out the sides so they are getting upgraded to 4" pots. They will be huge by the time I take them to the market in May. I am having great luck with my seedling 'chamber' I was worried about leggy plants but haven't had issues!

 

[lvie]

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Ugh! Yours was not totally from aging but from that infection. It does not matter. It sucks.

 

[jerryse]

Ralphie, teenagers can be alright in some cases, but they can also be quite troublesome! My approach to small children is the same as W.C. Fields. He said he loved small children, lightly roasted they are best.

Jerry, life is full of complications, but it seems that you are able to roll with the punches. Regarding prunus pennsylvanica (pin cherry), they transplant easily and sucker terribly. If you are going to have them place them where they can spread or be prepared to remove suckers frequently. I had some in a landscape bed, as they are quite attractive with shiny reddish bark and bright green leaves. I would not use them again, as they want to take over. The bears often damage them when going after the fruit.

My preference now would be service berry (june berry), as they don't sucker like pin cherries and choke cherries and the fruit can be eaten from the tree without sweetening.

One thing I would mention is that anyone with free ranging chickens or guineas that plants blueberries will only get to pick some if they are fenced, as the birds love them.

I need to transplant some Juneberry . The birds get them really bad . Just turning color when they get them .They are close to the water and road . Bad spot to try and put up bird netting . My known wild patches of pin cherry along the roads died out or got shaded out . I know they prefer sand .

 

[lvie]

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Its all okay and none of it will matter when you are old like some of us. It creates a story to tell and laugh about. You love chickens. that is how I read that because I LOVE CHICKENS too!

Update on SC. Not good. Her neck hangs lower now than before (after all those vitamins and body massages and personal feedings) and she does not seem to be able to drink unless I straighten her up and hand water her. I am afraid she is dying sometimes when I look at her and I wonder if I should keep on prolonging her state of being. I do not want her to ever go through the stress of laying an egg and her right leg and foot is very crippled. I guess I just answered my thoughts about 'is this good for her?'