Surviving Minnesota!

[lvie]

I have a BA that lets me know what it wants by making such a big fussy chirp that I must check on it to see what is the problem. I gotta start handling the new brood so they get trained. Haven't done much of that.

 

[lvie]

I must say I'm jealous of those gorgeous green plants in the red solo cups. I wish I had more success transplanting plants started in the house outside. The hardening off just is too hard. LOL. I think one of those little 60 dollar roll around green houses would probably help with the process.

I have given up on the green plants and dirt part and fill it with something else which helps me to forget to get out the dirt and seeds and water and everyone is happy. No hardening off, just spend money to purchase them. LOL. Its retirement - you have to make choices of how to spend the $$$$$

 

[KlopKlop]

I must say I'm jealous of those gorgeous green plants in the red solo cups.  I wish I had more success transplanting plants started in the house outside.  The hardening off just is too hard.  LOL. I think one of those little 60 dollar roll around green houses would probably help with the process. 

I'm not the best at hardening off either. I usually leave them out one day then plant and hope for the best. I've had 5 out of 6 years of success with that!

 

[chickenlover292]

I have given up on the green plants and dirt part and fill it with something else which helps me to forget to get out the dirt and seeds and water and everyone is happy. No hardening off, just spend money to purchase them. LOL. Its retirement - you have to make choices of how to spend the $$$$$

LOL, My mom and I filled my room with plants, and we have enough plants to give some to my grandpa too.

 

[KlopKlop]

I cannot be OCD with half my wood pile torn from it's stack by a Napoleon Complexed 44 lb Labrador.  The itty bitty Labrador has 15 ice cream buckets (my chore buckets) currently shredded in the yard.  The blue tarp is covering straw which is covering a very important connection to our drain field.  I'm thinking despite my OCD preoccupations, I'd rather have the poop out in the drainfield than in my basement.  Wait a minute.  I think blue tarp helping with that still keeps rank and file with everything.  I really do need to talk to the blue tarp people though to see if they can do an ugly spring brown to blend more. 

Every spring my back deck and yard is Sanford and Son.  Watch your step --Labrador poop in various states of winter curing abounds.  I was looking at it all yesterday thinking this Sunday I would start some spring cleaning.  But now that it's winter again I think I've changed my mind and will let Sadie's play yard of shredded maple fire wood and plastic buckets run amuck a little longer.

I get tarps from fleet farm that are brown on one side and green on the other. They are medium duty and look soooo much better than blue or grey

 

[lvie]

Klops - IF you are in the office today we must be driving your co-worker crazy. Spastic Phone.

 

[duluthralphie]

Menards has the brown Camo tarps BC....

 

[KlopKlop]

Klops - IF you are in the office today we must be driving your co-worker crazy. Spastic Phone.

I am but my cube neighbor is out today as is many of my coworkers. Nice and quiet so I can hammer out some code and keep up on my BYC

 

[chickenlover292]

I am but my cube neighbor is out today as is many of my coworkers. Nice and quiet so I can hammer out some code and keep up on my BYC

At least they don't have to be bothered with the BYC stuff going on

 

[KlopKlop]

In relation to plants and chooks... We will be planting half of the garden (so a 40x75 area) in all squash and pumpkins and sunflowers this year. The chooks love squash, zucchini, cukes, and pumpkins! It makes great feed for them in the fall when free ranging has less value for them