Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Jerry the blackberry bushes are LOADED with blossoms up here. The one road ditch by work was white on the uphill side. If we get rain and heat at the right times there will be a bumper crop this year.

ahem... I am not above picking the blackberries out of your ditch.........

 

[Bogtown Chick]

 

[duluthralphie]

Wow. lots of blossoms, but you forgot to put GPS coordinates or tell us exactly where that is.

 

[duluthralphie]

Judy and I just went down and emptied the hatcher. We have a lot more to hatch out, but it has been 12 hours since first ones, so we picked out the dry ones and moved them.

A few EE, SS and MA's. No toads yet and only 2 CLB"S a little girl and a white sport. I have isolated the rooster anyways, now to work on the hen that has the gene. I hope the white sport is a girl...(fingers crossed)

 

[jerryse]

Wow ! That is a nice patch .

 

[duluthralphie]

Wow ! That is a nice patch .

I think BC plans to take us to that patch. As long as we give her a Mike's.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Mojitos are my summer drink.
Ahem.

This is a friend of mine's patch. She's near Grand Rapids. But that's what the hillside next to work looks like too. It's nutso up here those blooms. I haven't ever seen a year like this before...or haven't paid attention. But usually I pay attention.

 

[duluthralphie]

I am going to run, well walk slowly, out to my patch and look at it. But it will make no difference the animals and birds always beat me to it.



I forgot to mention my Broody SS (Lizzy) got off the nest for a while today. It was so funny, King George ran to her and was dipping his wing. She was having none of that. She puffed up and walked around like a broody does with babies when she is protecting them. Everything backed away from her and gave her room. She did this for maybe 20 minutes and she was gone. I assume back to her tree.

If she acts like that with babies, they will be safe!

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Which one do you guys like better?

I like the first one, it looks like he has a better crest, although I know nothing about the breed.

 

[jerryse]

Salmon berries can be yellow orange or red when ripe .



Himalayan blackberries are everywhere here . Canes can reach 40 feet in length .Seldom more than 6-8 feet high . They root when they touch the ground .