Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

You have them. They are hard to find, look for white oak forests.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Grassy low spots near balsams also.

 

[holm25]

Ralphie do you have any idea what this is? I'm sure it's poisonous? There was just a bunch of them growing under the pine trees by the run... I scolded my birds because I thought they were eggs until I got up to them lol... It was pretty dark so I had to use flash on them...

 

[duluthralphie]

I am not sure Holm. I know there is a pink gilled mushroom that is good to eat, That does not look like it, as I recall.

I only pick the few species I know and I never try to add more than one new species at a time.

I think you have two species there, though. The round brown topped ones could be immature amanita (which I think yours is a variety of)... Or more than likely they are "pigskins" which are a inedible cousin to puffballs.


If you want to have them tested send them to the VWN'er that lurks here and is jealous of us Minnesotans. ...If she posts back in a week or two we will know they were safe to eat....

 

[BantyChooks]

I am not sure Holm. I know there is a pink gilled mushroom that is good to eat, That does not look like it, as I recall.

I only pick the few species I know and I never try to add more than one new species at a time.

I think you have two species there, though. The round brown topped ones could be immature amanita (which I think yours is a variety of)... Or more than likely they are "pigskins" which are a inedible cousin to puffballs.


If you want to have them tested send them to the VWN'er that lurks here and is jealous of us Minnesotans. ...If she posts back in a week or two we will know they were save to eat....

I'll make sure to feed it to the MNer I keep in my cellar.

 

[lvie]

Just plain water.
1 or 2 cups of coffee in the am. Then just water never pop. Then 2 or 3 beers. Or the equivalent (wine or whatever) Then water before bed. Am I weird? Ya I don't care. I love coffee but it's bad for my eyes and I want to have at least one that I can see from.

I am with you erli Same for coffee - two cups is now a treat and a rarity; Then water and maybe, maybe one beer or wine or a drink - maybe. 2x a week and if I am really partying then all in one night. Can't do more than two at anytime because I have become such a lightweight. You can sit by me erli and you will look like a party gal.

 

[Cebarmlds]

I am with you erli Same for coffee - two cups is now a treat and a rarity; Then water and maybe, maybe one beer or wine or a drink - maybe. 2x a week and if I am really partying then all in one night. Can't do more than two at anytime because I have become such a lightweight. You can sit by me erli and you will look like a party gal.

Not saying that every day I'm drinking drinks but when I do

 

[Tfred1399]

Is this too steep? I can lower the top a couple of inches.

 

[jerryse]

In town again . Chicks are getting TLC from BC . I have been working on the subfloor . I will have get Janet some ear plugs . She does not like the noise from the planer . Just planing for thickness . Some do not have much to take off and others have more . Just one pass on one side to get uniform thickness .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

They are doing good @jerryse. Lost 3 but none now in the last 24 hours. I think the cream of the crop is there now. Starting to eat well and go through some water. Egg yolk must be wearing off. Lots of colors and variations and fun. Chick TV every night. Love it.
Good luck finding the ear plugs.

TFred, although it appears billy-goat like in climbing...chickens will be able to muckle that ramp. Especially since you put those nice treads on there. They like testing their skills anyways I say. More fun for them.