Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

I thought we were too far north for tomato hornworms. I didn't seen horns on it. I have seen those moths though. Can the chickens eat them (the worm) without getting sick?

Since the worms eat tomato leaves I would not feed the worms to chickens .

 

[holm25]

Happy anniversary BC!

 

[holm25]

State fair was good... First three days set an all time record amount of people. 220,000 in one day!

 

[MagpieDucks]

State fair was good... First three days set an all time record amount of people. 220,000 in one day!

I saw something about that...crazy. I thought there was a lot of people..

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Thank you all. Hummingbird moth larva. They are huge and the moth is quite neat. There usually is one horn on the back side like a tail for protection I suspect. Cocoon is a rusty brown.

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[ejb3810]

Happy Anniversary BC. How many years of marital bliss has your DH enjoyed ? All of them I am sure.
After a wet and cool couple of days it has dawned clear here and the temp is forecast to rebound to respectable levels.
I hope that Ralphie is successful in his search for a variety of cold hardy banana tree in Alaska. I know that his primary reason for the trip was to find plant stock to improve the performance of his trees in the Minnesota Banana Belt.

 

[jerryse]

Morning . Rain overnight about 1 1/2 inches . Cooler today . Need to do rear brakes on Janet's car . Weird thing going on . Seems it is not moving enough on the pins . Outer side of disc is rusty and sounds awful . So new pins and pads plus lube on pins . Never had this happen before .

 

[bobbi-j]

State fair was good... First three days set an all time record amount of people. 220,000 in one day!

I was there on the second day. (Saw some Holm chickens from Becker county, I believe.) I was surprised at the amount of people there, since it rained most of the morning.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Happy Anniversary BC. How many years of marital bliss has your DH enjoyed ? All of them I am sure.
After a wet and cool couple of days it has dawned clear here and the temp is forecast to rebound to respectable levels.
I hope that Ralphie is successful in his search for a variety of cold hardy banana tree in Alaska. I know that his primary reason for the trip was to find plant stock to improve the performance of his trees in the Minnesota Banana Belt.

Thank you Ed. It's been 119 years. I mean 19. I'm sure glad my garbage/recycling man has been able to deal with his Bog Queen all these years. ahem...

I saw a blurb that Ralphie has had a complication after the Alaskan trip. His dear Mom-in-Law suffered a stroke I think. The WW. We need some prayers sending out to them, him and Judy. Busy guy. And with the election coming and all.

Prayers Ralphie!!!

 

[bobbi-j]

Thank you Ed. It's been 119 years. I mean 19. I'm sure glad my garbage/recycling man has been able to deal with his Bog Queen all these years. ahem...

I saw a blurb that Ralphie has had a complication after the Alaskan trip. His dear Mom-in-Law suffered a stroke I think. The WW. We need some prayers sending out to them, him and Judy. Busy guy. And with the election coming and all.

Prayers Ralphie!!!

Happy Anniversary, BC!
Prayers for Ralphie and family.