The Front Porch Swing

[LeslieDJoyce]

One year I planted Everbearing strawberries that I'd bought out front of BiMart ... that's a weird store/pharmacy that has all kinds of odd/discounted items like a tiny WallMart. Anywho ... those plants lasted years, even with the active Roundup Patrol we've got here, and produced just enough fruit for breakfast garnishes every day for a nice long season -- all summer. And the fruit was super tasty, too. Small enough that we didn't have to cut it up.

I draped some deer netting over it to keep the birds out ... it would travel across the planting zone a little bit each year ... so I let it have space.

 

[LindaB220]

Go to Berry college.com and search eagle webcam. She's hatching babies. Fluffy

 

[LindaB220]

DollarSeed.com non-gmo, heirloom and organic. I bought a bunch last year and didn't have the garden set up to plant. I didn't freeze them. Hope they are still ok.

 

[Searsmom]

Some seeds are good for years and some are only good for 1 year. Even so, you should still try them. Your germination rate will go down, but you should be able to grow a plant from some of them as long as they didn't get moist and mold in the packet. I freeze here because we get so humid that they don't have much chance of being viable the next year.

 

[Searsmom]

I've a question about vent gleet, but don't want to take over this thread with it. I've posted it elsewhere and no answer. Is there someone I could PM about it? Never even heard of it until two days ago.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Athletes foot cream for vent gleet. If that doesn't fix it, it is a bacteria instead of a fungus ... bacterial infections require different treatments and might not be worth it. Antibiotics.

 

[Searsmom]

Not sure it is vent gleet. No symptoms except for poop and it's not a funny color, no smell, no swelling, no redness.

 

[Searsmom]

Go to Berry college.com and search eagle webcam. She's hatching babies. Fluffy

Oh cute! I had to wait for the mom to move, but it was worth it!

 

[Beekissed]

Not sure it is vent gleet. No symptoms except for poop and it's not a funny color, no smell, no swelling, no redness.

Some birds get what I call a drip strip at this time of year as they come into lay and also when they are foraging on grasses after a long time without their regular forage...but mostly it's because they are laying daily and their vents are now loose and don't cut off a loaf like they normally do when not laying.

No rotten smell, no off color or slime and the vent is normal looking except for looking like the bird is "in lay", I'd say the yearly drip strip is the culprit.

 

[Searsmom]

Thank you!

I was not looking forward to bathtime.