The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

Soak the pepper seeds in "salt peter" first, helps with germination!

Good idea! I had a heat pad last year that helped but idk where I put it.

I also think they drowned.

Evening all... I missed so much today


Debby, I needed a good laugh, thank you...



Agree..



Hope all is better soon.



LOL! What part of I have chickens and feed comes in 50# bags was unclear?


X2 and congrats... The boss wanted me to work OT today but others are working in my space so he declined. Made so happy...


X2 He sounds like a problem child. Good leaders don't devastate their loyal employees hours.



I think you've had the latch question answered. I'm still learning about my new zone, but peppers and maters are ready to go out.

I wish you were close enough for me to loan you my hoop benders.



I'm in 7A. Planted everything I could yesterday. Woke up to Frost 31* this morning and it's now 91* My poor baby plants are getting killed by the weather.



One day, I hope to have 3 greenhouses so I can grow the stuff you can...



Jea great pix...

Nice! I think my tomatoes are technically ready but my garden sure isn't lol been slacking on preparing it.

Very Pretty!

Thanks!

They lay eggs any where!

That's true! Mine have always been good about laying in the nest boxes though except for a few that did take to the corners but usually when one was broody or hogging the box. And small coop they were easier to get.

Had the occasional one in the run too.

I was hoping they would lay in the neat boxes or be trained!

But oh well. Most of them do. I just hope that if they do decide to keep laying in the corners that they keep laying in this corner so I can collect it without having to climb inside lol

My girls do... egg hunts are a regular adventure...

Oh boy! Mine are usually good. So far in this one we've had 3 in the box and 1 in the corner so we will see.

OK, enough of the egg talk!

No eggs have been laid at Bambrook Bantams for months! Broodiness and moulting has taken care of any thoughts of producing eggs

LOL mine WERE producing really well finally after not laying all fall and winter until my Australorp went broody and it's dropped back down to like 3. I need to break her

 

[bruceha2000]

Beautiful bird on the banana palm Jae!! Really pretty flower too.

wow Vermont is cold lol

And that is supposed to be news? I am technically 4b but we are inching our way to 5a. We haven't gone below -20°F for quite a few years.

And I got locked in again but I don't mind.

So inquiring minds want to know: Who lets you out? Do you have your cell phone with you so you can call for assistance? I'd get that string or wire tied to the "trigger" of the latch and run through the wall ASAP. The neighbors might call the cops on your parents for keeping their child in a cage.

OK, enough of the egg talk!

No eggs have been laid at Bambrook Bantams for months! Broodiness and moulting has taken care of any thoughts of producing eggs

Welcome to fall Teila!

Nice! I think my tomatoes are technically ready but my garden sure isn't lol been slacking on preparing it.

Don't plant them until after last frost, they don't "do" frost.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good Morning Friends

Debby In my catch up I had typed “hope you have a good day” but you are back already

Michelle I do hope your boss comes good with the additional hours.

Jae Mr Tui is beautiful!

Thank you for the ‘Zone’ education all

I got nuff’n except that it is only predicted to get to 80.5F today .. time to break out the woollens

We had 81 today and humidity. Hard to believe a couple weeks ago we had a snowstorm.

 

[Treerooted]

Yup.
Been collecting windows at the dump. With everything that is going on this year sadly we're not going to do a garden this year though.

Oh my goodness, I recently scored a whole bunch of free windows -. Large 8*4 and 6*4 and 4*4. And will be getting a couple jalousies as well. So excited to build an unheated greenhouse out by the garden.

Also, I'm with everyone else on this manager business...not impressed!

 

[bruceha2000]

Since I'm sure some of you are ignorant
jalousie: a blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats.

(OK, yeah I had to look it up. Had no idea what the spell "fixer" had "fixed". Turns out NOTHING!"

 

[rjohns39]

I'm angry because our last frost was supposed to be two weeks ago... Planted yesterday and woke up to 31*.... This afternoon it was 81* My poor plants don't know what to think...

 

[ronott1]

Oh, I do have some news ….. today I should get my new ‘ants off’ trays for my fur babies biscuits! I am tired of trying to outsmart the ants with bowls in water etc so ordered a couple of these:


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I hope it works!

 

[bruceha2000]

I'm angry because our last frost was supposed to be two weeks ago... Planted yesterday and woke up to 31*.... This afternoon it was 81* My poor plants don't know what to think...

That just isn't right!!! Did you expect it to get down near freezing and cover the babies?

I think it is unfair that the greenest thing on my property is the dang pond behind the barn. It was frozen a week ago and already the algae is winning. It is really shallow and mucky.

 

[drumstick diva]

How is that supposed to work keeping ants off?

 

[CapricornFarm]

My girls do... egg hunts are a regular adventure...

I have yet to find where the guineas lay theirs if i let them out early in the day. 13 acres is a lot to search.