The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[N F C]

Good morning, everyone - gonna be an 'outside' sort of day here.

I thought I was going to have an 'outside' kind of day, boy, was I wrong!

Started replacing the bedding in the coop, the sky got dark, temperature dropped, the wind picked up and it started raining. Stuck it out long enough to get done and then came inside to thaw my fingers out with a fresh cup of coffee.

Guess I got to have my 20 minutes of outside day

 

[JaeG]

Hi Jae! Did you have a nice birthday? I know you were hiding from us because you didn't want to share your cake

Goo luck with the house. You don't have to tell prospective buyers that you are moving because of the traffic (and how much worse it is now compared to when you bought the house)

Other than having to clean up the house for a private viewing in the evening it was a nice day. I made a white chocolate mudcake and iced it with strawberry icing made with real strawberries. It was delicious, and because the strawberries weren't fantastic, it wasn't sickly sweet.

Traffic in Auckland is the pits. It used to be there was a period of 'rush hour' traffic in the morning and afternoon, but now it's heavy on the motorways all day. We sure won't miss the traffic!

 

[bruceha2000]

Removing the stump would be a good idea, it isn't doing anything useful there and is housing for insects you don't want near you in the garden. You can dig it out, use a stump grinder or burn it (Google stump burning).

Raspberries propagate via roots as well as seed. The only way to get rid of the "volunteers" is to pull them out. If you don't you will have raspberry plants in your garden where you don't want them. You can just keep cutting them as they come up but it will be a never ending task.

The front sounds like a very bad location from your sun and snow description.

Is wasp spray safe to have near a garden? Was a little worried about that with the chemicals but also do not want to get stung so will do anything. Was also considering just taking the stump out before they become active again. Idk if that would solve it but might at least take away a nesting location? Especially if I fill it in?

And I am not sure on what direction the pines are so I will have to ask my dad. But the whole property is surrounded by pines. But this back area is very sunny. The front hill my dad doesn’t think will work because it is very shady and doesn’t get morning sun. It also tends to get dark first in the afternoon and when we get snow, that hill is always the last to melt. So maybe that would not be a good spot. He says the spot in front of the driveway is better. And I know for a fact the backyard is even better than either of those too and is very sunny. And yeah, there are definitely a lot of roots because of that stand of baby pines (which I don’t want to get rid of because the chickens love hanging out under there) and then obviously all the mature ones at the back. Although we were thinking of having some of them removed eventually. And also the raspberry roots seem to be everywhere too. But maybe I could just add a bit of dirt and plant there, the end close to the garden seems to be flatter. I love your idea about having separate gardens though. I may have to do that. Last year I had some plants in pots and I may do that again this year. Maybe lettuce, some peppers, and herbs in pots. Or maybe in front of the arches/rows? I don’t know. The raspberries are all over back there and I’m not sure if they’re wild or from the raspberry plant I bought years and years ago at a fair and never planted. Maybe a combo. It started spreading under the deck (had the pot under the stairs) and has since spread all over. Even into the side yard/next to garage. And that bush on the little hill in the back is a wild blueberry we think. We were thinking of getting some more blueberries but then we never ordered any. Maybe next year. I don’t know if the wild berries are safe to eat?

 

[N F C]

From a bright, clear morning to this before 1pm...

 

[ShrekDawg]

Removing the stump would be a good idea, it isn't doing anything useful there and is housing for insects you don't want near you in the garden. You can dig it out, use a stump grinder or burn it (Google stump burning).

Raspberries propagate via roots as well as seed. The only way to get rid of the "volunteers" is to pull them out. If you don't you will have raspberry plants in your garden where you don't want them. You can just keep cutting them as they come up but it will be a never ending task.

The front sounds like a very bad location from your sun and snow description.

That is true and I think there were mice in there too or used to be. I like the burning method! That sounds easy and quick! Maybe I will burn the other stumps too. As you might have seen in the pics, there are a lot back there.

Yeah, last year I tried to just pick them up and lay them outside the garden when they got near it but that didn’t work very well. I think I will have to get gloves and rip them out. They are in there pretty deep though.

Yeah, I’m thinking the back might be the best location. My dad says the back is North too.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Great Morning 45.7F already going out to coax the last of the ice off the driveway. Where is my sunblock?

Awesome for you

GM friends. Supposed to be warm today, i am loving that!

Enjoy

I thought I was going to have an 'outside' kind of day, boy, was I wrong!

Started replacing the bedding in the coop, the sky got dark, temperature dropped, the wind picked up and it started raining. Stuck it out long enough to get done and then came inside to thaw my fingers out with a fresh cup of coffee.

Guess I got to have my 20 minutes of outside day

That sucks! We are just coming back from a Walmart run...I’d rather clean the coop! I think I need to start shopping in the middle of the night.

 

[bruceha2000]

Lots less people on the road and in the store then!

 

[sharron]

Morning everyone! I'm not awake enough to do any waving, so I'll salute you with my coffee mug

 

[sharron]

Morning everyone


x2 And best of luck selling the house

 

[sharron]

Good morning, everyone - gonna be an 'outside' sort of day here.