The Old Folks Home

[bamadude]

Ha

 

[perchie.girl]

I am from the south. We do not eat rhubarb, in a pie or in anything else. I would like to try it, but I want to have a homemade one the first time so I will know what a good one tastes like. Is it along the lines of tart cherry?

When I watch the guinea videos, I miss my guineas. I had about 40 at one time and really enjoyed them. They were so quirky and loud and interesting. I loved watching the boys chasing each other at full (but oddly constant) speed around and around the house. Several people were astonished at how tame mine were. They would come when called and swarm your feet. If I had treats to share, they would pick and pull at my pants legs and shoes for attention. They didn't like being held, but they were not afraid of me at all.

They became a royal pain in the butt when the boys outnumbered the girls and were totally insufferable when all the girls were gone. The remaining boys started fighting among themselves and with the roosters. They also attacked and molested the hens.....they had to go.

Rhubarb pie similar to mom made. Very simple.


http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fresh-rhubarb-pie/


It is very tart even with all that sugar. But the kind of tart that makes you want more.

I like the crust sprinkled with that large sugar....


You know my first Guineas were five males adopted from a woman who was getting evicted by a Land Developer. They were at least five years old.... Leftovers from a much much larger flock. They got along quite well with each other AND the chickens. She was also re-homing a bunch of chickens. I only took two I believe. Any way once they spent their required quarantine And an extra two weeks for final adjustment to a new home They left the coop as a small flock and came home to roost in the evening. I didnt know about conditioning them to come home with millet Or that they weren't safe in the trees.... But they were safe enough for at least two years. Only pestered the chickens at feeding time so I quickly put out more feeding stations. I never fed in the coop.

We had a big fire in town and it drove all the predators away from it.... and straight for my area... I lost the whole flock...

To qualify the conditions... I had a mature existing flock of desert bred barnyard mixes... and three roos that were pretty mellow. The guinea cocks had been raised with chickens and were mature. In the wild Guinea Fowl bachelors will form a bachelor flock... only a few tussles but normal pecking order stuff.

IN later flocks of guineas I have had males and females pair of that first season. There is alot of tussling chasing and posturing that goes on then. They are ALL much louder too then. But once they pair off everyone quiets down.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Lol, the leaves are slightly poisonous, I think you have to eat a wheelbarrow full of the leaves to get sick.
I love rhubarb! Grew up on it. We were poor growing up we ate rhubarb on biscuits like most people ate strawberry shortcake. Or on icecream. If we didn't have icecream we ate rhubarb goop in a bowl.
Chunk rhubarb boiled in water, strain the water into a container, add sugar, chill/add ice sweet and tart kinda like pink lemonade.
And yup ronnet1 it's been used as medicine, a natural laxative. I never noticed it though.
Easy to grow, requires basically no tending to, once you have a bed in it lasts forever, a lifetime or more.

You know I remember rhubarb on toast when I was very young.... Ooo I have to give that drink a try.

Now adding Rhubarb to my list of plants I want to try to grow. I wonder if they would grow in aquaponics. I do know the plant gets huge....
naw we dont get cold enough. Sigh.

deb

 

[Alaskan]

Love your new avatar Alaskan. Cheers

I loaded this sucker up in 2013... the winter of killer snow... We had SO MANY feet of snow! (insert crazy screaming person here)

last year was pretty mild, and this year has been super mild... but it looks like we are now having 3 weeks of winter, or something like that.

I just wish I could live someplace baking.

Not sure, if I could go ANYWHERE, where I would go...

maybe I would actually spend 2 years traveling Europe.. and then I would settle down someplace hot... not sure if I would pick super hot like grow bananas, or if I would pick a place just barely cold enough to grow an apple.

 

[bamadude]

Check out @Amberjem video on the dixie chicks thread....my grandchicks are hatching in Washington state. Im kinda proud

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Its been 95 for two days now...

House is empty Horse is sweet and needs a skritch....

 

[bamadude]

I may need a skritch...
Wait whats a skritch?

 

[perchie.girl]

I may need a skritch...
Wait whats a skritch?

She loves being scratched with a rubber curry.... Ever see a horse do the Cha Cha.... and click their teeth.... Kind of like a dog kicking that hind foot when you found the itchy spot...

deb

 

[chickwhispers]

Rhubarb Pie

Snow sorry Alaskan. -

But I guess it is your turn for winter. You couldn't postpone it forever. Soon It will be summer and you will be 'skipping around in the season of Green.'

WooHoo just set 26 eggs for the Easter HAL! First time ever!!!

 

[tntchix]

You guys, I caved and bought bantams today. I know, I know. 6 of the cutest, tiny fuzzbuts AND they are in my house AGAIN! I also set 3 OE and 3 BCM eggs under a broody this morning.

I'm all in.
I really have a sickness. Help me. When DH finds out, I'm so busted. I cleaned out the coop today and my guard was down when I went in for supplies.