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[WooingWyandotte]

Howdy, Woo! 

I thought maybe you accidentally made a left turn when you meant to hang a right and wound up here by accident. It can be risky business, wandering in here - you might get drafted into pushing wheelchairs, or something.

But perhaps it would be worth the wisdom I could glean from my elders?

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: If this is a sampling of the sorts of pearls you may be gleaning, "elders" and "wisdom" may be an oxymoron.

 

[WooingWyandotte]

If this is a sampling of the sorts of pearls you may be gleaning, "elders" and "wisdom" may be an oxymoron.

It's all the more amusing when ya'll suggest it instead of I!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I ended up with cat spray (all of the things I used had the same active ingredient). The spray was much faster...

Now you see why I go with the spray to start with. With 50ish birds, spray is the way to go.

A couple weeks back I had noticed one of my plants in the kitchen side garden was going crazy (a gourd plant). Finally got the kitchen side garden pulled up today, and this was the pickins off that one single plant.



The plant had a gourd every 8 to 24 inches. It even grew two of these:



I guess chicken poop put on full strength in fall and then tilled in in spring works great as a fertilizer.

 

[perchie.girl]

are those gourds? or eensy pumpkins

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Gourds. I kept crappy records this year so I don't even know where they came from. Probably Fedco but maybe Johnny's. I'll have to plant 1/4 of a seed next year to get the amount of gourds I need. Maybe 1/16 of a seed.

Edited to add final count: 44 singles and 3 doubles!!!

 

[Cynthia12]

Gourds. I kept crappy records this year so I don't even know where they came from. Probably Fedco but maybe Johnny's. I'll have to plant 1/4 of a seed next year to get the amount of gourds I need. Maybe 1/16 of a seed.

Edited to add final count: 44 singles and 3 doubles!!!

Have to ask, what do you use the gourds for? I just use them for decoration. There are some cute ones in that bunch. I could use about 4 of those right now.

 

[Alaskan]

I like practical things.... Soooooo those gourds could all be turned into??? Cups? Scoops? Ooh! You have so many, I wonder if you could figure out a measuring cup set from them...

 

[Alaskan]

Oh and YES SCG, SO MUCH FASTER with spray!! Crazy better!

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh and YES SCG, SO MUCH FASTER with spray!! Crazy better!

I do believe that I was the first one to tell you that...spray! Or wait, was that on my state thread..yep, state thread. I use the spray. Love it. Easy peezy.