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Hey JD!!
Great news on all three counts! I'm glad to see things are going well for you again. I would be up for a sample of the "fruits of the vineyard" once it's ready..... just sayin'.
Meniere's is no fun, JD. The receptionist at a dentist's office I used to go to had it. I remember going in and finding her laying on the floor waiting for the dizziness to pass. Once the phone rang while I was waiting and I answered it for her. She would get so dizzy she couldn't stand because of it.
We got 12 pints of pears hot water bath canned today. We still have two trees left to pick. I'm glad they are dwarf trees. I'm already getting sick of peeling pears and we have a half dozen dwarf apple trees to deal with yet. I keep telling myself how good they are going to taste during the winter months.
We got 12 pints of pears hot water bath canned today. We still have two trees left to pick. I'm glad they are dwarf trees. I'm already getting sick of peeling pears and we have a half dozen dwarf apple trees to deal with yet. I keep telling myself how good they are going to taste during the winter months.
We started picking pears when they started falling on the ground. But the cows love them to. I only have one tree large enough to produce pears now. I have another one that I am hoping to get pears from in a couple more years and hopefully the apples will be ready then also.
Wisher did any of your plum seeds come up?
I still have 4 trees to plant and a grape vine.
I may leave my blueberries in my raised bed till next year.
I still have 4 trees to plant and a grape vine.
I may leave my blueberries in my raised bed till next year.
You can grow plum trees from pits? I have a half dozen peach trees that I have started from pits that we planted in the fall. The last two springs we've had late frosts so the peach production has been well, the pits.
I have about a dozen pits I'm going to plant this fall but if you can plant plums from pits, hey, I'll pick some up at the store tomorrow.
I went with dwarfs because the started bearing fruit the second year. My big problem has been fungal infections from the wet summers we have been having. Last y ear the Asian pears were the size of softballs. This year more like hard balls but sweet as sugar. I learned after the fact that all but the heritage fruit trees are susceptible to fire blight where we live. Now they tell us.
I have about a dozen pits I'm going to plant this fall but if you can plant plums from pits, hey, I'll pick some up at the store tomorrow.
I went with dwarfs because the started bearing fruit the second year. My big problem has been fungal infections from the wet summers we have been having. Last y ear the Asian pears were the size of softballs. This year more like hard balls but sweet as sugar. I learned after the fact that all but the heritage fruit trees are susceptible to fire blight where we live. Now they tell us.
Just wow. I can't believe how horrible this must have been for those kids but how amazing the way they handled it.
(oops, for those who don't know, this is in Michigan)
Virus hits Sanilac fair; vets to euthanize all 4-H chickens
Liz Shepard, Times Herald10:59 a.m. EDT August 26, 2016
(Photo: TIMES HERALD, WENDY TORELLO/TIMESHERALD)April Malick has been involved with the Sanilac County 4-H Fair for about a decade.
This week has been by far the worst.
“I had to look at 100 kids and tell them their birds had to be put down...you have no idea how it was,” said the fair’s superintendent of poultry.
The decision to euthanize all of the chickens brought to be shown by youths came after one was confirmed to have infectious laryngotracheitis, a respiratory disease triggered by stress and highly contagious between chickens.
Malick said the bird arrived to the fairgrounds near Sandusky early Sunday healthy, but by later that day it was showing symptoms.
She called the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, which sent a vet who tested and confirmed the disease.
Malick said about 130 poultry entries came to the fair. The about 25 ducks, pigeon, geese and turkeys will not be euthanized.
“This is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever dealt with,” she said.
There will be no poultry showing this week.
“The kids at the 4H group, and being poultry enthusiasts, we all decided it needed to end here, it needed to stay here,” she said.
Kids have been taking turns tending to the birds, wearing gloves and practicing other steps of “bio-security,” Malick said.
Because carriers of the disease don’t always show symptoms, Malick said there was concern it would be taken to home flocks and spread throughout the state.
“They’ve been exposed to the virus, so they’re always going to be a carrier,” she said of the other birds.
Malick said the youth all backed the decision to stop the spread of the disease through euthanizing the chickens.
“I was proud of the kids, it was a tough decision,” she said.
The birds are expected to be euthanized today.
Colleen Wallace, Sanilac County 4H program coordinator, said proper protocall was followed to minimize the impact.
“As bad and as tragic as it is, if we took these birds home, and exposed the rest of our flocks, the entire flock would be latent carriers,” she said.
Wallace said education about species-to-species diseases and species-to-human disease transmission has been part of education offerings for the youth. She said now the youth want to learn even more to help prevent such incidents.
“I’m absolutely astonished at the maturity,” Wallace said.
Malick said poultry numbers were low this year, as in 2015 birds weren’t allowed to be exhibit anywhere in the state to prevent the spread of avian flu.
Contact Liz Shepard at (810) 989-6273 or [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @lvshepard.
(oops, for those who don't know, this is in Michigan)
Virus hits Sanilac fair; vets to euthanize all 4-H chickens
Liz Shepard, Times Herald10:59 a.m. EDT August 26, 2016
(Photo: TIMES HERALD, WENDY TORELLO/TIMESHERALD)
This week has been by far the worst.
“I had to look at 100 kids and tell them their birds had to be put down...you have no idea how it was,” said the fair’s superintendent of poultry.
The decision to euthanize all of the chickens brought to be shown by youths came after one was confirmed to have infectious laryngotracheitis, a respiratory disease triggered by stress and highly contagious between chickens.
Malick said the bird arrived to the fairgrounds near Sandusky early Sunday healthy, but by later that day it was showing symptoms.
She called the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, which sent a vet who tested and confirmed the disease.
Malick said about 130 poultry entries came to the fair. The about 25 ducks, pigeon, geese and turkeys will not be euthanized.
“This is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever dealt with,” she said.
There will be no poultry showing this week.
Malick said the decision to euthanize the bird was not taken lightly. The state had issued the barn under a 14 day quarantine to see if any other chickens showed symptoms.Kids have been taking turns tending to the birds, wearing gloves and practicing other steps of “bio-security,” Malick said.
Because carriers of the disease don’t always show symptoms, Malick said there was concern it would be taken to home flocks and spread throughout the state.
“They’ve been exposed to the virus, so they’re always going to be a carrier,” she said of the other birds.
Malick said the youth all backed the decision to stop the spread of the disease through euthanizing the chickens.
“I was proud of the kids, it was a tough decision,” she said.
The birds are expected to be euthanized today.
Colleen Wallace, Sanilac County 4H program coordinator, said proper protocall was followed to minimize the impact.
“As bad and as tragic as it is, if we took these birds home, and exposed the rest of our flocks, the entire flock would be latent carriers,” she said.
Wallace said education about species-to-species diseases and species-to-human disease transmission has been part of education offerings for the youth. She said now the youth want to learn even more to help prevent such incidents.
“I’m absolutely astonished at the maturity,” Wallace said.
Malick said poultry numbers were low this year, as in 2015 birds weren’t allowed to be exhibit anywhere in the state to prevent the spread of avian flu.
Contact Liz Shepard at (810) 989-6273 or [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @lvshepard.
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What a heartbreaker. More power to the kids facing an adult decision with such aplomb .
How awful for the kids but goes to show give them a job give them responsibilities
they will step up like adult allot time better than some adults
Yaaaaa to 4-h
they will step up like adult allot time better than some adults
Yaaaaa to 4-h
God bless them and comfort them is all I can say.
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