The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

And if you need a break you should take it I know how it is my mom takes care of both her parents my grandpa had a stroke and hasn't been the same and my grandma is a handful.

There is only me. Grandma is going to be 100 in July. Dad died in 1999 grandpa died in 2000. There are no brothers and sisters or aunts and uncles. Only my son and hes got his life ahead of him.

Four Generations.

deb

 

[ronott1]

Could you share the link to that video please?

Yes!

It is a bit graphic so I will try to put it into a spoiler window.

Pay attention to the part where he cuts the back bone out.

 

[drumstick diva]

Not a Farm, aw wish you'd come with us - my brother has family memberships to Brookfield zoo and to the Museum of Science & Industry. and gets free parking which is a big deal considering how much Chicago forces non residents to pay. Or better yet, you can go with him and I can sleep all day. He used to get niece and nephew to go with him but, they grew up and got friends and things to do. So I make the sacrifice.

I really do love the zoo but not as often as he goes. He works near there and the gang used to go to lunch there often. Then his best bud is usually flying to one place or another, and another guy works in a different department, etc. so he doesn't go there alone.

The zoo also has the Dolphin show which is nice until you've seen it a few dozen times. Giraffes, you are right & I love them and the babies are even cuter. I think they have Emus but haven't found them yet. I know I saw ostriches (they are ughly next to emu) and they have free ranging guineas and peafowl. Really good gorgilla group including Binti who saved a little boy that fell into the enclosure. She scooped him up so the others wouldn't harm him and took him to a zoo worker. It was in the newspapers years ago- so she is famous.

Last time we went Binti had a baby, and her daughter also had one about the same age. It was very cute to watch - but, that is the building with the rocks and boulders for a floor, which gets wet when they have it rain inside and an old foo boo like me can't handle it. My brother almost fell himself.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I miss the aquarium in Baltimore. Nothing like that around here. We have a wildlife refuge rehab park, which is nice and has mostly native species. They have a giant car wash bristle they bought and it's in the moose enclosure. They love rubbing on it.

Perchie, glad you didn't buy the machine full price. If you have questions on when and how to use it and what the results mean, there's plenty of help online. And if you're still confused, reach out.


We had a gorgeous day here yesterday and likewise today should be, too. I put the tomato and pepper seedlings out in the sun for about 20 minutes. They started to burn, so they went back inside to recover. I'm hoping to get them out for a little bit today, too.

Our roosters started going at it again yesterday, and then the toms joined in.

I had to break it up. Several times. One of the roosters is in jail right now. I will have to go out shortly and make a jailbreak because he freaks out in there and tips his water over. Hopefully being apart 16ish hours has helped calm the mood. I have never had this much problem with roosters before. I have consistently had an alpha and a beta rooster to ensure my 40+ish girls are covered. They've always accepted their place in the flock until these two which started this spring.

 

[NotAFarm]

I love zoos. As kid in San Antonio, we went to the Breckenridge Zoo (now known as the San Antonio Zoo). I loved it when we had family visit from Nebraska. We always went to the zoo since it was a good thing to do with my cousins. I used to take my kids to the Lincoln Park Zoo when they were little because it was smaller and free but love Brookfield. I haven't been in ages but maybe will go this summer when the grandkids visit.
Have fun! Take some pictures!

 

[Wisher1000]

We had a gorgeous day here yesterday and likewise today should be, too. I put the tomato and pepper seedlings out in the sun for about 20 minutes. They started to burn, so they went back inside to recover. I'm hoping to get them out for a little bit today, too.

Our roosters started going at it again yesterday, and then the toms joined in.

I had to break it up. Several times. One of the roosters is in jail right now. I will have to go out shortly and make a jailbreak because he freaks out in there and tips his water over. Hopefully being apart 16ish hours has helped calm the mood. I have never had this much problem with roosters before. I have consistently had an alpha and a beta rooster to ensure my 40+ish girls are covered. They've always accepted their place in the flock until these two which started this spring.

I was reading up on "hardening off" plants just last night! I have prepped the bed out back for the Clematis vines and need to make the transistion from the dining room table to the flowerbed. I was thinking of putting them outside on a table or on the porch today. Would putting them in the shade do any good at all? Or do I have to put them in the sun?

Sounds like it's time for making stock.......

 

[superchemicalgirl]

if they haven't been exposed to sun and wind (yes, wind is important, too) then you want to do the hardening off very gradually. 20 to 30 minutes a day although partial shade and a non-windy day means they can be out longer.

When my seedlings are growing up they are in an area with a fan going, so I'm less worried about the wind outside and more worried about sun scorch. The fan makes them vibrate a bit, which makes their stalks stronger and makes them less prone to drying out once regularly exposed to wind outside.

Also, when you transplant you want to do it on a very cloudy day, with hopefully a cloudy or rainy day the next day. Disturbing their roots is a shock, and making it on a sunny/windy day makes it worse.

Hope this helps.

 

[Latestarter]

Seems this storm is blowing itself out... Much ado about nothing here. Maybe 4-5" of heavy wet packed snow with little drifting. Maybe an inch of rain before that which has caused the run-off ditches to fill pretty good. Roads got slushy and slippery last night due to temp drop, but I'm sure will all melt off again today as temp will be well above freezing. still flurrying, but no depth gain anticipated. Overall a very nice moisture gain which we always need out here. I'm sure the higher elevations in the foothills and front range mnts got substantially more. And maybe down south and out east out in the plains as the storm moves east.

 

[Bunnylady]

A porch, carport, or the north side of the house can have the right combination of shelter and lower light levels to be a good intermediate step for toughening up before braving the full blast of the southern sun.

*sigh* Learned something yesterday that probably means a lot of change around here. The people that own the property directly behind us have sold 60 acres to a developer. Back in the '60's, this whole area was divided up into 5 - 10 acre lots; the concept was supposed to be mini-farms. Most of the people who bought in got several lots at the time, but it went no further than that. Now, their families are cashing in. Considering what the other development around here looks like, I have a feeling this means that the woods behind us are about to become high density single family homes. Looks like I am about to have a lot more neighbors, and this view will change, too.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I'm sorry, bunny. The loss of farmland which was turned into housing developments was part of what made Maryland not home for me, anymore. I get it. Even up here, which reminds me of Maryland 30 years ago, is starting to change to housing developments and strip malls. It's so sad.