Tyngsboro ma chicken swap 6/23

[TeddyBearSilkie]

Wish I had seen you keesmom. Although I'm not yet in the market for Faverolles you got me thinking about them for the future. Hopefully I'll see you at another swap.

 

[keesmom]

Wish I had seen you keesmom. Although I'm not yet in the market for Faverolles you got me thinking about them for the future. Hopefully I'll see you at another swap.

I didn't go, because it was too hot. Favs hate the heat. Actually, so do I.

 

[Arielle]

lol, I don't like the heat either being from Coastal Maine!! So i understand. What if we could do this earlier and in a shorter time? Seems like lots of people were waiting by 8:30 from what I heard. Just thinking out loud here.

 

[GardenerGal]

I wanted to get to the swap, but my family decided that was the perfect day for a big get together, and it was in the opposite direction on the South Shore. Sigh.

The idea of an earlier swap is a good one. Get there and home before the worst of the day's heat! I'd be up for a swap in July or August, especially knowing that there may be turkeys and ducks available.

I'll also have herb plants to sell, and maybe some seasonal (summer-fall) container "mini-gardens" too.

 

[Arielle]

What do you have for herbs??? For some reason I cannot get seeds started-- but I keep trying!!!

 

[GardenerGal]

Oregano, basil, thyme (usually German and lemon), peppermint, perilla (Japanese shiso), sage, maybe rosemary. Whatever else is available as seed after the big spring gardening rush.

I usually either sow seeds at intervals throughout the season, or buy "plugs" (starts) from a greenhouse and grow them to "finished" size and continually pinch back the ones that tend to go to seed and fade out soon after (basil, cilantro).

And I pot them up individually or make herb mini-gardens -- larger containers planted up with 3-4 compatible herb plants (i.e. plants that grow well together due to soil type, water needs, etc.). They look really nice and you can keep them outdoors till just before the first frost, then get a few more weeks of use if you bring them indoors to a sunny windowsill.

 

[shay20]

I will see if gabreila is ok on doing it in july, I saw lets go ahead and do it

 

[Arielle]

2 customers walked away empy handed-- 1 looking for bantams.

 

[Arielle]

Oregano, basil, thyme (usually German and lemon), peppermint, perilla (Japanese shiso), sage, maybe rosemary. Whatever else is available as seed after the big spring gardening rush.

I usually either sow seeds at intervals throughout the season, or buy "plugs" (starts) from a greenhouse and grow them to "finished" size and continually pinch back the ones that tend to go to seed and fade out soon after (basil, cilantro).

And I pot them up individually or make herb mini-gardens -- larger containers planted up with 3-4 compatible herb plants (i.e. plants that grow well together due to soil type, water needs, etc.). They look really nice and you can keep them outdoors till just before the first frost, then get a few more weeks of use if you bring them indoors to a sunny windowsill.

You definitely have a green thumb!!

 

[GardenerGal]

2 customers walked away empy handed-- 1 looking for bantams.

Shucks. I have zillions of banty chicks right now, almost 8 wks old. But I haven't had my flock blood tested yet this year (old test expired), so can't sell anything till I can get Megan McGrath out here to test... I'm waiting till my babies are 16 wks so the whole flock can get tested and approved.