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[SadieSue]

I just received a flyer from Coastal Farm in Auburn about a ladies' night this Thursday. Anyone in the area want to do a meetup and shop at the same time?

I'm having a flashback to some R&B or disco song from the 80's. "Oh yes it's Ladies Night..." is all I can think of. Not Earth Wind and Fire... Maybe Kool and the Gang? Ladies night at Coastal Farm sounds fun - not sure I can make it though. I may have a wine party that night.

 

[Chickielady]

Have you thought about wearing one of those elastic braces to keep your knee in place so it doesn't slip?

I am braced ....................as most of you know, and I always wear it.
IT will not prevent slide slipping, however, which is the case.

 

[Chickielady]

You can cut the tubers apart, but make sure each section has some old stem attached. That's is where the tubers send up their new growth. Otherwise, just lie the tubers flat and plant. Do not cut them up like potatoes.
http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Dahlia-tubers.html
The crocosmia does spread, but it does not send out a tap root to China. It's easily pulled where you don't want it. I'm not sure what you mean by rings. Each corm will sprout, so you can take them apart if they're all stuck together.

They look like a bunch of doughnuts stuck together !

 

[Chickielady]

There really is a Mtn Beaver.

Yes, as so I see, and I did show DH...and he said " I only know about the long legged-city Beaver and the Dam-Dam building Beaver"

nuff'said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

Sorry haven't had a chance to look yet. Seems I now am going get to sample the wonderful cold stuff people have been passing around.

ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I was thinking about coming up there for the pig~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Chickielady]

It could be one of the native wood-rats: somewhat rare, shy, non-disease-carrying, related to Packrats, not either of the European Rattus species.

Beautiful thick soft fur....dished face (think arabian rather than long roman nosed rats) eyes close together (unlike a Mountain Beaver) and BIG round poppy-eyed, calm, slow, and unafraid...cool little critter the size of a small Guinea pig....I released it.

 

[Chickielady]

Wasn't my rooster; belonged to a licensed Master Falconer who lived in the cabin, and raised chickens to feed his Prairie Falcons. The rooster was a right (editorial comment withheld) and finally met his end after he took to waking up when friends drove in at night and the porch light came on, and ambushing them from the plum trees. It was early on in his reign of terror when he got me, and pretty much my fault; I had been making lists in my mind on the bus, heading over to weed my garden, and had, in my deep concentration, walked right through the flock while they were eating some scratch the falconer had thrown down.
ON the other hand: thirty-one years ago, it's a long time to be punished for a moment's inattention.

Very true my friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

We have been searching and searching for pvc black coated hex wire 1" holes 20 g.wire 6 ft. tall in a 150 ft. roll. So far the best deal I have found is at Wireman online. But we hate paying the shipping! So we have been on the phone calling all the farm stores we can think of that may carry it. No one on the North Olympic Peninsula stocks it. We also called Cenex in Kitsap county. Nope!
Does anyone here have any ideas where we could find it? Thanks in advance for any tips.
BTW Fencing materials & electric fencer plus my future BA chicks

are my Christmas present.

DH will be fencing in a safe chicken padlock. ZAP!

Watch out raccoons!

~Dee~

Try Home Depot ?
And why do you want the PVC coated anyways ?????????????

 

[Chickielady]

Hi everyone!

a little off topic...does anyone need a free, older computer?

black dell - think it's about 5 years old - smaller hard drive (around 30 to 60 GB - really don't recall).

was very recently rebuilt with Windows XP.

Just the computer tower.

Kenmore/Kirkland/Woodinville area.

Let me know if you want to pick it up =)

Sounds like the numbnuts one I already have with 1/2 a G of Ram !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I NEED MORE RAM !!!! and I do have a Dell...so can boards be switched ????????????

 

[Chickielady]

CL. You have something else going on besides the roof?

To the one that mentioned electric fence. If you have bears that is the best defense. The blue berry farm near me said that was what saved them was that fence.

Not at this point Greg, the roof goes on first...then the siding, then wiring, then YOU.