Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[SadieSue]

I have a new addiction. I confess. I have dabbled for years with Bonsai without getting serious or reading up on much. But This year, I have so many big leaf maples, red laced maples and assorted other trees in small pots (a few hazel nuts & juniper) I am going to give it a serious try....like in my spare time !

Usually I "do" the trees, plant them nicely and then ignore them until they grow big again. I have to train myself to keep after them I guess. Anyone else here "do" Bonsai ??????????????

"like in your spare time"? Oh yeah, because you have a ton of that. Well I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. I have seen firsthand that whatever you set a mind to, you not only succeed, but with amazingly superior results. Cheers to your newest obsession!

 

[Chickielady]

For all her hard work, I am asking peeps to consider Cloverleaf Farm nominated for BYC friend !!!!!!!!!!!!

She soooooooooooooooo deserves it !
You can vote for her here: Click on "nomination form"

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...n-awards-september-december-winners-announced

 

[Chickielady]

I also wanted to say my daughter just had a baby girl in Elgin, IL....you can see pics on her FB page, my daughter's name is Lisa Karels...go see the baby !!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

Little things can make me happy. Since our big back yard "remodel" last year, I realized I had probably done a disservice to the girls. But with chickens and a Golden Retriever at the time, our yard had turned to so much mud that I had a large brick patio installed with gravel paths all around. Of course, now there's very little area other than a few raised dirt beds for much to grow and you know how quickly any green gets eaten.

So I've decided to keep a steady supply of different seeds sprouted year round. I'm pretty excited about the selection I got and although I'd been saving jars I really like the stacked growing containers I found on Amazon while I was seed shopping.

I also plan to grow out 4- 6 different flats of grass and switch them out this summer for chicken salad bar. I have a nice mix of Omega 3 grass mix that the ladies were loving last year.

I have a 5 lb. can of mung bean sprouts and an assorted box of 12 different seeds for sprouting. DH and I plan to use some of these ourselves in sandwiches, soups, stir fry, etc., and the rest go to the flock.

Here's what I grew first! Fresh Alfalfa sprouts in our stacked containers -




And here's the box of assorted sprouting seeds - a smorgasboard!

I thought I was busy ! You are one busy woman !!!! All the sprouts look yummy !!!!!!

 

[Totalcolour]

I have a new addiction.
I confess.
I have dabbled for years with Bonsai without getting serious or reading up on much.
But
This year, I have so many big leaf maples, red laced maples and assorted other trees in small pots (a few hazel nuts & juniper) I am going to give it a serious try....like in my spare time !

Usually I "do" the trees, plant them nicely and then ignore them until they grow big again.
I have to train myself to keep after them I guess.
Anyone else here "do" Bonsai ??????????????

Spare time

Ok, used to have bonsai, now the only ones I have are some willows someone gave me last year!

Going to have surgery in 2 weeks, so can't make you any pots until I am recovered - you might not be able to wait that long!

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

You won't necessarily get colored eggs at all from an ee rooster. I thought the same thing. I made a thread asking about it that was very informative- https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/741935/who-carries-the-ee-gene#post_10408834

it would still be exciting to hatch them and then exciting waiting for the pullets to get old enough to lay eggs to find out what color of eggs we'd get. I mean really the egg color has nothing to do with the egg it's self they all taste good. But i love when I give friends and family members green or blue eggs. They look at them and tell me they don't sell those in the stores. LOL
My husband didn't know chickens can lay blue or green eggs. When i told him last night they can he gave me a funny look. now i NEED a pullet that lays them.

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

i actually have a few green eggs in the incubator i pulled one out to show him last night during the conversation. He thinks those aren't chicken eggs.

 

[Totalcolour]

On his first trip to New York City, Yoda thought the Statue of Liberty was quite something....

How long will you be gone - looks like Yoda enjoyment is having.

 

[Chickielady]

Spare time

Ok, used to have bonsai, now the only ones I have are some willows someone gave me last year!

Going to have surgery in 2 weeks, so can't make you any pots until I am recovered - you might not be able to wait that long!

Actually, most of my present Bonsai will be in plastic "training pots" before they can graduate into the nice Bonsai trays, so it will be a while !
Sounds like you will not be able to make it to the show either ?

 

[Chickielady]

hatching eggs, as such, do not present a problem to the commercial grocers and the eating eggs they sell, nor the commercial egg producers that supply the grocers. This is why ag dept doesn't mind even though the law doesn't specify what kind, it's pretty much implied that they are talking about eating eggs and how talking them off farm infringes on the commercial producers income. And, I am sure the auctioneers would be quick to note that any eggs at auction should be thought of as livestock.

You'd think so.
But there is alot of ppl who aren't that smart...case in point:
The warning labels on hot cups of coffee.

Nowadays, most folks look for someone else to blame for their own stupifiction...is that even a real word ?