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[KMHunter]

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CL -- get him one of these

http://www.utilikilts.com/company/products/kilts/

I want one really badly

I love the traditional kilts, but I think the utilikilts are particularly awesome. I had a friend who worked at Utilikilts in Seattle. I know a few guys who wear them regularly to work in. A couple of them do crew/construction work in the theater. (Hmm, those guys climb ladders to hang lights from the ceiling of the theater. I imagine being there while they're working would answer that age old question...)

Let me know if you find out!

 

[Chickielady]

Yeah, it is.

I joke around that there are millions of hungry cows in this country and millions of missing people.
Just sayin'

Russ

 

[Chickielady]

I just saw on Grant's Getaways, the Hood River harvest train is running again...not an old steam loco, but still looks fun.
It tours the small towns & farms and makes stops so riders can shop at farm stands, etc.
Google Hood River harvest train.

 

[Nancygardens]

I was asked this q. and thought you folks here could weigh in on it.


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the temps drop and it's freezing outside?

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: I have sandy soil.

Thus easy to dig in.

As do I, and I'm wondering if you will want a few (dozen?) lilacs for that hedge; the Pink Elizabeth, in particular, has a nice forest of young'uns and a graceful upright growth habit and (oh, goodie, an excuse to put up a picture!) lovely blooms, to whit:



I may have some others- Pres.Grevy and Will Klager are possibles- and t'would be the work of a minute to get them dug and sacked. Any time, no pressure, not as if I can no longer get to the fence on this side or anything...

(This offer open to any and all BYC Washingtonians, these are Lilacs from Hilda Klager Lilac Garden).
Thank you. The plan is to put in stuff that won't require water once established. I've put in Mahonia, Garrya, and Snowberry (also volunteers). I'm hoping some of the Spirea will sow itself if I stop mowing along the fence. That first spring after we took out the blackberries, all sorts of shrubs tried to come up. If there hadn't been so many blackberries coming up with them, I'd have let them.

 

[KMHunter]

I was asked this q. and thought you folks here could weigh in on it.


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the temps drop and it's freezing outside?

I have heated waterers, but this year I switched to buckets with nipples in the bottom. So I am going to try fish tank heaters in the buckets. But I am not sure if the nipple itself will freeze or not. So this year is up in the air. But I have the heated ones to fall back on if needed.

 

[hallerlake]

I was asked this q. and thought you folks here could weigh in on it.


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the temps drop and it's freezing outside?

I bring the water bottles in at night, and put them out in the morning. If it's below freezing all day, I rotate water bottles in and out of the house. I also have a heated dog water bowl.

 

[Majombaszo]

I have heated waterers, but this year I switched to buckets with nipples in the bottom. So I am going to try fish tank heaters in the buckets. But I am not sure if the nipple itself will freeze or not. So this year is up in the air. But I have the heated ones to fall back on if needed.

I've never tried using fish tank heaters outside but I've kept fish my entire life until recently (anyone in the market for a 150 gallon complete Chiclid setup??) and I wouldn't use tank heaters outside. Submerging the tops of them will cause them to short out unless you buy the super expensive ones. If you have a shorting heater in a bucket of water with metal nipples you might have some very upset chickens! I killed a tank full of fish when I was a kid when I accidentally submerged a heater. You can buy pond heaters designed for fountains or koi ponds but make sure to get the smallest one possible for a 5 gallon bucket unless your chickens wish to make tea or cocoa. There are also heaters you can get for dog bowls that can be submerged. Try www.petedge.com - their prices are excellent or, even better prices but I don't know if they'd have heaters, www.valuepetsupplies.com

ETA - Running water doesn't freeze as easily as still water so if you have the ability to have a fountain or a pond with a circulator, that would work in most locations. I've got to figure out something for my geese and duck so they can keep their kiddie pool for paddling about rather than ice skating.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote:
CL -- get him one of these

http://www.utilikilts.com/company/products/kilts/

I want one really badly

I love the traditional kilts, but I think the utilikilts are particularly awesome. I had a friend who worked at Utilikilts in Seattle. I know a few guys who wear them regularly to work in. A couple of them do crew/construction work in the theater. (Hmm, those guys climb ladders to hang lights from the ceiling of the theater. I imagine being there while they're working would answer that age old question...)
I have the answer but NOT here.!!!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Thus easy to dig in.

As do I, and I'm wondering if you will want a few (dozen?) lilacs for that hedge; the Pink Elizabeth, in particular, has a nice forest of young'uns and a graceful upright growth habit and (oh, goodie, an excuse to put up a picture!) lovely blooms, to whit:


I may have some others- Pres.Grevy and Will Klager are possibles- and t'would be the work of a minute to get them dug and sacked. Any time, no pressure, not as if I can no longer get to the fence on this side or anything...

(This offer open to any and all BYC Washingtonians, these are Lilacs from Hilda Klager Lilac Garden).

Whereabouts would these loverly lilacs be located?  We bought our place almost exactly one year ago so we've now had one full season cycle to find out what all is here (8.5 acres of mostly old growth bordering the Oly National Forest).  The few trees we added in the spring probably didn't survive the drought this summer.  I parasited as many unwanted plants from friends and family and focused on decidious and flowering to try to break up the ad nauseum evergreen. 

South of I-5 exit 111. I'm not sure of lilacs on the wettest south and west bits of the Peninsula; they do need their sun and winter cooling. But, as I sid: if you can come and dig some of the young 'uns, I've got plenty you can experiment with.