Washingtonians

[VelvettFog]

Quote:
Yup .. ever since WW2 the Italians and the Russians have not gotten along very well...

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: I don't know where they come from, but they look like poppies to me. I've grown sea holly. That's not it.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: I don't know where they come from, but they look like poppies to me. I've grown sea holly. That's not it.
I think they look like Nasturtiums....do they have long stringy looking stems?

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Most likely. although sometimes we see light and dark in the same hive "NORMALLY" the colors tell breed but the bee's don't always read the same books we as beekeepers do.
Do you still want to keep bees ?? From the looks of it you have a good population. If I can get ya some drawn comb before spring there is a real good chance you could get a swarm to move into that box.
IF you watch the bees close you can tell where the colony is living. Keep in mind it may be up to 2 miles away. If wild / feral they are most likely living in a tree.

 

[Justahannah]

I think they look like Nasturtiums....do they have long stringy looking stems?

I agree, those look like nasturtiums to me!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: In which case, the flowers are edible...which would also explain why they just "showed up"...a critter probably ate some, and pooed the seeds in your garden. I love "Nasties"...and they will come back on their own...

 

[FirewifeJess]

So I finally got it out of DH that he used poison in our backyard to get rid of the huge bee or wasp nest that was in the grass/ground on the back half of the property.

I TOLD asked him not to do that and to try alternate methods but apparently he doesn't care about our chickens or if they suffer horribly. I think Tilda was poisoned and that's how. So now I'm off to research how to help a chicken who was poisoned, and now I also can't let the chickens out of their run at all until we've had a really good, long, intense rain. Poor girls. They're gonna be 13 very unhappy chickens until then.

 

[itsren]

Thanks to those of you who offered 20 gallon fish tanks. I managed to find one today, and no longer need one. I happened to walk into a pet store and they had a special - tanks for $1 per gallon. I figured $20 wasn't too shabby, and, even better, I was able to get one of the tall 20 gallon tanks, which works well on our stand. I know the tanks that had been offered were quite a distance away, and I probably would have spent $20 (or more) in gas just to pick it up. I do want you to know I appreciate the offer, though.

When DH saw the new fish tank he responded with "Oh good, now we can dump the gold fish and get "real" fish."

Then he smarted off about how much our "free" fish have cost us.

We've had those free goldfish for three years... we're not doing them in just because they're mutt fish.

It was probably a good thing my local Trader Joe's didn't have fertilized eggs today. My coming home with a larger fish tank for the free fish and fertilized eggs might have been to much for him to take in one day. Although... I had a whole spiel worked out in my head about how incubating store-bought fertilized eggs would simply be a science experiment and probably wouldn't have resulted in baby chicks anyway.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Thanks to those of you who offered 20 gallon fish tanks. I managed to find one today, and no longer need one. I happened to walk into a pet store and they had a special - tanks for $1 per gallon. I figured $20 wasn't too shabby, and, even better, I was able to get one of the tall 20 gallon tanks, which works well on our stand. I know the tanks that had been offered were quite a distance away, and I probably would have spent $20 (or more) in gas just to pick it up. I do want you to know I appreciate the offer, though.

When DH saw the new fish tank he responded with "Oh good, now we can dump the gold fish and get "real" fish."

Then he smarted off about how much our "free" fish have cost us.

We've had those free goldfish for three years... we're not doing them in just because they're mutt fish.

It was probably a good thing my local Trader Joe's didn't have fertilized eggs today. My coming home with a larger fish tank for the free fish and fertilized eggs might have been to much for him to take in one day. Although... I had a whole spiel worked out in my head about how incubating store-bought fertilized eggs would simply be a science experiment and probably wouldn't have resulted in baby chicks anyway.

...and how your friend Jessica would have taken the baby chicks if they hatched anyway!

 

[itsren]

Jessica, I'm sorry to hear about Tilda. I hope she gets better.