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[Chicken Rustler]

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Sorry to hear that Terrie. BUT SEE you guys its not just me and I an not so wierd so wierd so wierd.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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And I bet IMP will be wearing his SPEEDO !!!!

Trying it on as we speak.

You are all SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong. Oh, my. I think I need a glass of wine now.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Please stay family friendly!

 

[T Hi]

Hope you all had fun tonight!!

CL- when are you expecting for those crazy blue eggs to start hatching? Do you candle them? I hope they were good eggs and ok with the uh um.... shipping!!

Good night all!!!!

 

[DIYSeattle]

Im not great at talking with people, and being from the South I dont move my mouth much when I speak, but it went well I believe. There were about 9 people there if I counted correctly. Nice lively bunch of people.

The food court found out who we were and gave us all free food and coffee. Ok, so I made that part up.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Does any body have pics of RIR banty eggs. I am sure that one of ours is laying but I expected the eggs to be a little darker color. They are very light color.

 

[hallerlake]

Oops! Nobody took any pictures.

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[Rainwolf]

Thanks for the ride Hallerlake

Guess what I found when I got home and looked in the incubator???
The BBS Marans chickielady brought me are hatching!
1 out of the shell drying off and its a half day+ early

 

[Illia]

Cowgirlgrace - Yes, we have a grain grinder. Had it since before I was born. We use it when we can, but that means not very often.

Quinoa is indeed VERY expensive to buy, a simple little (1 lb?) bag of it is about $11 out here, while you can get something like oats or flaxseed in the same quantity for $3-5. It is indeed a picky plant about heat, which is a plus out here, in fact it prefers almost everything about our climate EXCEPT the rain. We're focusing on getting a strain that is a little hardier to rain, as Quinoa will actually burst new sprouts from the seed when rained on during harvesting time if not harvested early enough.

We're doing both sweet corn and flour corn, but the sweet corn (two kinds, but similarly related, and both very colorful old Indian varieties) will be far down on one end of the property, the flour corn on the other end with a building between the two. (the flour corn is our beautiful green corn)

I'll also have an attempting go at popcorn. As much as I can fit in my greenhouses, since popcorn needs a much longer growing season. If it works, I am definitely also going to get some red marbled parching corn. Gorgeous ears with bright red and yellow swirled kernals, as if on fire. Good for popcorn, too.

This summer shall be a good challenge for me. I'm also going to attempt a lot of melons in greenhouses too, but of course I'm choosing some of the more cold-hardy, short seasoned heirloom varieties. I am just drooling at the THOUGHT of growing my own melons!


Our farm should hopefully be very productive this year, unlike last year. And it should hopefully be filled with crops, gardens, and at LEAST two greenhouses. My only let-down is the fact that our goats are yet to be bred for the year due to the buck's lack of interest in their young, small size at the moment, so the soonest we'll get milk and cheese again is June.