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[Rare Feathers Farm]

I just posted a few laying hens & a pair of Orloffs in the BYC auctions.

Since I can't ship--I thought I'd let you guys know!

 

[Chickielady]

Oh I forgot you got so cold..yes these curlies would no doubt suffer & die....sorry

 

[Kaneke]

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be careful with poplars --- like cottonwoods, they can become fragile without obvious signs, and can come crashing down without warning

one fell on my Trooper on a day with NO wind, luckily I was outside the vehicle and ran away as soon as I heard the crack and saw it begin to fall

NOT the way to have a picnic !

I too have lots of Himalayan blackberries, and could happily send you any number of rooted starts

(if you sink an impervious container into the ground, you can keep them from spreading underground)

the willows here locally want LOTS of water ...

we got our lilacs at Costco ... they don't seem to be hardy (have survived our two-weeks-of-single-digit winter but only barely) and they DO get fireblight

 

[jbear]

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The Fall PNPA show is always the 3rd weekend in October...
The Spring PNPA show is always the 3rd weekend in April.

So unless this has changed, which I haven't heard about, you still have a little time.

 

[jbear]

Ok.. I also just listed two different fam's of cochins.. haven't put them here on BYC yet, just CL.. and I am not shipping either.
I DO have one more young pullet that I could put with the pair as well. They are really filling in nicely.

THREE Beeeyoootiful cochins!
and a PAIR

ETA:
I would also be very willing to meet an interested party within reasonable driving distance. I am coming east of the mountains (Spokane) the first weekend in August.. and to Oregon for Labor Day (although THAT is a ways out...

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[Rare Feathers Farm]

Quote:
be careful with poplars --- like cottonwoods, they can become fragile without obvious signs, and can come crashing down without warning

one fell on my Trooper on a day with NO wind, luckily I was outside the vehicle and ran away as soon as I heard the crack and saw it begin to fall

NOT the way to have a picnic !

I too have lots of Himalayan blackberries, and could happily send you any number of rooted starts

(if you sink an impervious container into the ground, you can keep them from spreading underground)

the willows here locally want LOTS of water ...

we got our lilacs at Costco ... they don't seem to be hardy (have survived our two-weeks-of-single-digit winter but only barely) and they DO get fireblight

Yeah we have them all the way up the driveway. A few months ago some neighbor's horses got out & trampled four of them--three year old trees, too!

That's a good idea about the containers...never thought of that!

Weeping willows will not survive here, neither do the curlies...but the hybrids do well. Everything is on a dripline.

I have lilacs all over the yard (five total and one was here when we moved in.) That one actually burned up in the fire and came back the next spring. I do mulch everything in the yard and my roses every fall. This last winter I still lost three of my rose bushes though.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Quote:
be careful with poplars --- like cottonwoods, they can become fragile without obvious signs, and can come crashing down without warning

one fell on my Trooper on a day with NO wind, luckily I was outside the vehicle and ran away as soon as I heard the crack and saw it begin to fall

NOT the way to have a picnic !

I too have lots of Himalayan blackberries, and could happily send you any number of rooted starts

(if you sink an impervious container into the ground, you can keep them from spreading underground)

the willows here locally want LOTS of water ...

we got our lilacs at Costco ... they don't seem to be hardy (have survived our two-weeks-of-single-digit winter but only barely) and they DO get fireblight

Oh and I'd be interested in a few blackberry plants--maybe three or four? I don't want to get too crazy (it would be my luck that they'd all survive!)

I have two spots along the drip-line that are open.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

What's with all these crazies shooting up places lately?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...ml?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec3_lnk2|80644

 

[Amethyste]

Quick question for all you berry gardeners here in Puget Sound area.

I have been getting conflicting reports from people about huckleberries. Can they or can they not grow and thrive here in Mill Creek/Snohomish county area?

I would LOVE to get my hands on some, and have decided if I can't find any to try to grow my own next year, but if they won't be viable it wont do me much good to waste my money on them.

Any ideas?

 

[hallerlake]

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Both the evergreen and deciduous huckleberries should grow where you are, but the deciduous huckleberries require wood mychorriza to grow. That's why you usually find them growing in old stumps.