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[Chicken Rustler]

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another thing you can do, put those wet logs on TOP of the stove

adds moisture to the dry air when it's cold

adds a pleasant scent to the house too

then after they are somewhat dried out, you can put them back in the woodshed to finish drying out over the summer

That is pretty much a waste. That makes as much sense as using an electric fan to make a wind mill turn to generate electricity.

 

[SadieSue]

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Pretty much just wanted the last sentence but why would anyone bother to fertilize a tree like that? Reminds me when we first moved here I was admiring all the trees and I remember a landscaper commenting how trees are weeds in WA. I love all the trees but have kept that in mind. I think madronas are nice to look at with their pretty bark and all but really hate that they are constantly dropping dead leaves and pretty much look dead most of the time. If it's in our way we cut it down, if it's not we leave it. No tears shed. You can send those hardwood people my way. I can sell them my 6' Madrona pieces and use the Gold to buy even more Madrona firewood. In my experience it takes a lot longer to burn than the Fir. When we stock the stove with Madrona at night there are still lots of nice coals in the morning.
Not so with fir.

People who buy a lot because it's got a mature madrona on it (and is there anything more beautiful?) and then want a nice bright-green lawn right up to the base of it- and poison it. I've finally got a Madrona the birds gave me- they are hard trees to chose a place to plant unless you're t the TOP of one of those unconsolodated glacial till cliffs (Dana has a nice patch to look at coming over Chambers Creek up the hill from the University Place Fred Meyers).

They look dead? Not if they're well-sited, and I'm immune to dropped leaves since I moved next to two acres of oak trees.

"Trees are weeds" is overly broad. Alders are green-manure, Cottonwoods are evidence that God wants us to pay attention, nobody needs Doug Fir in their yards what with God, the Forest Service and Weyerhaeuser planting them everywhere, and Oaks, Madrona, and Cascara are bird habitat.

(much much later)

I got distracted and left this behind, just came in from getting the Wyandotte coop to the point of moving the chickens in, callooo-callay, or would a moment of silence be more appropriate?

As soon as my emergency snack kicks in, the larger (and rebeared, Deirdre, I should have taken more photos!) offspring and I are going to go grab Ian and Sylvia, give them their Emprinex, and stick them in their new, clean, dry, windproof home, so YAY, right?


Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated.

There is much I don't always understand, but I DO get the YAY part. I'm always happy to be a member of someone's cheering section. So YAY for you and your kid Julia!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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And back at ya Miss Kim. Hey any word if yer coming to the show. Do I need to hustleon yer bell ??

 

[Greg Richardson]

Yes, sale is at Del's. Then you can drive down the main highway to Monroe Farm & Feed and stock up on feed on sale.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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People who buy a lot because it's got a mature madrona on it (and is there anything more beautiful?) and then want a nice bright-green lawn right up to the base of it- and poison it. I've finally got a Madrona the birds gave me- they are hard trees to chose a place to plant unless you're t the TOP of one of those unconsolodated glacial till cliffs (Dana has a nice patch to look at coming over Chambers Creek up the hill from the University Place Fred Meyers).

They look dead? Not if they're well-sited, and I'm immune to dropped leaves since I moved next to two acres of oak trees.

"Trees are weeds" is overly broad. Alders are green-manure, Cottonwoods are evidence that God wants us to pay attention, nobody needs Doug Fir in their yards what with God, the Forest Service and Weyerhaeuser planting them everywhere, and Oaks, Madrona, and Cascara are bird habitat.

(much much later)

I got distracted and left this behind, just came in from getting the Wyandotte coop to the point of moving the chickens in, callooo-callay, or would a moment of silence be more appropriate?

As soon as my emergency snack kicks in, the larger (and rebearded, Deirdre, I should have taken more photos!) offspring and I are going to go grab Ian and Sylvia, give them their Emprinex, and stick them in their new, clean, dry, windproof home, so YAY, right?


Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated.

There is much I don't always understand, but I DO get the YAY part. I'm always happy to be a member of someone's cheering section. So YAY for you and your kid Julia!

We're quite a team, him and me.

Except I wish I wasn't having to cook dinner now, because I'm exhausted. There was a whole lot of getting done which involved getting past the point where I should have found a chair, most of it two-person stuff, and I needed to get past the moving-the-chickens part so I could do other stuff, including finishing the outside chickie housing, the Hamburg Extension UNiversity, and reroofing the greenhouse.

ALL of that stuff is actually a lot easier than what I just finished, hoop-house frames and no stupid non-standard lumber sizes.

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

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Thanks again!
I've just added this to my calendar!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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OK so color me redneck logger type but where is Covington (area). And Thanks Greg for sharing that.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

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x2!

Or HoneysuckleHills

 

[Sudsy Chick]

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That has recently changed. Much of Kirkland does not allow chickens. However - if you are in one of the areas that was incorporated in June 2011 (Finn Hill, Kingsgate, or Juanita) - you are allowed up to three chickens on a normal size lot. On a larger lot, the number you are allowed depends on the size of your land. Also - because of the incorporation - I think that Kirkland is going to have to revisit their whole policy on chickens soon.

Here is a link to the info: http://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/CMO/CMO+PDFs/Annexation_Zoning+Building.pdf

 

[RonB]

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I like the apple trick Ron. And I just realized a couple of weeks ago that those suet cages were good for greens in the run. I was worried about days I had to keep everyone locked up and wanted to make sure they had some veggies. Hanging the suet cage just made it more fun for them to play tether veggies" all day. I was pretty pleased to have figured this one thing on my own. That's a good tip to share CR.

CR
I'll try the suet cage thing

another thing I did was hang up an old cargo net ( that went in my stationwagon) under cover in the run and filled it with alfafa. girls enjoy that too.

Well got to get the chickens OUT of the HOUSE and back into the barn

Have to pick up the DW & DD at the airport in two hours. My two week vacation is OVER