For those who use sand, what kind do you get? I found THIS but don't know if it will work well in the run. It's the cheapest too. Others are $3.75 for a 50lb bag but this one is 3.25 for a 60lb bag.
Depending how much you want, and how many sand crabs (children) you have, it may be easier & cheaper to call a landscaping outfit (Sand & Gravel) and have a few yards delivered.
They can dump it in your driveway, and you wheel barrel it whereever you want.
This includes pea gravel & assorted barks.
Go look at it before you buy it so it is the product that you want.
Well it's a good thing that no one here is a SMART A**! Thinkin I should try the turkey forum, hope the people there are just as nice as here! Wish me luck....
The Heritage Turkey thread is very nice folks.
I myself just introduce new T birds like ya do chookies, in the cover of darkness.
If there is any belly buking the next day, sometimes I seperate them.
No worries. Just let me know if you end up wanting me to try to incubate some for you.
I grew up next to Lake Jane. Back when I lived there - all the roads were gravel. Bonney Lake wasn't even a city yet - and the only restaurant that was even in the area was the Dairy Queen that sits atop Hwy 410. Shoot! I just dated myself...
now I'm starting all those "back when I was a kid" stories.
Yeah things have changed alot...even in the 6yrs of living here. Not to mention I used to work up here from 02-04' & fell in love with this place, it changed alot from then too. Myers Rd is still dangerous to try to make the turn from 410 just before the Dairy Queen light. Its in the middle of the hill & you have to cross 2 lanes of traffic going 45+mph.
Everyone in our neighborhood that have been here a long while have said our road, (64th) use to be gravel & its hilly so it was a bear to get out in snow or ice. So they pathed it & put speed bumps...even harder to get out during snow & ice. Also since 64th isn't in Bonney Lake the city doesn't take care of it but it is connected to 182nd which is in Bonney Lake so the city comes down 64th doing nothing to it to come & work all in Bonney Lake. Real annoying. Oh yeah the city always wasted their money to put up "Adopt the Road" signs just on the roads in the Bonney Lake area all down our road. We are back roads, why do we need Adopt the Road signs? Makes no since.
Such a beautiful evening! I would love nothing more than to go join DH out on our back deck overlooking the new patio with a Mike's Hard Lemonade and watch the girls enjoying themselves free ranging in the yard again. Unfortunately I have to go to the wine shop for the next three nights to work Private Wine Tasting Parties. They're great for business though and I only have to be there a couple of hours.
I got the English Orpington babies in the mini-coop yesterday and we all survived their first night outside (although I did spend the night with my slider door open in my bedroom just to make sure I could hear them in case of an emergency). They are doing fine today. DH and I will be working on the VF coop this weekend in anticipation of moving the Silkies out there.
Today I planted my giant wooden boxes with Omega 3 Forage mix for the chicken's own salad bar. I felt guilty since the landscaping took all their mud and weeds away so now they'll have their own areas for grazing.
DH and I are going to work more in the yard the next few days to get it pretty in anticipation of my sweet Lily returning from her summer school in Italy on Wednesday next week. I can't wait to see her!
I've said it before but it's true - sunny days make me feel more optimistic - they definitely motivate me to get work done outside. I don't mind the rain but it makes me appreciate the sunshine all that much more.
Here's a few pics illustrating the work that's been going on here the past month - still more to be done, but it's finally becoming the yard I've dreamed of!
It's a work in progress - but here's our new paver stone patio leading up to Dan's "Back 40" deck. Before there was only dirt, some scraggly grass patches and not much else.
Those are the big wooden boxes I planted Chicken "Salad Bar" in today.
Detail of the new block steps and new rock walls leading up to Dan's deck We'll be planting a lot of that area with multi-colored ground cover this weekend.
The coops leading out to the new patio
New Privacy Fence that DH has been staining - what a difference it's made in our lives!
New paver stone path, new gravel to replace old dirt, a tree was taken out to open up the pathway leading to our pretty new gate!
Here is an idea for those of us that lose power during the stormy days. Solar powered walkway/driveway lites can be brought inside, placed in sand filled receptacles (cheap plastic buckets) and used to lite your way around the house, etc.
I've said it before but it's true - sunny days make me feel more optimistic - they definitely motivate me to get work done outside. I don't mind the rain but it makes me appreciate the sunshine all that much more.
Here's a few pics illustrating the work that's been going on here the past month - still more to be done, but it's finally becoming the yard I've dreamed of!
It's a work in progress - but here's our new paver stone patio leading up to Dan's "Back 40" deck. Before there was only dirt, some scraggly grass patches and not much else.
Those are the big wooden boxes I planted Chicken "Salad Bar" in today.
Such a beautiful evening! I would love nothing more than to go join DH out on our back deck overlooking the new patio with a Mike's Hard Lemonade and watch the girls enjoying themselves free ranging in the yard again. Unfortunately I have to go to the wine shop for the next three nights to work Private Wine Tasting Parties. They're great for business though and I only have to be there a couple of hours.
I got the English Orpington babies in the mini-coop yesterday and we all survived their first night outside (although I did spend the night with my slider door open in my bedroom just to make sure I could hear them in case of an emergency). They are doing fine today. DH and I will be working on the VF coop this weekend in anticipation of moving the Silkies out there.
Today I planted my giant wooden boxes with Omega 3 Forage mix for the chicken's own salad bar. I felt guilty since the landscaping took all their mud and weeds away so now they'll have their own areas for grazing.
DH and I are going to work more in the yard the next few days to get it pretty in anticipation of my sweet Lily returning from her summer school in Italy on Wednesday next week. I can't wait to see her!
I've said it before but it's true - sunny days make me feel more optimistic - they definitely motivate me to get work done outside. I don't mind the rain but it makes me appreciate the sunshine all that much more.
Here's a few pics illustrating the work that's been going on here the past month - still more to be done, but it's finally becoming the yard I've dreamed of!
It's a work in progress - but here's our new paver stone patio leading up to Dan's "Back 40" deck. Before there was only dirt, some scraggly grass patches and not much else.
Those are the big wooden boxes I planted Chicken "Salad Bar" in today.
Detail of the new block steps and new rock walls leading up to Dan's deck We'll be planting a lot of that area with multi-colored ground cover this weekend.
The coops leading out to the new patio
New Privacy Fence that DH has been staining - what a difference it's made in our lives!
New paver stone path, new gravel to replace old dirt, a tree was taken out to open up the pathway leading to our pretty new gate!
