Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[babylady4]

BBP, iLasik is not that bad, they give you Valium right before so you do not care about anything. My vision did not go dark, it is more like when they zoom in with the light on your eye and you really cannot see much. The pain afterward is quite tolerable too, all I did was take tylenol. I could have gone back to work the next day but with the appointment scheduling I was unable to, so I went to work the day after that.

Going to watch Castle and then do a little more weeding.... my front flower beds look like hay fields.

Update on the cat: he is looking much better today but he is still hooked up to an I.V. and not eating much. They started him on insulin and would like to sent him home tonight but I told them we would pick him up tomorrow evening instead. My DH is just going to LOVE this vet bill!

 

[Terri O]

I am SO thrilled to have gotten out in the garden this morning! I got zucchini, squash, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, watermelon, peppers and tomatoes in! Yay! I just need to put out the celery plants and I'm done! I'll go back in a couple more weeks and do some more potatoes and corn. But I'm thrilled to be pretty much done now! And I'm happy that it's sprinkling out! Perfect!

Congrats! What zone are you in EL? OR do you have some type of nightime cover for those plants? I know that most times here (in zone 5 A or B-depends on the year) it is still too chilly at night for most of the plants you mentioned. Maybe you have a micro climate going for you? LOL!

I just dug a mulberry for Cind and potted it up...took me quite a long time to find one that I could get out of the ground without too much damage. Jim--did yours grow that I gave you last year?
I also potted up a few ferns that are overgrowing their bounds. Put in some Drumstick alliums that I got from a woman on freecycle too. I am hardening off the petunias I bought at Shopko on the weekend. The tortoises love those flowers!

I just took all the chicks downstairs to the basement brooder except for the quail and little T. (Tommy and Tina's chick) It is still pretty small being a banty. THe ducks and geese down there started biting on the new ones' tails right away...little brats! They will all be friends by nightime though.

I am wondering what happened to the blue sky? It almost seems like it wants to rain...big surprise...remember I have laundry out!

Well I have to do a bunch more stuff on this break...later! Terri O

 

[EarthyLady]

I have no idea what zone, just going off experience. Last year we planted on the 8th and every thing did very well, so we're following that trend.
ETA: I googled and it said zone 4b. What ever that means.

 

[mxmarg]

Thanks for the info Stacykins!!! Cool!

Well guys

I have chicken aircraft carrier pix! The thing is 14 feet long!


Nest boxes accessible from top on Left. Window opens and has hardware cloth on inside. The back wheels rotate forward so as to be able to roll.

&$#$^*! hardware cloth everywhere. We can slide a panel over the hardware cloth'd window there. The long 2x4 under the 2 coop doors detaches for cleaning.

4 feet wide

Annie trying hard to sit on her paws...

The girls!
My dear friend and her husband named their 11 month old Finn. And somewhere along the way someone said "Finner, Finner, Chicken dinner" And then they started calling him Chicken. So it was a shoo-in for one of the girls to be named Finn

At 11am I finally started getting up in their coop-bound faces and firmly encouraged them to go outside already! Door opened since 6:30 and they didn't wanna venture out. Once I showed up inside their coop via their french

doors they decided going out may not be such a bad thing. We are so enjoying them.

 

[jvls1942]

just taking a break,, before I do anything.. I didn't know about Zone A or B.. I thought it was just the numbers alone.. I suppose the letters were added to cover their a$$es in case of an early or late frost.. eh?

we are zone 4 .. the smaller the number, the shorter the growing season.. amongst other considerations..

the puppies are eating dog food.. they are 3 weeks old today.. none of them are showing any individual personality yet..

The welsummer rooster was picking on the Delaware rooster pretty badly.. I broke them apart.. the Del was not even fighting back.. the Wels doesn't know it , but he is not the favorite roo around here.. he could meet the stew pot in a heartbeat if he isn't careful..

I am really tempted to put the little call duck with the geese.. I may give it a try this afternoon.. It really boils down to if the duck will take to the geese.. My geese have been foster parents to many ducks in the past..

I am going to set a live trap with unhatched eggs for bait.. I want to see what is spooking around here every night that makes the dog bark.. I suspect a raccoon..

..........jiminwisc.......

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I just had the vet do a coggins and vaccination on the new horse. She said he looks real healthy. She popped him in the nose a couple of times because he kept biting her clipboard. He's such a treat hound and really has a bad habit of invading peoples' space. I cant wait till we can ride him. I need to find a saddle.

 

[kristip]

Well we planted carrots last night in our raised bed. The spinach and radishes are starting to sprout so that is good. This weekend we will till out the big garden so i can get my corn, onions and tatoes in there... anyone know about Broccoli? Is it ok to go in this early. Yes Terri... my reading has found that vining plants like squash, cucs, pumpkins, melons, should not go in until end of month because they have problems with 40's. EL might have a really good place for them where they are better protected though. I have enough defeat to overcome from the nasty woodchucks that I will take every drop of luck with the garden! Tomatoes and pepers will go in later in the month as well.

Just want to go home and play with my chicks. The kids and I have so much fun with them. They follow us around like momma hen. Afraid my white silkie is a roo.. not 100% yet, but the comb and streamers are looking very roo like at 7 weeks of age. sigh. At least Carol gave me those other silkies... they are still cute and fluffy. sigh. chicken math is evil. I need a bigger coop again. Dh is not gonna want to hear that...

 

[chikenscratch]

You guys talking about gardening is making me want to get out and plant more...but its too wet right now in the garden

I am wondering whether I have more cockerels than I thought or if my chickens (that I thought were "pullets") are getting closer to laying. The "pullets" are getting waddles and some have combs that are darkening a bit. I have RIR, BR, and Red Stars. Its the BR and Red stars that are getting the darker combs and crowing waddles. All of my cockerels that I am 100% sure of have had their combs and waddles for months. They were all born at the end of February (22nd & 29th).

Any ideas?

 

[chikenscratch]

growing not crowing

 

[Terri O]

Hi again--yes they could very well be getting ready to lay CS. I think those red stars start pretty early. What are they then? about 10 weeks? I would think a month yet though.
Yes Kristip from what I have read about tomato, pepper and eggplants is that they have trouble setting fruit with temps below 60 and we certainly are getting lower than that at night still. Your broccoli should be fine though, as long as it has been hardened off. Jim, they added the letters 10 years or so ago because there wer many zones that were too big. Now the hardiness map has only a 10 degree difference between the areas. EL the zone map tells you what the coldest temperatures are that you can expect in any area. It is not really used for planting dates...for that you use the average last frost dates. Those are pretty variable though...up to two weeks either way is their "disclaimer."

DInner report is roast chicken with cornchex crumbs, sweet potatoes, herb buttered reds and asparagus...speaking of, I guess I better get out and pick some! Maybe Iwill grab a couple eggs and make some Hollandaise too! MMMMM---later! Terri O