Morning all!
It's chilly outside! I like it! So do the rabbtis! They are all rather perky this morning. Ben and Co and the little chicks in the brooder are not liking the coolness quite as much as me.... Although they can't complain. Some have feathers and some have a nice warm brooder lamp!
What else....I think that's about all actually. Other then that not much is going on. The Girls are all good, however, the Blue Andies I got from H&R are not working out so well in the coop dynamics. They are just getting the snot kicked out of them. Especially the little "whiteish" one. I think I might have to find a home with not so many snot headed hens for them. This has been going on for a 1 week or more. I keep waiting for the hens to start ignoring them but nope. As soon as they see the little Andies, it's open season. The RO's are the worst of the lot....
The little Andies see me coming and they hide behind me so they can eat something....I have a little "safe" area for them but the hens are relentless in their persuit of the little ones....
Grrrrrrr.....
Some one asked about staking peas....I stake mine. I *think* like beans, peas come in two "flavors": Bush and Pole. The Bush variety don't need to be staked but the pole variety does. I make my own little pole grids for them but this year I'm thinking about a wooden lattice fence panel. The community garden in Janesville had these really cool "stands" with wire hanging down that the peas and beans all climbed up. I'm not the industrious to make those. For one, I'd have to get on a ladder. I don't like ladders....they take my feet off terra ferma...yeah..Im terrified of hights...actually it's more the splat at the end of the fall from said height that I try reeeeeeeeally hard to avoid.
I normally plant my tomatoes in pots. Although this year, I'm pondering going to try to find some really cheep chain link fence panels and make a little tent type structure like this: /\. We'll see how industrious I get though.
Jim-thanks for heads up on the plum trees needing a partner pollinator. I think I'll skip the plums trees. Now a butter nut....hmmm I'll have to check those out. I planted a little Hazel Nut/Filibert tree, but I don't think it's alive. Long story on that one!
BL4-Now I'm thinking I have to read the Hunger Games. I dragged my feet over the whole Twilight thing and was amazed how good the series is to read. I to have huge issues with Bella and the Crew.
Well, gotta go....laundry is almost done in the wash...Laters...
It's chilly outside! I like it! So do the rabbtis! They are all rather perky this morning. Ben and Co and the little chicks in the brooder are not liking the coolness quite as much as me.... Although they can't complain. Some have feathers and some have a nice warm brooder lamp!
What else....I think that's about all actually. Other then that not much is going on. The Girls are all good, however, the Blue Andies I got from H&R are not working out so well in the coop dynamics. They are just getting the snot kicked out of them. Especially the little "whiteish" one. I think I might have to find a home with not so many snot headed hens for them. This has been going on for a 1 week or more. I keep waiting for the hens to start ignoring them but nope. As soon as they see the little Andies, it's open season. The RO's are the worst of the lot....
The little Andies see me coming and they hide behind me so they can eat something....I have a little "safe" area for them but the hens are relentless in their persuit of the little ones....
Grrrrrrr.....
Some one asked about staking peas....I stake mine. I *think* like beans, peas come in two "flavors": Bush and Pole. The Bush variety don't need to be staked but the pole variety does. I make my own little pole grids for them but this year I'm thinking about a wooden lattice fence panel. The community garden in Janesville had these really cool "stands" with wire hanging down that the peas and beans all climbed up. I'm not the industrious to make those. For one, I'd have to get on a ladder. I don't like ladders....they take my feet off terra ferma...yeah..Im terrified of hights...actually it's more the splat at the end of the fall from said height that I try reeeeeeeeally hard to avoid.
I normally plant my tomatoes in pots. Although this year, I'm pondering going to try to find some really cheep chain link fence panels and make a little tent type structure like this: /\. We'll see how industrious I get though.
Jim-thanks for heads up on the plum trees needing a partner pollinator. I think I'll skip the plums trees. Now a butter nut....hmmm I'll have to check those out. I planted a little Hazel Nut/Filibert tree, but I don't think it's alive. Long story on that one!
BL4-Now I'm thinking I have to read the Hunger Games. I dragged my feet over the whole Twilight thing and was amazed how good the series is to read. I to have huge issues with Bella and the Crew.
Well, gotta go....laundry is almost done in the wash...Laters...
