[ATTACH] sorry, my tubs are with the odds and ends out in the garden. I did put some vegetable oil in a spray bottle and have been spraying...
thank you @Logan .
does anyone know if those seedlings with the yellow flowers are BROCCOLI (de Cicco) or a WEED? I don't care to plant more weeds! If they are...
@Willowisp0801 's seeds just arrived. Yay. :) (milkweed) I set them in the fridge for the moment. If they still need cold treatment, they will...
If anything happens to this rooster, I do not intend to get another one. Not sure how much he really "protects" them, because snakes do get...
So far, the rooster is back with the hens. I am not going to eat him, or kill him. I am vegetarian (will eat the eggs) and wont eat my pets. He is...
@Sjoerd what is "beaufort 7" ?
They are straw bales, not hay. But they did keep my pipes from freezing. My home is over 100 years old, and not as well insulated as newer homes....
I did get outdoors to work some today. I removed 2 straw bales from access openings to under my home--they were there last winter to keep my...
@Doghouse Riley There is ALWAYS more work to do. However, I believe in the 7th day Sabbath of the Bible and God forbids work on that day as He...
Today is my "day off"...
I did plant my newest blueberry bush today. It is called "blueray"... Other than doggy clean up, that is all I did outside today. I did...
A friend took me for errands this afternoon, but I did get a few more rocks out of the grass this morning, and gave my hens some more weeds to...
I have lots of moles and whatever ground critters here. I try to water down their mounds and run over them with the back wheels of my riding...
@Daniel W, thank you for the nice thoughts on my garden. I think you all are way ahead of me--I have never tried to espalier any fruit trees...
@Daniel W , I give dead bees to my chickens. But not if you have poisoned them though. You can get wasp traps that use pheromes instead of...
@Oreti , thankfully, all of those snakes are not in my yard! I get some snakes, and only get rid of any poison ones, which is usually 4 or 5...
The snake I saw a few days ago was a black king snake almost 4 feet long, which is not venomous and will kill copperheads. However, they love to...
@Daniel W , I love the David Austin roses, and they do have nice scents. The Queen of Sweden has no sign of life yet. St Swithun's has leaves and...
I did clean up some brush and hauled it to the burn pile for later. We have high winds at present, so it is not safe to burn. And we are...