Mini Horses
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Collards are so much better after a couple frosts. Sweetens them up. They actually do well with snow cover, it insulated them to a degree.
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flowerbug
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i'm not experienced with cold damage and cabbage, but don't be too surprised if it takes a few days for damage to show up. i say this because i had some pole lima beans growing on my fence and they got some cold a bit below freezing and they looked ok the next day, but a few days later they didn't look so good after all. i hope better for you. go cabbage! i love cabbage. 
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frustratedearthmother
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It's been a couple of days but I haven't looked closely at it yet. Stay tuned, lol.
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frustratedearthmother
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Rain coming....ugh! Scattered light showers possible starting today. Heavy rain tomorrow. OH yay, just what we need. Plans for the day are to unload the truck load of feed before it gets too wet for me to back up close to the feed trailer. I'm going to go ahead and rake out the kidding stalls in the red barn. Need to take some shavings out there but probably won't spread 'em for a few more days. I'll need to move some does in a few days too.
I've been identifying and leg banding all the male quail that I can. Totally sure I don't have them all identified yet. But butcher day is coming up soon - maybe this weekend. Need to move the extra males out. I'd like to get breeding groups set up. Generally, that means 1 male to 3-5 females. If there are too many males in a pen there are constant fights for dominance. Hard to believe these little birds, a pound or less, can inflict as much damage on each other as they do.
Picked up some seed starting soil while at WallyWorld yesterday. It's time to start thinking about it! Woo Hoo!
I've been identifying and leg banding all the male quail that I can. Totally sure I don't have them all identified yet. But butcher day is coming up soon - maybe this weekend. Need to move the extra males out. I'd like to get breeding groups set up. Generally, that means 1 male to 3-5 females. If there are too many males in a pen there are constant fights for dominance. Hard to believe these little birds, a pound or less, can inflict as much damage on each other as they do.
Picked up some seed starting soil while at WallyWorld yesterday. It's time to start thinking about it! Woo Hoo!
The Porch
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time is flying!
I was looking up moss in the garden bed,, and what do I "need" to do if anything about it, I am also thinking of setting up a drip system, but I dont know how, it is like me trying to put the square peg in a round hole- not good,
flowerbug
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moss is one of those indicator species. it can mean that your soil is compacted and may have more clay in it than prime garden soil. i'm fine with moss growing wherever it wants. it's not a weed and i like the look of it and also like playing with various types to make patterns.
alas some animals also enjoy taking bits of it so it can be a challenge to keep a nice smooth area.
alas some animals also enjoy taking bits of it so it can be a challenge to keep a nice smooth area.
The Porch
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Yep, but, it can get out of control, in our very wet area
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frustratedearthmother
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Got up this morning and moved a round bale first thing. For whatever reason, I believed the weather forecasters. They predicted a lot of rain for today. I could've stretched out the current bale for a few more days but I didn't want to wait until it got even muddier. I've got 10 bales left and I'm getting 3 weeks out of most of them. I think I'll have enough until they start cutting again.
We hit 74 today and it was wonderful! We had a tiny bit of rain - about 2/10s of an inch. I'm not gonna complain too much about that. However, rain is in the forecast for almost the whole upcoming week. Ugh.
Still haven't bedded the kidding stalls, but I think I'm going to have to get that done. We should be at around a week out for the earliest arrivals. I'm getting anxious to see what the new buck gives me.
We hit 74 today and it was wonderful! We had a tiny bit of rain - about 2/10s of an inch. I'm not gonna complain too much about that. However, rain is in the forecast for almost the whole upcoming week. Ugh.
Still haven't bedded the kidding stalls, but I think I'm going to have to get that done. We should be at around a week out for the earliest arrivals. I'm getting anxious to see what the new buck gives me.
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frustratedearthmother
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It is absolutely disgustingly muddy outside. Hate it, but at least our temps have been mild all week. I think tomorrow we're supposed to get more rain. I dunno where we're gonna put it....no more room for rain!
I'm watching the girls pretty closely now. Could be a matter of days before the first kids hit the ground. Could be longer, lol. I've been doing this a long time and know that the girls will deliver whenever they darn well feel like it. Four of the six kidding stalls are ready for use. They're raked out and bedded and the gates are closed so the pens can't get dirty. Two left to clean and bed, but I'll wait until it looks like they'll be needed. I've got iodine and towels ready to go too.
I'm using these last days before the kidding crazies start to get the quail all sorted. Some quail colors can be sexed by feather color. Some can't. I'm not fond of the ones who hide their identity! I've spent some time hanging out around the pens waiting for the males to crow - or sometimes I see them engaged in "the act". As soon as I positively identify a male I grab 'em and leg band 'em. I had a lot of males. Past tense "had" because I now have 10 less males. They 're residing in my freezer.
DH is doing pretty well these days. He walks around the house with no aids. He uses a cane when we go anywhere else and walked into the grocery store with me last week. A couple weeks ago he forgot his cane so had to walk, just holding my arm, into his docs office. Woo Hoo! It's so nice! Now I have to retrain him to do a little more for himself. He gets up to get his own drink of water now...fixed his own lunch yesterday and he's in the kitchen right now unloading the dishwasher.
It was dark around here for a long time but the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter every day.
I'm watching the girls pretty closely now. Could be a matter of days before the first kids hit the ground. Could be longer, lol. I've been doing this a long time and know that the girls will deliver whenever they darn well feel like it. Four of the six kidding stalls are ready for use. They're raked out and bedded and the gates are closed so the pens can't get dirty. Two left to clean and bed, but I'll wait until it looks like they'll be needed. I've got iodine and towels ready to go too.
I'm using these last days before the kidding crazies start to get the quail all sorted. Some quail colors can be sexed by feather color. Some can't. I'm not fond of the ones who hide their identity! I've spent some time hanging out around the pens waiting for the males to crow - or sometimes I see them engaged in "the act". As soon as I positively identify a male I grab 'em and leg band 'em. I had a lot of males. Past tense "had" because I now have 10 less males. They 're residing in my freezer.
DH is doing pretty well these days. He walks around the house with no aids. He uses a cane when we go anywhere else and walked into the grocery store with me last week. A couple weeks ago he forgot his cane so had to walk, just holding my arm, into his docs office. Woo Hoo! It's so nice! Now I have to retrain him to do a little more for himself. He gets up to get his own drink of water now...fixed his own lunch yesterday and he's in the kitchen right now unloading the dishwasher.
It was dark around here for a long time but the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter every day.
