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  1. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    57 degrees today! I need to get as much outdoor work done as possible because there's plenty more rain predicted, starting about midnight. Yesterday brought a "significant" garden harvest -- two Anaheim peppers and my first yellow squash, all between 6 and 8 inches long, along with four white...
  2. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Fingers crossed that Pepe Le Pew doesn't end up in your woodchuck trap. Speaking of cartoons ... Elmer Fudd's song "Kill the Wabbit" ran through my head last night when I discovered that the cute little bunny who slips through the fence around my main daylily bed had attacked my newest plant...
  3. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    No need to feel awkward. Believe me, there's been PLENTY of time and discussion devoted to the fatality and fire. No cause has been released yet. As if there wasn't enough turmoil, now there's issues with the insurance company and some people have suggested the possibility of lawsuits because...
  4. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    We learned several hours ago that she did not get out of the building.
  5. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Yesterday started out as a good day, but took a terrible turn early on. One of the commercial/residential buildings my sister and brother-in-law own caught fire while they were out of town. One of the tenants is still unaccounted for, and fire departments from a half dozen surrounding...
  6. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Ah, Jim, the robin is Way Too Late; something else has already decimated the strawberries. Perhaps it would be interested in the gazillions of pretty red cherry tomatoes? Bon voyage to the skunks and coon. Woodchucks can be incredibly destructive critters; hope you can send it on a far-away...
  7. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    I am so very sorry about your beautiful Stanislaw! To lose him so suddenly has to be heartbreaking. My first (and only pleasant) rooster, Sir Henry the Loud, was fine one day, seemed lethargic the next and died before nightfall. I still miss his clear, robust crowing. I'm also sorry to hear...
  8. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Update: After two worms and half a blueberry, Baby -- who fell out of the nest repeatedly yesterday -- intentionally hopped out and immediately headed for the cover of some tall motherwort and catnip, growing by the propane tank. Yesterday, it couldn't or wouldn't walk at all. I can hear the...
  9. Callender Girl

    What to do after a predator attack

    I am very sorry for your loss. It's heartbreaking and easy to blame yourself when a predator kills your birds. The fact is, few if any chicken keepers never lose a bird to a predator, no matter how secure your set-up or how vigilant you are. Now, the focus needs to be on keeping your remaining...
  10. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    There's no need to water here, either. Yesterday morning's rain was pretty well dried up by mid-afternoon. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be dry, so I have a date with my lawn mower. Glad to hear your baby jalapeno plants are becoming grown ups. My Anaheim plant has two pickable peppers...
  11. Callender Girl

    Ainawgsd's farm chickens

    The eyebrow on your favorite gives her a very intriguing look -- as if she's studying her situation and isn't sure it's up to her standards :) Congratulations on the Easter egger's first egg!! After years of having hens that lay greens and blues, I still appreciate every one of their colorful...
  12. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    My computer wouldn't play with me early this morning, but I wasn't surprised because the predicted thunderstorm was well under way. DISH TV was also knocked out. But, I could still watch a program on trumpeter swan restoration that I had DVR'ed last night. Several years ago, Moorland Pond --...
  13. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Congrats on your larceny! It's 63 here, and I am pulling air in from a box fan in a living room window.
  14. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    I hope you got answers about what respiratory ailment the chickens might have; I worry so much when my birds have issues. That IS an impressive bunch of boxes!! It's good to hear that some of West Virginia is more pleasant than my recollections of it. Many years ago, I had to drive through...
  15. Callender Girl

    Feather Heaven Flock & Friends

    Keep up the good work for those pretty girls!!
  16. Callender Girl

    Stinky Acres Farm

    And getting increasingly more handsome!
  17. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Yesterday was like experiencing weather on an endless loop of rinse and repeat. Downpours would be followed by periods of sunny steaminess, which would be followed by downpours and more sunny steaminess, from 5 a.m. until after 9 p.m. The ducks and geese were delighted; the rest of us, not so...
  18. Callender Girl

    Chicken etiquette?

    It's obvious that your flock is well loved, and clearly, they trust you enough to hop onto your lap or clamor for attention in the coop. I am envious of folks whose chickens love to be petted and held. I've owned my girls since they were days old -- some just turned one, others are as old as...
  19. Callender Girl

    Meet Goose Bochy and Honk Aaron!

    No idea what breed, but they are adorable! And, as someone who obsessively watches MLB Network, I LOVE their names!!
  20. Callender Girl

    Does anyone else have chickens that like belly rubs??

    You have a special girl! NONE of my flock would appreciate the attention she enjoys.
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