Just a drive by posting. For some reason, I started getting BYC notifications this morning after a year of nothing. My PM box is jammed with old messages. I hope everyone and their birds are doing well!
Hi everyone! Just checking in to let you all know I'm still alive. I've been unable to log on to BYC since June! Got everything fixed and now I'm back.
As the others have noted, most of the grapes will be out of chicken jumping height and the few that they will be able to reach during the short grape season won't cause problems. That's been my experience.
That's interesting about your peaches. We were noticing the same thing last weekend--similar abundance as last year but somewhat smaller size (although not as small as apricots). Ours are not quite ripe yet, so we're still holding out hope that they will get a bit larger.
So, I originally bought one pot that had two plants in it which I planted on the other side of the house early last spring. Then I took four cuttings from that plant, rooted them in the AP system and transplanted two on each side of the structure later in the spring/early summer. In...
Congratulations on your daughter graduating! Gosh, it seems like yesterday that she was going off to the U of A. Time flies. I imagine you'll be pretty busy that weekend, but what fun!
and welcome to our thread! I also have a block wall around our property and the only time we ever had a bird go over the wall was when they were chased by coyotes. I have heavier LF birds so that definitely helps keep them inside the wall. It's super easy to clip their wings if you feel that...