What did you do in the garden today?

[akroberts1085]

OMG! I love him - look at those ears!

Thank you. That's the jealousy pose I got because I was talking to the rabbits.

 

[karenerwin]

Yep, I will check the eggs 3X a day when it gets really cold outside. For me, really cold means the temps are down to -20F, or colder.

I am surprised to read that people won't eat a frozen and cracked egg. I'm not trying to convince anyone to do something that don't want to do, and certainly feeding eggs back to the chickens is not a waste of the eggs, but I would like to better understand what you and others are concerned about?

I have been eating frozen and cracked eggs for years and have never even thought twice about it. We sell our excess eggs to friends of the family, but never a frozen and/or cracked egg. But we eat all the frozen and cracked eggs at home and have never had any negative results.

If the egg isn’t disgustingly dirty and if I know they’ve just cracked and frozen the 1 time, then I’ll use them. Otherwise I’d rather not take the risk.

 

[akroberts1085]

I had a triple brew coffee pot and bought some Folgers k-cups and found that they have a coffee filter inside of them so I am going to be using them for getting some of my seeds started. Also I will be using egg shells for some seeds. Just thought I could tell everyone about the idea

 

[CNJ]

How would you repackage a few seeds? Without plastic

Why no plastic? Anyway, they make these cheap small freezer vials that can store seeds for a long time. They also, sell small glass vials, but I don't know if we can put those in the freezer. By the way the smaller .50ml is more expensive than the 1ml vials on this link. They cost about 9 cents each and we can buy smaller amounts at seller's store page.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP7RXGR...UJI8DX&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im&th=1

 

[CNJ]

My chickens will eat sweet potato leaves and Choi sum leaves, but they don't like lettuce. The red lettuce on the fence will still be there at the end of day.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

 

[gtaus]

If the egg isn’t disgustingly dirty and if I know they’ve just cracked and frozen the 1 time, then I’ll use them. Otherwise I’d rather not take the risk.

I can understand that. For the record, all the eggs I have eaten where just frozen and cracked that day, and because they were all in the nest boxes, they were not dirty or anything like that. If I had any concerns, then I'd feed them back to the birds, I guess.

Maybe I was just surprised to see so many people that are choosing not to eat their frozen and cracked eggs, whereas I and most of the chicken owners I know here in the frozen north country, eat those eggs all the time and have never had a problem. Frankly, I never even considered it a potential problem, but maybe that is because our winter temps can be well below freezing both day and night here in the dead of winter. Having said that, if I found a cracked egg in the summertime, I would feed it back to the chickens.

 

[paradisepentacoop]

I weeded and watered, since we are in a dry spell. Monitoring fruit trees to see if they need more of anything, since they are struggling. Trying to figure out the best way to better keep track of the garden!

 

[Molpet]

Having said that, if I found a cracked egg in the summertime, I would feed it back to the chickens.

Depends on how many eggs I have. Sometimes in the summer a third of the chickens are broody or not laying for some reason. I cook them right away so I can sell the good eggs.

 

[CNJ]

I got my Skittle candy that I ordered from amazon the other day. This was my first time trying them, they were soft and chewy with a crispy colorful outer coating. It tasted sweet and tangy like citrus with multiple flavors. However, I think they designed the coating so we can't eat too many of them because my mouth tissue got worn down and began to hurt, so I stop eating them.