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Been outta contact for a few months cause, Ain't much been happening but heat and drought! down here in S. E, Tx. the whole summer! Startin to rain a bit and cool off so I couldn't help myself. Put in 12 cabbage plants yesterday and 2 pots of lettuce today. Can't wait for the official fall to...

Had a freind give us 3 guineas. Never dealt with them. She would have to destroy them If I could not take them, due to her neighbors. I've read a bit on this forum about them and have seen very little to suggest that I need some. What do I need to know about keepin 'em? I know they are noisy...

Mrs. Lobo swears that an egg that is pointed on the small end will hatch a hen and rounded will be rooster. Wives tale? Truth? Any opinions about this?

Thanks for all the replies! The birds ARE raking it out. I have watched them eat and each peck into the pan looks like a miniature explosion I have an "old fashioned" gravity feeder hung from the roof and the bottom of the feeder is maybe 10" above ground level. I have to lower it for younger...

My flock is mostly young Barred Rock hens which have just started laying. My problem is that they waste a very large amount of food. As an example, Yesterday I filled their empty feeder. This morning it was half empty with several lbs of feed on the ground. This did not happen with my older...

I've just about sworn off nipple waterers. I have tried 4 different brands and they have all leaked internally. I think htey are all made in the same factory in China!The last one I made was with 4" pvc, 7'total length which I guess is around 5 gallons and I had to fill it every day due in part...

Haven't posted in a while, not much goin on in the garden. It's been below freezins since about 5PM on Wednesday. Doesn't get that cold here very often and usually does not stay this long. My newly constructed greenhouse didn't perform as I'd hoped. Mrs Lobo had 6 potted plumeria in it and a...

We just built a relatively small greenhouse, 10x12. We are on the gulf coast so we very seldom have freezing weather much less what we had last night, 18 deg. That temp used to be considered a once or twice occurrence in a generation. But we have had those temps once each year for 3 yrs. in a...

Haven.t done much lately but the past few days, Got some brussel sprout, and lettuce plants in the ground, Sweet peas, spinach, radish and carrot seed in the ground and watered in. Weather supposed to be mild for the next few days so maybe they will sprout quickly and get a good head start...

I was down to 3 older but still layin when they felt like it, hens. Back in early June I ordered 10 Barred rock chicks from Mcmurry Hatchery. Just me & Mrs. Lobo left @ the house and the older girls were nowhere close to keepin up with our small egg consumption. Finally, got a small green egg...

Dragon fruit! A cactus plantI have been trying to grow some. I now have some cuttings in pots that are actually growing. There are different varieties which have a different taste. Lots'a info on U-tube and elsewhere on the net. The trick to getting them to pollinate (info via the net).... The...

Again.... not really what I did today but yesterday. A little back story. We, Mostly Mrs. Lobo, likes tropical plants. Most of the time we don't have much probs with winter, but...... we have in the past and the past 2 winters have been hard on our plants. I got one of the Harbor Freight 10x12...

Not been on here in a while, not much happenin in the garden. Same old, same old. Still pickin & freezin a little okra and long beans, Impalaya and pickin & eatin lufa. Right @ the moment, waterin the alfalfa patch after makin the first cuttin on it yesterday. Hopefully I didn't cut it too short...

Tried that, Saw it on the Tube. After a few hrs., they made friendly with each other and expanded the colony! We got 'em bad down here in SE. TX!

Did a little waterin, set up the timers to water @ night, a little pickin, okra, long beans and some luffas. Cut some alfalfa for the goat's dessert this evening. Had ta edit....Wife's been tryin to grow a taro plant. Been dug up by critters, starved for water and didn't make it. She bought...

Same here We were way behind in yearly rainfall until a couple weeks ago. We've had 7"+ since then. So Startin to catch up. But it is still soakin in and I had to water the other day as no rain for a few days and top few inches of soil was startin to get dry again.

Haven't really posted much lately due to, Not much happenin. Was dry for so long but now, More rain in the past 3 weeks than the 4 months before. Got 3.5" today. Everything I've still got growin will enjoy this rain. Picked Okra today, enough to put a QT baggie in the freezer and another for...

Me too! Plus Mrs. Lobo tells me every day during the summer that I stink. Oh Well!

I'm Back, in case Y'all missed me. Was in Belize for a week With Mrs. Lobo, Youngest daughter and her family. Soakin up the beach, clear water (not like our muddy beaches ) Spendin time with family, fishin, swimmin, snorkeling, watchin the thongs on the beaches, Good food and good beer. Just...

every two or three years mandatory Where I used to work. And their medical dept. would provide for free. Been 4 yrs since my last one and almost 2 yrs since I've retired. I get wounded fairly often just workin around the place doin stuff I probably shouldn't be doin. May ask the PCP about it...