by Ivory Soap | Jul 17, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Guess what I found while I was out buying rain barrels in Atoka? Baby Guineas!!! These suckers are SO HARD to find this year, what with everyone jumping on the uber-cool backyard fowl train. This is a nine dollar cup of chicks. And when they grow up, (if they...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 15, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Sylvie is hacked off. You can tell cause her “mane” is standing up. I think she’s mad cause she hasn’t gotten enough attention on the blog lately. She wants you to know that they’re both doing fine. Lily is a bit of a spoiled pain and...
by Daisy | Jul 13, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
If you’ve ever wondered what a box of live chicks looks like, here it is. The P.O. called early Wednesday morning (they ship out on Monday) to say the chicks had arrived. I went over directly and brought them home. I opened the box and there they were, 8 chicks...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 10, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
I got this for Christmas from Craigslist. Cheap!! Why? I have goats. Goats regularly ‘fertilize’ their bedding straw. Goats strip leaves off of every stick in the vicinity. Neither straw nor sticks break down very quickly in the compost pile. But because...
by Daisy | Jun 24, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Oh, it’s ON. The squash bug and borer wars are heating up. In addition to having my pumpkin vines invaded by borers, I have suffered an actual SBRI (Squash Bug Related Injury). Don’t scroll down below the photo of the squash bug eggs if you can’t...
by Daisy | Jun 22, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Last year I harvested 2 zucchini and 2 butternut squash from several huge squash vines. I had squash vine borers AND squash bugs. I wasn’t prepared. Maybe you’re never really prepared for a squash pest invasion, but I’m gearing up for war this year....
