by Daisy | Dec 10, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
This is the second installment in an effort to put a name to the “weeds” in my yard. I took several pictures this summer and am trying to identify them one at a time. I’m not sure we ever satisfactorily identified the first of the P-CP’s, but I...
by Ivory Soap | Dec 4, 2009 | Fencepost, Flops
What on earth was a I making? Three kids, no brain cells. Any ideas?
by Daisy | Dec 3, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Settling the gender debate in decisive fashion, the suspected rooster produced at least one of these gems, after much understandable squawking and pacing about the coop. Yay! First eggs! Good girl!
by Daisy | Dec 1, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Some aspects of environmental friendliness come easily to me. It goes hand in hand with one of my hallmark characteristics: laziness. I don’t know how I got this way because by and large I come from hardworking stock. Perhaps I’m just a visionary. Yes. Let’s say I am...
by Daisy | Nov 30, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Of the three Buff Orpingtons in our flock, two of them look like this: But here’s the third one: They are 19 weeks old and supposed to be all hens. No eggs yet so I can’t tell from that. The rooster-y one is the same size as the other “hens,”...
by Daisy | Nov 25, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Pleurisy root. Milkweed. Butterfly weed. asclepius tuberosa. The same plant that hosted monarch butterflies and bees this summer is getting uprooted. Not to worry, I have plenty to spare. I’ve learned that, in addition to being the plant for monarchs, butterfly...
