Spring garden

that's a mighty fine chicken ya got there, mate.



nice fleurs as well...

ahem.

She.... is a hen. A menopausal lesbian chicken. seriously... you should here her try to crow.

so to what purpose is this butch chicken?

menopausal being no eggies, yes? (not being really a poultry sex fount of knowledge and all that, ya know..)




there's a we DO taste like chicken joke in there somewheres...

The chook is an excellent composter of table scraps. we have the compost heap in the chook pen so all the garden waste goes in there. She works it over breaks it down picks the seeds out adds her own fertiliser

sounds like a good gig if you can get it.

how do you know she's gay?

(you should prolly post some more pitchers, i'm getting you voted down...)

I am envious of your plants.

We had a rooster once, she beat the crap out of it. Then the neighbours complained so we had to get rid of it (the rooster).

mebbe they just got married.

(that hen-pecked stuff is real)

you should see mated owls...(they are fierce)

back to topic, i hadda pull all my stuff in this week, we got snow possible the weekend.

cats are freakin out on the big ol' cactus...

gardens are a lot of work edgar so dont be too enviouse

good to see...

HENopausal, thats how we say it. We have chickens that are a decade old. (We have a death pool going but we never tell the kids cause they are the ones that made pets of the damn things, Now theyre all moved out and were running an assisted living center for Wyandottes and Aracaunas)

Its neat when we can see spring on the 8underside region when all around us up here is red and yellow as the trees shed leaves for the coming winter.

Im getting ready to plant tuylips and a big area of grape hyacinths . We dont plant bulbs till just after Halloween.

Ive been cutting down mature Pawlonias to make boards for gift boxes . I need to speed up the drying. Ive got several 8 year old trees with 18" diameter trunks.

Need yer garden tilled mate? Just send a plane ticket and Im yer guy.

You must not have a Punky dog.

I spent the morning digging cape weed out of the back grass then reseeding the bare patches with ryegrass and topdressing with a bit of compost from the chookpen.
FM: drying timber is best achieved sloooooowly. Patience is a virtue old man.
Are their any timber processors in your area? maybe look into kiln drying.

What's the bee situation in your neck of the woods, dp? Or is it too early still?
I want to see lots of them again!
Bring back the bees!
(If my neighbour gets out her poisons again this year, I'll .....
I don't know quite what I'll do, but it won't be nice!)

plenty of bees here.
If there was a hive in your area and it died out or was removed you will notice a definite loss. If there is no suitable habitat You wont have bees.

Nice pics of your garden, Dad!