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Comments (16)My husband and I raise birds, we have a wide variety of chickens and a couple of white Pekin Ducks. We raise our birds for the eggs the produce and to keep the bug population to a minimum in our yard. Our birds are given free range access during the day to our 5 acres and put up at night because in the beginning we lost several to predators. We have even caught a fox in our hen house with one of our hens in its mouth. We have used live traps to capture them and working with animal control released those animals back into the wild on the game reserve. So as you can tell we are all about making sure all animals be they ours or wildlife have the highest quality of life possible. We purchased 6 of these birds from our local feed store. Not knowing what they were thinking they were white egg layers. Imagine my surprise when I got home and did a little research to discover that our most recent addition to our flock were Cornish Rock and their health and history. It broke our hearts and of those 6 birds only 2 survived to "adulthood". We named our roo and hen Romeo and Juliet. They became pets and as soon as released with the rest of our chicks for the season began following us around, coming when called (yes you can train chickens to come when called). And I do photography and they would literally climb up in my lap while sitting outside to take photographs of our yard. I love macro photography and would not only take pictures of the native plants but also of the birds doing what birds do best finding bugs and eating things. I became very attached to our little surviving duo. I was overly protective of them partially because I knew they had a very short life span and partially because they found a way to break through my normally gruff exterior and worm their way into my heart. I found Juliet at 15 weeks of age. Lying in our yard. It appeared she had just laid down and died. It wasn't uncommon for them to nap constantly in the yard. They would peck for a while and then lay down. The other birds would often ignore them or not include them in their chicken games of chase and where is the worm. They were a flock unto themselves. As I mentioned earlier we also have Pekin Ducks and poor Romeo began to hang out with them once Juliet was gone. It broke my heart to watch him wandering around the yard searching for his mate but never finding her. Now when visitors come over he will follow them around and beg for attention. He even went so far as to try and get in one visitors car. He is a loving bird who only wants the companionship that was offered by his own kind, but lacking that has learned to get that attention from humans and ducks. I think what they do to these birds is beyond cruel. I have had neighbors who also have purchased these birds not knowing what they were and either found them lying dead in their yard or the poor birds legs literally broke under their own weight when they were kept with growing chicks that are fed constantly. I was outraged when I read about how these birds are treated by Tyson and tasty or not they are a living breathing life force that deserves our respect and care. After learning what I have learned about these types of birds and that the major producer of this breed is Tyson chicken I cannot walk past a freezer unit in our local grocery without wanting to cry. I know I am an old sentimental fool, but when you mess with nature you mess with your own food source. When our other chicks died they were disposed of the same way anything that dies is on our farm. And although my other chicks were often dug up by night predators poor Juliet still lays in peace, because even the wildlife won't eat her. A lesson we might all take notice of. If wildlife won't eat it should we?...See MoreTomato & potato early blight horror: what can I do NEXT year???
Comments (44)Anney, I have just explored Dr. Dirt's site re using cornmeal as a plant fungicide. As usual he is giving incomplete advice. He takes ideas posted on GardenWeb and that other gardening Forum we can't mention here and gives them his own spin omitting important information. To date, after much experimentation, I have not had success controlling any tomato diseases/blights/fungus using cornmeal. Some have reported good results but I am not been able to. For those who would like to try a cornmeal tea do a search here on GW for Cornmeal Tea to find formulas I have posted. Also do a search for Aspirin Technique which has been my personal best, cheap remedy to date. Some claim it is not organic but to date aspirin has been certified safe for human consumption. The IMPORTANT part of attempting to control tomato problems with WHATEVER one chooses to use is to begin treatment EARLY in the tomato's growth...when the plant has grown a second set of true leaves is a good time to begin....See MoreHorror Stories. Watcha Got?
Comments (139)RE: Novahomesick story about the people & their decorator. I would have to do something to let them know that they weren't as clever as they thought.... I like the idea of billing them for decorating advice - who cares if you don't get any money, just letting them know that you knew what they did ....priceless! You could also see if the decorator was "licensed" in your state & could check into filing a complaint. How about having friends call the decorator (provided she does a free initial consulting) and waste a bit of her time - like they did yours - ending the meeting with " You know, I just saw a house I liked, maybe you could just go there & copy evertyhing......" maybe he/she would get it after about the 3rd time. And you could have a "HaHaHa!" moment of your own at their expense. (I can't take full credit for this plan -- it was hatched while stuck in traffic this morning with my DH who I affectionately call Mr. PA (passive/aggressive). He deals with people like this all the time as an artist I can't tell you how many times he's heard "I can make that myself" or watched people take photos of one-of-a-kind peices with their cell phones. People.)...See MoreThe Horror that is Wax Encased Bulbs
Comments (99)stillinwisconsin, If your bulb grows well that orchid pot is going to be overwhelmed with roots in short order. Yay for you! Please don't hesitate to up-pot. I've had happy amaryllies that were planted in pots with an extra 1.5" of radius (and I never use less than 1", preferring to err on the side of extra space, even up to 2"; the plants always fill the pots and it gives space for the bulb to expand and the offsets - baby bulbs - to have room), and by the end of the summer there were so many roots that they were actually crawling out of the pot. They could've used a LOT more pot space. Just read your plant. Don't even get some of our members started on what's necessary to force bloom, hah, or if you even should. Forcing isn't strictly necessary, and some bulbs don't like forced dormancy at all (genetics, sigh; my Picotee just wants to be left to grow whenever she feels like it, which isn't always on what I think of as a seasonal schedule, whereas the rest are pretty tolerant). There are other options than the forcing regime. But that's for another thread....See More3katz4me
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