During the breeding season just the males in my yard display the tail feathers - the females hang around as usual, although sometimes the feathers on their backs look a bit ruffled. A few years ago two hens showed up with about a dozen babies and the two of them started an elaborate display. I think they saw I was watching them; I don't know if it was a warning or just showing off the babies. I haven't seen this again. Female turkeys with display Claire

Hey min, perhaps your dog would like to watch the turkey from OUTSIDE the window!!! Jan

I have flowers on 3 varieties out of however many I planted---maybe 8 or 10 varieties. The ones that are flowering are the ones with earlier DTMs. I don't always get flowers on potato plants. They seem more prone to flower when we are having a prolonged period of cool, moist, rainy weather just like we've had for much of April. That don't bloom as much, or at all, in a spring with hot, dry weather. I planted later than usual this year and didn't really expect to see flowers in April this year, but you get what you get. The temperatures we have been having are absolutely perfect for potato plants but I wish we were having more intense sunlight for them instead of constant clouds. Although I don't know that the two things are necessarily related, I've noticed that tuber initiation often begins around the same time the potato plants flower. Based on that, we'll be able to harvest some new potatoes in a few weeks to go with freshly-picked green beans (which now are just blossoms themselves). Green beans with new potatoes is one of our favorite springtime meals.

I've never had a wild turkey for Thanksgiving but I've eaten at least a couple dozen over my lifetime. We always eat them fresh within a day or 2 of the kill and the seasons here are in April and October. My favorite ways to prepare is either grilled or cut the breast in thick slabs, bread or batter, and fry in peanut oil. Sometimes we soak the meat in buttermilk for several hours if time permits. I've never had one taste gamey at all. Best turkeys I've ever had were all wild.